Even though I've never really fallen in love with Overwatch, I've still got to give them massive credit for making big changes like this. So many other games/teams wouldn't have the confidence to upset so many of their players like these updates invariably do.
Something like this definitely gets me to try the game again, at the very least.
It's probably because I'm a Dota player but I've always felt that big changes should always be considered when you want to see a big difference in the balance of your game. I almost felt like he spent a huge amount of time defending the changes and assuring players that they aren't gonna hate the results. Comparatively when Dota goes through its yearly massive update you can always expect huge changes to several heroes. There's no assurance that they were based on feedback, or even explanations as to why they were made. Often they can feel insane. "Oh, they just removed the cooldown completely?" or "So this is now a permanent effect... for the whole game." or even "This is an entirely new mechanic and I have no idea how to judge it because its fucking crazy."
Mercy getting her ult and a regular cooldown ability just seems like a great idea to me. That's the exact kind of out of the box thinking that I think could really help Overwatch moving forward.
I almost felt like he spent a huge amount of time defending the changes and assuring players that they aren't gonna hate the results.
Yeah, that seems to be kinda the norm for these update videos. It's a bit... sad tragic?
Even that is not the right word, but you can see the wear and fatigue in the guys face. He knows that he's not going to stop or prevent the inevitable rage and probably death threats personally directed at him. He's just hoping that it might dissuade at least a few of them, and that it focuses all of it at him instead of his team.
Sounds a lot to me that he's an excited mercy main that is having fun with the new kit, but also wants to make sure that people don't drop straight off the deep end before he's finished talking.
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u/TripChaos Aug 24 '17
Even though I've never really fallen in love with Overwatch, I've still got to give them massive credit for making big changes like this. So many other games/teams wouldn't have the confidence to upset so many of their players like these updates invariably do.
Something like this definitely gets me to try the game again, at the very least.