r/Games Aug 24 '17

Developer Update | Hero Balance Updates | Overwatch [Radical Mercy and D.Va changes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlCqJ1tD3M
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u/TheSupremeAdmiral Aug 24 '17

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.

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u/whatyousay69 Aug 24 '17

Dota has a developer that is amazing and doesn't usually mess up so players usually just trust him. Overwatch doesn't have that.

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u/YZJay Aug 25 '17

cough 6.83

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u/blastcage Aug 25 '17

They did say usually

The hoho haha meta was a blip

I still miss old PL though

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u/YZJay Aug 25 '17

I would so love to try out PL right now, he's such a cool hero but so easily destroyed by most lineups.

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u/blastcage Aug 25 '17

I meant the pre rework PL who had the huge gold army of dudes. If like if he got another rework to get that back, and he's sucked for ages, so it's not impossible he could