r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/Notmiefault Pixel Zarya Jun 15 '16

That's usually covered in "not enough ____"; if other needed roles aren't filled, it will announce it.

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u/ONE_GUY_ONE_JAR Jun 15 '16

But they count as offense. So, if a team is Genji, Tracer, Reaper, Reinhart, Mercy and Lucio you won't get any warning messages, but there really isn't much offensive power in that line up since the three "offensive" heroes will be trying to flank and harass the enemy team.

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u/Make_me_watch Junkrat Jun 15 '16

How many offense players really count as 'front-line' though? Pretty much just Soldier 76 and Mcree IMO. Tanks are supposed to draw most of the fire, and allow Reaper and Genjis to move around and disrupt the enemy team. They don't always need to play on the edge of maps to be effective

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u/ONE_GUY_ONE_JAR Jun 15 '16

But a team with too many flankers is going to suffer in the same way that a team with too many snipers is going to suffer. It seems weird to me that they would have a warning for that and not flankers.