I think the Symmetra rework from 2.0 to 3.0. Absolutely ruined the hero for me. She just popped up on the title screen and it made me realise how much I miss playing her. She used to be so unique amongst the cast. I still live in hope that one day they’ll swallow their pride and revert her. I’m worried they’re gonna do something similar to Mei.
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Ironclad bastion and the removal of bastion headshots.
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Role Lock/Q
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2-2-2.
They went steadily down hill on the original concept of dynamic compositions, then instead of giving people better tools to make dynamic teams they forced a meta.
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Brigitte in her earliest state. She was a prime example of everything wrong with the balance team: Unvetted, crushing abilities, tankier than most tanks and made triple tank even stronger than it was before.
The following nerfs were too much after that.
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Adding Brigitte to the game in her launch state.
I still feel it did lasting damage to the not only the player base numbers but the good will of the players in general. We can rattle off all the issues, the longest stun on the shortest cool down, the shield drop of the #1 meta tank in game at her will.
The roll your face on the key board game play.
the 800+ and 1200+ sort of jumps people started to see with Brig one tricks up into masters or diamond, skipping entire tiers of game play learning.
Needing something like 12+ patches and a mini rework to bring her back in line at all. I still have NO idea how anyone on the balance team felt she was ok at launch.
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Actually agreed with you about Sym. She used to be my 2nd most played hero by a wide margin but has fallen to the wayside because I just really don’t enjoy her rework at all.
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The addition of Moira
I don’t understand the mentality of a Support character that needs to do DMG, just gives bad support players an excuse. 
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Triple nerfing Sombra in a row.
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Sorry OP,but I can’t list just one change.
- The addition of Brigitte which led to all sorts of horrible metas and which,more importantly,was the beginning of the game’s huge problem with sustain
- Sombra’s Hack getting turned into a buggy unusable mess in the same patch Brig was added in
- The addition of Sigma which brought on the Double Shield meta
- Symmetra Double Shield meta nerfs
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I wanna say the addition of Brig, but realistically, you can’t beat 2/2/2.
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2-2-2
That’s all I have to say really
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Mercy Rework, Brig Release, Doomfist Release and Ironclad Bastion.
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Moira: was introduced to give the support line up something to sau “piss of genji” during the pinical of dive meta
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I’m half-certain she was also added to give people another support to play if they weren’t “pleased” with the Mercy nerfs
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A fair point but it was 90% “DIE METEL JAPANESE MAN”
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Upon these changes, Bastion was killed.
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True,but I remember higher ranks still not really playing or caring about Moira sadly. And then double shield meta came along and everyone lost their minds about her,like aight.
It was funny to me that a lot of those people I mentioned didn’t even play Moira and continued to complain about Mercy instead. Aaaand then Brig came along.
Fixed a bug where the sprays on the Numbani spawn door were bigger than normal.
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Just take your pick.
*) Release Brig
*) Symm 2.0 to 3.0
*) Symm double nerfed as soon as she became viable
*) Hanzo rework
*) Widow’s initial charge time buff
*) Doomfist
*) Moth meta Mercy
Honestly, this game’s balancing and ‘reworks’ have been a chain of disappointments.
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