shields remain important abilities that can not only block damage but also hook, antinade and one-shot
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Why would I?
It takes more effort to use a shield than a gun and I get no more value out of it.
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They get melted fast and hog is just better.
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“Observe the- * crack * nevermind.”
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Because, at this point, offense is the best defense.
Why would I take Orisa with a 600 HP barrier and 400HP over Hog who can 3 shot the barrier, has a 1 shot potential and hook combo + 600 HP with 300 HP self heal.
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i do play sigma and even orisa from time to time but shields get melted fast so it sometimes feels like you dont even have a shield 
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For your safety, please - crack
Don’t worry my friends, I - barrier destroyed
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It’s a dark time for shield tanks, and by Jeff’s words it’s only going to get worse.
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Because when they don’t have their shields up they’re severely weaker then dps focused Tanks, and in the current meta, shields gets destroyed very fast. If Blizzard buffed Orisa’s damage and gave Reinhardt reliable ranged damage, they might be worth picking.
You have to be about 5x better than the tanks on the other team if you’re playing a barrier and they have a Hog with at least 2 hours of gameplay experience.
It simply is not worth it. Unless that’s all you know how to play/enjoy playing 
Can’t say there’s that much enjoyment to be had. The only way I can get through it is by sustaining myself on the tears of everyone that wanted barriers nerfed into the ground. I just tell myself over and over that Hog is barrier tank’s glorious vengeance! (And it’s beyond inevitable that he gets nerfed - probably hard. He is outshining dps, after all.)
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Because this is what you wanted… Im sick of shooting shields, its so boring… Well here ya go, Call of Duty Overwatch party.
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Ball is more fun anyway
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because it’s not worth picking barriers for spam damage anymore.
and the tanks that relied on the barrier to help them advance or apply pressure mostly gets shredded and forced back by the overwhelming amount of damage coming their way.
the things barriers are good for mostly now is blocking flank LoS spam, like a lonely soldier76, mccree or something of that sort for some extra safety for a second or two.
or to block abilities and ultimates.
their barriers are kinda as much worth as a brigs shield is now, it’s good to have but if that’s all you’ve got, you ain’t got much.
but i think it’s good that we move away from this barrier resource monopoly thing.
it just divides the tanks unhealthily imo.
because shield’s get melted in like 3 seconds and hog is the best tank in the game rigth now
It’s not about killing people as a tank it about helping your team, this is why you should always pick a shield hero
No one helps the tanks they get bursted down once their barrier pops. Why expect other players to have less fun being a distraction just so you get to be shielded for .02 seconds? Just so you can run away to a safer spot while the tanks get mowed down?
You guys wanted weaker shields, but at the same time you seem spoiled by them…no one is going to play something they get little to no value for just because you feel entitled to a barrier tank.
Barrier tanks are handicapped to accommodate barriers, but barriers have been nerfed super hard. So, barrier tanks largely are just kinda weak right now, because their barriers aren’t very good anymore and they still bear the handicaps of being a barrier tank.
They’re too easy to just bust through and disregard.
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it’s legit because of hog, he can break shields easily now and is insane.
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The whole problem of barriers is a bit of a conundrum, if you buff them to the point they’re good, you get double barrier meta. Nerf them from that (either by flat HP numbers or buffing DPS of other Heroes) and they become almost worthless becvause you burst down the shield in a second or two, then you’re left with easy Tank targets who don’t do much damage.
This may be sad to say, but it might be time for the Dev team to consider splitting the Tank role into Tanks with Barriers and Tanks without Barriers, with Wrecking Ball still being available to both. This would allow them to buff barriers to the point of being useful without risking double shield metas. Of course they would probably need to release at least four Tank Heroes to make up for the further shrinking of the Hero Pool for each role.
Range. Which Hard Counters Hog. Also and anti hook button on cooldown
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