- Buffs
- Nerfs
- Summer Games
- Transformers Collab
- Potentially Lifeguard skins
What did I miss? (I didn’t miss rein mythic due to it being available the 23rd of July)
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Who know what they will buff or nerf. Hopefully a Pharah nerf. But honestly I don’t really think any other hero is so out of line that they really need one. Maybe we’ll see that tank patch they were talking about or at least more information about what they are thinking. Probably not the patch this soon but hopefully more info.
- Summer Games and Transformers are next week, July 9
- July 15th is the QP Hacked with pickable passives
- July 30th is the Lifeguard Skins I think
- Maybe a Space Ranger trial in August
Well you are correct there is a patch.
But I just dunno if the devs are fast enough to put out significant balance changes this fast.
Especially since they are contemplating all the 6v6 stuff they are gonna talk about maybe next week or the week after.
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Probably not. They do often do one about 2-3 weeks in to target any outliers but it isn’t usually significant. The mid-season patch is probably another 3 weeks away right?
I don’t think that many heroes are even that out of line right now. Pharah is a bit overtuned but honestly it isn’t that bad right now.
Well, like I said, combine both armor passives, then she doesn’t cut through armor.
But also the “Pharah Overtuned” thing seems to be irrelevant to the other 99.9% of the players, outside of Top500, Scrims and Tournaments. If we’re looking at pickrates.
I’m looking at the games I’m in. We don’t have access to accurate pick rates.
I’m also noticing a ton of Doomfist in QuickPlay.
Let me look in my crystal ball here…I foresee…
Disappointment.
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This would’ve been wrong if reins hammer came
Pharah and Cassidy changes need to have happened 2 weeks ago. It’s an insult to player intelligence and a waste of time that they were not. Pharah especially, but both could use a slight, slight nerf to a part of their kit since their winrate and pickrate is getting out of control.
Aside that… damn. I don’t know. The game doesn’t seem TERRIBLE balance-wise aside these two. I’m seeing a healthy mix of heroes nowadays outside of Pharah and Cassidy dominating the DPS section. I’d like to see a slight rebalancing to Lifeweaver since his charge rate seems painfully slow and he feels like a clunky healbot. I’d like to see small buffs to some of the lesser played heroes. I hate to say it because she’s in EVERY SINGLE GAME REGARDLESS but a slight Mercy HPS buff would be helpful. If we’re going to see her every game, we might as well make her viable.
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Oh yeahhhh, another Reaper nerf coming in next week because he has a 55% win rate in console bronze. Can’t wait…
They might be discussing 6v6. Aaron said next dev update OR patch. Ready for that nail in the coffin resolution people need so they/we can move on.
Cassidy nerfs are long overdue. It’s staggering how he still has the insane bullet size he does 4 months later. But God forbid Sym steps a toe out of line and it triggers an immediate emergency hotfix.
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lifeguard skins wont be out till the 30th they already said that
Tracer is honestly the only character that needs an outright nerf.
Junk needs some buffs.
The best patch for tank would be nerfing Sombra, Ana, and Mauga into the ground.
We’re supposed to get balance changes? Only a few weeks into the season?
While not impossible, I doubt it. We wait literally regularly 6+ months for any non-minor changes and they usually break the game even more than it was before.
But yeah, Transformers collab for certain.
That would break dps.
Besides why not just the old armor revert why both?
This is a very odd suggestion
Because that’s just how the math works.
And it mostly only affects Cassidy, Pharah, Hanzo and Junkrat.
If I had to guess, I’d say a tiny Cass nerf, a tiny Pharah nerf, a Sojourn buff or two (it’s unthinkable she’s anything below S tier for even just one season), a slight unnoticeable Lifeweaver buff, another Orisa buff and that’s it.