on Brigitte and META
A single tweet is all it took for me to be reminded that most of the community, or at least the vocal ones don't know some of the inherent flaws in OW. I posted my thoughts on this blog before, highlighting the issues with niche heroes and the concept of counters. I went over this blogpost in a video you can reach here. Video Discussion The long and short of it is that if a hero is too strong in their niche it will feel overpowered and broken. This was how OW was thought of at first. You're required to go a specific answer(counter) to deal with a specific strength. This type of gameplay feels unfair because it wasn't execution that defeated you, it was someone making a choice. The root of this issue is that when a hero has an advantage over another it is inherently skilless. You did nothing to earn that advantage outside of selecting a hero. It is easier to play Winston into the Genji, Phara into the Junkrat or McCree into Tracer. This is how Overwatch and role b