More Overwatch 2 Controversy Over Passive Healing for More Heroes
No more team players.
A future update in Season 9 of Overwatch 2 will implement passive healing for more heroes in the game, a change many fans see as a move further away from the notions of playing as a team and optimal character composition for covering healing and buffs. This will be just one tweak in a "massive set of gameplay and balance changes" for the ninth season of the game, with Tank and Damage class heroes benefitting from the update.
This big change is being made to lessen the "reliance on teammates," according to director Aaron Keller. "In Overwatch, there is a constant tug of war between the power of a team and the power of an individual hero or player. A change like this shifts that balance a bit. This is something that we are constantly evaluating. We still want Overwatch to be defined by team strategy and mechanics, but we feel this can be pulled back a bit now and possibly more in the future."
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