If I, an old man, who had resigned himself to being forever stuck in gold can get myself to plat, no reason you all can’t! But you have to realise that you can’t be good all the time, we all have that one game where we struggle, so instead of flaming them, take a moment and see how you might be able to help them. Worry about yourself - OW is a team base game and we have all fell into the trap of flaming that one team mate who is 3-8 after round one. Pathing, pathing, pathing - coming back to previous point, there are many routes to the objective, don’t get tunnel vision going down main in Bastion, Junkrat, Torb spam. Knowledge is Power- the more you know about OW, like Hero CDs, health packs, map geometry, the more you will be able to make plays. Time, the hidden resource - while OW2 is a fps, every match is dictated by time! Finding ways to bleed your opponents time on escort maps will go a long way. Somethings I have learnt about tanking on my way.Ĭorners are your best friend- you may have a shield, but you know what’s better than blocking damage? not taking damage to the face. But after going on a tear with Ramattra, Sigma, Rein and sprinkle a little bit of Winston and Junker Queen in there, I finally in the infamous Plat. My career high was 2496, and other seasons I would get to 2450ish and couldn’t seem to get there. We’ll share further updates here at Shacknews as they become available.My time playing OW can be compared to the fable of Sisyphus. As we get closer to the launch date, stay tuned for more details, including the reveal of further new characters like Junker Queen. Overwatch 2 is slated to launch in October 2022. Unfortunately, that also means that if you don’t care for the changes in the upcoming Overwatch 2, you can’t go back to the original game. Those who favor the 6v6 style will be out of luck once Overwatch 2 comes out unless the classic multiplayer is included as a side mode or in limited-time events. The original Overwatch is 6v6 and Overwatch 2 will be shifting to a 5v5 format. While in many ways, this probably won’t matter to a lot of Overwatch players, the shift in gameplay is sure to be a concern for some.

In the recent Reddit AMA, Overwatch 2 devs revealed that it will replace the original game entirely as a live service game once it launches. Given that the original Overwatch is almost entirely an online multiplayer game, that means there won't be any reasonable way to play it in official capacity afterwards. Theoretically, that means that players won’t be able to access the original Overwatch through services once Overwatch 2 launches. It was here that the team revealed that once Overwatch 2 launches, it will be altogether replacing the original Overwatch as a live service game. The aforementioned Overwatch 2 AMA was hosted on the r/Games Subreddit on June 22, 2022. It was here that Overwatch 2 leads revealed that the game will entirely replace the original Overwatch, gameplay and all. That silence was broken this year and Blizzard even opted to do a Reddit AMA on the game ahead of its release in October. After being announced at BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard Entertainment has been quietly working on the game for the last few years with only a few updates here and there. The road to Overwatch 2’s launch has been long and strange.

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