Tanks should receive half the damage or have double HP

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This is gonna be controversial, I know for sure, but tanks get melted down so easily. No wonder why there aren’t enough tank players in this game. Playing tank feels just like constantly dying unless you’re playing ball/hog or have very good heals. Even with good heals, tanks get melted down in seconds by zen/cree and all the CC.

When that happens it just doesn’t feel fun at all. I’m wondering if it’s gonna be the same bs for OW2 with only 1 tank or even worse. The damage output some heroes have in this game is just too much, and if the tank can’t survive, what’s the point of playing tank anyways when you can just queue for the other roles and have more fun.

In OW2 you’re just gonna get melted in seconds and also constantly flamed by your team. Just give tanks some love and make them tankier.

Here’s a video example:

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They should be doing low damage while taking far less with the best CC resistance AND abilities in the game.

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Yeah 50% is too much, but a 10-15% DR for some tanks is needed, as well as stun chain reductions.

And yes Blizz can shove shields where the sun don’t shine afterwards.

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If tanks need a fix for 5v5
It needs to be done in a way that’s not raw stats… it’s boring and lazy

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The thing is though… Tanks don’t just need a fix for 5v5, they need a fix for 6v6…

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50% dmg reduction isn’t going to do much. I’ve been melted through my heal on hog several times.

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I feel the opposite. It shows me just how helpful that is and I wouldn’t want other tanks to have pig privilege.

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If you need 50% damage reduction to not die instantly that’s because you aren’t playing that good at all.

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“aren’t playing that good at all”

Soldier & hanzo focusing your head.

You’ll melt. Even with 50% dmg reduction. Tanks would need like 2000 hp with the damage that is in the game right now.

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You have positioning and defensive abilities. Theu can’t just reign on you for free, you and your team punish them.

Don’t sit out in the open. Use cover, and shields. Defensive abilities. Have your supports heal you.

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I mean I exaggerated the topic but I think people know what I’m talking about. Also I don’t constantly die you can check my stats, I’m just saying that when that happens it feels like you honestly couldn’t have done anything to avoid it and it’s infuriating, therefore raises questions to how would this be fixed in OW2

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Take cover. Have good positioning. There’s tank players that DON’T get melted because they don’t play like pepega.

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“take cover”
“have good positioning”

roadhog

Good positioning on roadhog isn’t to hide. It’s to pose a threat to people in that they can die if they get hooked. Hiding does not achieve that at all.

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No one said hide. I said take cover. As in, duck so you don’t get lit up, then go back out. Like, players that say they just get melted on tank aren’t GOOD at tank. They turboint, then die, then hate the role.

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So, hide. Why are you saying nobody said it?

I really don’t understand why you think the time to kill is fine in OW, you barely have time to react once people focus fire you, even as a tank.

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Robbie, let’s be real, you know 99% of Doom mains would love a 50% damage reduction buff. Who are we kidding? Does that mean I believe most Doom are playing poorly. Um…

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Don’t overexaggerate things to that extent. It’s like going from asking someone to switch heroes to commiting murder.

If you aren’t constantly dying getting deleted then you shouldn’t need an insane damage reduction.

A lot of things make it feel like you can’t do anything. That’s part of the game. I have a ton of control over if I die or not.

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Hide and take cover aren’t the same thing at all. And the TTK in OW is fine imo. If you mess up your positioning, you die quickly, and then you learn how to fix your positioning. Like, I play tank, and I rarely get melted, because I don’t int my brains out.

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What even is this argument?
“Let’s buff Tracers damage by 100%, cause sometimes I don’t kill people”

If you get melted through your hog heal, then you deserved to die in that situation.

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What the ??? Are you ok? Are you seriously comparing me talking about receiving half damage on a videogame with that?