With the return of 6v6 and the addition of perks, I have enjoyed OW more than ever lately. The one thing that really needs work is the one thing that makes OW 2 less fun that OW—the modes.
What they created in two modes incorporated in OW 2 is a back and forth that makes for a lousy playing experience.
Push is at the top of the list because even when you’re winning, push can make you feel like you’re losing. Also, if you fall behind early, your chances of coming back are exponentially low.
Clash, which I think is the best game mode the OW 2 devs created, is guilty of this too because of the instant respawn of the last point. A team wipe is negated entirely by the enemy instantly respawning for another fight.
I don’t really care for flashpoint, but it’s okay. Hybrid and KOTH maps still reign supreme when it comes to gameplay, with escort sitting firmly at the top. But when half the modes aren’t fun to play, the dice roll for maps makes the game less desirable. Of course, this could all be fixed with a map vote at the beginning. Maybe someday they will do it.
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I definitely would like to see a map vote system.
The devs have mentioned it before so it might be something they add in the future.
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Honestly what makes OW2 unfun for me is solely due to awful matchmaking. Push is fun in stadium and when comes to QP. Alot of map is fun to play except for New Queens Street. I hate clash. Though it is fine in stadium.
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It is coming next season for comp. For unranked they said they wanted to but they will have to wait until it release for comp.
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Why only for comp? That’s frustrating.
Because i don’t know. Ask uncle Keller.
Probably for the same exact reasons that the ban system is competitive only.
Why have balanced matchups when you can buy skins? ~OW2 mission statement.
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Rounds. Waste of time rounds. Nothing but throwers. Nothing but feeders.
And here Push is easily my favorite mode next to standard Payload. I love the intense back and forth and the maps are just the right size. Never really felt like comebacks were an issue.
Clash on the other hand…ugh, I’d take 2CP back any day over it. All of the bad and none of fun.
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That’s true. If I’m not paying enough attention, I’m surprised I won.
For me the thing that made OW2 unfun is 5v5. All the hero reworks and core design changes required to shoehorn 5v5 into the game has ruined everything I like about the game. OW1 was a fantastic hero shooter with lots of strategy and interesting teamwork. OW2 is just an awkward deathmatch with a bunch of heroes reworked into generic DPS heroes that are bland and boring.
I have no problem with the maps and game modes - in fact push is probably my favorite game mode by a lot.
The only OW2 I’ve played in over 6 months at this point has been the OWC patches and they are pure bliss. Aside from doomfist being obviously broken, everything else about it is just so much better. I actually cannot believe how bad they made this game by comparison. It’s truly unreal to me how much they’ve ruined the game they had.
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Wether you like it or not we just got stadium for comp only as for map voting that is in the works but will be a comp only feature like we have for stadium. You will unfortunately have to play arcade if you want any other modes i feel like. They just dont really care that much anymore about unranked. Imo they really should bring back 2cp for unranked only as it was a mode that was frustrating but it had its moments
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Played last evening just for daily and got defence back to back… It was boring…
I’m all for custom map pools in QP.
Interesting. I enjoy defending.
90% of my games I´m on the defense side so yeah it gets boring really quick…
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frankly i dont like any of the new modes overwatch 2 has added
all 3 of them are just not fun for me in the slightest
a map vote would be pretty nice, especially if (in quickplay at least) you could select which maps you want to play on before you queue
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a custom map pool would have been the best… It would show the dev team which map is or mode is less fun. just hope they can take something away from comp where some heroes are not aviable as often as others.
Nah it is the incompetently made matchmaker.
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That’s interesting to me because I’d say Clash is the worst of the OW2 modes, OP. It lends itself to really weird, unsatisfying results where red team can win despite never, at any point, capturing any of blue team’s home turf.
It’s also a problem that’s much harder to tackle than the issues in Push or Flash. For the most part the only time I feel like Push especially sucks is NQS, but that’s the map and not the mode. Flash has been improved with Mario Kart speed strips out of spawn and Juno, who is a speed booster that can actually put out serious healing. I think all it needs now are speed strips that are only active when moving from point to point and it’d be fine, even great.
Clash, though? It needs more time in the oven. Which is a shame because I actually like the Anubis map, but the mode itself feels wrong.