OW Classic has been out for about a day at the time of writing, and so far I’ve only seen 2 opinions on it. Either it’s the single greatest thing since sliced bread, or it’s proof that Overwatch has come far and shouldn’t ever go back to day 1. I’m firmly in the latter part (there’s a good reason Role Queue became a thing), but that’s not the point. Rather it’s the opposite. Some people prefer 6v6, unbalanced chaos and slower gameplay. Others prefer 5v5, proper (kinda) balancing and a faster pace. And with this mode, people can pick and choose their preferred way to play.
So why not just try to be civil and enjoy what we love, instead of screaming at what we personally disagree with? That’s probably gonna be impossible as long as the internet exists, but isn’t worth a try at least? Just an attempt to suggest a more civilized climate
I’m in camp I never played ow1 and it’s kinda fun but I have no interest in it replacing current OW2. To me OW2 is far superior to many it’s the other way around. We need player choice is the problem.
From a casual and pure nostalgia perspective I think launch patch can be fun but that doesn’t mean I prefer it to the more refined and faster paced experience of live build. I enjoy playing both for there different aspects tbh but no Kiriko was nearly a deal breaker for me until I remembered that Lucio had a 100% speed boost on day one.
Exactly. I’m no game developer and don’t know the best way to fix it, but keeping a mode like this or just a plain ol’ 6v6 alternade mode would probably be the way to go.
I never played ow1 but loving classic for low time to kill. In ow2 you can keep people alive forever but in classic if you have bad positioning you insta die. No blaming supports lol.
What you just wrote is the entire purpose of a game like Overwatch whose first goal was to gather players from different gaming backgrounds and even grew to offer different versions of that game.
Each of us like specific eras of Overwatch and it’s completely fine. Now that the OWL is dead, there’s no need for anyone to order us the way should be playing this game.
And even without the OWL, we don’t need any poster with thousands of posts tellings us how specific heroes should be like and how they should be balanced, nor do we need people explaining us what game mode is “trash” or “not trash”.
Enough of this. What Overwatch needs is as many choices as possible. It should be a rich game with as many game modes and setups (4v4, 5v5, 6v6 etc…) as possible.
This is what this 8-year old game needs before Blizzard eventually decides (and it’s about time) to move and work on a brand-new Overwatch sequel (even if it’s not PVE yet a new PVP game that’s completely different from current Overwatch).
Thanks again for posting this. It’s so easy to understand yet so many people feel the need to boss us around and decide how others should play Overwatch. Enough of this (I know I’m repeating myself).
The Overwatch Classic event is refreshing and it should stay, so should current 5v5 and so should the upcoming 6v6 setup coming next year (even if it means less balance patches to all of these different setups, as it requires a lot of work into them).
You’re on the right track, but your logic is a bit one-dimensional.
Reality is more 2-dimensional.
Player Preferences:
6v6
^
|
|
|
"Deathmatchy" Chaos <----------+----------> Slower, Ordered Games
|
|
|
v
5v5
Will this even show up right, or am I going to have to upload a picture?
You could even add a third dimension for preferences for solo tank “raid bosses” vs preferences for duo tank synergies. (And, believe it or not, there are tank players who actually enjoy playing 3+ tank comps.)
Being more in the camp that thinks it’s the best thing ever, I mostly just want this mode to remnant a permanent addition to the game.
Play around with different eras of the game because “Overwatch 1” encompasses a timeframe of 6 years, but let it remain playable for the people who like it.
I have no interest in trying to convince them to make Overwatch 2 resemble the game I used to love, just let me have that version of it to play separately and I’ll be happy.
I hope that it remains popular enough to consider it an arcade mainstay. Most of the arcade modes suck, this one is at least, well, the best patch of Overwatch?
