the game looks so bad whenever i watch it
everyone is so scared of being one clipped out of nowhere thanks to best mobility and high dps.
And did I say, she has 80%+ pick rate in Stage 2 i.e. out of 14 dps heroes available, she is picked 80%+ of time.
Edit: Forgot to say, 'I switch off my screen whenever I see tracer, which means my screen remains off most of the time, because she is in every damn round and apparently spectating dps for majority of time is required by law.
This has the same format as that Junkrat post
Let’s be real — there aren’t really 14 DPS heroes. And, if they were all viable options in the same meta, the game would be unbelievably broken.
Yes, that is the joke.
lol, how would the game be broken if you had a viable option of switching between all the DPS characters?
“Lol” It would come at the cost of no healers or tanks being selected. That’s not how games like OW get balanced.
This is actually a misconception that tracer has high pick rate due to meta. If you look since say, contenders seasons 0, she has consistently been ~must pick.
She has actually managed to transcend the boundaries of meta and has become overlord of pro and ladder play. If you don’t believe me, as a indicator, feel free to look at any seasons top 100 and add which heroe mains have highest count.
No, the game still needs Tanks and Healers. Having the option to switch out Tracer for Doomfist or Hanzo or Torb or Mei wouldn’t be a bad thing.
But it currently doesn’t happen because Tracer is too good at high levels and other characters are not.
I think it all boils down to the mobility attribute in OW is too good. All the mobile characters are picked and the ones that aren’t are left behind.
If Saebyeolbe’s skill on tracer was equivalent to every other hero — and those heroes were buffed to be as viable as Tracer — teams would have no need to heal or tank because the damage would out-do any healing that could be done.
So Tracer needs a nerf then.
Exactly. Mobility has always been all that matters in this game because it’s a fast-paced game.
And I get what you’re saying, but with this game, it’s impossible for every hero to be balanced. One hero’s balancing comes at another’s cost. OW will NEVER be “balanced.” The patches just switch which heroes are going to be good for a certain period of time.
Any changes would instantly make her worthless. — say, two blinks instead of three. And that’s fine. But give it awhile and then it’ll be the same thing after a patch changes her back.
Can you imagine a meta without Tracer?
https://i.imgur.com/Cn7Huh7.jpgI find this to be an interesting point of view, though I do not share it.
I am an awful Tracer. Well, let’s be fair, I am awful at the game as a whole, so I have no dog in this fight, really.
That said, I respect the skill that it takes to be so good as Tracer. I mean, Striker 1v6 on Volskaya point A for like, a full minute, was one of the most impressive/saddest things I have seen in the OWL. True, it was against the Dragons, but Striker is a disgusting Tracer player.
I see things like that and I understand how people can get disheartened and think Tracer is OP, but at the same time, I see the opposite. These players have the best of all required skills in Overwatch.
To be an amazing Tracer, you need both flick and tracking aim, high situational awareness, phenomenal positioning, both entrance and exit plans, immense adaptability, and superb coordination.
I do not think that Tracer needs to be touched. I think we need more characters with such high/limitless skill ceilings. Any new hero with skill ceilings like that, though, will also need high skill floors. Widow comes close, as does McCree, but none can truly match Tracer.
It’s already happened. In triple tank her and Genji were obsolete and were switched out for Soldier. Tracer didn’t start becoming strong until the end of triple tank where people found out she was DECENT against the comp.
And yet neither of them have nearly close to Tracer’s representation.
Now the question is, do you think those Tracers are inherently more skilled? is Striker better than players like Pine, Fleta or Linkzor simply because he plays Tracer? Or is he just abusing an overpowered hero with no counters?
Tracer was the third, or second best DPS, depending on how you ranked Pharah, during triple Tank meta.
You know Tracer is spoiled when she’s considered obsolete when she’s B or C tier instead of S+ Tier.
Well Doomfist is pretty mobile but at the end of the day he’s still trash
Ah, but take into account that the rest of DPS tier was downright garbage at the time. Soldiers pickrate triumphed all of them with like a 70%-80% pickrate across all tiers I believe? While Tracers was like 20-30% across the tiers? It doesn’t matter if she was the second or third best DPS, she was outclassed by Soldier everyway possible. And take into account tanks did everthing better than there DPS counterparts along with Ana being able to duel Tracer more effectively, she wasn’t as good as you make her out to be at the time.
The main issue with Tracer is that her high skillcap is used as an excuse to keep her in an overpowered state.
These forums can twist it any way they want, but if a character performs far better than the others for various consecutive metas it means it’s overpowered, regardless if it’s harder to play.
The statistics speak for themselves: Tracer is by far the best DPS in the game at higher levels of play. Almost every other hero that ended up in a similar situation was eventually nerfed, regardless of category. Even Genji.
“She doesn’t need a nerf, she just needs counters” you might say. Thing is, a lack of counters is the very definition of overpowered. Fortunately Sombra has been buffed.
That was because every other DPS was terrible. Soilder was the only really viable one.