During BlizzCon 2018, the Lead Hero Designer of Overwatch, Geoff Goodman, talked about the development of the heroes. Reworks are not planned for the time being.
No plans for reworks: In an interview, Goodman provided some insights into the development and revision of the heroes of Overwatch. According to him, no rework is currently planned, and he even hopes that they can completely stop.
Reworks have a big impact on the meta
What changes with reworks? According to the US site VG247, reworks of heroes often have a significant impact on the metagame, which is currently the best way to win the game.
This is particularly evident in the reworks of Mercy, which have influenced the frequency of her use and many team compositions. Also, Hanzo’s rework, since which he is one of the top DPS at higher ranks, has made a significant impact.
After the last rework on Torbjörn, the team is happy that “the roster is settling a bit”. No further revisions are planned for the time being.
There have been discussions about reworks: However, the decision was not made immediately after Torbjörn’s revision. Internally, there were discussions about whether the hero Bastion needed a rework.
According to Goodman, he has his place in Overwatch. Because he occupies a niche and due to his firepower, it is unclear whether Bastion will ever receive a rework.
Reworks should stop, balance updates will continue: Blizzard could even completely stop reworking heroes indefinitely. Goodman mentioned that he hopes that the revisions can be stopped “sometime”.
We currently have no plans to rework anyone, but that doesn’t stop us from [doing it anyway] if the game changes in a way that makes it necessary again.
However, changes to the balance will continue to come. Jeff Kaplan already indicated this in a stream when he spoke about balance changes to Doomfist that could be coming soon to the PTR.
If the new hero Ashe has a similar impact on Overwatch as Brigitte did in her time, some changes will likely be inevitable.
