Wow.
Okay.
So… Following classic I thought “you know what, maybe I was too harsh, let’s give Overwatch 2 a chance again”.
I think it’s very plain to see for everyone it’s just NOT THE SAME GAME!
I had no idea what was going on. Flashpoint is confusing and quick as hell. You can’t even respawn and the point is already taken by that lone Kiriko.
It’s not even a 5v5 issue, the balance is off the rails, I went an entire DPS playthrough because somehow by flexing I got…DPS? What?
And every critics against double shields just got busted. Because that ONE TANK was absolutely indestructible.
And don’t think about flanking either because everything is so quick you have to be on crack to even follow a Reinhardt using shields.
How does anyone plays this game is beyond me. Tonight was an experiment because I forgot how bad things went.
6v6 Would not even fix this. The balance is off the rails. There is nothing fun about Overwatch 2.
I tried tank, support which is the most bearable role, and DPS which is just rididulous.
I always hated DPS folks. Don’t make me feel sorry for them!
Seriously, what happened?! Everything is so horrible! Why do anyone actually plays this?
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If it’s that bad why are you making this pathetic post? Jog on
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I play it because I like it
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Honestly? I’m thought I might enjoy Overwatch again with the classic event.
But given the current state? I KNOW for a fact Blizzard employees don’t even playtest.
I’m only looking forwars to next classic event. Not 6v6, it won’t fix THIS.
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Good luck explaining this to the ones who still demand their refund or old game back for something they paid 8 years ago, for a game that is an online one and not an offline download.
Its not that, it takes a bit of fast paced focus to keep up on OW.
Its not a game for the slowpoke tbh.
You are out of practice. so it can feel like that, pat pat.
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same game (only difference is the 1 less tank) with way worse monetization policies…especially with no pve
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I wish I had that kind of luck with my games…
This game died when they decided to cancel PvE, essentially canning any future impactful lore content.
Ironic that they always preach about “Hero fantasy” while also saying they don’t want to develop the part of the game that actually delves into the hero fantasy that players live for.
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I think youre an extreme case. It could be you are a die-hard OW1 fan. Theres 2 types of OW players, Die-Hard OW1 fans and OW2 fans. Im a mix of the two but I prefer OW2 honestly.
That’s impossible. I will never have sympathy for DPS players. They can pick another role if they do not enjoy their own role. But they won’t! The game would be a lot better for everyone if they did… And yet?
Must be above metal ranks. You won’t see indestructible tanks below platinum, I can assure you that.
OW2 is basically the bastard child of OW1 and what OW2 should have been (a radical change to the formula). But because they’re greedy and lacked confidence, they deleted OW1 and just made OW.5 instead.
Flashpoint is KOTH, but all on the same round.
5 points, which point to cap is randomized, but first point is always Middle. Depending on the point, it’s best to give it up, regroup and move to the other one.
Then again, I understood Flashpoint because Gundam Evolution had the same concept but only 3 points which I think Blizz should’ve taken that instead.
bro, they’ve been offering the community testing in hacked modes literally since the beginning of 2024 (January) just to understand what can be dared or not in the game. what are you talking about when you say “no playtest”? 
they behave in the way a live service game should be managed as new features are introduced (heroes and maps) and balances needed to coordinate all the old and new effects. it’s simply normal for a live service game that is updated, and frankly the only thing we can complain about overwatch in its pvp was its arrogance at the debut of ow2 in directly canceling 6v6 even in an arcade context (and there they had imposed on the players “how to have fun in overwatch” in the most forced way).
if you didn’t like it before and you don’t like it now… and at least tell us, what do you want? testing is here and more is coming, if your problem is “just Overwatch” maybe you are the equivalent of a vegan who spontaneously enters a butcher’s shop simply because he is looking for a complaint.
Whining about something being bad is fine, but it has to be something that has some sense to it than “I wish it was better.” Because if you’re ultimately whining about “overwatch not being my game,” maybe it’s time for YOU to decide that you should walk away and accept that you don’t like it/ anymore. FREE to play it… or not.It could be a question of video game genre, you like fps but not this type.
Now what about before that?
How many absolutely brain dead decisions could have been avoided if they themselves or allowed us to test them?
Brig?
Mauga?
Sojourn?
Even now they still make absolutely atrocious decisions without any testing, like the Ram shield pierce change.
The PTR/Experimental mode needs to be reactivated immediately. God only knows how many Hog/Orisa/Mauga micro buffs could’ve been avoided.
news flash (be prepared, it might shock you):
- PTR was EMPTY after literally 6 hours from activation, and was only available on pc;
- experimental mode was emptying of players in the same way mentioned above;
- hacked modes that partially force experimentation almost always have an optimal flow of people;
which they changed pretty much right away like so many other things. What would you have preferred, that they left them as they actually did in the past until next season? 
idk what you remember but i remember patches (especially experimental modes) had the complaint of being treated like previews with almost zero variation. or that the first few months of OW2 literally postponed “until next season” not only balances, but also bugfixes in the game.
so, once again: what would be your point? “they don’t do enough experimentation” is simply a wrong statement. maybe bad final choices, maybe that’s what you mean.
They don’t.
We weren’t allowed to test Brig. We weren’t allowed to test the Ram changes. We weren’t allowed to test the changes made to Mauga for his comp release. We weren’t allowed to test the S2 Doom changes. We weren’t allowed to test the S9 changes.
Most of the QP Hackeds will never see the light of day and never should. Pickable passives, double trouble and kingmaker should stay very far from the live game. Most of them are pointless.
I’m the same for the most part. Overwatch 1 is probably my most played game of all time, and it’s not even close. I did like ow1, but near the end, the game was just not fun to me at all.
I don’t think I even played ow at all the last 3 months of its life.
OW2 is better to me. It’s still the same game, but better.
It’s faster, and more individual focused. We also are getting way more content
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People are just addicted to it. They are so in it they don’t realize how bad it is. I think Marvel Rivals will be a wake up call to a lot of players if Classic wasn’t already.
Yeah, you get it!
For me, its the new characters and abilities. Illari, Juno, now Hazard! Theres nothing like it! Very exciting and fast-paced, just how I like it! 