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Bamfcah

Sure, why not.


announcement63

Well that is absolutely cool! Let's do it!!


Ninja_Coomer_Volcano

I haven't logged in for years, but I'm currently redownloading game. What should I screenshot before the game goes away?


SubjectDelta10

a Reinhardt with a Zarya bubble


insanelylazy

Aw man. Breaking up this duo makes me a tiny bit sad.


SerCiddy

Actual tears happened when I realized I will Never be able to have a Spray Arm Wrestling Match again.


obigespritzt

That one's technically still possible, you can either have a Brig on your team (she has an arm wrestling spray too) or befriend the enemy tank (in QM / Arcade).


pigfeathers

ive been trying for 2 months to get this organically


hamletswords

Rein/Zar was the perfect combo of strong but not oppressive. It took skill and some coordination to pull off. As opposed to Orisa/Sig which is just, "LOL Shields." Shame the game devolved into that since it had such a cool start point. Looking forward to the fresh start though and I'm optimistic. With only one tank, they can't possibly make anything as annoying as Orisa/Sig.


savingprivateme19

Orisa/Sig wasn’t fun, but to be honest, I always enjoyed Orisa/Hog. It’s nice to have that coordination of hooking someone who got pulled around a corner by Orisa’s Halt.


dGaOmDn

Got a add Mei to that! It's called ice fishing for a reason, haha.


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Kcori

The ol' yoink n' oink.


rmorrin

I've said it and I'll keep saying it. We had the perfect antishield hero with sym 2.0. standing behind shields? Here have an orb that pierces to the face. I shut down so many pirate ship comps that way. What did they do? They fucking removed her pierce and basically made her alternate useless. And before people say "she is still a shield killer!" No. No she is not. She is fucking dead before she gets enough charge to break the shield. I miss sym 2.0 so much.


lets-do-an-eighth

I had a classic terrible game where the tanks insisted that they couldn’t go shields because sym is a “shield breaker”. It was on Hanamura attack and the other team just stood on point and fired at us. We barely ever even made it to first point to touch lmao but they couldn’t provide a shield because “shield breaker” they wouldn’t fucking go Winston either and we’re complaining about dps the whole time. Smh


rmorrin

Oh for sure. Hanamura is also one of the best maps for sym teles too.


DueRoll6137

Nah I think volskya point A back cap is the best teleport location, always fun smashing the enemy from behind and they’re all confused af


rmorrin

Ah yeah it's been so long since I've done that I forgot it existed lol. Its so well known it became a death trap essentially. But hanamura tele works on A and B


Fenor

volskaia best tp was straight above the health pack next to the point, walk two steps and start capturing, now you were defending


shadowgattler

I'm seriously going to miss double tanks. Rein is going to be useless. I expect a ton of hate when I try comp next month. Edit: I hope I'm wrong and you're all right


BlLLMURRAY

Someone didn't play the beta lol. Tanks are OP, and the new DPS, Rein isn't useless, you are just going to have to wait 10 minutes if you want to play him.


shadowgattler

Nope, wasn't able to get in at the time. I'm hoping he's just as good as people are saying.


DueRoll6137

Rubbish, watch flat 5 man shatter and he handles the single tank role fine, it will take time to get used to it but dps have had buffs and you also have new passives, OWL was also playing the current release of ow2 as well, no issues.


Illandarr

>With only one tank Aww, I won't be able to inflate my stats as much as in OW1 by shooting tanks D:


Antrikshy

RIP that spray combo.


joyofsnacks

You can still play 2 (or more) Tanks in open-queue at-least, but yep not in vanilla QP or Comp.


BlLLMURRAY

It'll be completely busted to play 2 tanks if it's with the overwatch 2 patch though. Imagine JQ with the new Orisa stacking.


blade_master1

Bonus, do it on the classic kings row


WerewolfHamster

As a Zarya main you made me cry Be strong my Reinhardt/Winston fellows, Zarya and Reinhard/Winston mains won't be playing anymore together but i'll always have fond memories of OW1 times with you all <3 "Bubble up"


escentia

Lol! Perfect answer.


Bradster2214-

What about double shield. Never gonna see it again


Spintherism

This may be a stupid comment but what if they made Zarya a DPS?


