i’m 2200 sr. I queue up at 6:00am on a Sunday Morning…2 minute queue.
this game is not dying
Aria rose? I mean atleast she could admit when she makes mistakes or went to far. She even apologized in a video for going to far.
Why this game is dying?
Simple:
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DPS Snipers are a thing. They are the jerk class. They dont need team work… IN A TEAMWORK GAME. And that is if they are good. If they are bad they aim, aim, aim, aim and NEVER SHOOT. And then they ask for heals(if the healer isnt dead because they cant even protect their pocket), because they are sooooooo good isnt? I mean, they love to ruin matches. Go to free for all. You asked for it.
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You have to fill, and tanks and supports are the $h*tyy classes. Few masochists like playing those. And if you ask No Aim Snipy Mc Sniper above they will say that THEY DO TOO MUCH and should be useless(look at the foruns, the ammount of people saying that supports heals should be halved is astonishing! Same with tanks, people wanting them to be large chunks of meat that do zero damage.) . At least be a darling and delete them. Not even their mains will miss them.
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Metas are not passing trends, they stay for a good amount of months. Due also to the slow reaction time of the devs. Oh, Is Mercy healing too much? We can fix this after 6 months. Oh, is Tracer oneshotting tanks? We can wait 2 years to fix this, let her be unstoppable.
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OWL is getting all the support while we are getting zero. Because the users dont matter. The pros do!
The game isnt dying but it is becoming stale. I have no doubt in my mind that once content drops and new events/OWL come the game will see a resurgence. I agree with a few points, im on PC so smurfing isnt too bad but on console it desperately needs an overhaul especially the SR system for the lower ranks.
Overwatch is largely balanced at the moment (you can debate that granted) with no one heros individually out performing others in a traditional sense. We just have synergistic playstyles that work best at any given time because our hero pool is fairly shallow.
More heros = less stale metas = more content = more hype = more content creators.
Lastly the community I wish would chill with the “nerf x” or “buff y” it feels like in game versus on the forums have like twenty something metas going on (aware varying ranks) and the whole #DeleteBrig or #ReworkMercy thing has to stop. Its just dividing the community with toxicity coming from both sides.
Sorry if my thoughts were unorganized.
I do want to add Overwatch needs to make an identity and soon. Meaning are we going to be a casual game or hardcore because its attracted every audience in an attempt to get a massive playerbase (it succeeded) but doesnt do a good job at keeping any of them happy imo.