🦉 Great news for OWL

[GreyFalcon-11737]

PTR patch is confirmed going to be the one played for OWL.

Overwatch League

[Zorek104-1571]

So?

They will not play reaper xd. Goats will be the meta and the new reaper will destroy the low ranks.

Xddd

[GreyFalcon-11737]

@Zorek104-1571

They will not play reaper xd. Goats will be the meta and the new reaper will destroy the low ranks.

Well, who knows, they could surprise us with a last minute, proper Reaper buff

@GreyFalcon-11737

Reaper

• Hellfire Shotguns
  • Damage reduced by -2 against armor, instead of -3.
• ShadowStep
  • Disappearing is nearly instant and invulnerable.
  • Reappearing is unchanged.

Or it’s just going up be Ironclad Bastion all over again, but it will stay in the OWL patch.

[Kaedi-11739]

To temper everyone’s expectations, Overwatch League caster MonteCristo had this to say:

MonteCristo

[Zorek104-1571]

Put the hero ban system on pro league and the owl will be a lot more fun.

[GreyFalcon-11737]

Who knows, maybe Reaper,Rein,Zarya,Brig,Lucio,Moira will be the new meta?

ReapOATs? ROATs?

[Remedy-12480]

Not sure why this is “great news” just yet. This, for all we know, could force an even more stale meta of hero dominance. We all know Blizzard isn’t quick to react to their mistakes thus far.

The fact that they’ve committed this untested PTR patch to their “professional” eSports is more concerning to me than anything. It just more solidifies in my mind they don’t know how to run an eSport.

[GreyFalcon-11737]

Not sure why this is “great news” just yet. This, for all we know, could force an even more stale meta of hero dominance. We all know Blizzard isn’t quick to react to their mistakes thus far.

Because regardless what happens, it’s going to be interesting.

[GoatyMcGoat-1912]

sadly its still goats, d.va will still have an 100% pickrate pretty much(according to jayne) so it doesnt change too much but it is an improvement

[Kaedi-11739]

@Zorek104-1571

Put the hero ban system on pro league and the owl will be a lot more fun.

I personally am not a fan of the ban system for the health of the overall game. However, that is my opinion.

Also here are past comments from Game Director Jeff Kaplan about why the development team believes why a ban system is not the best solution for Overwatch:

@Game Director Jeff Kaplan

Lastly, a game can force a meta shift through mechanics. The MOBA genre has huge hero pools yet without pick and ban systems teams would inevitably play the same comps over and over. The game – through the mechanics of picking and banning – is forcing variety. We could do this in Overwatch. We could prevent certain heroes from being played some or all of the time or we could let your opponent prevent you from playing your desired hero. We could also force you or allow your opponent to force you to play a hero you don’t want to play. Personally, I am not a believer in these systems for OW (while I understand and respect why they use them in MOBA). I prefer to think that OW allows you to be creative which is different than forces you to be creative. I don’t want to watch the best Genji player in the world play Zarya – I want to see him/her play Genji. And also, seeing how many of you “main” heroes because you love them, I don’t want the game – or your opponent – telling you you’re not allowed to play that hero.

Source: Overwatch Forums

@Game Director Jeff Kaplan

As for picks and bans, I am personally not a fan of this type of system. If the meta settles down into static picks always, we have other solutions. But picks and bans cause a lot of issues that we’d like to avoid. Plus pick and ban phases add a lot of time to the rounds. I’m not saying we’ll never do picks and bans, but what I am saying is that we would rather explore other options first.

Source: Overwatch Forums

[GreyFalcon-11737]

d.va will still have an 100% pickrate pretty much(according to jayne)

Yeah, but he also says the solution to less Dva is a slightly different Dva.

Without acknowledging that people would just run BOTH of those two tanks…

[GreyFalcon-11737]

Besides which if they really want GOATs dead, all they need to do is weaken Lucio/Brig synergy.

I.e. Make it so aura heals don’t stack.

Then compensate Brig with a regen or something.

[Mitrovarr-1405]

Honestly, I think the way this will all end up is that Brig is either going to be totally removed or completely reworked. She’s gonna get so nerfed she won’t be useful for anything but Goats (arguably she might be there now) and then nerfed more to kill Goats. At that point, she really has to be reworked.

[Xaron-1831]

Besides which if they really want GOATs dead, all they need to do is weaken Lucio/Brig synergy.

Their healing is not the issue. 30 healing a second on the team is not an issue. You may as well just make Brigitte a DPS hero

[Quest-11845]

It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out. Looking forward to it.

[GreyFalcon-11737]

Besides which if they really want GOATs dead, all they need to do is weaken Lucio/Brig synergy.

Their healing is not the issue. 30 healing a second on the team is not an issue. You may as well just make Brigitte a DPS hero

You might be right, but you gotta admit it would weaken GOATs.

[Xaron-1831]

You might be right, but you gotta admit it would weaken GOATs.

Taking away Reinhardt’s shield would also weaken Goats. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for the game.

[GreyFalcon-11737]

You might be right, but you gotta admit it would weaken GOATs.

Taking away Reinhardt’s shield would also weaken Goats. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for the game.

Do you think Lucio+Brig is common as a doublehealer comp?

[MagyTheMage-1534]

Guess we wont be seeing any tanks in ladder

Good for OWL i guess , thanks for ruining the game for us, the actual players

[GreyFalcon-11737]

Guess we wont be seeing any tanks in ladder

If only they had some system where Tanks could be reliably assured of getting 2 Healers on their team…