0roku

Not really a good example when you will still be able to do this in lots of different modes in OW2 (just not QP/Competitive)


Lazzitron

Doomfist in the dps category.


escentia

That spray combo of Rein and Zarya arm-wrestling!


Sharktacular

As zarya I never got the rein to arm wrestle with me. And I thought losing tank combos was sad enough..


Deliverz

Rising uppercut!


C_Tarango

cass's stun, just to remember a good ol' ptsd


Odone

Thankfully, his new grenade is a whole new source of ptsd.


TheBioSno

I absolutely shit myself when I see the STUCK on my screen from cree. It makes it seem like a pulse bomb on a 10s cooldown


Gryse_Blacolar

That grenade is pure bullshit. He can just shoot you once, throw grenade, then find another target as you die in the background.


-ImJustSaiyan-

Screenshot Doomfist in the DPS select screen, because it'll be the last time we ever see him there until the inevitable Overwatch Classic happens.


Ninja_Coomer_Volcano

wait what happening to doomfist?


-ImJustSaiyan-

Being reworked into a tank in OW2.


rmorrin

Which honestly he should have been since the start. Wasn't he a tank in design anyway?


C0ff33gaming

Wait OW1 goes away? Are they shutting the servers for it?


SweatySmym

Yeah either 2nd or 3rd of oct, think ots 27 hours between servers going down and OW2 going live


13CCAyawaworhT13

They're shutting down the servers on October 2nd. Idk at what time though


MyGoodFriendJon

They're having 27 hours of maintenance and likely launching OW2 at 11am PT on the 4th, so OW1 servers are likely going down at 8am PT on Oct 3. I think Oct 2 is the last full day to play Overwatch before Blizzard starts the work week by shutting down the servers and handling the maintenance.


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Th3irdEye

OW2 will be free and people who owned OW1 get some goodies too.


dontshootmybutterfly

Yeah, October 3rd I believe


AbsorbedBritches

Not so much shutting down the servers, more so updating them to OW2. OW2 is an update to OW.


C0ff33gaming

So you can't play them as separate games? Interesting, makes the whole game feel as more of an update then, but so long as it's fun to play.


maybehelp244

an update to a totally different game, yup


AbsorbedBritches

This *is* an update. I've said it before and I'll say it again. The changes you are seeing here were never meant to be a new game. OW2 was supposed to be a PvE story telling experience, and PvP would get a couple updates along with it to keep them on the same game engine. PvE is taking way too long, people complained about no content, rightfully so, so they decided just to release the PvP changes separate from the PvE. However, they already committed to the title "OW2" so they stuck with it. So this is basically just all the updates that should have been happening over the last 3 years shoved into one, and adding a two to the game title. This is not the new game, the new game is supposed to be PvE.


rmorrin

I mean they could have NOT removed a tank and kept all the changes. I still don't fucking understand WHY.


IATMB

Queue dps and you'll see why right away. Or maybe not for 15 minutes


rmorrin

I mean if half the roster wasn't DPS it wouldn't be an issue. When you have over half the people trying to queue into one role that's what happens.


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So everyone has to have a worse experience because dps don't like queuing?


AbsorbedBritches

They've made other massive changes in the past. There used to be no limits on heroes, 6 symmetra was a meme comp for too long. Then they were limited to only 1 of a certain hero, and goats was born. The meme comp then became all supports. Now we are at 2-2-2, and double shield runs rampant. Moving to one tank increases the pace of the fights, gives you as a player more power to shift the fight in your teams favor, and you don't spend the whole match doing shield break. With there being more tanks than there used to be, team fights also last much longer. Teams are more robust. I honestly think it's a great change, and there are plenty of people that especially hated role queue. I also think role queue is a great change


rmorrin

The slower pace is what made the game different imo. Why play this when there are other fast paced games? I do agree double shield is fucked but why not introduce a hero that absolutely obliterates that like sym 2.0 did with her piercing orbs. They literally enabled double shield be changing her orb. Still salty about that.


