We are all kinda like ‘‘meh’’.
So what is the one thing you hated about how they handled this 6v6 launch.
For me it was the communication. We did a massive jump from Classic to Hazard 6v6. That was a big jump. Did they communicate that with us ?
That’s just you xD
It wasn’t available at the October 2021 launch
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I am playing a lot of 6v6 but still there is no hype around it.
Most of the posts, players were expecting something else but got something else. So i think that was communication isssue.
We should have had little bit more information.
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They nerfed lifeweaver—riddle me that one lol
That said, I’ve only played 6v6 since it came out and I’ve been having fun.
What did “everyone else” expect when they said they were going to try 6v6 again in OW2?
Why is the default (apparently) to go back to OW1 6v6?
I guess if you (wrongly) assumed 5v5 didn’t have any love, I could see the confusion. But 5v5 wasn’t as hated as some people made it out to be either. Everything else but tank, I prefer 5v5. That’s the only difference. (though support is kinda here or there)
Why would there be hype? It’s been played for 5 years already. 
To me it seems like tanks got the short end of the stick again. Like I vented in another post that I’ll link. But in short, DPS and supports got to keep their new OW2 toys and tanks didn’t. Also not all tanks were treated fairly. Some were basically reverted to OW1 or even worse while others got to keep some things or were barely touched at all.
In the one patch where you definitely need more tanks, this feels short sighted.
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They come out a bit by surprise. That’s true
And some characters got dramatically changed, and others are about the same
And the first ones are the ones who need to adapt to a completely new gameplay
I didn’t get to play all that tanks but I know many are upset about rein losing his QoL buffs. I am happy Ball got to keep his retractable grapple though. That’s one of the better QoL changes given to a tank.
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We all knew, well those of us who read the dev blogs, that the 6v6 test was their take on ow2. Not that it was going to be similar to the game from 8 yrs ago that was used as an event mode.
Yeah honestly they just made Rein clunky. But they also really nerfed every single thing in D.Va’s kit and it makes her feel like poo. I’m not asking for tanks not to be nerfed at all but like they were over nerfed.
- Give us the knock back resistance.
- Give Rein back his steering
- Give D.Va her OW2 primary fire spread angle and less self slow
- Nerf Hazard’s HP.
- Sigma
- Remove the DPS passive on tanks entirely in 6v6 or at least make it half like in 5v5. It’s actually worse on 6v6 tanks and they have less defense.
- If Rein gets a 2000 hp barrier then D.Va should keep 3 second matrix. Either she gets more or he should have less. Buffing his defense and nerfing hers wile leaving both Winston and Sigma’s exactly the same is just stupid. Honestly give her 3 seconds of matrix.
Like yeah I know tanks need nerfs but they were very disproportionate. And if I’m going to have OW1 hp then all the DPS need to also or I need a bit more mitigation.
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While I think tanks need further balance changes, some are much better than others. I think supports are the ones who got it worst. Tanks get their tanking buddy, but were nerfed themselves as expected.
Supports just get to be heal bots a lot more now. Which feel awful imo after being used to having more time to do some dmg.
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This was honestly the case for the majority of overwatch 1 also. And IMO support is just better in 5v5 and that’s a format issue with 6v6. Supports are just going to be worse in 6v6.
And personally I think that we should stay 5v5 even as a tank player because I actually think DPS is also better in 5v5. Flanking especially is better.
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I think dps feels better in 6v6. Since tanks can actually die again. To me tank in 5v5 is more fun, tho I never liked tank in ow1 where I actually like it in ow2. And supports way more fun in 5v5. They did say before they don’t want to negatively affect 5v5, so unless they change their minds, it sounds like we will still have 5v5.
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Reverting dps hp is the best move imo. All tank getting hp nerfs while reaper stays at 300hp is wild lol
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That but also either damage nerfs for DPS too like across the board or I’m serious about DVa needing 3 seconds of matrix e even in 6v6. She’s living like her mech actually is made from cardboard right now.
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I love it, but
Really the S9 patch did not need to be a part of this. I played every role so far and have flex queued, landing in mostly DPS and tank, with a few support games.
Support is just healbot mode. I played Juno, Brig, Kiriko and they all felt fine but holy heck if they think Bap’s gun gave fatigue 
. Yeah, you need to healbot. More damage taken, two tanks which is two large healthpools, and the incoming healing reduction because of the DPS passive is painful.
Tank is actually quite fun with a tank duo. I play off-tank but can flex to play Queen or Orisa if we need a main tank. I can actually play off-tank again. Zarya feels fantastic in this mode. However, if I catch a DPS out of position, it’s quite likely I may lose the 1v1 (Dva defense matrix uptime down and HP pools up.) No shot i shouldn’t be able to missiles, boosters boop, melee burst down an out-of-position, isolated Widow even IF some miss. Why did she need 225 HP again?
DPS is just DPS. I play Sombra. It’s a struggle in any format. She should have gotten some tweaks for 6v6. Virus isn’t enough and neither is her ability to engage in front or backline shenanigans. But, this is just a Sombra problem more than anything. Mei feels good to play.
Sure, so why am i having 1 fire strike to my Rein ?
OW2 Rein has 2 FS.
I was assuming that we would have low power heroes with same talents. Some wanted the old Sym, Old Hog & even old bastion !
Did you know they were going to do this ?
That is the communication we missed out on and we should have known as a community what the next step would have been after classic.
If they are going to qualify 6v6 in the same category as a random event then this post is pointless and what we think of this game would not mean anything to them.
Ngl it is fun that echo is one of the dps that got dmg buffs even though she really didn’t need it lol. Like at all 
. I’m not sure what they were thinking on that one.
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I think a lot of that is also tank players being used to being stronger in 5v5. And not working with their tank partner like they used to have to. Or picking 2 tanks that don’t really go well together. Like in ow1 Dva was generally played with orisa when she had a barrier, rein, or Winston depending on meta. If the other person is playing like hog or current orisa or something, what do. Bad tank comp just like the ow1 days.