Roadhog doesnāt fit into the dps category. Neither figuratively NOR literally.
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Hereās how I look at 2-2-2 happening.
Initially, itās going to be a mess. Things will go right back to Dive in higher tiers, because itāll be unchecked, and some heroes will just be obsolete.
Then youāll likely see a huge patch (remember how we had one of those recently?) that will really work to add a bunch of buffs to the obsolete heroes so they function better within their role knowing people canāt stack roles anymore.
Soā¦ Hog will probably see some pretty dark timesā¦ and Brigā¦ and some others, then theyāll all probably be overhauled fairly quickly so they function within their role.
How about ānoā?
Thatās a terrible idea.
Better to not hard enforce 2-2-2 than to pigeon hole tanks into being barrier-carriers.
I think role queue should wait till the game is ready for it, instead of having a hasty launcher followed by months of panic changes that, given the devsā track record, might not get resolved for a whole year
Iām shaky on this one.
Iāve seen the suggestion fly around, āIād prefer they got characters balanced out and then 2-2-2.ā
But look at the cons of that ideaā¦ Theyāre going to balance out characters for both role stacking and to function 2-2-2 when it switches over to that?
Iām not sure if that can realistically happen without wasting a ton of time. Currently, we get a slow amount of updates for characters because they have to be balanced thinking about, what if they role stack? If that was taken out of the equation, there are more direct things to be tested out and easier data to observe.
I think theyāve been working on doing just that this whole time. Theyāve even said so, im not going to fish for interviews, but i remember hearing that every now and then on the OWtuber channels back when i used to watch them.
The devs already want to balance Brig and Mei and whoever for 222, and to not be too strong in role stack scenarios.
Thats not the only problem either. When i tank, i like having access to dps heroes because sometimes the whole tank category feels useless and i need a hero that can regenerate by shooting to do the job or someone with area denial that works without line of sight and while causing damage and pressure. Others pick Mei for her wall sometimes. I donāt feel like the tank roster gives me enough options as a player that i want to be locked into it.
Besides, a lot of the playerbase doesnāt even know role queue is coming, it should be a smooth transition.
Heās got sustain, sure.
But his team protection capabilities are rather meh.
And he needs people to protect HIM most the time from feeding tons of Ult charge.
I didnāt say he was a good tank.
Heās just so bad people only recognize the parts of him that work, which is his hook combo and scary gun.
Thing is: projectile shotgun with all that spread and delay is pretty unreliable. Its not widow or hanzo one-shot, thats for sure.
Hook is pretty easy to block but its especially easy to block when you try to play too aggressively as Hog. This example kinda demonstrates it:
Say the enemy has a Zarya. If her team attacks into you as Hog, you can pressure them into burning cooldowns and stuff and force them to position X way and punish with hook. You can sieze an opening or make your own. You can force the zarya to burn bubbles on herself or teammates as the come to you, but they will definitely be ready for you if you try to attack them.
Hog doesnāt have the mobility for that if used as a dps. They will see you, and get ready to force you away by the time you waddle over. Good change youāll have to vape just to get close enough to do anything btw.
If he had Anaās hitbox and Hanzoās silence, then Hog could be a dps.