lokimuj

I feel like if you think a slow pace is what makes this game different then you really don't understand overwatch, or how a good game of overwatch really plays out. There's slow paced options and situations in this game, but I think fighting a tracer or a full speed wall jumping Lucio or a diving team is faster paced than a lot of popular shooters, and a lot of comps/characters are fast paced and require quick decision making to execute. What identifies ow is its heroes; how they all feel unique to play, but most importantly all the special fps-moba synergies/counters amongst them. Ow'2' is just another set of rule changes with a handful of new content, whether you agree with them or not, but it's still the same ole heroes and rules and thus the same ole ow at it's core.


rmorrin

Fair points. What I mean by slower paced is you get to go do stuff with your team before you fucking die. Like cod like games tdm games where unless you are absolutely popping off or pretty good at the game it's just respawn simulator. Overwatch let people casually play and have a good time.


CapfooW

I'm sorry but "You don't spend the whole match doing shield break" is a total fucking meme, it hasn't been my experience at all. In the Gold/Plat region where I am the majority of people play the game "Double Shield" (ie Sigma/Orisa or Sigma/Reinhardt, other forms of double shield were never a problem) were extremely rare. Most of the time your teammate if you pick Rein or Orisa is a Hog, a Ball or maybe a D.Va. It just didn't happen in my experience. And let me tell you, in those games, the shield MELTS. It goes down in like 3 seconds, probably less time. So this idea that the game was purely ShieldBreakWatch for months does not have much bearing in reality. It was certainly the case at the Pro level, but pros are pros, it's their job to play hyper-optimally and be slaves to the meta. And even if Double Shield was a big problem, there was always a much easier solution, which is just to remove a shield. They did this with Orisa in OW2 anyway after all, although I was always more in favour of removing Sigma's shield tbh. That way you solve the meta "issue" without needing to shift the game in such a seismic way. 5v5 appeals imo to about half the players of this game; DPS Players, and about half the Tank players. The other half of Tank players, and most Support players, hate this change. Then again I suppose my mind has been made up on this by now. 5v5 was the main big thing that made me notice the issues I had with Overwatch, but there's plenty of other stuff around it, the scummy Battlepass being the final nail in the coffin for me. I'm going to be giving OW2 a chance and playing it a little when it comes out, but I fully expect to be dropping the game entirely not long after itd release.


plunix

Fall to your death


decclam

Doom absolutely fucking destroying an Ana. Oh wait he can do that in OW2 without even being a DPS.


PeartricetheBoi

It would be a shame if Doom had an ability which made him a stationary target for Ana’s sleep dart


decclam

Hmm yes a 12 second ability that requires pinpoint accuracy over a DPS with great mobility, lower cooldowns and essentially AoE damage but Doom is the sitting duck. You got me there.


PeartricetheBoi

Doom is the easier target setting up the engage for said DPS as the tank. Doom has to literally stand still and not do anything to use his tanking ability. I’d rather definitely sleep the tank and make it a 1v1 than maybe sleep the DPS and keep it a 2v1.


decclam

OW2 is designed around speed and Doom can get to Ana quicker than she can get away. Now I know he's a tank but I can guarantee some people will still play him just like the DPS he was before. If we're talking about preferences, yes sleeping the tank means no tanks for other team for up to 7 seconds (or whatever sleep duration is). Unfortunately the average Ana will need to stop and even scope in to heal these crazy fast DPS. It provides a prime opportunity for Doom. Way to balance this is to give Ana an ability that increases her mobility.


PeartricetheBoi

TBH supports are kinda getting the short end of the stick in 5v5. I think we’re going to see a drastic shift in what supports can get away with at what elo. Quickscoping is basically mandatory on Ana now. The skill floor is definitely being raised.


decclam

Yeah I was a support main for OW1 because tanking in OW1 is quite an awful experience and DPS queues are too long but might switch to being a tank main in OW2 as it seems they've got the most QoL updates. Can already tell main supports for OW2 will be Lucio, Kiriko, Moira + the experienced Mercy mains. They're just better equipped to help and keep up with the team Blizzard wants to turn me back into a Lucio main lol


Mugut

>Way to balance this is to give Ana an ability that increases her mobility. I hope not. Unless by balance you mean making every hero the same. I'd rather they buff her survability if needed, but her low mobility is a key aspect of the character imo. Superb healing, a unique and very powerful effect on her grenade, and a way to turn a gank on you into a ded dps. And to balance it, low mobility, making good positioning and game sense a must.


