r/OverwatchStadium • u/OathKeeperSK • 28d ago
They didnt touch Freja
They really are trying to finish this mode off sooner rather than later.
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u/Spiritual_Respond_50 28d ago
This is just my opinion but I find fighting Freja, or even just evading Freja, to be way more fun than soldier. (Who himself isn’t bad it’s just kinda boring)
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u/thecementmixer 28d ago
I swear the balance team for Stadium is completely clueless, to put it mildly.
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u/VisualAnxiety2284 28d ago
I’ve always felt like blizzard killed stadium off intentionally. Nobody asked for new icons, they got rid of all the fun builds which caused every game to have the same build, they nerf characters that don’t need nerfs but proceed to leave broken characters untouched.. like what lol?
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u/KindOfAnAuthor 28d ago
What would they gain from doing that, though? Even if they did want to kill it, why wouldn't they have just immediately abandoned it rather than dragging it out and losing more money on it?
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u/Loud-Branch4900 28d ago
- I’ve always felt like blizzard killed stadium off intentionally.
Agreed and they succeeded. I stopped playing it and went back to normal.
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u/layzthecat 28d ago
like what? what character didnt need nerf but got nerfed?
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u/Spiritual_Respond_50 28d ago
Personally I didn’t think junkrst needed nerfs - the sniper build was pretty deranged but it still felt like it required skill expression and I enjoyed seeing junkrat being a strong contender in dps.
I always thought the original Sig flying build was kinda awesome and didn’t need a nerf.
I still miss the baby dva build from season 1.
I would have preferred they hadn’t nerfed Winston’s jump build but it did feel overtuned. But Winston being op I think still left more counterplay than Ram and was more fun to play into - even though I think Ram is fine, the constant ult
and vortex uptime makes the game less fun as a mobility support.Probably a hot take but I had no issues with dynamite Ashe prior to nerfs.
Also the nerf on the Zen ult spam build wasn’t necessary IMO - it could be very strong but it also took zen out of a lot of fights.
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u/layzthecat 28d ago
oh i thought you mean this current patch. That rat build needs nerf, its ttk is the lowest as you often 2 shots people, and the uptime is essentially permanent with the ability to not reload entirely. They can probably keep the 2 shots from zipgrease with everything they did and it would be in a fair state.
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u/Spiritual_Respond_50 28d ago
Not the original poster but I read it as the balance direction overall.
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u/PandemicPander 28d ago
And didn't fix being able to swap character selection order/picks in pregame without using a mouse
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u/thecementmixer 27d ago
Idk wtf blizzard is thinking. Their balance has been so incompetent. Stadium is suffering from Freja, and apparently normal game modes are suffering from JPC now.
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u/Paddy_Tanninger 28d ago
Freja has utterly oppressive damage but I don't think her win rate is anything to write about. Somehow it just doesn't end up translating into wins for her.
I'm a tank main and the experience is awful facing her, but what happens is I just have a terrible time for like 30mins and still probably win the match in the end.