A tank’s job is to soak up damage without giving the other team the benefit of ult charging. That’s why other tanks get things like shields or armor. And yes this is a team based game but heroes in the team have roles. Roadhog is more an offensive flank based offtank.

For what Roadhog was I thought he was fine before the damage nerf. I never saw him as an assassin because not only is he easy to spot, unless he’s hiding in a corner somewhere, but also easy to catch. Sure he can maybe pick off one person but with the new cooldowns he has 8 or so seconds before he could possibly try…

A lot of those hero categories don’t make a ton of sense really. For example, all other tanks have decent hp AND a shield for actual team protection. Roadhog just has HP and a heal.

The big difference between Roadhog and all the people you’ve mentioned is mobility. Sure her can fulfill their roles to an extent but…

Except...he’s clearly not. He’s an offtank. He doesn’t have shields like the other classes and the tankiest thing about him is the fact that he has some HP and a heal. A heal that, while healing, will give the other team ult. He’s got solo survivability, not team defense.

Well that could be said about a lot of heroes. At this point Doomfist can clear that hallway and murder you while shoryukening away. The significant dmg drop didn’t make Roadhog unplayable but it certainly made everyone else a better option to pick than a guy that just absorbed damage and maybe on occasion pulled you…

I wouldn’t mind giving that option a shot. Less damage but if it lands closer more of your shots hit so the potential for one-shot is there but isn’t always guaranteed.

One-hit kills with the maneuverability to get him out of bad situations, manageable cooldowns, and shield building.

Didn’t they fix that wall hook issue with Hook 2.0? Smaller hit box, longer cooldown, and a chance of the hook outright breaking if you’re below 50% LoS. Since 2.0 came out a lot of my hooks either landed cleaner or broke because they broke LoS letting them get away.

Why worry about mid-pull? You get a cleaner shot when the hook reels in fully and you KNOW the scattershot won’t kill you. This way you get a good clean Lucio boop.

Wasn’t that because it dropped the players incredibly close and was patched out not long after? Then they also upped the cooldown time so hooks weren’t as frequent. Not to mention the hit box was reduced.

Sure. Then after you hook Bastion out of turret form he guns you down in walker form since your damage won’t be enough to actually take him out. And if you somehow to manage to kill Bastion you’re out of your breather, you’re out of your hook and you’re stuck in the middle of enemy territory where everyone can just…

If Roadhog has to hang with the team to maybe hook someone every 8 seconds then why even choose him? You’d rather go for Rein or D.Va or even Orisa at this point. Roadhog was an offtank that could flank and mess with the other team’s positioning. If they got caught overreaching then Roadhog would punish that.

But that just means he can tank damage to run away, not necessarily to be useful. What good is survivability if you can’t output enough damage to fight back? Closing the cap would just mean you get closer to people who will build ult from you and kill you.

Wasn’t that the point of hook 2.0? No BS wall hooks and landing/reeling someone in was harder without it breaking. Not to mention the increased cooldown duration. The damage reduction traded off for one more shot and increased fire rate just let you caress a hero’s cheek a little more often before they run away from…

Professor: “Look everybody! I’ve made a primitive console using nothing but coconuts and vines and connecting them to two of the monkeys we’ve seen on the island. I call it Super Simian Brothers!”

*Gilligan irritates the monkeys and gets beaten by them ruining the console*

Everybody: “GILLIGAN!!!”

*Skipper smacks…

Wow I read that headline completely wrong. I thought the boat was lost at sea.

What’s the point? I’m just gonna get panned to death or sniped by some unseen merchant of death with a kitted out kar98 anyway. I’ll die with my wallet and dignity intact wearing nothing but underwear, thank you.

I mean Ready Player One is becoming more and more real as VR tech evolves along with food delivery services so it’s possible!

You must be a...*puts on sunglasses* ...cool customer.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

I’m sorry. I’ll go now.

I hope they don’t. I mean I understand the idea of legendaries being rare but not everybody can get the chance to raid in these short short 48 hours.