Playing Apex has made me realise. .

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Blizzard already tried it in early development, but it might be back in OW2, who knows?

Apex Legends Ping system in Overwatch

Respawn did such a good job with the Ping System in Apex Legends. It works really well. Back in early development of Overwatch, we actually had a very similar ping system. Ours was inspired from MOBA’s like League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm. We eventually removed it because of a few issues. With 6 people on the team, it got very spammy if more than a few people were using it The geography of Overwatch maps as well as the engagement distances is fairly constrained. This made pinging u…