OW 6v6 was better than 5v5

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I had my doubts since the announcment of 5v5, I was worried about what would happen to Tank synergies, but after playing OW2 for 5 Seasons I can confidently say its way worse than that.

We not only lose the Tank Synergies, but just a lot of Teamplay as a whole. 5v5 often really does feel like deathmatch where everyone runs off to do their own thing, there is no structure in “Teamfights” if you can still call them that.

It really does cater to the casual player who just hops on once a week to play the game, but it even casuals can have fun in 6v6, OW1 proved it, there was no reason to change it from a casual players perspective.

Add to that, that the only tank has all the pressure, which means if the tank dies the fight is basically lost. You dont have anyone to back your team up and try to clutch after you die, your Raid Boss is dead, you lost.

Speaking of Raid Boss, tanks did get overbuffed hard, which means yes in 1v1s against DPS or Supps the tank usually wins, which is not good imo. In OW1 tanks were reasonably strong, you could 1v1 them with many heroes, in OW2 not so much. And yes they are OP in 1v1s, but in “Teamfights” they have to take everything in, they cant make many mistakes or the fight is lost, its just not fun or rewarding to play it in 5v5.

Also, Widow is still dominating even after the nerfs, I would much rather have more protection and more ways to counter widow and she gets her range and more HP back in exchange.

Im just sad that after waiting so long for my favourite game ever to get content again, its doesnt feel like my favourite game anymore, its bland, its lost all its competitiveness, its a shell of what it once was.

6v6 was very balanceable, the old devs just werent trying to. They tried to get rid of Goats and 2x Shield by buffing the “Counters” instead of nerfing the things that made the comps possible (AOE Healing for GOATS and Shield Health/Shield Uptime on Poke Tanks for 2x Shield). The current balance team does seem more competent, they patch faster and make impactful changes, they could probably handle 6v6 pretty well.

If OW would have gotten the same things as 5v5 (meaning, less CC, Orisa Rework, new heroes, new modes, etc.) then it would be as popular or even more popular than OW is now and I stand by that.

But for now, I will play OW way less than I did from 2016 - 2022, even through graveyard season i had more fun than now. Its “just a game” but it really does break my heart that i cant enjoy it anymore.

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Yeah, but Blizzard isnt going to revert it. They wont even throw a bone with a 6v6 arcade mode like they did No Limits/Open Queue. Its time to either move on to new games or get used to playing the inferior version of OW. I did the earlier.

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Well done! You ended the thread like every other of those ended. They will not change it.

You dont like the new changes of OW2: leave.

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Yes this again, and it will never stop because its the truth.

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Not until they do something about it. Just because you and the other few people who think that 5v5 is somehow better doesn’t mean those that want 6v6 should stop talking about it

I think you said it best

If you don’t like threads that talk about 6v6: leave.

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I will talk about 6v6 as much as I want, because I 100% thing its more fun and better for the Game.

Good for you if you enjoy 5v5 and can still play the game, I dont, but I dont want to leave OW behind because it WAS a special Game like nothing else and id like to go back to that.

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OW2 has been out for 9 months and people are still crying. Even a bitter ex would have got bored of obsessing and moved on by now. These people are wasting their whole lives away hating on a video game. So sad.

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I think they did it mostly to reduce queue times, and to make balancing a bit easier. :man_shrugging:

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Just who the hell do you think you are telling people what conversations we can and can’t have on here? If you don’t like the topics, you leave and stop acting like

Well, I can’t say it on here, but its pretty close to the name “rick”.

Better stay on here and cry about people crying about things, right? That’ll show em.

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It’s gotten to the point where topics like this are spam that bring down the quality of the forum for people looking to discuss the actual game.

Perhaps Blizzard should make an OW1 legacy forum for these people to hang out and mourn their loss since apparently their lives are empty without 6v6 OW.

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I don’t think you should be the judge when it comes to “quality”. Your posts are some of the lowest quality, most insulting, and generally unhelpful posts on the whole site. If you cared about “quality”, you’d clean up your act, or stop posting.

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After several months of playing it I can confidently say 5v5 is better than 6v6

I figured it would be pretty soon after it was announced, but playing it in the betas & the past several months just confirmed it

DPS have more space to do their jobs, supports are more active than ever, and Tanks are actually fun to play now

The only thing OW1 really did better was unlocking cosmetics for free & instant free access to new heroes, but that meant you had to buy the game first, so not exactly free. Gameplay OW2 wins hands down, and everyone can play the game for free now. Ensures longevity instead of decay

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Quit spending so much time reading threads you dont want to see

Leave yourself

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Some people would rather just see the game die off completely than be ‘proven’ wrong about 6v6

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Low quality trolling by John

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i’d rather ow die completely than keep 5v5 tbh

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Agreed 5v5 is steadily killing the game and the numbers are reflecting it.

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I to wish for the death of my favorite game and refuse to tell the devs what they can do to change it.

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Has the game returned to 6v6? No? Then it hasn’t been talked about enough. 5v5 is awful.

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Im not advocating for or against, as i never played 6v6. But there is no way of telling for sure if the numbers are going low, and if so, there is nothing to prove that its because of 5v5. Personally i dont mind if this game went back to 6v6 as long as previous problems with it got adressed and fixed. I do however believe, that in order to make 6v6 work, you’d have to nerf Tanks, which would make them even more unpopular. And i dont want to be forced to play open queue.