Agreed Hopefully they go back to that but I highly doubt it People have been speculating an "Overwatch Classic" so if that happens at least I'll have OW1 Sombra, right? 😭
I haven’t actually got through the whole video but I’m rly impatient and I already wanna drop this since it feels relevant: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I genuinely think the new scoreboard was OW2’s worst feature because it just accelerated the growth of an already existing super toxic mindset that every player, role, and character exists purely to put up numbers. Its an awful way of thinking that’s finally poisoned the devs and it’s led to some of the worst balancing decisions in the game’s history. it’s why even though looking back on it LW only needed some QOL changes, but got gigabuffed into the pick he is today. It’s why Orisa became unkillable. Its why Doomfist was considered a throw pick for so long. It’s why supps became mini immortality fields for a time. And it’s why Sombra is now the way she is, because people couldn’t, and still can’t, fathom a character who’s purpose is not to just put up a number on a scoreboard. Sombra’s far from the first character to be gutted and made a “healthier” generalized version of herself (I mean look at Sym) but I think she’s the most egregious example after this patch. I genuinely believe most of the game’s problems could be solved if they moved Sym and Sombra to the supp role and gave them their identities back. Even if it wasn’t good balancing wise, it would at the very least force be to reconsider what the hell it means to be a supp, dps or tank. Also they *desperately* need to find a new name for damage because it’s only making the number mindset problem worse
@@erroneousfax9351 overall agree with you but Sombra has never been a support and I think should stay a utility-based damage I don't think she would function as a support due to lack of any defensive utility or healing I would put Symmetra as a defensive utility support with little to no healing And while I would like a better name for Damage, there really isn't one. Most DPS do exactly that
@@MystFox1314True for Sombra here ig. Forgot to mention I did come from TF2 before I bought Overwatch so that *may* skew my view on Sombra a little. When I think support I think Medic, Sniper, Spy. They don’t need to be explicitly defensive or heal, they just need to be able to help their team even if it’s the form of a single, targeted elim. A kill or two from Sombra, in my mind, isn’t real dps it’s just support and I feel like she fits the bill in the same way Spy does. She should disrupt chokeholds and be able to get some picks like him instead of… whatever the hell the devs think she can do now (be a worse cassidy? I dunno :P)
@ Yeah that’s also a slightly less strong opinion I have but I’ve played OW long enough to know I’d get laughed at immediately for it if I said it casually lol 👉👈😔
@@Austrveg I wouldn't go that far. I have issues with the game but I still overall enjoy playing it most of the time. Plus I was focusing on Sombra and didn't want 30 minutes to become 2 hours lol
i feel like shes just been losing her flavour still love her but just miss her approach to dps and how it wasnt crazy burst
Agreed
Hopefully they go back to that but I highly doubt it
People have been speculating an "Overwatch Classic" so if that happens at least I'll have OW1 Sombra, right? 😭
I haven’t actually got through the whole video but I’m rly impatient and I already wanna drop this since it feels relevant: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I genuinely think the new scoreboard was OW2’s worst feature because it just accelerated the growth of an already existing super toxic mindset that every player, role, and character exists purely to put up numbers.
Its an awful way of thinking that’s finally poisoned the devs and it’s led to some of the worst balancing decisions in the game’s history. it’s why even though looking back on it LW only needed some QOL changes, but got gigabuffed into the pick he is today. It’s why Orisa became unkillable. Its why Doomfist was considered a throw pick for so long. It’s why supps became mini immortality fields for a time. And it’s why Sombra is now the way she is, because people couldn’t, and still can’t, fathom a character who’s purpose is not to just put up a number on a scoreboard. Sombra’s far from the first character to be gutted and made a “healthier” generalized version of herself (I mean look at Sym) but I think she’s the most egregious example after this patch.
I genuinely believe most of the game’s problems could be solved if they moved Sym and Sombra to the supp role and gave them their identities back. Even if it wasn’t good balancing wise, it would at the very least force be to reconsider what the hell it means to be a supp, dps or tank. Also they *desperately* need to find a new name for damage because it’s only making the number mindset problem worse
@@erroneousfax9351 overall agree with you but Sombra has never been a support and I think should stay a utility-based damage
I don't think she would function as a support due to lack of any defensive utility or healing
I would put Symmetra as a defensive utility support with little to no healing
And while I would like a better name for Damage, there really isn't one. Most DPS do exactly that
@@MystFox1314True for Sombra here ig. Forgot to mention I did come from TF2 before I bought Overwatch so that *may* skew my view on Sombra a little. When I think support I think Medic, Sniper, Spy. They don’t need to be explicitly defensive or heal, they just need to be able to help their team even if it’s the form of a single, targeted elim. A kill or two from Sombra, in my mind, isn’t real dps it’s just support and I feel like she fits the bill in the same way Spy does. She should disrupt chokeholds and be able to get some picks like him instead of… whatever the hell the devs think she can do now (be a worse cassidy? I dunno :P)
That's fair
Also the way that would make Widowmaker a support since she's a sniper
@ Yeah that’s also a slightly less strong opinion I have but I’ve played OW long enough to know I’d get laughed at immediately for it if I said it casually lol 👉👈😔
Yeah maybe don't admit that lol
Should be titled The Homogenisation of Overwatch. Its all shit, they ruined it all
@@Austrveg I wouldn't go that far. I have issues with the game but I still overall enjoy playing it most of the time. Plus I was focusing on Sombra and didn't want 30 minutes to become 2 hours lol
Nah, people go too far with whole "the game is ruined" etc, game is still cool just has some stupid things that most of multiplayer games have nowdays
Yeah, a game is only ruined when it loses the ability to be an enjoyable experience or loses its creative integrity