News Summary

• "Overall, then, this change is intended to relax Overwatch's demand for teamwork a bit, while also contributing to a wider effort to lessen the impact of damage spikes, promote more aggressive DPS play, and tweak the power of healing overall..
• Game director Aaron Keller talks more about a hugely controversial change coming to Overwatch 2.In case you haven't heard, the Overwatch 2 community recently got quite a shock after developer Blizzard announced a massive upcoming change to the team-based FPS' fundamental gameplay earlier this week..
• It can often feel impossible to get anything done when your supports aren't healing you enough, and aside from trying to get a health pack, all you can do is hope they give you some love before you have to contest the objective or go in for picks..
• It'd allow supports to focus more on damage and utility, too, likely improving the viability of heroes like Lucio that get the most value when they're not focusing on healing..
• The majority of initial reactions to the change appeared overwhelmingly negative, with many concerned about a reduction to the importance of teamwork and healing from support heroes..
• "Internally we're talking about, and targeting some of these changes at damage spikiness in game, the role of DPS in securing kills, and the strength of healing..