Game Director Jeff Kaplan discusses updates to Overwatch’s Competitive Open Queue, Experimental modes, queue times, and changes to the Hero Pool system.
ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence.
00:21 Jeff discusses updates to Competitive Open Queue
01:34 Competitive Open Queue planned for arcade in June
02:15 Competitive Open Queue will join Role Queue for Season 23 in July
04:03 Queue times are improved when Open Queue exists
04:40 Experimental Card updated with balance changes
06:06 Hero Pools won’t apply to players under 3,500 SR
06:57 Overwatch League data will determine Hero Pools while in season
Sinatraa: leaves OverWatch because of role lock
Jeff: adds open role queue
@Pyte
33 meta wont die-> 222 role que
Instead,nerf dps so player dont have to play 33 anymore
We need more maps->map rotation
Instead, make more maps
Double barrier wont die -> hero pool
Instead, nerf sniper heroes so players can deal with them without 2 barriers
Dps que time is too long -> open que comp
Instead balance the game properly so that we can all play the game in one concentrated comp mode
Lol
@monkii My man I was making a joke I don’t actually think he was going broke or anything
@Ted Ted
The worst part is 33 meta was really close to being organically on the way out with the buffs to Reaper and sym, two very tank-busting and shield-busting characters. They could’ve removed 33 altogether if only they’d put back some of Ana’s healing potential and her speed boost on nano. Ages ago, shortly after she released, 33 started to occur with her at the crux of it, and it was just starting to get cycled out when beyblade meta started to come into being. NanoBlossom was the NanoBlade of the past, because Reaper could just spin all over a team without any risk or issue.
If you reverted that now, there’s dramatically more cc in the meta these days, so it’d probably end up balancing out to a series of swaps across the board. You wouldn’t be able to play 33 bc a reaper would charge up super quick, NanoBlossom once, and wipe the entire tank lineup, so you’d have to pull in some longer range dps to counter, and with how simple and easy Reaper is to play AND to counter, it’d force switches across the board on both teams. Reaper gets countered, so reaper swaps off, but swapping back onto your 33 would bring the reaper back out again, meaning you’d have to swap back to long range.
It’d break down into mirror comp again but eventually, it’d shake out to be long range dps vs long range dps once more, and then dive would become viable again, but reaper, hog, and torb are still strong and sturdy dive counters, especially in high rank, so you’d end up with very dps heavy comps again, which are more vulnerable to range, and so on and so forth, the dance goes on.
5:03 Jeff, did you mean “Many of you are dying when you see Bastion” not ” Many of you are dying to see more Bastion”.
Seeing a bastion is the literal definition of death
Nothing feels better than getting killed by Bastion and now you get your wish of more death. (honestly before this Bastion was the worst DPS and least played)
Mr.ChadBacon really likes to destroy my barrier regardless
@Royal Tinman Ask Papa Jeff for more sheild health. *shrugs*
“some of you are just dying to see more bastion in your matches” Jokes eh. I cant tell if this guy is being sarcastic
he was definitely being sarcastic. i feel like he knows how many people hate bastion in a game
“…to make Bastion more viable”
*Shivers*
Shivers in Reinhardt
I wish they ban this unfair trash hero from the game
Lmao I was joking about this for.months but they are really gonna do it
Sorry Jeff, I like your beard, but my eyes are one the “WoW: Wrath of the Lich King” signed box in the corner.
Jeff: we know you guys are dying to see more bastion
everyone: yeah… no
well yes, but actually no
i love bastion
@Toast3r Noodl3s yeah. There are heroes for everyone.
When bastion is played by an experienced bastion player then a bastion can be quite mobile in their playstyle, constantly repositioning to get an advantage and to keep themselves from getting focused.
Bastion my main I wanna see more bastion ^^
Lmao
Wha’ ’bout the imbalanced team notifs? I miss that “Not enough healing” “Not enough tank” might put some sense in full DPS teams (Where I try to carry everyone with Ana)
They should bring it back in open queue tbh
Yeah I want a “I need DPS” voice line
When are we getting a swiss map? Mercy is literally one of the OG heroes but her country hasn’t got a map yet.
a swiss map would be awesome tbh I really need to see a new map in the rotation swiss or not
Wasnt there an HQ in Switzerland that got blown up by Talon in the early comics? It could be awesome to see them rebuild oficially, sending a messege that overwatch is back
@Vilrek Omg this would be amazing!
