Think back to the launch of overwatch 2, as soon as the first patch hit and the first games were played, tanks were counted as raid bosses, most dps were viable, and according to support mains, support was terrible.
monkey dva zarya, genji sojourn tracer, kiriko lucio, were all hard meta, and id say wholeheartedly every time that if sojourn and kiriko didnt exist at that time, that wouldve been the best patch the devs released since the game started.
heres where the chain reaction explosion started.
Genji got nerfed, people started finding out hog was op as hell, season 2 map pool was entirely made up of sniper maps.
the new meta was hog widow ashe or hanzo or sojourn, and any support comp that enhanced poke.
this meta was god awful, not only was the only natural predator of hitscan was hard nerfed, but any dive tank that attempted a dive was hard countered by hog.
nearly everyone hated yet the reason this all started was because of dive nerfs that they asked for…
so for around 4-5 god awful seasons widow finally got a nerf, dive seemed to be getting better, oh wait, brig got giga buffed, bap got giga buffed, support players finally started understanding how to play their extremely OP role and dive was in the gutter again.
so for another 3-4 seasons we were stuck playing poke/bunker comps and sniper maps were virtually unwinnable if you werent playing a poke comp against poke, dive was just outsustained and outdamaged, brawl was just brawl so it didnt even have a chance.
now we are in present, where the game has been extremely dumbed down to level the playing field between tank/dps vs supports.
so instead of giving the much deserved nerfs to supports, the skill ceiling of the game was forcibly lowered, as someone who plays all three roles religiously i hate this patch.
this is now the current style of gameplay.
play cover, spam, sit back and shoot.
and to those who still play dive, play cover, poke, potentially dive, then escape while people hit the dumbest shots possible on you.
this almost feels exactly like season 2 except its not only on sniper maps anymore.
as someone who fell in love with the mechanics of the game rather than strategy this just feels boring. even if my hero pool is objectively better, they are better for the wrong reasons and they dont feel good to play, i can no longer make big plays that feel satisfying, i can no longer provide solo carry potential, and if a tank dies the only option left is to retreat, you cant pull off those big plays anymore without sheer luck.
so i think im gonna be taking my leave until they revert this patch or give us 6v6.
5v5 is not the format we need or want, its inferior and it doesnt work.
this is all my opinion, id love to hear other people’s stances, though i know that alot of people love this patch, its mostly because support arent warlords anymore, but my issue with this patch is something else entirely, the game no longer has its magic so to say.
