Well, for myself, I might not be much help in honesty, cuz I’m a flexible guy, so basically, I’m probs just gonna roll with it. Maybe learn and evolve my skills to be able to play the diff style of Tanks in OW2. It may favor me, it may not. Depends on what they do and what happens to me and my skills because of what happens. Very likely though, from what I’m hearing, I might still potentially be able to dominate OW2 as D.va, from what I know of so far, at least. I won’t be bothered or rocked much by whatev happens cuz of my flexibility and adaptability of my mind, hench y Idk if I’m much help. I’m not a solely Off Tank player and play ONLY Off Tanks, u know? I do so much more than that, and even then, I’m a garbage Zarya, so…ye. Hopefully I might’ve been helpful, but thinking realistically, I might not have done anything at all. Depends on how u guys take my actions, I guess.
I’ll still probably play D.Va and Zarya 
I just can’t tank duo with my friends anymore, and I’ll miss that 
i will maintank dva and laugh maniacally as i do so for the first time since season 3
Probably quit entirely. I barely play anymore as it is because tanks feel too fragile for me. Nothing I’ve seen in OW2 makes me think it’ll be any better, and a lot makes it look a lot worse.
I really don’t like the look of OW2 Zarya at the moment. I guess it’ll all depend on what they do with Sigma, or if the new tank appeals.
Zarya is probably going to be strong on ladder, at least in the lower ranks. Because let’s face it, in lower ranks people always shoot the bubbles, it’ll probably be easy to stay high charge. So the devs might not actually be wrong when they say they found Zarya to be strong and always high energy.
But the pros aren’t necessarily wrong either. In high ranks and especially pro play, people are waaaaaaay better at playing around Zarya’s bubbles so it’s a lot harder to stay higher charged. So in their case, yeah…she probably will suck for them.
Now the devs have just got to figure out some sort of balance that’ll make her viable at the high end, but not broken for the rest.
I find it weird to quit a game just because of a balance change. I’m a hog main, so I guess I’ll stick to what I’m good at. But if looks like shield tanks will be dominant however.
I’ve been getting work in on a few different tanks in anticipation of farming one trick Rein players who will be lost without the offtsnk to cover for them.
Honestly?
No f’n idea. I’m gonna try this new 5v5 system, but I feel like it’s gonna be too much weight on the shoulders of the tank to actually be fun. I dont foresee myself having very much fun, but like I said, I’ll try it.
I’m going to play tank. I don’t need subsets of tanks to exist to perform my duties as a tank
Good luck getting me off Dva lol
This is the way.
Yeah, I will be primarily sticking to D.Va, at least in the beginning. I’m sure it will only take hours instead of weeks (unlike my experience with old Overwatch back in 2016) before I’m dealt a hand of irate teammates demanding I switch and who then throw and threaten to report me when I don’t. I’m sure it will be painfully obvious by the first game or two that the team that wins will be determined by the rock-paper-scissors mechanics of the tank picks themselves versus the other team’s tank and team comp, as well as the “tank diff” skill of the players playing them.
If the tanks as a whole stand out as feeling “unfairly” powerful against the DPS or Support roles—as they very likely could be to attract new players into tanking—then they will be nerfed in upcoming patches. I still expect tanks will be chained to the middle of their teams, being protectively surrounded by their teammates throughout the fight, with DPS taking on the leadership role and babysitting their tank and supports. With this more passive playstyle, some tanks will again excel over others, who will then be exploited by the playerbase, resulting in nerfs that lead to all tanks becoming more niche and bounded to restrictive comps, leading us back to where we are now with hard rock-paper-scissors rotating team comps. Which is why I never believed anyone making the bold claim that class passives and Blizzard’s claim to rework all tanks to fit this new “brawler” definition is going to give tank players any more freedom to play the tank of their choosing or the agency to be as aggressive or reckless as people think they can be. (“Raid bosses” they will definitely not be.)
