Prepare for 1 hour plus que times dps

[Cnflagration-1760]

@ComicBookGuy-11898

I mean the Sombra buff alone makes tanks unplayable.

Id much rather play vs 1 second hack with 8s dmg boost to me vs being hacked for 5s as a tank. Especially if I can just put my shield back up after 1s, or use my dm against their dmg boosted shots, fortify to get out of there etc.

[Andough-1183]

@ComicBookGuy-11898

all the dps players that got what they wanted by nerfing tanks into utter uselessness can sit in que forever and never play. Congrats you got what you wanted.

For the love of God I’m so sick of people saying this.

DPS do not dictate meta. DPS did not ask for 5v5. DPS are not the reason tanks are “bad” - tanks are, and have always been, meta-defining.

Stop misguiding your frustration into the “DPS vs. tanks” rhetoric.

[nega5-1728]

I’m actually more excited to play tank myself.

[WelshInvader-1994]

Sombra worries me. 40% damage on EMP? 50% boost to damage on hack?

[Konstas-1468]

@kongajinken-1805

If they remove 6v6 QPC I might seriously think about quitting

They will be removing that, it’s almost guaranteed. Your best hope (and a prayer), right now, is that they let us have 5v5 Open Queue modes.

@WelshInvader-1994

Sombra worries me. 40% damage on EMP? 50% boost to damage on hack?

Many people have been requesting, over the years, for her to be remade as an assassin. Enjoy!

[LftClickhero-2970]

@Kaedi-11739

Well a lot of people did when they ran a Competitive No Limits season and all of the old Season 1 Comp strats resurfaced (most notably 5 Winstons and a Lucio).

it sometimes amazes me when i remember how quick they gave up on the idea of no limits as a standard, game releases 3 motnhs later ana is released and all of sudden cant mutiple bastions anymore, especially in a few months after that they reworked lucio which proably would of killed off the the lucio winston spam

[FOXHOUND-11747]

Me too. I WILL NOT even touch OW until 2-2-2 is added again “Solo” tanking will be an horrible exp

[HypoHorntail-1246]

@Kaedi-11739

Well a lot of people did when they ran a Competitive No Limits season and all of the old Season 1 Comp strats resurfaced (most notably 5 Winstons and a Lucio).

I still want to know the name of the crack dealer that the Blizz devs use for whoever thought that was a good idea.

[Kaedi-11739]

I am not here to defend Blizzard about anything in this discussion. I am merely speculating on what may happen with OW2 based on everything I have seen

When I do post or quote anything official about Blizzard’s policy, I do so to provide factual information to help drive constructive discussion. Trust me, there is a lot of things about Blizzard that I am not happy with, some of which I have made clear here on the forums.

So to accuse me of being “white knight” when this thread has nothing to do with debating Blizzard’s policy and game philosophy is only making you look like a troll.

[WelshInvader-1994]

@Konstas-1468

Many people have been requesting, over the years, for her to be remade as an assassin. Enjoy!

Nice try, but that isn’t an assassin design. Hack marks you for 8 seconds, and tells everyone to focus. It’s like discord but with wall-hack.

[RobotWizard-116887]

@Kaedi-11739

I am concerned based on everything we have seen with Overwatch 2, I am speculating (again, my own opinion) that Blizzard will retire some modes to cut down on queue times overall.

I’m not sure they have to, I mean, some modes have just died a natural death in the OCE.

So in some ways it is self balancing. If the mode becomes unpopular, in regions which can’t really support it, it just goes away on it’s own.

[Bakkusōdo-1851]

Actually I’m really excited to play the tank role. The only reason I’ve ever not played tank is doom, who might be in the tank role. So maybe I can become a tank one trick. The most threatening thing to tank players is how many heroes they’ll break like sombra or maybe hanzo.

At the very least, no queue times for me

[Yin-1797]

@Andough-1183

For the love of God I’m so sick of people saying this.

DPS do not dictate meta. DPS did not ask for 5v5. DPS are not the reason tanks are “bad” - tanks are, and have always been, meta-defining.

Stop misguiding your frustration into the “DPS vs. tanks” rhetoric.

Quoted for emphasis.

[Remedy-12480]

@Kaedi-11739

There has been no word either way. My speculation is based on how dramatic these balance changes are and how they would make those modes potentially unplayable.

I’m not an Arcade player so I’m completely biased, but I kind of hope they do a clean slate and come up with better Arcade modes.

That might be harsh, and alienating too many people – I don’t know. Just my personal opinion.

[FantaZ-21730]

@ComicBookGuy-11898

Then double shield was popular for a minute so to please the dps only players shields got nerfed into the ground and Orisa is completely useless now

Well to be fair double shield is still a pretty dominant comp on high elo ladder, and that original “minute” lasted for about half a year, making the overall most popular tank (rein) kind of unplayable, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually took the measures they did because of the drop in tank players, who just simply didn’t want to play bunker 24/7 for months and quit

[RobotWizard-116887]

Congrats you got what you wanted.

I did not want this - but yeah, I think the queue times for DPS is going to be pretty damn rough.

At least I’ll get a lot written while I wait.

[StrawbrryGuy-1554]

@FOXHOUND-11747

Solo” tanking will be an horrible exp

Only for bad tanks. I’m looking forward to it as a highly skilled player.

[FOXHOUND-11747]

Since 2016 im main-tanking with over 3k hours on multiple accounts and archieved GM one my main ones.

Pre–Lock was a HORRID experiencie and most of the time was “Solo tanking” & “Solo healing”. Until 2-2-2 was introduced then tanking become more “Tolerable” cuz the 2 dps was being forced to counter 2 tanks and 2 dps.

5 VS 5 will feel exactly as these team-comps of 4-5 dps

[Konstas-1468]

@FantaZ-21730

double shield is still a pretty dominant comp on high elo ladder, and that original “minute” lasted for about half a year, making the overall most popular tank (rein) kind of unplayable

Oh, God. As a tank main, I’ll take double shield over playing Rein any day. My main concern is that I haven’t seen anything so far that tells me that they’ve managed to solve the “we need a shield, switch to RiEn or I throw” problem. If I’m faced with this nonsense and I’m the only tank on the team… well, we’ve just lost another tank main.

[StrawbrryGuy-1554]

As a tank main I enjoyed tanking far more in open queue. I was good at solo tanking