The internet reacts to “Overwatch Hero bans”

Yesterday we got the news that the Overwatch dev team is working on something big. That “something” could be hero bans. And today the internet has spoken.

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/20/hero-bans-coming-to-overwatch/

Basically hero bans in a game like Overwatch could be presented a few different ways (for those of you that have never played games with them before). The idea is that when you play a game certain heroes durrIng that particular game or series of games you play that day are banned or locked out of play and you will not be allowed to play those heroes. It could be just for that game or a day or a whole season it depends on how it’s implemented. Most people refer to the League of Legends way of Champion selection and ban where it only lasts that match and you vote what hero gets banned that game however you get to see who everyone is picking beforehand (it’s a little more involved but that’s the easy explanation).

The people have spoken, some for it and some against and some are just confused.

FROM TWITTER

I've been reading a lot of interesting takes on hero bans in Overwatch. Good arguments to be made for both camps. My thoughts? I personally think that the game would need a good bunch more heroes to reap the benefits and strategic depth such a system brings with it.

— Soe Gschwind (@Soembie) January 21, 2020

https://twitter.com/johngalt/status/1219506708344643585?s=21

My thoughts on hero bans:

NO MORE ONE TRICKS?? Is ranked saved???

Depending on how you can ban/protect heroes we could see a brand new overwatch. Looks like the Devs are trying to get very aggressive with the foundation of the game pre OW2!! 💪👍🏻

Anyone wanna add on? pic.twitter.com/6pwg43z9WC

— Samito (@SamitoFPS) January 21, 2020

Bans are just another mask for power hungry gamers that'll just lead to a ban meta.

Not only does Overwatch not currently have enough heroes, but also stream sniping abuse since all names are loaded on game start.

Who bans? How many bans? Are bans team based or game wide?
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— Violet (@VibinWithViolet) January 21, 2020

I'm banning doomfist every game even if there are no doom players and you can't change my mind

— Holiwhirl (@holiwhirl) January 21, 2020

Bans should not be a thing if you can see the enemy players before picking. I really hope that's obvious to the devs, unless they know something we don't in regards to that I guess. https://t.co/AXV1NE5iCG

— EeveeA (@EeveeA) January 21, 2020

A few comments from Instagram

From stylosa video on hero bans from YouTube

Reading through some of the reddit comments were boring and no one really brought up any new arguments.

Thanks for reading. What are your thoughts on a hero ban system?

~bigfisch
bigfisch@gamewatchtoday.com