The title might look like the beginning of a toxic rant, but none of this is supposed to be seen as toxic.
I’m sorry Blizzard, but why are you trying to give tanks an even harder time?
There were already a lot of people complaining about playing as a tank and how playing dps is a lot more fun (which is why there are so many dps mains).
First it was the CC. That (sort of) got fixed when Brig got nerfed (in the ground)
Molten core does aim towards tanks because it does more damage to armor, but the chances of running into a Torb are pretty low.
Now you want armor to reduce less damage. My only question is why? I’ve seen no one complain about tanks. The only complaints that I’ve seen are FROM tanks saying how playing as a tank means you’ll have a less than a 10% chance of having fun.
As a side note the defense matrix nerf was also completely unnecessary. It was probably dps mains who didnt know that they had to wait for defense matrix to run out in order to ult. (sorry if that sounded toxic, not all dps mains are like this of course) and the Reaper buff (a tank killer) is not exactly going to be even more fun for tanks.
Edit: Fixed some spelling mistakes.
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Theres so many DPS mains because of the difference in the number of DPS heroes and Tank/Support heroes. There is simply a larger number of people who would rather not play Tank/Support if they absolutely don’t have to.
The CC wasn’t that much of a big deal towards Tanks if you knew how to avoid it. The main CC that was a big deal would’ve probably been being able to shield bash a Reinhardt to force him to drop his barrier.
The armour change is a weird topic for me as a Tank player, since i’d choose to play Zarya or Roadhog over the others any day, so i won’t be too affected by it.
Those complaints you’ve been seeing from Tanks are probably people who are being forced to play Tank, probably not Tank mains who are willing to play it in the first place. As a Tank main i LOVE playing tank, and would probably end up having less fun if i have to play DPS or Support.
In terms of the DM change, it still has it’s full utility that it had before, it’s just that you have to be more smarter with using it. I can almost guarantee that high rank Dvas won’t feel a difference, while lower ranks will simply be able to eat ults less effectively.
And the Reaper buff was well needed IMO. I personally dislike goats, and while Reaper isn’t a 100% counter towards it, it’s a good step towards making it less effective/easier to handle.
Its good to see people actually enjoy playing tanks because I haven’t been able to find that many.
I don’t find the nerfs to tanks that bad, but I mainly question why.
I saw no one complain (maybe I just missed it) so I’m wondering why they decided to nerf tanks all of a sudden.
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It wasn’t entirely a nerf to tanks, i believe the armour nerf was mainly intended as a nerf to Brigitte, but also maybe a little bit to kill the goats comp a little bit.
I’m sure a lot of people love playing Tank, but the difference in the number of heroes in each category makes it so you’re more likely to come across DPS players than Tanks or Support.
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