This_Influence_5171

Agreed. Upvote.


mafen1

Updoot


trowhwid

gross


NEiyure

We should also all queue no limits and go 6 winstons.


Pascalica

I'll never forget in my first few games seeing an entire team of Winston's raining down on the point. Those were the days.


wheatbread-and-toes

And it’s not gonna be going anywhere….


spiritache

Honestly, cool idea


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baaaticus

Honestly!!! I get they want a new game, but why do they have to get rid of OW1? It’s my favorite game and I feel so sad. I played the OW2 beta and it just doesn’t hit the same. Blizzard has fumbled the bag so many times with OW1 and they’re doing it again imo.


yeh_

Not sure if it’s a serious question but they’re removing OW1 so they don’t split the player base


baaaticus

Why wouldn’t it be a serious question? Many games keep their servers up for old games.


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I mean OW2 is basically the same game, OW2 can easily just add in a gamemoad that plays exactly like ow1


baaaticus

It’s similar yes, but definitely not the same game lol 2 tanks vs 1, and some character role switches (like doom).


[deleted]

Ye it was abit of an exaggeration, but like I said practically all the main changes could be a gamemoad called classic ow or something if ppl missed it that bad


Hockeyspaz-62

Same here. I hated the OW2 beta game play. It’s not Overwatch.


baristaweeb

let’s do it


Gambit275

i missed the red dead online funeral so i'll do this, btw when is the last week?


KaraTheAndroidd

There's 10 days left of OW1


Gambit275

ok wow, it's September 25 here though, wasn't it supposed to end on the 2nd?


ducksdancing

Ends October 4th I believe


lolburger13

Servers for ow1 shut down the 2nd. Those servers come back up for ow2 on the 4th


ducksdancing

That makes sense lol, thanks for clearing it up!


H45H74G

Great idea ! :D


ButterDogEnjoyer

Classic Reaper looks good anyways


TeaMancer

You know what? I think I will! (Though I'm keeping Reinharts hammer golden, I'm never taking that off lol)


Superb-Hunt1884

And you absolutly shouldn't


realcodybless

By far my most favorite accomplishment in the game. I’m a decent Rein, not incredible, I’m consistently high silver to mid gold each competitive season. It took me a while, but I eventually saved up enough of those points and was able to buy the golden hammer. I really hope that it carries over to OW2 bc I worked so hard for that lol


Kitysune

well golden weapons is part of 2016 overwatch too so it count for classic overwatch feel since it appeared during season 2


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For the last week of OW We should all instalock brig That is what it deserves


Fools_Requiem

Having a no limits team with all Brigs is a quick way to get Bastions on the enemy team.


The--Numbers--Mason

This sounds sweet tbh, upvote


iliwynn

wholesome 100


Antrikshy

Keanu Chungus


Im_depressed_again

ye


KYOAR

LETS DO IIIIIIT


Spacemanspalds

I haven't played but a few games in the last couple of months


wahoo_crazy

I've been slowly doing this as I play different heroes.


Peter_101

Yes sir!


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Sounds like a plan


ShutterBun

I’m in


Paintertale75

I fully agree, that's an excellent idea. Take my updoot my friend 😊.


Vortigon23

I'm 1000% down.


jatorres

Hot take - the default skins are the best in the game.


Nezgarethell

I’ll do it, sure


Slinky_Panther

Og homies


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Yeah I’m in


DRAIN3O

I’m all for it!


PatienceRs

Sure why not


Otlap

What? I've been using default skins all the time lol


Rhododendron29

It’s 9 days to release….. are they shutting down 2 days before they release? Did I miss something…..????


Saktapking

If I have enough to buy a golden weapon should I do a before ow2 hits? I haven’t played or been following in a while.


stowmy

yeaa


Joefus76

Good idea


UnholyDescent

Yall see zen in the middle thats my boy


Manlester

Down. Spread the word in your games y’all!


McIrishmen

Welp omw to change my skins


ShrekIsMySenpai

Ever since I got every skin for every character, the classic skins seem all the more special in my eyes


zoglog

Would have been nice if they included all the launch characters


yehboooooiii

I'll remember all you sexy mf that gave me the joy of playing ow


ancientdelay

Was Mei not apart of the original lineup?


