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[SmartWaffles]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAOaXSVZVTM

Key points:

• Arrives end of June
• Season length now around 2.5 months
• Competitive mode format changes, assault game mode changes
• Getting rid of league tiers, displays skill rating (MMR) instead.
• Cosmetic awards for competitive participation, new "golden gun" cosmetic system.

 

[LiK]

Hmmmm, skin rewards?!

 

[Onemic]

hyped

 

[Blam]

I like it already

 

[SocksAndShoes]

 

[VertPin]

already lost interest in the game but it can be some fun with friends for a few rounds.

overall meh, regret spending the $60. good to see blizzard pumping out free dlc though.

 

[Ricerocket]

Curious about those assault mode changes, he says they flip too quickly, few engages and it's clear who has the point.

 

[Kayo Police]

The salt, I can taste it in my near future.

 

[Shredderi]

I'm still crazy about the game. It's so good with friends.

 

[Odrion]

Sounds neat, I hope it doesn't shake up quick play matchmaking too much. Some new details on the upcoming hero or maybe new maps would've been nice.

 

[Beartruck]

If you're bastion, would that give you a golden turret?!

 

[jon bones]

Cosmetics for competitive mode?

Yes, Blizz. Yes....

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Sounds fine to me.

Good to hear they're looking at those Assault maps. They're pretty awful.

 

[Lumination]

Rank resets will never not be dumb.

At least they're using MMR and not some skinner box abstraction on top.

 

[Arkeband]

I've been thinking that the amount of hero swapping might need to be looked at during different game modes, as it's far too easy to turtle up on certain maps and offense is basically screwed.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Disable hero stacking across the board

kthx

 

[Gentleman Jack]

1 month seasons seemed ridiculously short. Good that they're doubling that at least. Give teams a chance to mesh instead of be under the gun to play all your games regardless of IRL scheduling.

 

[Rhaknar]

and yet it doesnt say if hero stacking is in or not

 

[Tyrant Rave]

In for skins

 

[#sorrynotsorry]

Should be one year seasons. The quick turnaround is a mood kill.

 

[Zocano]

"Detailed"

And yet I still have many questions.

 

[Pooya]

displaying MMR? that's so unlike Blizzard.

 

[Odrion]

Disable hero stacking across the board

kthx

No fun allowed.

 

[MartyStu]

This level of transparency is going to shoot the toxicity level through the roof.

Hope they are ready for that.

 

[OldRoutes]

This level of transparency is going to shoot the toxicity level through the roof.

Hope they are ready for that.

What do you mean? I'm curious...

 

[Pooya]

What do you mean? I'm curious...

MMR shaming.

 

[RandomExpletive]

Interesting stuff... hopefully I can get a dedicated group together, though with my schedule thats gonna be rough

 

[Sapientas]

Seems pretty good. Cosmetic rewards and MMR ratings displayed are nice.

 

[Mugenjin]

• Getting rid of league tiers, displays skill rating (MMR) instead.

Unless they literally only put the exact same MMRs into a game there is gonna be a lot of crying about MM (even more so than now).

 

[Stone Ocean]

No fun allowed.

Playing against shit like double Winston is hardly fun

 

[Hyun Sai]

I like the 3 months season. Seems the perfect lenght.

 

[Stone Ocean]

MMR shaming.

People shame people in division based systems all the same.

 

[HowZatOZ]

MMR shaming.

It already happens with WoW and gearscore, no difference to MMR really.

 

[Glass Shark]

I really hope my new video card comes soon...

 

[EatinOlives]

What do you mean? I'm curious...

Within 2 seconds of displaying stats:

"UGH I GOT STUCK WITH A BUNCH OF NOOBS GG ASSHOLES"

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Skin rewards?

Now everyone will go for the objective.

 

[Kade]

This will probably be my primary mode. It's not going to totally eliminate griefing teammates like every other game with a Ranked mode but it'll reduce it by quite a bit. The frequency of pistol only Mercys and other gimmicks has gone up quite a bit since launch.

 

[spindashing]

Golden weapons?

 

[Kayo Police]

I guarantee you all, that I, Kayo Police will have the lowest MMR in competitive ranked (NA) on NeoGaf™

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Within 2 seconds of displaying stats:

"UGH I GOT STUCK WITH A BUNCH OF NOOBS GG ASSHOLES"

You already have that now...

I had someone call someone else a cocksucker, motherfucker team etc. today.

 

[Dead Prince]

pray the mmr god that it doesn't match me with crap people. i need the mmr to be good

 

[ZangBa]

I'm gonna need a tutorial on how to git gud at FPS games.

 

[XenoRaven]

pray the mmr god that it doesn't match me with crap people. i need the mmr to be good

Good luck

 

[jabuseika]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAOaXSVZVTM

Key points:

• Arrives end of June
• Season length now around 2.5 months
• Competitive mode format changes, assault game mode changes
• Getting rid of league tiers, displays skill rating (MMR) instead.
• Cosmetic awards for competitive participation, new "golden gun" cosmetic system.

Yes please.

Now do it for SC2.

 

[FeD.nL]

and yet it doesnt say if hero stacking is in or not

I might be reading too much into it but Jeff mentioning the 4 lucio's being a thing for quick play and then proceed to talk about competitve being more serious seems to insinuate that hero stacking might be limited/not present in competitive.

 

[Hagi]

cosmetic bonuses? shit guess I need to find a group now because fuck trying matchmaking

 

[jabuseika]

pray the mmr god that it doesn't match me with crap people. i need the mmr to be good

Separate MMR for Mei players.

They only get to play against other Mei players.

 

[Lunarwhale]

Nice, been wanting to play Overwatch a bit more competitively lately. I just hope the community doesn't get too toxic with it. I've been pleasantly surprised so far.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I'm excited about this.

I am not excited about all the toxicity I'm going to encounter along the way.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Within 2 seconds of displaying stats:

"UGH I GOT STUCK WITH A BUNCH OF NOOBS GG ASSHOLES"

People already do this without even being able to see their teammate's MMR in quick play