This is a half-rant/half-reflection as a fan of the game. I respect everyone’s opinions, and hope everyone can do the same for mine.
tl;dr - I love Overwatch, but the game’s (slow) progress might be hurting it.
Blizzard has a philosophy of “if it doesn’t feel completely awesome we’d rather not do it.” I don’t presume to know what’s happening inside the company, but part of me feels like this perfectionism has been very detrimental to Overwatch’s growth (or some would even say decline). Comparing it to other games, DotA took risks with big design and balance changes. They add new content while making long lists of balance changes often, and is still thriving many years later. Starcraft II’s golden age lasted throughout its expansion releases, but Overwatch’s golden age seems to have lasted much shorter (at least to me). I’m not saying Overwatch should do the same things as those games, but rather learn from them - people tire of stagnancy.
Gameplay Balance & Design
I wish balance patches are more frequent and updated more heroes. Be it minor balancing or QOL changes, people would be much more interested to play their favourite heroes/Overwatch more if they were updated. These small “meta balances” (e.g. giving some DPS heroes 50 armor in place of health, adding/reducing tank health by ~100) doesn’t have to be perfect, just not game-breaking.
For example, I’m a McCree player 
. I might be biased, but quite a few players would agree his kit has been lacking for quite some time now. I’m not saying he’s weak and needs a buff, but his abilities when compared to other DPS heroes (with more mobility, no damage falloff, higher overall/burst DPS, and far more consistent ult) feels like he needs something. Maybe a “Tracker” passive that shows the location of enemies hit by his Peacekeeper for a few seconds (like Infra-Sight or Sonic Arrow). Suits him as a Bounty Hunter. Or maybe just 50 armor in place of health to survive a little more.
It would be cool if fights were slightly more drawn out, like MOBAS, instead of characters literally dying instantanously (e.g. Hanzo/Widow headshots). This leads to very cheesy-feeling, one-sided games in your average quick play/competitive. But this is hard to achieve without a significant balance overhaul and change to the game.
Clan/Guild system
This one really buffles me (and many others). Even Warcraft 3 shipped with a clan system. We’re in 2018, Overwatch is two years in and we’re still only hearing talks about it. The game would have benefitted immensely if it had built and supported a clan culture. Just having a clan tag actually makes you feel like you belong to/represent a group in the game.
Here’s what it needs:
-Clan list
-Ranking/admin system (1. Leader. 2. Officers. 3. Core/Mentor/Senior. 4. Casual/Junior. 5. Probationary/Newbs 
)
-Clan profile
-Clan chat
-Clan announcements
-Nothing you don’t already have in WC, SC, Diablo, and HotS.
Once again it doesn’t have to be perfect. You could release a simple version and work on refining it.
Looking For Group
As someone who would like to use this feature, I feel like there are problems with its current ease of use:
-My party goes into a “LFG mode” and can’t search for games (nobody likes waiting indefinitely).
-We can’t choose who comes into our group.
-My mates have to pick their roles every single time I change a LFG setting.
-We can’t get out of “LFG mode”.
Here’s my suggestion:
-Remove “LFG mode” and have it as general “party settings”.
-Have a “looking for players/open to requests” option that group leaders can check to list the party on the LFG list.
-Other players looking at the LFG list can “request invite to group” for their requested role, which will be sent to the party leader.
-Allow parties to search for games while “looking for players”.
-Put the party role list (i.e. a radio button list) at the right of the main menu so everyone can view the team’s roles and change their roles easily (instead of hidden under a menu).
-If enforce roles is on, don’t allow searching if party members have not selected a role (allow searching if enforce roles is off).
Lore
Overwatch has some amazing characters and huge lore potential that has yet to be tapped upon.
-Winston recalled Overwatch; who responded and what then?
-How will things develop between Hanzo and Genji? And what of their presumed-dead father, Sojiro Shimada? (hint hint “saved-from-death” armoured samurai tank 
)
-What was McCree’s past with the deadlock gang and will it come back to haunt him?
-What is Junkrat’s treasure and how will Roadhog be part of it?
-How will Bastion, Orisa, Zenyatta, and Zarya be affected by the current omnic tension?
-How is Talon involved in everything behind the scenes?
-How will Sombra get involved in everything behind the scenes?
-What does Symmetra, Lucio, and D.Va have to do with anything?
I hope you enjoyed reading some of my thoughts even if you disagreed with everything. Just wanted to share some of my thoughts but didn’t expect to spend more than a few hours on it 
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Happy Overwatching.
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