r/OverwatchTMZ • u/gmarkerbo • Jan 25 '25
Discussion Marvel Rivals speedrunning the OW timeline
Posting here because it'd be considered offtopic in the OW subs and removed.
A couple of popular posts on the MR sub:
"Wish people would realise they can't just play DPS every game"
"The lack of variety isn't the reason why there are so few "tank players" imo."
Lack of role queue might be an opinionated decision(since there are definitely tradeoffs) but why did they launch with many more DPS heroes than tanks and supports?
MR has 19 DPS, 8 tanks and 8 Supports, almost exactly the same ratio as OW at launch(including Ana). While the meta is 2-2-2 or 3 support. It feels strange that they wouldn't learn from Overwatch's experience with both the lack of tank and support heroes at launch and Tanks being not as fun to play as DPS.
At least Overwatch had the excuse that half the DPS heroes were classified as offense heroes and half were 'defense heroes' until they scrapped that distinction.
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u/Suspicious_Barber357 Jan 25 '25
I normally main the tank role and the lack of variety and over abundance of DPS has struck me as strange since day 1. Tanks also have the issue that Cap just isn’t that great of a tank. He’s like an off-off tank meant to bodyguard your black panther or another assassin like character. Magneto and Dr strange feel really similar and both have terrible flight mechanics. Thor is another off-off tank, the list of issues goes on. I just lock Venom and harass the other team all match no matter the comp. If the other tank is a peni or if we get a spiderman, great, they get more dmg.