As a Reinhardt player fighting all the cracked out doom mains on DPS doom in classic feels way better then fighting tank doom, because DPS doom dies when he makes a mistake.
Fighting him on Lucio is more fun for the same reason.
Both these heroes of mine are objectively worse relative to now In every way but because everything isn’t overpowered they play so much better.
I feel this way about cass. I guess he’s considered broken in that very first patch but I literally didn’t care because holy smokes no damage resistance on role?? It’s shorter??? I block the flash and then just kill him like that???
Agreed. Tanks are way too tanky. As a GM tank player, I stopped playing the role because I hate how tank exchanges are just braindead slugfests. The tank trade doesn’t exist anymore.
At the same time, playing DPS sucks, because you can’t kill the tank so you have to ignore or avoid them, while at the same time that tank is free to kill you with minimal risk. The idea that there is more individual player agency in 5v5 is an absolute lie.
Some tanks slug other tanks better. I just don’t like the exchange. More often the outcome is a result of which tank has the better stats. There is little skill in the matchup.
If tanks were generally easier to kill, then there would be more openings that can be exploited, even in countered matchups.
I don’t disagree here.
Tanks have inherently less risk due to bloated survivability and can freely interact with non-tanks. DPS are not afforded the privilege of being able to meaningfully interact at will with tanks.