Why nobody likes 3-4 DPS (Jeff Replied)

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@JeffreyKaplan

Well, just speaking for myself here, but I expected 1 to 2 tanks and 1 to 2 supports with more variance. I also expected more hero switching. Naively, I didn’t expect “maining” and “one-tricking” to be so dominant.

We imagined a world where players would be ok with Torbjorn on defense but not playing him on attack. The maining/one-trick mindset led to us having to rework those characters to fit with how the game eventually evolved to be played. I guess what I am saying is we hoped to be able to create more highly situational characters with the thought that players would switch in situations where those characters weren’t as viable.

Your acceptance of this, and essentially promotion of One Tricking, 100% lead to this state.

If you had come out and plainly said that One Tricking was Poor Teamplay, and Gameplay Sabotage, AS IT SHOULD BE, this game would be better for it.

You did this, and you hamstrung the games development by doing it.