Once meta comps and rotations appear, tank players will be harassed more than ever for “not playing with their teams.” This will happen just from the tank player not choosing the right hero out of the gate or making the appropriate switch(es) after suffering a lost team fight or two due to dying or not preventing the deaths of their teammates. Without having the second tank as a buddy to back them up, I fully expect tank players to be mercilessly hounded by their teammates and be blamed for every little screwup.
Which is why I’m not so sure about my future on Overwatch 2. I mostly one-trick D.Va now (other tanks annoy and frustrate me, and I’m not a huge fan of the other roles, outside of occasional healing duty). I love D.Va’s particular off-tank gameplay, which I am sorely aware will be changing up with the update. Yes, staying in the middle of one’s team is what she does now, but playing around a buddy tank and their shields and abilities makes up a big (and important) chunk of her own gameplay, which I happen to find appealing about her. I love playing her now, but I know I’m going to be placed in increasing situations where I’m forced to switch off her in Overwatch 2, or put up with toxic teammates, upsetting my friends, and losing games, none of which I find enjoyable. I will try the other two roles, and imagine I’ll settle on playing support more than ever, and overall playing the game even less often than I do now as a result.
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I mean, in my opinion, off tanks are the ones who get off better here, since the new format is meant to more closely reflect the more brawly, less defensive style of off tanks. It’s the main tanks I’m worried about.
Looking at the feedback here, I can see D.Va is going to be hugely popular once again, so I’m betting she will be first to be hit by a string of nerfs, and then hit again repeatedly every time she claws her way back up the usage charts. That is why I don’t share your optimism. I think current D.Va off-tank mains who enjoy her as well as tank players who enjoy all the other off-tanks should be worried and more up in arms about these tank changes and where the tanking experience is going with Overwatch 2.
No matter how team-independet Blizzard hopes their tank designs will be in Overwatch 2, meta comps are going to exist. Tanks are not going to be given the freedom of naturally rising and falling in usage based on the popularity of their playstyle as the majority of the playerbase will complain if any one tank dominates the pick rates, even if the tank doesn’t outperform its peers, performance-wise or in skill or power level in comparison. The inevitable resulting reactionary nerfs that will be made to try attaining an artificial level pick rate will once again only turn all tanks into niche picks for specific meta comps. And one comp is always going to dominate one or more of the others. D.Va is going to initially be popular because she has a huge following, which is why I believe she will be the first to be nerfed, if not preemptively reworked to be a trash tank usable only in specific niche comps. And it will be solely for purpose of keeping her pick rate statistic down.
Since there will be no other tank for D.Va to play around, the sole tank player will be alone butting heads with their other four teammates over what tank they get to play. I am hoping myself and other more bull-headed D.Va mains won’t be actioned for refusing to swap off her after collecting too many reports for gameplay sabotage from angry teammates. Same for whichever is the next tank or two that rise in popularity to garner a following from its players who refuse to swap to whatever the meta dictates next.
I also don’t want to have to deal with the leavers and throwers arising from uncooperative tank players when I am playing the other roles, either. I see nothing but grief arising when 5v5 comes, and it will be worse than the times when Blizzard implemented the 1-hero limit change and Role Queue.
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the only reason it’s disproportionately dva mains is because we’re the most stubborn tank onetricks. people who don’t onetrick are definitely not as loyal to the game imo lol, so we’re kind of rising in percentage of posters because lots of people have dropped out, not because there’s more of us. i don’t expect dva to dominate the pickrates, we’ll just be the largest onetrick community in tanks haha. i still expect rein and sig, shield tanks in general, to top the list.
what i’m looking forward to is teams not dividing their attention between two tanks, everyone knows the dvas carried their other tank anyways 
now we’ll get the resources we deserve, instead of being left to demech because rein had an ouchy
Play DPS, you cant pay me to solo tank.
You presume OW2 isn’t cancelled
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As a sigma one trick I am excited to solo tank depending on how they change him. Mostly I just want to see piggy in the dumpster where he belongs. No more flanking hog, no more main tank peeling for him, no more fake tank players who are actually dps mains. Roadhog being a throw pick is healthy and good for the game. Overwatch is at it’s peak when hog’s unplayable like he was for years before the global barrier nerfs and that awful hog/zarya meta.