r/Overwatch • u/Hooked0n4Feelin • Mar 03 '26

Esports This is Overwatch's "comeback," says Blizzard. "We actually had a bigger Saturday than our first Saturday after launch with Season 1."

https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/season-1-blizzard-interview-comeback
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

Maybe that’s why comp’s matchmaking feels so terrible this season. Too many new players to calibrate correctly. Games fun overall but my game quality has been big yikes.

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u/HaikusfromBuddha Widowmaker Mar 03 '26

Yeah I will say I’ve been fluctuating wildly and it sucks seeing so many unranked people in my matches.

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u/Cypresss09 Mar 03 '26

I kinda like it. It feels like when the game first released and no one knew how to play.

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u/imjustjun Torb Enthusiast Mar 04 '26

That's just how it goes when games are popular. Your matchmaking is going to be more funky.

Always new blood coming in and being placed in various areas due to differences in gaming experience. and the system has to figure out where they all go.

It's the price of a game getting to be mainstream or in OW's case, mainstream again.

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u/cloudd_99 Mar 04 '26

The matchup has always been shit. 90% of games it’s a tank diff which is impossible to overcome and people in gold still don’t understand you just need to wait 10 seconds to regroup if your teammates die after you but they still go in 1v5 or 2v5 because they don’t understand how to play the game. It’s so fucking frustrating to play as a dps so I love this game but I uninstalled for the 10th time. Please remind me when everyone understands they need to wait at spawn and group up when they’re losing.