The Overwatch team cooked!

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I just wanted to give my feedback on the current season and how I like and dislike it.

Clash and Flashpoint

So first of all, Clash; I REALLY love Clash! It’s probably the best mode they have added yet. it fits really well with the Overwatch 2 playstyle and you can tell that Blizzard really made careful decisions regarding the map design and how the game mode is played.

I always feel like I can win when playing Clash, and it usually ends with a close game.
It has some similarities to Flashpoint, but Flashpoint has already been a very good mode since its release and now the addition of the speed boost from spawn has made it even better!

I mostly enjoy the fact that these modes/maps have minimized sightlines and high grounds which are a big issue in Overwatch 2 in my eyes.

Cosmetics

The skins are very beautiful and it makes you really want to progress through the battle pass to earn them as fast as possible.
The fact that we finally got a good mythic skin after Mercy and Ashe who weren’t great is amazing!
The Highlight intros are also very nice. Seeing Doom with a kitty caught me off guard. XD
But I am not very happy with the emotes and voice lines tho. Artists on the other hand did a great job with the sprays, I have to say.

Juno

Just like in the test phase, Juno is still quite fun to play and isn’t annoying to play against like other supports. What I mean by it is that you don’t have to play around her or swap to deal with her compared to Ana where it’s super frustrating to play against her and you need to track her abilities, plus you most likely need to swap to deal with her. Or Mercy where you need to prioritize her to win. And let’s not even talk about how boring to play Mercy and Ana are.
Juno doesn’t have these frustrating traits and seems mostly balanced, so, good job, Blizzard!

Balance

Lastly, balance.
I feel like there could’ve been done more here. D.va still is very oppressive regarding the fact that she has very few counters and those counters aren’t played by many. Not to mention that she has no weakness since she has Mobility, good burst damage, an extremely good defensive tool, and in general high survivability.
Mercy has become very problematic again with the pocket potential on certain heroes like Cassidy, Ashe, and Pharah. Talking about Cassidy, I genuinely miss his magnetic grenade. It was an enjoyable ability to use and play against since it required skill compared to Flashbang, now he feels frustrating to play against, and isn’t as fun to play anymore.

Looking at the health changes, I do see the vision Blizzard had here and I do approve. But it may need some nerfing to do on some burst damage like Sigma’s Accretion or Widowmaker overall. But that needs careful consideration and more analysis.

Anyway, that’s all I wanted to share with all of you!

For those who may question:
I am High Masters on all roles and top 111 on Tank. In Overwatch 1 I was High GM top 68 with Lúcio

Thank you for reading and have a blessed one! :heart:

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Im really enjoying clash aswell feels like a fast paced team Deathmatch which I do enjoy

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I’ll stop reading when u write that Clash is good :smiley: :smiley: …i hate it so much that i think i’ll stop playing till they remove it, is so disgusting and they force it on us because i play it every 2/3 maps (and i desire to leave every time). In the old CoD MW 2019 at least u can ban maps and mods that u don’t want to play, but here u are forced to play it in comp too!

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All Lucios are on top of the world right now

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I hate to come into a positive post with negativity because there’s too much of that these days, but I have the exact opposite opinion on Clash. To me, this is the worst game mode they’ve ever added. Throne of Anubis is beautiful and definitely better than Hanaoka, but it’s a trash mode. And why do they keep releasing modes with only two maps? There should be at least 3. Flashpoint still doesn’t have 3 yet.

I love Juno, though I think she needs buffs. I love the skins this season. Reaper mythic is fire. Battle Pass is good. But Clash sucks!

D.Va is fine now. Winston is more of a problem.

I don’t think she’s problematic, but they basically forced her into the pocket style. Those balance changes punish triage Mercy and reward pocket Mercy.

Agree here. Had an interesting discussion yesterday about Widow. IMO maybe she should go back to 175 hp.

You too!

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Better take the opportunity to play Dps Lucio before the inevitable nerfs in 2 weeks

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Giant wall of boot lick did not read.

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clash feels like an arcade mode slapped into competitive

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Oh wow, the worst support more problematic?, wait… skill issue.

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So basically she has little impact and is easily ignored.

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Is this an out of season April Fool’s joke?

The new character is a troll pick. You only pick her if you want to derank and go down to Bronze.

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They’re not too bad tbf, I’m just not really happy with how frequently I encounter throne of Anubis… It’s like every 4-5 games :confused:

She’s definitely loads of fun! However the 225hp thing has encouraged me to be way more passive and reserved my “op mobility” for escaping only. Feel like something could improve with some heroes mobility if they want to keep the 225hp! Also I feel Juno’s primary fire projectiles too small, people don’t stand still for heals :frowning:

I only play in gold on console so my take is heavily subjective ofc, but I really really dislike the sombra buffs. I feel she should be at 175hp with tracer due to the perma invis. Tanks are all still kinda too strong, I barely play tank ever and played today a bit and by far it feels the most powerful. I know high ranked likes to say supports are too strong but I heavily disagree because of the elo I’m in and the teammates being super unco-operative most of the time, it’s the most stressful but most fun when I have competency on my team :smiley:

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Positivity? If this was Reddit you’d be downvoted into oblivion for daring to not have the hive mind mentality

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clash is more like a arcade mode, like i can see the merits that certain players see, its basically constant fight more like tdm but better.

the main issue though is its not really suited for a comp match in ladder with soloq.

the players of overwatch simply cant understand rging or focussed attacks even in much well spaced modes like koth or escort.

or lack awareness

to put them in these modes is just griefing them .

its also not satisfactory as a mode for me, its not a planned attack, like im winning 17-1 etc as dps but it feels empty.

im not trying to discredit your enjoyment of the mode i totally get the part you enjoy and i also understand it, if its a separate mode i can see it being a better death match mode.

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she has two issues her gun is crap her flight is too predictable,

make it three issues, her uitility is team dependent like sym.

so its pretty good like a mini kiriko ult when you get your team to work with you, but good luck doing it in ladder.

she will probably end up like sym too at this rate

they need to stop making these team dependent utilities.

also juno should be allowed to headbutt people when using flight.

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How can anyone think this season’s skins were good? The battlepass is getting lower quality each season, and they’re putting the only good skins behind another paywall with the “ultimate bass pass”.

The only decent skins in the battlepass this season are Ana’s and Doomfist’s. The mythic is good but let’s be real Reaper is an unpopular hero so I doubt they will sell much. It was a great theme that was terribly executed.

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I hate clash because its just a deathmatch… there is no time to think just stomp or be stomped. They changed the spawn timing to help but that only means the game mode is flawed from the start. Worse of all the worst clash map Anubis is like every other game and it sucks balls.

Tack it on comp to pretend its content, but if clash was in arcade then Blizzard knows no one would play it.

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It’s nice to see the positivity and appreciation for the developers this is good feedback!

:heartpulse:

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Mercy, Sombra and Hanzo changes were undercooked.
Or maybe overcooked?

screw the metaphor: dumb

With sombra being in almost every game rn, I’ve been staying away from playing Mercy with the new low health.
But When Sombra isn’t there I’ve been busy shredding with Zen. Purple ball and kicks might benefit from some of the health nerfs too much

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Clash is good, Flashpoint I’ve always liked. I don’t pay much attention to skins. Juno is great, lots of fun and pretty powerful right now.

Balance is atrocious. I can’t believe the tank buffs still haven’t been reverted. Absolute travesty of decisions there.

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