Will tanks ever actually become tanks again? There’s apparently a buff coming to Bastion and Mccree adding to their damage, which means tanks are going to be even harder to play. Can tanks get some help instead of constantly adding damage or messing with healing? Earthshatter being reworked has been the only major tank improvement since the D.Va reworks (even though they weren’t really an improvement). It’d be nice if I could actually survive more than a few seconds in some fights
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It’s not like triple tank is meta or nothing
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Survive more than a few seconds, you say?
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D.Va Rein Zarya have always been a powerful combo, but what is currently pushing them to the top is Brigitte stuns their problems away
Bastion already slaughters tanks and the buff is to help him against squishy targets and McCree’s damage increase is 60 total up close not accounting for armor. Like… wut?
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Have you seen the curret meta?
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Whoa wait mccree is getting a buff? Where can I find more info on this?
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I know Bastion is meant to slaughter tanks, that’s not my point though. His damage is becoming more focused, which means tanks are going to struggle to survive even more. 60 damage on one ability that can be used twice in a short amount of time is a lot, especially on a tank’s giant hit box where it’s hard to miss a shot
People that are too informed and haven’t given up on this game
So DPS is current almost totally out of the meta and we should be buffing tanks??
They are trying to find a way to make DPS more viable currently
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Two clips that amount to a period where his only defense is flash and all he got for it was a Widow bodyshot. Do not get me wrong, it IS a substantial buff, but literally every tank has a way to mitigate it and MCree was worthless. Not a huge deal, imo.
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While one can hold out hope they’ll hear the complaints and somehow make things better, I suspect the tank problem will continue to get a similar response as Mercy. Aka, balance over being enjoyable to play.
Thanks!
Also, I had no idea the range on seismic was 20 freaking meters. That explains so much.
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Give me a break.
In Sentry, the mode that is actually a threat to tanks, is getting a spread reduction while firing over time buff.
Second of all, Bastion’s spread used to be much lower with crits too. The tanks shluld be having the time of their LIVES with Bastion not being a threat… at all.
O WAIT, they are. Goats are the meta. The 2 least defensive tanks had their own meta, Dive, and now Bastion needs to be relevant again.
Quit with the crying.
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That’s the CC problem’s doing, and it completely irrelevant to Bastion. Bastion suffers from CC just as much.
And please, if you disagree then debate me. Because I’ll tell you right now a Rein will win a fight against Bastion by charging him point-blank. Hook is another good alternative that fries Bastion. Or how abotu DF, which is a hero that he’s supposed to counter? Stun after stun after DF gets personal sheilds, after soloult.
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Tanks should not be doing more than 90 DPS per seconds but they should have 350 armor / 350 HP to feel sturdy/tanky. Dva is just a FAT dps
Are we watching the same OW games? I usually see triple tank and triple support… Sure the DPS aren’t falling behind the damage curve?
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Yes, let’s give tanks more damage. I’m tired of seeing so many DPS and not enough tanks/healers in professional play! 
…and the D.Va changes weren’t an improvement? What game are you playing?!
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Maybe you should read my post before replying with a way out of context reply? Nowhere did I say Bastion needs nerfed because of tanks. I said he’s getting a buff (which you quoted) and asked for tanks to get some help. I’m pretty sure this
deserves some complaints.
I’d love a damage reduction for survivabilty. Tanks are way more fun to play when you don’t die in less than a second and don’t even know what hit you (btw nobody asked for micro missiles ._.)
I am playing Overwatch. A game that used to be fun and now has professional’s stats thrown everywhere to improve one’s arguments instead of realizing that pros don’t play anywhere close to how everyone else plays. Also read my post before replying. Thank you 
Stats don’t even have anything to do with it, all you have to do is watch any recent match.
The only reason DPS is played so much still is because people want to DPS more than win. That’s a major balance problem that would only be made far worse if you buffed tanks even more.
You can’t just give so much power to one role just to get people to play them… they have to find a better way or this game will be even more crap than it currently is balance wise.
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