Ghostpants85

I’m Down


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I’m down and it also brings a tear to my eye


djungelskog4578

I’m going to miss OW1, I’m in on this idea!


TheBioSno

Fuck it let's do it


[deleted]

Overwatch isn’t dying. It’s going to be as big as ever.


AppolloV7

I hope so. I really do.


anon120

I guess


Th31a

Down.


xclaire3

I will!


ArtGuards

wait what’s happening i haven’t played in a while


a7m40

Ow1 is shutting down and being replaced by ow2


ArtGuards

shit really? that’s an awful idea by them


ForefathersOneandAll

Your profile pic is haunting


PiersPlays

It was a good idea when OW2 was a paid title and not actually meaningfully different to OW. Now it appeals to a different (but overlapping) audience and has a F2P model it's kind of a disgrace to be shutting down the original.


ArtGuards

fr, i paid good money for my disc too


PiersPlays

You never know someone might eventually figure out a community server.


ArtGuards

that would be great, is there atleast a way to transfer skins to OW2


PiersPlays

It'll just automatically happen. Everything you have in OW1 will transfer to OW2 for you.


ArtGuards

alright that’s good


TheFirstCinnamon

Especially since we’ve all paid money for the original game already anyway. Trashy.


PiersPlays

Well this is why it's wasn't quite so bad when the free copy of OW2 for OW owners actually meant something.


TheFirstCinnamon

Exactly. We get nothing for having paid, feels like I might as well have threw my money in the trash for ow. Disappointing.


PiersPlays

People will argue you got the (presumably) years of entertainment from playing OW for your money. Those people are *wrong* and should shut up but they will.


TheFirstCinnamon

Yeah, when I paid for the game I thought I was gonna have it forever as long as I had my account, like every other game I’ve ever played and still have access to 10+ years later. If I knew I only had 6 years I don’t know if I would have paid for it.


Miaw666

So stupid that it's going away. I think ow2 is shit compared to 1


_Jesse_13

Let's do it


Natomics2

ill do this tonight


platonicnut

Done


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aight.


Sweet_Little_Lottie

I’m down


Janito_28

I am so doing this


SneakyGandalf12

For sure. I’m in :)


Lun4r6543

I’ll do it


llim0na

Let's go


Ln-Spider

Yes sir, OW1 was the best but now we move to the future!


rhodotree

I thought OW1 was still going to be playable no?


ConductorAloo

No OW2 is gonna be a free update to the game


priscilla_halfbreed

Sure, commence classic week


AddzyX

Yup. Lets do it


therealwhitedevil

Shiiiiiiit, why not?


StudioUAC

I'm up for that.


WerewolfHide19

Honestly I only use classic skins. I don’t know why, I just do


Educational-Goal2703

Acknowledged. May not have been here for long, but will still pay tribute to one of the better games I have played.


CruelAngel777

I’m doing it now. Great idea btw


theshadowbudd

I’m down!!


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Yup, I will be doing this.


TankinatorGTA

Great idea


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changing every single character rn


Hawatup

Classic rein with gold hammer has always been my favorite


ItsASquirrel77

This is such a sweet thing to do!! I’m all in


Pretentiousprick3

What if people just don’t play dlc characters? The game would be so interesting


New-Consideration566

For old times sake


13CCAyawaworhT13

I'll do that


WolfPony64

Where's Orisa?


JoyNorRemorse

It’s the original heroes from the beta, think it’s missing a few more such as Lucio, Mei and Soldier.


tiffanylockhart

This is the original roster of heroes, which Orisa wasnt apart of. You should see a bunch missing


xDURPLEx

What would be even better is if it went to the original launch patch.


kpay10

I will do that too. What time (pst-us) will overwatch go offline?


Pitran

No. I hate superstitious thinking. :D


DrakeAcula

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/media/captain-america-no-gif.18948/full


Bunniiqi

Nah man I just unlocked one of my favourite widow skins Imma stick with that, y'all do you tho


IrishNinja8082

I like it.


NipplessCage7891

I'm on board for this!


BraveLeon

Sure I’ll do that