Why should we give feedback?

[OurVerwatch-1301]

If everything we say is just going to be ignored.

Interested on the answer for this one.

[Kisseys-1344]

We should stop giving feedback and just ask for what the devs want to hear and regurgitate it. It would save so many pointless paragraphs from being written.

[OurVerwatch-1301]

Sure, this patch was absolutely incredible. Every change was just perfect and this will change the meta so much!! I’m so excited for whats to come! I’m sure 100% of the community thinks the same

[MooshPaw2-1227]

You should totally give feedback due to the following reasons!

[LuckyTiger-1120647]

i like the changes, they can listen to me

mcree did not need buffs but this one wont bother me. Hanzo is fine too, a little weak even

[ĿȀŖǠǂ1ǾǂƑPŜǃ-2660]

Just give feedback, 4head.

… it is not like we haven’t been showing our dissatisfaction with the balance direction for years or something.

[LuckyTiger-1120647]

this forum cant agree on anything though. You guys act like that mcree change is game breaking when it isnt

Hanzo was a little weak too, probably still will be

[RobotWizard-116887]

Not everything is ignored, they tend the take stuff on board, but they are weighing up a lot of other things at the same time.

I’d really love a way to be able to mark something as “this is long form feedback for the dev team” rather than “this is chatting to other players” but I think that would be abused by people really quickly.

[Starlord-22320]

I’ve posted about a seizure inducing bug in the bug report section yesterday but nothing so far.

I guess they are busy buffing Hanzo.

[MooshPaw2-1227]

@LuckyTiger-1120647

You guys act like that mcree change is game breaking when it isnt

I consider reaching 70% more spots is pretty good
Is not game breaking but it’s overloaded

I’ve cried for parkour for years for sombra and they were so scared but not with McCree

hey at least I got it, should not complain that much

[ĿȀŖǠǂ1ǾǂƑPŜǃ-2660]

It is not game breaking because those heroes are already broken. Is is waste of resources buffing heroes who are already meta even more while others remain useless for years.

[Naph-1280]

It is not game breaking because those heroes are already broken. Is is waste of resources buffing heroes who are already meta even more while others remain useless for years

noOoooO, it WiLL sHaKe uP tEh mEtA, dEvs sAiD sO

[Blaze-25108]

The thing is , how I see it , most of our feedback here in the Forums, if not all is not reaching the Dev Team at all .

[Bakkusōdo-1851]

Well, not everything

The hanzo bug was quickly fixed but anything that doesn’t literally break the game gets ignored

[Devil-26652]

There is no point in giving feedback, because it simply doesn’t matter. They don’t care about that.

And if they do want to listen to player feedback, then they will most likely ask content creators and pros for that, and not you or me.

[Dasaries-11327]

I think that is fair. They don’t want to LISTEN. And they only listened to feedback very briefly before making this game.

Who knows. They are like most companies and spend MILLIONS of dollars on something, hope it sticks and if it doesn’t. So be it.

Not like they care if someone made a PRIVATE SERVER of the game and did it better than them… (which ended in them going after those folks, none the less! )

[CultofZAL-1383]

Feedback from the forums is essentially meaningless. Blizzard (Kaplan) has even stated so.

The reason for this is that the actual amount of people posting on the forums is such an insignificant section of the playerbase that it’s the same as looking at school board election turnout as “what the people want”.

That’s not to say they don’t read it, just that it does not figure significantly into their decision making process.

Forums are essentially a venting tool for players.

[SadTankMain-1628]

Just stop playing the game. Don’t be an addict like Bobby Kotich wants.

[Kaedi-11739]

Community Manager AndyB has given key details to why community feedback does not necessarily mean that feedback will be applied to the game.

@AndyB-11735

It’s important to understand that this in no way diminishes the usefulness of community discussion hubs (like forums). Forums serve as a microcosm of the larger OW community, representing viewpoints from many different segments of players; casual, what we call “Core Players”, competitive players, representation from marginalized groups such as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+, the list goes on.

@AndyB-11735

Sharing your own personal experience with the topic is always the most useful feedback we can receive. Tell us what’s causing friction, how it’s affecting your play experience, how it makes you feel.

We can pull numbers until we’re red in the face. Anecdotal feedback about player experience provides said numbers with context that’s impossible to quantify.

Regarding direct suggestions instead of telling them what you like and don’t like…

@AndyB-11735

This is actually the least useful kind of feedback for almost any development process. Jumping straight to the solution without having a thorough understanding of the root cause of friction minimizes the role of designers and can often lead to “fixes” that don’t take in the full width and breadth of a given area of frustration.

We do love to see player inspired designs and ideas. We tend to contextualize them in the same way we do fanart or cosplay.

[YokoCrossbow-1945]

@AndyB-11735

It’s important to understand that this in no way diminishes the usefulness of community discussion hubs (like forums). Forums serve as a microcosm of the larger OW community, representing viewpoints from many different segments of players; casual, what we call “Core Players”, competitive players, representation from marginalized groups such as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+, the list goes on.

Yea yea… only the competitive, content creators, influencers, overwatch league are the core blah blah blah… lets buff again meta, popular same, boring and overrated heroes and nerf underrated, newer, fun and hated heroes. And make everything more offensive paced than defensive paced.