Today Aaron Keller finally details their plans on how to address the community request to add 6v6 back to Overwatch. They will be running a series of 6v6 tests to gather data! In this blog Aaron Details the history of the different format decisions to Overwatch over its life, especially relevant to those who never played Overwatch 1, and then explains why they went to 5v5 and how they'll gather furhter data not only on a 6v6 format, but other format tests! H E R O B A N S ??????
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:20 Everyone Likes Different Overwatch Formats
02:40 Hero Limits, GOTY Overwatch 1
06:13 Why Role Queue
08:04 New Heroes Broke the Game
10:34 Benefits to Role Queue
11:37 Role Queue Downsides
12:51 DPS Population ruins Role Queue, not Balance
14:33 Realities of Open Queue vs Role Queue
17:27 Why 5v5
26:40 Queue Times
29:06 6v6
31:03 6v6 Tests and more!
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