The State Of Overwatch Discussion

It’s still a good game for sure, but the way balance has gone and the way queue times have degraded leaves a lot to be desired

I’ve already stopped playing it. Kind of despise the current state of balance (they are STILL dealing with Double Shields at the top, while large chunks of the cast still feel miserable to play without extremely specific setups), and I don’t see that changing anytime soon with them completely overhauling the game for 5v5.

Only new content on the horizon is a map for FFA, an unranked game mode almost no one actually cares about. The only communication we’re getting is on the McCree name change (which I AGREE with, honestly, but that doesn’t really bring anything particularly new into the game) and OWL, something I think has actually been detrimental to the game and the balance decisions made about it.

The sexual harassment lawsuit and ActiBlizz’s terrible response to it basically broke this camel’s back. Would have to be something pretty significant to get me to return at this point.

I too, an confused about the concept of a live service game and am actively hostile toward New Things.

Overwatch is as fun as ever……I can see it being boring if you one trick and only ever play comp….hell it sounds like a terrible way to play any game really

But playing for fun? I think OW provides you with PLENTY of options to be able to do so….if you choose to use them (I don’t think many do)

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We’re done. Lol…

20 characters.

It’s going downhill imo, could go into detail but i’m quite sure we’re all up to date with what’s happening.

Company’s gotta change.

My youth and optimism, gone.

It’s not bad, but not very good either: several heroes need corrections or addressing, maps need slight updates, and lore could be progressed.

Honestly, only really reason I still play is to get all the achievements (missing 3 from Damage, 2 from Support, and 4 event)

Also just waiting for another hero shooter, like XDefiant, to come around to hop onto.

Well, I got off best guess as to where they could go for OW2
[OW2] Balance Design Blueprint

Otherwise the current status of Overwatch is just waiting for the devs to transition to 5v5 game mechanics.

I’m just here for amusing drama, I don’t play and have no interest in the sequel.

Game was good at launch but I’ve seen how Blizzard games “evolve” lol, have fun with your mess.

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Theyre keeping us in the dark we only have speculation and leaks to get anything. They promised us communication like 5x and never followed through. They just dont f-ing care about talking at all. Not even a simple update of “were not ready to show anything as of right now” like i have no idea what they want us to do other than just sit on this dying game and wait until they decide to talk to us which i dont see happening. Idk how they expect us to trust them with what they say anymore.

I mean the PVE is pretty solid, like the dark alley and the NPC running around the train.

The state of Overwatch for me is just stale.

There’s no huge balance issues, the game itself is a fun game – but with the lack of content updates it just gets plain repetitive after a while.

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I been away for about a year. PC caught fire, only recently been able to actually build a new one.

Game sucks. It is not stale for me at all, however queue times is near unbearable for me. How am I suppose to have fun when I have to wait 10+ minutes before being allowed to have fun? This is also simply for a QP game!

Also holy hell, the power creep is real!

Screw Genji! Changing how long deflect lasts and being able to cancel is the change I hate the most. Thought I still had my muscle memory but it turns out the devs just gave me the middle finger. Guess there is now nothing you can do to outplay deflect. I just wish they buffed his CD’s or damage or something else. Why mess with mechanics like that?

There are many other examples but I found Genji’s the most egregious even if it wasn’t the biggest buff by far.

Balance wise:

  • The Tank role is a mess (Orisa is underpowered, Rein + Zarya and Roadhog is all that’s being played, Roadhog and Hammond are, at a fundamental level, terribly designed, Tanks still remain CC magnets and extremely unattractive for the majority of the player base).

  • Many problems in the DPS role as well (Symmetra problems remain unfixed, Junkrat still is played mostly as a low skill - high reward spam character, Bastion, Doomfist and Mei’s primary fire are horribly - designed, Reaper has lost his problematic niche and is even countered by Roadhog, Pharmercy and McCree’s Fan the Hammer still remain as problematic and low skill - high reward as ever.)

  • Not many problems in the Support role (Moira still has no utility, Ana’s Sleep is way too powerful against Tanks and her Nade is too oppressive in general, Lucio and Zen still cause many problems, as they can handicap entire teams due to the lack of actual healing)

Besides the above, the matchmaker is anecdotally the worst it’s ever been, with stomps being 80% of Competitive matches played.

2CP and it’s maps are still in the game and are as much of a chore to play as ever.

LFG system absolutely abandoned, Priority Pass and Endorsement systems are absolutely pointless in the current state of the game.

Extreme lack of content, lack of communication, misguided decisions.

Yet Overwatch still remains irreplaceable and my favorite game ever. Will still keep playing it as much as I can, but unfortunately, if OW2 isn’t a big success, it’s sadly gonna be the end of the line for this amazing franchise.

The game is fun.
Competitive is hard and toxic.
Terrible lack of new content.
OWL is great.

Good game, the balance is not that bad. But…
We really, really need OW2 news.

Still playing it. But don’t really enjoy it like I used to.

Here before the Rigged Match Maker crowd.

All things considered, I think Overwatch is in a decent place. More content would be nice.

The new death match map will be fun for those of us who enjoy Death Match modes.

It’ll be interesting to see the public reaction when Overwatch 2 finally releases.

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I think it’s fine. I just think there are a lot of people who don’t actually want to play overwatch. They want to play a different FPS and instead of changing game they would rather just force Overwatch to be played how they want.

rubbish and broken just like how it’s been for a long time