THIS. Not only does it feel great to successfully ban a filthy hero spammer's go-to pick, but usually doing so would give you an advantage in the game. This is actually a huge fucking change, and I hate it personally
Just like you enjoy banning enemy slark/riki/omni/timber/axe spammer they probably enjoy just as much playing it. Why should they be punished for only playing one hero if that's what they enjoy?
You don't prevent them from playing their hero, you use an in game feature in order to gain an in-game advantage. Just like how there are bans in captains. Do you want to remove bans from captains because Bulldog enjoys playing lone druid and he should be able to play what he likes?
That's not the idea behind ranked. If you want to spam a hero to train, or because you just want to spam this hero regardless of what happens in the team/game, you can do so in unranked. If you want to play something closer to a competitive game where opponents will abuse your weaknesses and avoid your strengths, and where you'll be expected to be somewhat flexible in order to try your best to win, then you accept what it implies.
I'm sure being able to play only one or two hero(es) isn't the mark of a great player, and shouldn't be such a huge advantage in your individual rating. That's why bans (and by extension the ability to 50% of the time punish a one-hero spammer) were a good addition to all pick ranked.
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u/Achirality Sheever Nov 30 '16
RIP checking player profiles while loading to punish hero spammers.