With balance.
Let’s say for arguements sake that balance should be done for master/GM rank.
Let’s also say balance at this level is PERFECT
Finally let’s say that all master/GM players understand that the balance is in fact PERFECT.
But
Everyone below masters/GM doesn’t know it’s perfect and it’s left to interpretation.
People will still complain and say things are OP and UP at all ranks below because of their own personal experience and inability to separate themselves from that individual experience.
So
I suppose the overall thought is to take a step back and understand that if YOU are a TRULY unbiased player when it comes to balance suggestions…
How valid do you think your opinion is if you only play at a low tier?
I’m gold/plat
I have balance opinions
But in the end my opinions arnt as good as if I was good enough to be in masters/GM
Then my balance opinions would hold a lot more weight.
(Assuming no bias)
NO, I know they exist, I can find one!
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I’m afraid each time Blizzard “balances” anything, in any of their games.
Because “balancing” usually for them means:
Step 1: nerf whatever class/hero is currently top into utter garbage.
Step 2: do not fix the utter garbage for ages.
Step 3: at some point fix the utter garbage back into the other extreme and now they are outperforming everyone else again.
Step 4: go back to step 1.
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This response misses the point of the post but thank you for the reply
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Couldn’t figure out the point in itself tbh.
That’s fine, if you had trouble understanding perhaps ask for clarification next time
Never give up. There’s a unicorn out there for everyone. Sometimes two, if you’re lucky.
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I would have assumed it lucky to find one… tell me your secrets
I agree with most things you said except for 1 Thing:
There are gold players or plat Players who have a really good understanding of the game. However due to age or any other factor they aren’t as mechanically skilled as others which keeps them at the rank they are at. Should we really instantly abandon their opinion as “just a golds/Plats Opinion” instead of looking at whatever they said?
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I agree with what youve said
BUT
If I make that addition into my opinion ,then EVERYONE of those low ranks assumes that they understand the game to that high level.
When the reality is that a low rank player that understands the game at a GM level is an actual unicorn
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I can totally agree to that. Espwcially in Plat (where I’m at) people think they are way better than they actually are (me included)
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Yeah I’ll silently agree that those players can exist… but
There arnt many and a lot of people assume that it’s them.
But I imagine if I were to get into GM my opinions would be different than they are now
Maybe I would have some that are the same but I definitely wouldn’t be right about nearly as much as I would like to be
The head coach of san fransisco shock is only a gold player, but he understands the game better than most gm players.
Like I said a few posts up…
these people do exist…
But not many
So the rarities like this individual shouldn’t be where we set the bar for what a gold player actually understands.
Because the perspectives depending on their skill, attitude and highest SR change alot + the heroes they play.
Game can never please all people, or balancing it out. Some onetricks will always get the short end of the stick and it wont matter if they sit in plat or GM.
Currently i would say, maintanks have a rough time in the game across all ranks minus Rein which is the king till GM. But every other maintank ? nada, niente.
Hitscans have gotten so much QoL buffs over time, in addition to a very good kit, so that they rule over most projectile heroes. So i think it should be looked into to straighten the balancing between them a bit.
Healing got crippled by time, but the damage raised, which leaves mainhealers in a weird spot. In midranks, u get 2 mainhealers to top everyone off and their mistakes. In GM matches u get Zen Brig, which functions in a way where one is taking care of the other Zens damage + discord is pretty much meta up there. Meanwhile i feel in many matches my impact as a support doesnt make enough difference between a loss or win. There is surely some balancing required here, since in high ranks Zens Utility outweighs most mainhealers and their utility currently, while in midranks people cry if u have even one offhealer.
Even though balancing cant possibly please everyone, i think across all ranks we can have a more balanced, thin line which should lead to a better, more balanced state of the game.
good take. a lot of low elo players are just not taken seriously cuz they aren’t like gm. and i’m not one to boast or have a massive ego, but i like to think i know a lot about the game.
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The game will be balanced when we get zen lore…but in all seriousness yeah the game will never be balanced. Or when it finally is balanced, it wont at last. As long as they add new heroes something will always go wrong.