The Mccree nerf highlights my issue with OW game balance

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Ok, so let’s look back a few years ago, when Mccree wasn’t doing so hot.

He struggled with survivability right? So they buffed his combat roll so he could escape high damage telegraphed stuff.

This was a generally well received buff at the time, it gave players a way to make up for the hero’s limitations by using roll in a smart and efficient way. It rewarded players for knowing what positions they can and can’t get away with.

Now, after this a whooole bunch of stuff happened, and many DPS got buffs, including Mccree, who got another survivability tool, 25hp

Now, 25 hp… is the same for everyone, it won’t give you a chance for skill expression or intelligent use because it’s a completely passive thing, it’s a buff that everybody will more or less get equal value from.

And now that the charater is overturned, you decide to take away the “smart” survival buff, yet still keep the effortless, less well received one… why?

Heck, I’d say the area of his kit that needed nerfs wasn’t even survival related to begin with, but that’s a post for another time

TLDR: Blizzard seems to prefer breaking pre established stuff that worked just fine as opposed to considering that the newer changes are what made the hero… not, fine.

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hitscan biased devs.

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I mean, not what I was getting at but yeh

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I would say the changes they make are sometimes too hero or role focused instead of how it functions in the game.

McCree’s issue is the same thing that their previous buff to Genji made him overtuned.

They didn’t think about how the buff change matches up with tanks.

Even after the nerfs barriers still get melted letting McCree or any dps partner get free ult charge on tanks.

And it’s worse if it is someone that is just filling for tank instead of maining the role.

But that’s more matchmaker problem on top of nobody wants to play tank cause of previous nerfs- problems.

I think they can turn tanks back to what tank players loved (which I believe too stubborn to do)

Armor creep them

Or passive where they heal up hp fastest as a role by supports.

Don’t like that last two options. But they could nerf McCree to the Bastion Basement won’t change things cause plenty of dps can replace him as midrange Tank melter once barrier breaks.