r/thingmains

Pair the Dino tech that was discovered where you can do a full on wolverine grab distance wise, thing is suddenly unplayable vs Dino. I haven’t felt counters before on thing and handled it, but the problem is thing has been designed and balanced entirely around the idea that he can’t be moved (outside of ults). But now suddenly this tank can bypass all of that logic with a single ability that is on a pretty short cooldown and if the Dino is able to use the jump grab tech, you are cooked. Especially if trapped in a corner, you can’t dash through the Dino to save yourself. Emma has been annoying but not unplayable against as thing cus she couldn’t kick you into their backline. Wolverine couldn’t capture you into their backline. Angela couldn’t capture you. But now suddenly Dino is bypassing all of that logic and ruining everything that thing has been balanced around.

Pretty frustrating that the only compensation thing got was 50 health.

Dino has more health, more damage, more overshield, has a shield, and has a ranged ability, and can ground flyers without putting yourself in harms way.

I’ve dealt with playing vs counters and adapted but this one seems almost impossible to deal with.

just makes no sense how it breaks the rules, the kidnaps is one of two reasons i play thing but devs threw logic out the window

I feel like we have this illusion of perfect balance. We as a community want every single character to feel like a god. In reality, if everyone is the same or "balanced" where's the variety. This game is rock paper scissors. If you're a Black Panther main, of course you're going to complain that Thing is OP. Thing mains are going to say that he dies to easily and needs a buff. Everyone sees a different side of the coin and the devs can't balance for everyone.

I think DD is the perfect character to introdouce at this time. He feels SO good to play, his kit is simple but has so much skill expression. As of currently though, it does feel like he gets lobby focused just because of how big of a target he is. Time will tell I'm sure, but maybe a size/hitbox reduction would serve him well.

I think that teamups need to feel like they actually require teamwork. Make them better, like borderline Hela/Namor, BUT require an input from both. Just imagine if H/N required both of them to aim and confirm the circle. It would feel rewarding and not like you're just forced to run namor if you have a Hela and vice versa. I think that is what the devs are trying to do with teamups, like the DD one. I like the idea of it but I hope that it actually is useful, unlike the Groot/Rocket/Jeff one.

Overall at this point the game feels a lot more fun then it did two season ago. Keep catering to tank players and I think the rest will come pretty simply.

our passive feels relatively useless at this point. with monster hulk and devil dino both having it, i feel like it makes us less interesting and unique as a character.

i think thing’s passive should be buffed. obviously full cc immunity would probably be too overpowered but what if he got a new passive that lowered the amount of tenacity required to trigger cc immunity? (maybe even make it to where thing doesn’t apply tenacity >:D)

i don’t have a ton of ideas for a fix for it but id just like to hear your guys’ opinions. i have ~50 hours of playtime on thing and have been maining him since he came out. his passive just doesn’t feel as unique as it once did.