OW2’scompetitive game mode follows a role-matchmaking strategy. This is where players get placed against opponents of corresponding ranks. While Blizzard claims to have “fixed” the problem—that it simply wasn’t working—players are sure there are still issues. On Feb. 15, the devsreleased...
Developer Comments: Forward spawn locations were proving to be too advantageous for the team with the lead, making it a bit too difficult for the disadvantaged team to mount a comeback. Matchmaking MMR decay system has received multiple improvements aimed at more quickly and accurately re-calibrati...
We’ve tackled the learning curve from multiple directions to help ease new players into Overwatch 2. The most visible change was adding the first-time user experience at launch, but there’s also an invisible change we’ve been working on in the background: better matchmaking ...
If they can fix the monetization and free to play experience by lowering coin costs for items in the store and increasing the weekly challenge reward coins substantially from a max of 80 per week to a few hundred per week, and fix the current issues with matchmaking queue times for damage ...
Now let’s talk about groups and matchmaking a bit. Interestingly enough, there’s actually more grouping going on than you might think! For the next set of data, we’re going to look at all competitive games from February 1st up to May 28th of this year. ...
The dev chat also invited Senior Software Engineer Morgan Maddren and Lead Meta Designer Scott Mercer to discuss the state of the game. Various problems in Overwatch 2 were addressed, which included the Quick Play matchmaking issues that most players suffer from, and the steps they're taking to...
“We also saw some issues regarding high-MMR match quality and longer queue times for parties. This was a rockier change than we would have liked, and we’re taking steps to ensure that future changes will be rolled out more slowly to prevent major disruptions like these. Matchmaking is...
The recent update to season 9 of Blizzard 2 does look promising. Better matchmaking, introducing the Champion rank, and other changes are a good move. But we have yet to see how the community reacts to it. Based on the common opinion, the developers need to implement a complete overhaul ...
it's been a big push. Aaron is writing blogs every two weeks about how the game is going and what's changing. We have a lot of people from the team out on social talking about the details of their stuff. When people complain about matchmaking issues, Morgan is right...
Competitive and Matchmaking updates in Season Four We’ve made additional updates to improve the Competitive experience in Overwatch 2. Starting this season, you’ll no longer see a dip in your displayed tier and division as we remove seasonal decay. Also, to...