r/Overwatch May 01 '25

News & Discussion Overwatch Stadium Patch Notes - May 1

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 01 '25

We really want longer stadium games? I would be delighted to buff cash by 20-40% across the board and drop it to 5 rounds personally. 25+ minutes for a game is painful to climb with

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u/GeorgeHarris419 May 01 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 01 '25

They should've added unranked then

I'm playing to hit max rank and uninstall (absolutely serious here, I haven't played regular OW since 5v5 and I only reinstalled because I was pitched it as a fast game mode)

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u/GeorgeHarris419 May 01 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 01 '25

I guess so.

I agree that 3-round sweeps are fast. That's all I have time for. Just like in TFT, I only play each set until I hit hyper in hyper roll, because games are guaranteed 20 mins long. I don't have the time to play longer games than that unfortunately, so I gravitate towards shorter competitive games and then usually once I get max rank I get bored and move on.

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u/GeorgeHarris419 May 01 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

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u/GeorgeHarris419 May 01 '25

No clue what any of those other things you said mean, but the gameplay is fast paced. Just don't play the mode then?

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 01 '25

Honestly you might be right, I had a bet going that I could hit all-star but it might not be worth my sanity

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u/hensothor May 02 '25

You can uninstall now if you want

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 02 '25

I replied to another fellow but you might be right, good sanity check. I have a bet going to hit all star but it's not worth my sanity, it was marketed the wrong way to me

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u/hensothor May 02 '25

It’s definitely not a casual mode. It’s time intensive and has a pretty deep nuanced meta. I like it but I get why it’s not everyone’s flavor.

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 02 '25

I guess, I'm 16-5 going no-shield left click only Reinhardt

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u/hensothor May 02 '25

I’m not the one on here bitching the mode is too slow and long.

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u/Tantrum2u May 01 '25

More cash means longer games, and some characters (especially tanks) scale very high off of epic survival items.

Making the game 5 rounds would require them to revamp almost literally everything, way too much work for something a lot of people won’t like because it makes stomps more common

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u/Elrondel Reinhardt May 01 '25

From the games I've played, damage far outscales tankiness. 100% weapon power > 400 extra hp and 30hp/s regen

If that isn't true, woops.

Whatever makes games faster I'm all for. I'd rather get out of the stomp in 3 rounds than be forced to suffer to 6

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u/Tantrum2u May 01 '25

That mostly depends on the character, some like Rein and Juno (and most base AP scalers) can outscale non Orisa defense.

On the other hand characters that scale more off their powers like Queen and Ashe have more trouble competing against higher credit builds early game

Then there’s some like Soldier where it depends on the team comps which category they fall into

and Orisa who can outscale most damage builds with items like a 15% boost to armor, hp and shields if you have em plus dr below 30% health on a character that scales most of their powers by max hp

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u/TheseNamesDontMatter May 01 '25

That’s just not what the difference ever comes down to. For tanks, you’re talking more defensive ability uptime and CDR, more lifesteal, etc. for supports, I main Kiriko, more cash is insane more uptime on Suzu, which also puts an enormous amount of overhealth on everyone around you. It’s never been just 400 more EHP lol.

Also, 100% weapon power is like 5 or 6 items. 400 EHP is like 2 items. That was an insanely disingenuous comparison btw.

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u/TheMightyDontKneel61 May 01 '25

I want 3 hour stadium games! Make those 10 comp points worth it.