Bluntly, I am sick to death of being forced to main tank about 80% of matches.
I never get to play what I want anymore. It’s always main tank and Hammond is useless because he’s so easy to counter. So I’m forced onto Orisa AGAIN or just, you know, uncontestedly lose the match for the hundredth time today.
Let’s look at facts. There’s a role that is absolutely necessary to winning, and you absolutely have to play one, and only about 1/10th of the playerbase (at best) likes playing it. We desperately need to either adjust the game so main tanks simply aren’t needed on a team (they can still be good, but not necessary) or there has to be some way of passing the chore around so it isn’t forced onto the people who actually care about winning every freaking round.
Because that’s what it is. A chore. Like washing the dishes. I would rather wash dishes than play main tank. I would rather wash dishes on fire than play Reinhardt.
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The only way to convince other players to play other roles at this point is some incentive. Like a daily quest system.
Cheers,
~ PyroPanda
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Then don’t! I love playing main tank, and I will when I get the chance. But if you don’t want to, then sometimes it’s important to take a step back and play the game to have fun, not just to win.
LFG is also a good option if you’re talking about quick play. LFG comp seems a lot rarer.
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Yeah, a quest.
Win five rounds on Orisa to unlock Widowmaker. A daily quest 
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It isn’t fun to get steamrolled either.
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Nobody is forcing you to play a tank. Play what you want, enjoy yourself, it’s a game for Christ’s sake.
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I played tanks for hundreds of hours. I am now a dps onetrick. I will flex again once role queue is here. Until then… La oscuridad te espera!
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Meh
I know others just want some else to be a shield or healbot
But I really don’t want an incentive if all that incentive does is make people just play tanks and supports badly rather than play them well
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They should make blocking damage more responsive/satisfying
Other than Dva’s defense matrix you have basically no input of the damage that you’re blocking, you only see a number going down on the screen, it feels like a negative, like you’re doing something bad.
They should make new sounds for blocking damage for all tanks and make these sounds as satisfying as Dva’s matrix. Say whatever you want but sound design takes a huge part on how satisfying a hero is to play and most tanks are lacking on it.
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The tanks need to be more mechanically difficult and success/failure needs to be more about how well you play them and less just about what tank you have. The main tanks that actually help your team almost entirely win or lose based on what your team does.
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They have to like strategy and want to win the game at all costs.
If they don’t like strategy then they’ll stick to their guns – quite literally. It’s the simplest form of combat proven to work since Call of Duty released Modern Warfare.
It’s all they know.
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like others have said. it’s a game and you aren’t forced into a role. play what you enjoy
honestly the biggest incentive i’d say is make a daily/weekly that rewards currency to buy items we want(either coins for loot box stuff. or comp ones to help others get their fav golden weaps). that way it’s optional but gets players to want to try tanks, finding what they like.
Again though, you aren’t forced into this role and shouldn’t have others forced either. you should choose to do it because you’re passionate about the job. not because no one else immediately did.
It’s hard to have fun when you get steamrolled because none of your teammates played tanks.
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how about we turn the tanks into dps with defensive qualitys? that should even out the playing field, shrink their sizes and hitboxes and lower their health.
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You’re not having fun playing tank either. No fun and play what you want or no fun and play something you don’t want. Seems like a simple equation.
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trust me. i’m sure some of your team mates hate losing as much as you do. many people will switch classes if they feel somethings not working out for them
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btw can we do this in the game workshop? i really want to see a tiny reinhardt coming charging 
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I’d rather have 4-5 dps at playing at their normal level than to have one of them fill a role they don’t know and play like they’re 3 ranks lower.
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I would rather have 3 dps playing their best than 3 tanks playing poorly.
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you’d honestly rather have someone inexperienced and potentially awful on tank so you can play what you want?
Might as well just play what you want anyway since you stand as much of a chance of winning whether they play tank or you don’t 
As least when you play tank you have experience at it 
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