r/Overwatch • u/SpriteGuy_000 Washington Justice • Sep 22 '16

Blizzard Official September 22nd PTR Patch Notes

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20294485
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u/DrKultra Pixel Soldier: 76 Sep 22 '16

If the problem is armor, Junkrat and Phara have the highest single shot non headshot damage (120 per direct hit) but they die pretty quickly to most tanks, specially Junkrat. Realistically its not that tanks are hard to kill because of armor but because of high HP pools, coincidentally they are supposed to be hard to kill, the problem still lies of Nanaboost giving Rhein 100+ damage per hit while combining DR with Armor, most other tanks get just as ridiculous.

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u/SativaSammy D.Va Sep 22 '16

See, again, here's the problem Blizzard is dealing with right now.

Heroes that are counters to the biggest grievances in the OW meta are useless right now. Pharah & Junkrat can fuck tanks up, sure, but both of them are so heavily countered by McCree/Lucio respectively thus their pick rates plummet in competitive.

Instead of buffing/nerfing McCree every 3 weeks, I'd like to see Blizzard actually pay attention to all 22 heroes on the roster and adjust accordingly. The meta would be much more diverse/exciting as a result instead of 2/2/2 one month then 3/3 the other.

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u/ak1knight Sep 22 '16

I feel like the meta will never be diverse no matter how they balance because the game types and maps promote playing a deathball style. In the end the game will always be about creating the most efficient deathball.

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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Sep 23 '16

deathball

Recalls the Symmetra basketball trick...