I Quit Overwatch | A Top 500's Perspective

Thank you to everyone that supported this channel from the beginning. I will never forget you all, but now, it is on to bigger and better games!

I feel absolutely awful when i play 5v5. The steamrolling, counterswapping because once a tank counterswaps you shit becomes borderline unplayable, lack of depth and tank synergy, etc. Ive recently been playing in a 6v6 OW2 workshop with a bunch of people and it is SO much better than anything 5v5. Junkerqueen, Ramattra, and Mauga feel great and synergize so well with the OW1 tanks. Mauga actually has more of an identity when he's an off tank. 6v6 is great.

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Even as an OverWatch 2 player, I can see the massive gap left in the team that the second tank was supposed to fill. It's so obvious, I don't know why they're so adamant against just fixing the game format. It would make everything else so much easier.

5v5 causes people to get burnt out faster than 6v6, because there are just less possible plays in 5v5 and much less variation in game play from match to match.

5v5 is killing OW. 6v6 is so much more replayable. Its harder to learn, but more rewarding for learning it.

Looking at OW1: Imagine having no updates for 2 years and your content creators pumped out content and grinded the game despite the bad balance the game was left on and people still enjoyed the game since the balance only fucked high ranks. Looking at OW2: Within a 1.5 years of constant balance trying to fix the problem they introduced by going to 5v5 they still haven't fixed the game, because it's impossible. Blizzard is so disconnected with their player base, it's unreal. People are leaving left and right, content now is all about how frustrating it has become to play and they still refuse to accept that the main problem is 5v5. Other games like Overwatch are coming out and they all are 6v6. If Blizzard is not going back soon, they will lose a lot of players.

Thank you for the shoutout Paz ❤️😭 We met through Lightspeed all that time ago and since then it’s just been a blessing to hangout with you, game with you, and get to know you as a person. Super excited to see your future in content creation and gaming. I know you’ll do amazing things as always. Keep going, I’m proud of you. All the love 🫶🏻

Tough to see but happy you’re making a choice that feels right for you. No one can make that choice for you but you! Best of luck with what’s next

Beyond all the debate around 5v5 or 6v6, the poor hero kits are wearing me down. No format is gonna fix that feeling when you drop an ult and see enemies be lifted out of it by a petal, or pulled by life grip, or suzu’d to shrug it off, or droned to be kept alive, or rezzed to be brought back to life. Got to stop rewarding the passive players and punishing the proactive ones

It's so weird how they refuse to balance suzu any further... they just let easy to use abilites dominate so that the casuals who don't give a fuck anyway have a good time. Also the fact that they buffed sigma's ult to not need line of sight was beyond stupidity. Who thought that was a good idea. Fire that person from the balancing team immediatly because they clearly demonstrated that they don't understand the game. They also constantly tell us how they are learning from their mistakes but they literally make the same exact mistakes every single It's clear the game is being made for casuals. Anybody else is an afterthought.

As someone you coached on the hero that gave you the final blow, I can't help but agree with your sentiment. I've been playing since I was 12, and I have never been this uninterested in playing Overwatch - you are not alone with this, sadly. I think quite a few of us will stick around to see what's next, the content on your second channel looks super promising and fun! Can't wait to see what new heights you can reach, and thank you for everything you've done for the community❤

So, is Marvel Rivals on the table?

I got recommended this video and I just want to say, thank you Paz for making this video and thank you YouTube for giving this to me! I can relate to this in terms of Apex, only playing a game for so long that it becomes a chore and no longer a “job” or game that you want to put time into. I recently just “quit” apex (it’s more like taking a long break but we can consider it as quitting), been off the game for about a week and never felt better! just know that there’s always other games out there on the horizon and if you ever get burnt out, just take a break, albeit a few weeks, months or a year and see how your favourite game develops. if it becomes bad, don’t bother playing. if it’s good or you miss it, hop back in. it sucks that OW2 isn’t the OW we fell in love with years ago and Sojourn + Kiriko barely changed in the last year and a half is crazy 😂 Wish you nothing but the best of luck Paz!

I still love Overwatch but I can't imagine being a content creator for any game not just OW. having to play a game day in day out and make content consistently for it would burn me tf out too.

I have quited the game before Venture released, i wasn't even interessed anymore in that Hero. The game is unfortunately dead to me... You know what even more? I went back to the PS3 fan servers brought back online old game servers and we have tons of fun, like in the old PS3 days... I highly recommend playing on these servers! Thanks alot for all these years of OW! Best luck to you!

Paz come play 7HSKW 6v6 Adjustments we have beer :)

It wasnt just 5v5 Boring Low skill characters, horrible hitboxes, imbalanced counter play, poor matchmaking and scrapping most major changes during ow2 development to settle for bandaid balance changes every month killed ow.

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Thanks for everything coach. Enjoyed our sessions together, and I appreciate all the knowledge you shared. Obviously not the video I wanted to see, but after listening I totally understand your position and wish you the best for the future.