Untouchable healers is root of all problems - incl snipers

[GreyFalcon-11737]

@LuckyDucky12-11252

Well, I’m pretty sure Grey specifically wanted 5v5

Yup. This is from February 2020, right after the 1-3-2 playtests.

@GreyFalcon-11737

The next experiment they should do is:

1-2-2 Solo Tank

Just take exactly what they did so far in 1-3-2, but reduce the number of DPS by one.

This won’t reduce the DPS queue times quite as much, but it should be 50% faster than 2-2-2. Which is still pretty good.

That said, I think they should make a couple edits to the formerly offtank main tanks:

All Tanks

• Can bodyblock ultimates like EarthShatter, and Self Destruct, to protect teammates standing behind them.
• All forms of CC and Status effects are reduced by 50% effect/duration.
• Ultimate charge given to enemies is reduced by 50%.

And here’s a comprehensive list of patch notes on how they could have transitioned from 6v6 to 5v5. Which I posted about 2 weeks before the OW2 beta was announced, but a week before the OWL team Owners went into a conference with Blizzard.

[OW2] Balance Design Blueprint