wasnt there suppose to be a trial mode or something? i am gettig tired of matches being determined by one player especially if the dude is soft throwing. there is so much significance in one role that it just messes it up for everyone else in my opinion
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They said it would be in several seasons (aka over a year away minimum) and everybody started celebrating like it would be coming anytime soon lol
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ahh heh well we will probably forget about it. memory holed
oh well
i think a big reason for games feeling more “stompier” is 5v5 and how powerful the tank role is. still who would want to play tank if your just a meat shield with no damage so they make them a beefy dps that has a lot of significance in the outcomes of matches
It’ll take them a while to fool around with the stats and abilities for it. I don’t even think they know what to change or how to go about it. When disabling Sombra’s permanent stealth all they did was increase the timer to 999. It seems they don’t really like to mess with code much (or aren’t able to). They probably don’t want to just raise the player count either but also fool with the abilities from skills to passives, the health and shield values, and maybe game mode timers. They might also have to set up the game mode for it and figure out an appropriate date that doesn’t interfere with their planned seasonal/shop events. And who knows if they’ll add other features as well; like all that experimental new passives thing they’ve been doing last time. So, if anything comes this season, I’d be surprised.
They did not give any time frame whatsoever. All they said is their team is working on preparing the engine to handle 6v6 as there’s currently slow downs with 12 players in a game. Once that and the beta balance is ready, we will have tests.
From a business standpoint, they’re probably aiming to have it ready for marvel rivals launch which is in early December. Who knows if they’ll be able to have it ready by then but I’m sure they’re at least trying.
Nobody thought it was coming soon. We were celebrating that’s it’s at least being acknowledged and they’re willing to put it back in the game.
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it will come, eventually
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They stretching this game T H I N. Been in perpetual beta since how long?? Cant they just implement a solid feature in timely manner? Its always “broke on release” then “constant patches and changes and tweaking” for years, still never quite there
One step forward and two steps bck with this game
The have until December 6th. So I’m assuming at the end of this season
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Exactly!
Im hoping by next Season, they will have the 6v6 trials implemented.
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they wrote it on the whiteboard right next toe the pve content.
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Just when Rivals is about to come out
I suspect the whole “6v6 test coming eventually” blog post was just to get people to shut up and move on to another topic. Chatter on 6v6 has dropped significantly. I don’t think they have the personnel and time to build out a proper 6v6 mode, especially with corporate breathing down their necks to improve profitability.
But then again I’m sick this morning and feeling a tad cynical, so take that into consideration. Lol
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I don’t know if that’s especially cynical. The devs were getting bugged a lot to comment on 6v6. Really, it’s more surprising that they refused to say anything, and stuck to doing that for so long.
I won’t lie, them announcing things that aren’t happening soon is a pet peeve of mine… maybe because of the whole pve thing, idk… XD
Cant wait for people to go to rivals… I am sick of people pretending that Rivals will not do the same stupid mistakes or that it will not have overprices skins as well.
" With that said, we’re looking at running a series of events to try out different core team composition formats in Overwatch 2 . The community has, juuuust once or twice, suggested a test. Why not put various forms of 6v6 in the game in order to gauge the results? We agree, and based on your feedback, we’re exploring how we can test different forms of 6v6 in the game to gauge the results. This is taking some time, however, for reasons that may not be readily apparent.
In a 6v6 setting, these upgrades can have significant impacts for our players, causing the game to underperform on older systems. Overwatch is a fast-paced game, and maintaining a game that runs smoothly across all our platforms is important for the player’s experience. While a limited time test could arrive sooner, the team is still investigating exactly how long it would take to permanently increase performance across the game. This would be a large effort that would most likely take at least several seasons to accomplish."
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i have heard about that but i also hear how easy it is to make in custom games. of course this is by high profile streamers who are usually pc players with high end systems.
i can see older consoles like switch having a problem…
so yea thats a good excuse
Marvel Rivals will prove to the doubters that Overwatch is one of a kind. For better or worse.
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6v6 sounds more and more like another empty promise with each and every passing day.
The question remains for how will the news be broken to us.
- Will we get a dramatic tearful apology over it during streamer’s interview like we did for PvE?
- Will we get a short note discussing why it wasn’t possible to implement in an official Blizzard post (e.g., “Directors Take”)?
- Will it be addressed as a 1-2 sentence answer by a dev post over social media (e.g., mentioned in Twitter or during a Reddit dev AMA)?
- Will it simply be swept under the rug and be completely forgotten about?
I’m betting Option 4.
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6v6 isn’t actually any better. You are living in a dream of you think it will change anything other than a crowded map
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