This game is being so blatantly bastardized by power creep and these guys are still BUFFING EVERYTHING.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem isn’t that the gigabuffed tanks you’ve never significantly nerfed are weak. Maybe the problem is that everyone else is so fing strong that tanks are being melted. Maybe the problem is that support heroes can directly nullify all of a tank’s value without any effort. Maybe the problem is that DPS heroes are so fing fast now that tanks can’t catch them. Maybe the problem is that healing numbers are so fing high that damage heroes have to be able to do 300 DPS if they want to scratch the fing tank. And this issue is even bleeding into other kinds of fights, like fights between flankers and supports. You either die instantly or never and it feels fing horrible either way.
BUFFING ISN’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR HOW FUN THE GAME IS AND ONLY POLARIZES ENCOUNTERS. YOU EITHER WIN BY A LANDSLIDE OR LOSE BY A LANDSLIDE, AND THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE WITH EVERY BUFF.
IF YOU MAKE EVERY BUTTON BETTER THE GAME WILL JUST PLAY FOR YOU, AND THAT IS NOT GOOD GAME DESIGN. A HERO WITH A WEAKNESS IS MORE INTERESTING TO PLAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WORK AROUND THAT WEAKNESS.
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS PLEASE EVERYONE.
So that they can nerf things after to say that they are trying to balance the game.
There is no problem with DPS damage, and never has been (with the exception of Sojourn).
The problem is 100% the 5v5 format.
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I just want them to stop buffing Doom. He’s already the strongest hero in the game by miles. He needs sledgehammer nerfs to survivability, not more buffs to it.
Tanks got buffed because they tend to melt like butter under focus fire.
Unfortunately this means in more disorganized play, like your typical QP game, tanks will be functionally immortal. Especially if they have a support pocket. Or two.
People are going to have to learn how to group up and focus fire to delete tanks. Or try to kill the enemy squishy characters before yours die. And hope you have enough firepower left to deal with the tank. 
5v5 is unfixable. As long as tanks are so powerful, you’re gonna need to delete them from the field before you can hope to play the game. You can’t buff Counterwatch away. The opposite is necessary for it to work, and nobody will like that.
Tank abilities are what make Counterwatch necessary. To make it unnecessary, they have to be weak enough that there is no longer any incentive or additional value in doing it.
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