Yes there was a huge outrage because when he went live half the forums said “Dude, we told you its broken on PTR, yet you kept him exactly the same”. Blizzard doesnt use PTR for its intended purpose.

Can’t hit the Bastion or Mercy behind the shield, Bastion kills your DPS characters before you can break the shield. If you flank with a flanker, you can’t dps Bastion through Mercy’s heals. If you flank Mercy first, Bastion kills you faster than you can kill Mercy. It’s a ridiculous combo and not at all fun to play…

Which is exactly why the buff was absurd: this combo was already pretty tough to break without some decent coordination.

And when the enemy had a bastion I had ZERO trouble taking him out with soldier.

Case in point: nuBastion healing through a Genji ult

“Can’t go after Bastion on your own anymore? Bring a tank with you. Hit Bastion with a Discord Orb and send Sombra in.”

And, more damning, a Mercy-Reinhardt-Bastion triad is a fierce adversary

theres some hyperbole but if you watch clips of people trying to take out bastion the complaints seem waranted. As far as I can tell they just need to change iron clad to not be so strong, and to make his crit spot when in turret mode deal more damage. All the other changes are fine.