![]() I'm certainly interested in what the Overwatch player base at large thinks of the Tank changes, but I'm most concerned with the opinion of the most important Overwatch player in my life: my partner, who happens to be the best Mercy main I know. At least one player will definitely be benched when Overwatch 2 comes around, and several might lose their positions altogether. Who gets to be the one tank and who gets benched? Professional Overwatch League players in particular must be feeling some pressure. As a mostly casual player, it could help queue times and the Tank changes may encourage my DPS-focused friends to give Winston a shot.ĥv5 also means dedicated 6-player Overwatch friend groups are left with an uncomfortable headcount decision to make. I'm pretty excited for 1-2-2, at least as an idea. Taking away one of those slots feels like an indirect acknowledgement of the status quo from Blizzard. The vast majority of players favor DPS and Support, meaning that you sometimes have to wait five to seven minutes for a match unless somebody in your group bites the bullet and chooses Tank. The feeling seems to be that Blizzard is taking the easy way out by shrinking the Tank role, but that hasn't been my personal reaction as a de facto Tank main. "Why balance the roster distribution when you can just release more DPS heroes, and kill off half the tank players," they said. One response from Reddit user Tipakee with over 100 upvotes feels painfully true. ![]() Aaron Keller took some time during the livestream to address the "jarring" Tank changes and encouraged players to keep an open mind. It seems clear from the outside that something has to change about the current shield meta if every Tank is to be viable in Overwatch 2 (unless every Tank just suddenly got a Reinhardt shield, but that'd be silly). ![]()
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