This double off tank, chaotic Overwatch is remedied by the developers wanting an “FPS orientated” Overwatch.
THIS IS ONLY FUN FOR DPS AND OFF TANK MAINS
If you are a main tank or Support main, your life is 10x harder in the current patch and will continue to get harder if we let the devs push this game further into the FPS category like they wanted. We need a balance of FPS and MOBA to make Overwatch feel like Overwatch.
EDIT: A lot of people claiming “we can’t have MOBA Overwatch, we’ll have too much sustain and GOATs meta!” Well, duh. That’s why I said:
Too much MOBA is GOATs and Double Shield, too much FPS is current Overwatch. Perfect balance is your usually Rein/Zarya meta.
One shield, and gameplay centered around team synergy and strategising. Not this deathmatch play style we currently have.
We’ve flopped from extreme MOBA to extreme FPS and it is not healthy.
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as a D.Va main it isn’t fun for me either.
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The solution
Revert orisa halt nerfs and give her a shield
Nerf sigma’s either dmg or barrier
Nerf hitscans
Is this right?
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I’m a flex support and tank player and i’m still having fun, please don’t make biased generalization like that.
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Have you tried not resorting to tribalism and embraced an actual variety of characters?
Try it, works wonders for your enjoyment of the game.
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I’m saying no to double shield.
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I’ve been reading through Reddit and these forums, and this is what I’ve been hearing from these groups.
Instead of saying “don’t generalise” try saying “my opinion is controversial” because that’s what your opinion is.
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Ok I guess a bunch of redditers and forum goers are deciding what is what now, thanks for letting me know 
Maybe next time simply add “in my opinion” somewhere.
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I like this meta, sitting behind 2 alternating shields is awful.
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Sorry but FPS overwatch is better than moba overwatch. We’ve seen this game have fast paced combat and we’ve seen this game have slow drawn out combat. And I’d have to say FPS overwatch is better.
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This isn’t fun for anyone
They failed, i don’t think they wanted that to happen.
Devs are trying to trend slightly more in the fps direction than moba direction.
In fact the game has been mostly toward macro game since brig came out which includs to be moire aimed toward everything about the group , composition, team placements (ie how it moves), the ult economy, the ult tracking, game plans and it has its positive and negative side.
if we take in consideration that they actually want the game to be more upon micro game ( fps style ) wich will focus on the role of each person within the group, its placement, its management of cooldowns, that sounds more like a fps.
However it doesn’t mean overwatch needs to be a fps like in call of duty it would be a dam fiesta.
that’s why especially high elo it feels like qp because the game is litteraly broken and you can no longer play with the team like you used before (macro).
In conclusion instead of removing the importance of macro in the meta they removed it completly. They need to find a good balance between those 2 in order to make the game balanced.
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you can have an fps game that still lets main tanks exist lol
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There is nothing wrong with a strong dps meta. Its been a long time since we’ve had one, and they are part of the playerbase too.
However, they dumpstered Brig and Orisa too much, and overturned Hog too much. Hog feels like a must pick, and Brig and Orisa feel like throws, in what is already a very limited hero pool.
I agree that main tank and support aren’t fun right now. Brig has a lot to do with the latter; she’s too flimsy to be a good protector and there’s no one else to fill her role outside of really good teamwork, something the enemy Hog doesn’t require. He can go yolo and go unpunished, even if your whole team is trying to focus him.
I am glad to see the end of double shield. Off tanks had a rough go of it for a long time (outside Zarya) and it’s nice to be able to run dive, play D.va, not have to spend the whole match shooting barriers.
But Brig and Orisa need to be good protectors so supports aren’t just crapped on. I am fine with this meta but it needs some serious tweaks, otherwise it’s just as bad as double shield, when the ‘fun’ for a large part of the community just wasn’t there.
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Stop using FPS like it stands for a type of gameplay it just relates to the perspective of the player.
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People was using Hog & Hammond on quickplay forever nobody cried or say anything
People instant lock HOG on competitive since forever nobody made post about that
Now Hog is a thing on MASTER/GM i see silver players cry he is too strong.
On silver to diamond you still playing REIN/ZARYA or REIN/HOG not double off-tanks. Try play zarya/hog on gold and come b ack here to post your instant lose vs shield tanks
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I personally think Sigma needs either some ability changes or a slight nerf to everything. His kit is just to good over all. It brings some of the best abilities of several other heroes into 1 hero and made them slightly better.
- 2 ways to block damage. (Better version of Symm’s 2.0 shield & a D.va DM that gives something back for eating things)
- 1 knockdown stun with damage.
- Primary attack is very fast projectile that bounces with an aoe explosion damage. Can hit and kill people around corners with it. (A better Junkrat primary attack IMO) Also I can’t confirm but found a post claiming Sigma’s Hyperspheres size are 0.4m. If that’s true they are twice the size of Junkrats grenades.
I want Sigma to be good but as is now his kit is just all around to good IMO. No other hero can bring this much to the table.
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Well I’m saying no to double sniper.
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I really like the game rn. The only annoying hero for me is widow but that’s not so bad. Idk what they can do to make shield tanks better without bringing back double shield though.
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