Tl;dr: Thanks for making this tank suck less, keep that shit up.

Let me start off by saying that I am very much a noob to any games like this, with the last FPS I ever played being CoD: Black Ops on the PS3. Before this game, I had literally never played a FPS on anything but a console.

After months of OnlyWatch, my main takeaway was that no one ever enjoyed playing Tank or support classes, so of course I jumped in head first into those classes. The only problem was that I sucked at tanking/healing so I wasn't contributing much to each match. I was playing D.va in such a timid manner that her guns were doing next to no damage and getting very little accomplished. When playing Reinhardt, I was doing little more than just being a pin cushion for damage and was too afraid of engaging in a fight for fear of leaving others uncovered.

Reading the comments and discussion around those classes has upped my play and now I'm front and center not sucking at my classes. The latest thing I learned is how much a tank can counter an Ult.

In my last game I shut down D.va's ult multiple times by cornering the suit and having Reinhardt's shield absorb all damage, enabling my team to stay on the point. I was also able to counter Pharah's Ult thanks to D.va's defense matrix, and I'm able to counter Bastions pretty effectively by timing correctly the defense matrix and charge into a melee attack and firing from up close.

Anyway, that pretty much wraps up my rant. You guys are cool and should def. keep that shit up.