When we come outta lockdown Jeff is gonna look like Gandalf
true
Goats Shall not pass!
But fr some people have said that they are having a “quarantine beard” like as if it’s no choice to shave
For some reason i couldn’t take my eye off that one long gray hair hanging over his lip. Anyone else have this problem?
“Mercy is getting a buff”
Mercy Mains: Long have I waited..
Hero’s Never DIe!
…For a price…
ITS BEEN 3000 YEARS! I SHALL TAKE BACK WHAT WAS MINE.
Palmy YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSWSSSSDORFDLPJM3KPRJFN0K3RJGNVO3KJRNGOJRENBOKJRGEBNRIJEOGVM
Not a buff… Nerf revert…
Yeah she got a mild buff, while both Ana and Moira got a nerf; I feel like support mains are getting shafted again
Me: 🙁
The birds outside of Jeff’s house: *chirp chirp*
Me: 🙂
bastion can stay where he is, in low-elo he is dominating matches.
“We’re gonna be tracking all of your comments, all over the internet”
Papa Jeff pls don’t find the erotic fanfiction I wrote 3 moons ago
make the hero’s balance, plz daddy Jeff
LOL
Link it
Been waiting on the sequels kevin B how many more moons i gotta wait
@Kevin B uhh.. Nice
The upper bracket wants him buffed and the lower bracket wants him nerfed.
Jeff: I know you guys want to see more bastion in your matches
Me: >:(
Well he did say “I know many of you are just DYING to see more bastion” Cuz as soon as u see bastion u just die. (cuz bastion murdered you)
I love fighting bastion because seeing the respawn timer allows me to relax
Clip size is now 1 and reloaded speed increased
This will’be a crazy buf
EXACTLY THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING
@Shade Aristotle and that’s exactly why she need these nerfs. You have to make a choice when you push out that orb, to either heal, or do damage. And that’s the crux of the issue, DPS Moira players obsession with attacking enemies instead of realizing that they have 2 tanks and 2 DPS already dealing it most of the time. Our job as Moira is to support, and that means keep those around you alive as much as you can. If we can’t do that, just switch to DPS.
@Mango Chan No. The upper bracket one hundred percent wants Bastion to be buffed. Bastion is useless in the upper brackets.
@montyke ^^ I don’t even play the game but I hope they improve this!
True, but that isn’t the aspect of her getting nerfed. Elims are the worst stat to use to determine one’s performance/a character’s performance.
This is because anyone can just deal 1HP of damage to an enemy, let their team kill them and still get an elimination for it.
I wanna see a sign language interpreter in a box in the bottom corner of the screen signing the ultimates for you
As a lucio main i do kinda want a play that isnt getting a double boop or something boring
Yuan Dong The play of the game is goofy. It gives people potg if they get the most kills in a short amount of time first. Example: Junkrat ults and gets a 5k, and a Pharah ults and gets a 5k, the person who got the 5k first gets play. Very dumb in my opinion. I think plays should be focused around who took the most skill while also getting a large amount of kills, instead of who clicks the ult button and gets easy kills.
Maybe instead of potg we get play of the round
no. this way we can enjoy quick play while completing arcade wins at the same time
I see more tank and healer potg I think than dps I know I get them all the time with my shatters
Yeah healing a bunch of teammates from critical happens all the time in a game. It’s commonplace for a healer to be pumping out metric tons of healing if their teammates are taking too much damage. And the thing is, ideally, this should almost never have to happen. The team taking damage like this typically means they’ve done something wrong. Not to mention it’d create the incentive for people who only want potg to wait until the last minute to heal, which, as a tank main, no thanks please.
Cortexcze I get what you mean but I was just thinking that this would be the most logical thing for them to do.
Funniest thing is that moira does the lowest dps in the game