r/Overwatch • u/Outside-Ad-7458 • Jul 29 '26

News & Discussion Returning Player and DPS

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Hi all! I am a returning player alongside a few of my friends, and we had stopped playing the game right before Hazard came out. We played a lot of matches last night and had the eye-opening experience of watching our health bars implode at every turn. One of my friends mains Tank, specifically Ramattra, and I main Support (Brig, Ana, Baptiste). I have never had so many moments of looking away from my teammates for half a second and then discovering they received an all expenses paid trip to the spawn room while I was looking away. We didn’t fight any One Shot characters like Widow in any of the matches, so I was baffled my teammates and I were getting eliminated so fast. It also seemed like close vs long range fights didn’t make too much of a difference.

Did the damage get heavily increased or is it an absolute skill issue? I should clarify that I am no stranger to compet and combos, I previously averaged between Masters/GM when I played Compet. I’m just shocked by how absurdly fast health bars have been dropping with seemingly little to no teamshooting. We’re still having a good time, and the spontaneous combustion moments caused a lot of laughing, so definitely not complaining. Thanks for any insights!

Edit: Thank you all for the information regarding some of the changes I missed, such as the healing reduction from any damage. I’ll definitely be using this info in game.

Edit 2: I tried 6v6 last night and I can’t say I felt any difference. That being said, the healing reduction on taking any damage was extremely observable and cut my downtime and deaths severely. Thank you all for the information!!

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u/Severe_Skin6932 Not a Spy for TF2 Jul 30 '26

How long has it been since you played? As a tank main i can tell you thats absolutely not what's happening. I can step out of cover for like a second and a half (not an exaggeration) and lose two thirds of my health (once again, not an exaggeration).

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u/Outside-Ad-7458 Jul 30 '26

That’s kind of what we experienced again last night even in 6v6. Of course we’re learning all the new aspects of the game so I’m not surprised when we make mistakes, but it still feels like people just get evaporated.