Blizzard are implementing a one-hero limit in Overwatch’s Competitive Play
Blizzard have announced via their official forums that they will be implementing a one-hero limit in Overwatch’s Competitive Play — essentially ridding the mode of stacking.
Many players have complained of numerous defence heroes being stacked, such as Torbjörn or Bastion, which make penetrating and capturing a point incredibly difficult. Blizzard’s principal designer Scott Mercer told GameSpot: “The big thing for Competitive Play is we’re going to turn on one-hero limit, so players will not be able to stack more than one of the same hero within a Competitive match. It’s not going to affect Quick Play at all, but it is something we’re going to turn on for Competitive.”
Mercer also told the outlet that the publisher plan to ditch sudden death when season 2 rolls around, and will instead allow matches to end in a tie. Sudden death is another major changes that players are having difficulty adjusting to, with Mercer saying: “We definitely want players to feel like if they had a tie, their time wasn’t completely wasted. So we’re trying to find the sweet spot of a lot of players feel like, ‘Oh, well, we got something out of it,’ but at the same time not create situations where players might collude and create some nasty situations there. We’re still discussing that.”
Mercer also discussed an upcoming patch with the outlet, explaining the changes that will be coming to a few of the heroes: “There’s been a lot of talk in the community about how D.Va and Zenyatta felt a little bit underpowered, so we’re making changes to them,” Mercer explained. “Zenyatta is getting a little more shields, and he goes a lot faster when he uses his Ultimate. D.Va’s Defense Field, instead of clicking it and it lasting three or four seconds and having a long cooldown, it’s now something where you can toggle it on and off and there’s a meter that runs that.”
Blizzard recently unveiled the newest addition to the hero roster — support sniper and healer Ana, mother of rocket-firing Pharah. You can find out more about Ana here.
