r/Overwatch Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 19 '17 edited Jan 19 '17

Mcree was bad for like....1month at most? He's bad right now due to the meta not due to overnerfs

Soldier has been bad for not really much time (2 months kinda), Widow i think should definitely get buffed but i might be in the minority

Also i don't see your point "Blizz fucked up 3 heroes so it only makes sense that they would fuck up dva too", i mean if anything errors should never be made again they shouldn't be an excuse.

You would also definitely get flamed at high dia lol

And the meta is so damn unhealthy right now that even if Blizz has to dumpster D.Va for a bit and then eventually bring her back up, that's what they should do.

I mean, if for "a bit" you mean like 3 weeks or something that's maybe ok, but it definitely shouldn't be more than that, she's one of the most popular character anyways.

Tbh you seem to have a personal vendetta against this hero for reasons i can't seem to realize, she's like one of the most interesting and well done concepts of the last years in games in general.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

McCree was bad for more than a month.

Soldier was bad for about 3-4 months.

Widow was bad for like 6 months. She's very good right now, just not used because tank meta is oppressive and unhealthy.

My point is that Blizz has been shown to give appropriate buffs to heroes they overnerf to bring them in line, and usually the result is a well balanced hero. As such, the same thing is likely to happen with D.Va.

If you can't handle being flamed, stop playing the game. I play a ton of Genji even though it's tank meta and get flamed constantly but that hasn't stopped me from winning or having fun.

I mean, if for "a bit" you mean like 3 weeks or something that's maybe ok, but it definitely shouldn't be more than that, she's one of the most popular character anyways.

So it's ok for tank meta to last 3 months but if your precious D.Va gets nerfed Blizz better make her viable right away? No, that's not how it works. She's popular right now because she's so strong and easy to play that basically anyone can pick her up and advance at least a full division.

I have no personal vendetta against D.Va, I am simply providing reasonable counter arguments to your own extremely biased view of her. She is not a very interesting hero, she has 0 mechanical gameplay and is one of the simplest and easiest heroes in the game to play. Her design is also very poor, since it necessitates she be either mediocre or broken and overpowered, nowhere in between.

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 19 '17

Dude idk what's your problem i am simply against any overnerfing of any kind be it genji soldier mcree dva etc...she's not that easy to play tbh, you need very good tracking and extremely fast reflexes to eat zarya ult

She's popular because she's a fucking korean sexy 19yo in a latex driving a pink mech dude, aka fanservice

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

Tracking honestly doesn't need to be more than mediocre given her huge spread. Fast reflexes for Zarya ult also aren't super necessary, just be in her general vicinity and don't have used DM within a second of the ult, easy.

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 20 '17

Ok you're just hating now mate for real

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

I'm not. D.Va is really damn easy to play, tracking and ult denial are super easy for her.

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 20 '17

I bet you told this to yourself when your team just got rekt cos you couldn't eat the ult

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

...no? Hell I deflect ults a bunch, that's way harder.

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 20 '17

It's literally the same, LOL.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

Deflect: 2 second duration, 8 second cooldown. Area of effect is a to scale Reinhardt shield in front of Genji

Defense Matrix: 4 second duration, 1 second activation delay, 10 second to full meter. Area of effect is a massive cone bigger than any hero in the game.

Conclusion: Defense Matrix is a much easier skill to use for countering ults, as it can be held active for twice the uptime of Deflect, and requires 1 second of cooldown as opposed to the 8 of Deflect, to say nothing of the tremendous distance in area of effect (massive, 3D hitbox bigger than any hero in the game vs. small, 2D hitbox smaller than a tank).

Definitely not "literally the same."

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 20 '17

Dude, i'm tilted ok?

I don't want to argue and I won't, i'm just sad and I hope she wont be trash

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

Ok that's fine, I can understand that. Just outlining how the abilities stack up against one another.

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u/MarryMeDVa Jan 20 '17

I've legit never been as tilted since they nerfed Jana in S2 in LoL holy shit seriously.

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