I remember smiling ear to ear when playing Wrecking Ball for the first time. He was just a wildly inventive concept that has never truly been done in a game before. Even Something like Winston was wholly unique for his weapon to his movement style.
Now weve got a hero that is a retread of old ideas.
Mei Wall
Doom Block
Another shotgun tank
Crappy Winston Dive
The only thing hes got going for him that wasnt ripped off is his autoaim needler.
He’s so fun to me. Love how fast paced and fluid he is. He has such a high APM it makes it feel like you’re doing something every second of the game
Ball is “cool” and “unique” but rolling around most of the game and running away half the time to go find a healthpack is pretty boring IMO
I spend a few minutes in the training range trying to get wall, leap, slash, melee, shoot down.
Cause that’s gonna wreck people.
There’s a little knockback on his leap/slash that’s going to really mess people up. And you can shoot WHILE you fly through the air and still follow up with the slash.
I literally have thousands of hours on OW1 and was GM multiple seasons ? Just because I enjoy when OW is fast paced and fluid that means I don’t enjoy OW1? I’m confused lol
I love hyper mobile heroes and have always mained them. I don’t love playing tank but I recognize how fun Hazard is. He’s gonna be super popular!
He’s not hyper mobile. Thats why his kit doesnt work. Hes a weird in between ehre his kit is hyper close range but his kit has no tools to get there. And his damage is quite poor when he does.
Obviously you will like hazzard, I will probably too as a hanzo tracer main, that doesn’t mean another person can’t dislike that direction Espe if they are a old tank main, it’s always worth listening to older tank players to get them back.
Doesn’t have to be hazzard but maybe his feedback may make blizzard think something for him with the next hero.
Not op specifically but that general sentiment
Gamedevs always need to listen to complaints while they don’t have to make the solutions suggested , diagnostics of the problem will help them solve it.
Which I think is beside the point. IT could be the most and engaging kit ever made, but it still is not HIS kit.
The devs clearly have no idea how to make heroes anymore without trodding out old ideas. Wecking Ball was one of the most unique heroes in any game I’ve every played. Zarya was a unique way to do a caster tank.
This guy is just every other tank put in a blender.