and they have made me want bans to literally be in the game right now.
Playing the game with map and hero bans feels sooooo good, I am now fully convinced that bans will make ranked feel better to play.
Season 16 can’t come quick enough
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I’m so glad I don’t play comp
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understandable, comp already isn’t for everyone. But I do feel like it will further ostracise the people that prefer a more casual vibe when playing the game.
Not even a casual thing….i WANT to see all the maps and I WANT less restrictions in the game…
I stopped playing comp a long time ago BECAUSE the community does everything in its power to play the game in the most restrictive way possible…and this is just the latest example of it
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Have you played any matches with Ana banned? If so, how was the tank experience?
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I definitely think that’s the devs fault lol. The community doesn’t do everything possible. The devs do everything possible to not fix characters. That forces the playerbase to play certain characters on certain maps or you’re at a severe disadvantage.
In a competitive environment, people do not want to succumb to said disadvantages so more likely than not, people are going to play in a more optimal way; whether that be optimal characters, optimal playstyles, you name it.
The way this game is balanced is what’s forcing restrictive gameplay, the comp community are at the mercy of the balance team
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Why do casual low elo players have such a hard time comprehending that they do not understand this game? In masters scrims barely any Team plays Ana anymore outside of specific comps on specific maps. “How was the tank experience” … ahhhh
Oh but they do….you would always get people yapping about who can and can’t be played…meta slavery…even compositional slavery (back before RQ)…and this is the case even the lower ranks where most of that stuff doesn’t apply…meanwhile you got people proving all the time that you can still be quite successful at the game not conforming to status quo
People always convince themselves that the game MUST be played a certain way and it just completely saps the game of what it could be…I think it’s a big reason why people find the game less fun nowadays
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A couple. Feels good not to have to switch to Kiriko.
As for the tank’s experience ? Can’t say for sure since I exclusively play support on FACEIT. But I doubt tanks in general would have anything bad to say about not having to deal with Ana
Hazard was also banned somewhat often too?
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Makes sense that banning anti-heal makes Suzu a little less valuable.
I’m wondering how the meta will evolve without nade and sleep, since Ana is by far the most picked support in T500 right now. I’m guessing the new meta will be sustain-heavy, but we’ll see.
Thanks for the answer!
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Yeah that’s true. Those conversations are always happening and it’s tiresome. That doesn’t change the fact that these conversations are happening largely due to the devs inability to patch out things quickly.
I can point to many times in history that the devs let something be overpowered for such a disgustingly long time. Of course people are going to talk about it. While I agree meta slavery is prevalent, it’s purely the devs fault. Just look at goats and how long they let Brigitte exist in that extremely overtuned state? Can you blame players for not abusing it in a competitive mode where they want to win ? And can you blame the mains of 90% of the dps roster that couldn’t enjoy the game because the insane levels of healing made it impossible to kill anything ? I don’t blame them at all.
Goats is but one example. Double shield was probably even worse as it existed for longer but was definitely less broken.
You don’t see these issues in modern league of legends because the devs patch the game literally every 2 weeks besides public US holidays. So even if they muck up the balance and there’s some super OP elo inflating strat, it’s patched out before it becomes mainstream and widely abused. Overwatch literally could never and is why I’d just prefer they add bans so we can ban out the OP stuff they take 7 months to patch 
Theres def truth to both sides
Regardless the end result is still the same…the part of comp that I hate is how restricted it feels….and both things coming to game further encourage that
I can absolutely say I’m not looking forward to either, which is why I’m glad it seems to be a comp thing (hope anyway)
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I think this is a good thing in a way. QP should be QP and Comp should be Comp. There should be a distinction between them. But the distinction shouldn’t be QP is just waving high at each other and acting friendly or anything like that. Even QP should be played like you actually want to win. But just in a much less serious way if that makes sense.
I think people have been talking about QP being too sweaty and I think maybe it’s actually the opposite. QP is just the right amount of seriousness; comp just hasn’t been serious enough.
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Ana is currently the most picked support in Top 500 and it isn’t even close. Ana is meta in the highest ranked matches currently.
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I don’t think bans are actually anti-casual. If anything, I’d guess that there’s a lot of casual players that would love to ban Character X simply because they find X to be a chore to play with/against. Or at least, I will. Hardcore players might strictly ban what’s effective, but I will have room on my list of bans for Hog even though I admit that he’s not actually strong. I just don’t even want to risk him popping up in the case of an Ana ban.
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Me too let them play Final Destination 76 only over and over.
The only thing that will save ranked is the permanent return of 6v6
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“Why dva into zarya???”
“M8, its gold, dont worry, the zarya isnt even that goo-”
“U throwin???”
“If i just kite her and bait the bubb-”
"DDDDVVVAAAA INNNTOO ZARRYAAAA
GGGGG GGGGGGGGG!!
RRRREEEEPPPPOOOOOOOOORRRRTTTTT"
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Yes. Normalise shaming meta slaves.
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lol just run a ana against zarya, your teammates must be bronze. 
d.va counters ana so your tank will have a ez free win.