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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hard disagree. Late stage OW (post 2020) was pretty balanced after they nerfed double shield. Now the game is too chaotic and more dependent on DPS than it ever has been. Also they seemed to have doubled down on burst damage and one-shot heroes, I want to shoot whoever thought Soujourn was a fun addition.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I played OW1 as my main game from launch to 2-3 years ago. I came back for OW2 then quit again after a month or two...but...

Late stage OW fuckin sucked, man. If you were a tank player who didn't play hog you were basically solo tanking the whole game while your co-tank (hog) went flanking. Things may have been different in top ranks but the It was absolutely the least fun era of OW1 for me.

OW2 at launch was an unbalanced mess for sure but things felt great after the sojourn nerf. Every character is viable for like the first time ever.

[–] priapus 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Late stage OW1 meta was double shield, the worst meta. Also they removed Sojourns oneshot

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I never really played dps, but i did enjoy to just annoy double shields as bastion. Never seen so much rage in my life

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There were decent metas for sure after double shield got nerfed, but the game just feels better with 1 tank imo. Teamfight wins are more consequential and fights don’t drag on as long. There’s more space opened up for solo carrying.

A criticism I have is that tank counter picking has become more powerful than I would like.

I can’t imagine going back to 6v6 anymore. The trade offs are super worth it imo.

PS yeah Sojourn was busted for way too long. She’s in a pretty good spot now though. They also dialed back Widow’s effective range and obviously got rid of doom 1shots.