Overwatch is devolving into the most divisive game I have ever seen. I have seen many fighting game scenes and shooting game scenes. Nothing ever even comes close to level of toxicity as overwatch has over the last year or so.
You have healers that see the game as a constant attack on them.
You have DPS mains that constantly feels like they should be able to kill anything at anytime.
All the while you have tank mains in the middle. Who complains 1 time about 1 thing and everyone in the other 2 categories jumps on it using their 1 complaint as a crutch for their arguments.
I want to address the first issue for all sides of the argument. I know you hide behind your tanks in the game but stop hiding when the arguments starts. I am tired of hearing “the tanks mains make a majority of the complaints argument.” Do you know why tanks complain its not just because they see something as unfair or unfun (Whatever the hell unfun means). Tanks complain because its the job is hard. Not so someone could say “oh see that the Winston complained I must be right.”
I even read a few times where a DPS player saying tanks have a hard time against Moira. Now if you play a tank and have a problem against Moira 1v1. Get Good or give up tank. That character does no real damage to you.
I am tired of whiny DPS mains. You know when the DPS mains didn’t get yelled at as much season 2-4, when good tank play was the deciding factor for the games. Tanks also took on a lot of blame for losses back then as well. DPS mains you wanted the game to be more about the DPS, wish granted. Now you have the responsibility of the most important as well. You are now the quarterback in American Football. Most important guy on the team gets blamed for losses but gets most of the glory.
DPS mains talking about competition get out of here with that. You don’t know what competition is because you can’t compete in team games with an inflated ego.
Healers I don’t know what to tell you guys out there because most of what happens, happens to you. Complained about getting flanked all the time and got Moira. Who is an excellent addition to the game. Trading power and utility for shiftiness is a great balance Blizzard managed to hit.
Didn’t even complain about mercy death rate during mass rez and got some invulnerability. Complained that Mercy didn’t have an E ability gets an overpowered rework. All to have the character stripped away because of something you didn’t want to begin with.
However a healer that could simply breakthrough the front-line at the cost of healing is a bit suspect in design. Seriously though Brig should’ve never been made to counter an entire strategy and anyone who thinks that is a good idea is bonkers. This does not mean they should just nerf her to the ground and throw her away like they keep doing in this game.
All in all though I don’t really want to blame any side for the state of the game, except the devs. It is clear that Overwatch has no vision or leadership. These nerfs are just coming as knee jerk reactions to negativity rather than well hashed out plans. Now The devs hide behind their censorship and no longer engaging with the community.
I believe now we are facing the point of no return. In which I fear Overwatch is now headed off the side of a cliff.