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Originally posted by twunny phaiv: I still don't see why Thatcher should ever have been allowed to destroy anything in a huge radius just by tossing a single grenade while another op like Twitch has to use a drone with limited ammo and actually aim at gadgets, with the risk of getting her drone shot.
Thatcher was stupid even if you consider him in a vacuum, but he also set the bar way too high for other gadget destruction operators. Nerfing him in this way opens up way more opportunities, like bringing Twitch or Kali without buffing them to insane levels, even if Thatcher's not banned.
Something one of our devs said on the Logic Bomb Podcast really stuck with me and I think it's something not a whole lot of our players have thought about, and it provides an opportunity for dialogue, I think.
The summarized version is this: what if Thatcher came into the game as he is right now. What if he had these magic blue EMP throwables that could just destroy gadgets. How OP would everyone think he is? Real EMPs on disable, so personally, as someone who plays Thatcher when it's needed, I think it's interesting because Thatcher is really strong at the moment. If he were released right now in his current state, there would be many, MANY players who would want him nerfed immediately. Thatcher has always gotten a pass due to him being a legacy op.