With the start of Season 23, Overwatch players have the opportunity to play Competitively in a new way in Open Play. The Open Play mode will appear in the Competitive Play menu, where players will be able to use a team composition different from the 2 Tank / 2 Soldier / 2 Healer squad from the Role Play mode. In addition, separate ratings will be used for the two modes.
Overwatch Chief Designer Michael Heiberg said the decision to add Open Play to competitive mode was based on the popularity of this mode in Arcade, where players can fight in daily changing custom game modes.
It all started with a simple experiment.
“We appreciated the popularity of the Classic Quick Play mode,” says Heiberg, “and wondered how much players would enjoy a similar mode for competitive play.”
This year, the Overwatch development team's main goals are to quickly tweak the balance, do lots of experimentation and tweaks, and so we decided to add Open Competitive Play to Arcade to see how exciting it is for players.
This mode not only gained immense popularity, but its addition had an unexpected effect on the "Competitive game". As it turned out, the presence of two modes of competitive play led to a decrease in the length of the queues in both modes.
“Open Play attracts more players as Fighter Heroes than tank buffs or Support Heroes, resulting in fewer fighters in the Role Play queues, which evens out the balance of roles in this mode,” explained Heiberg.
The coexistence of the two modes helps reduce queuing times - but more importantly, it helps players with different interests choose the mode they like best.
“Personally, I prefer to play a balanced team with separate ratings for different roles, without worrying about whether I need to change roles,” said Heiberg.
"But sometimes I want to play in a more free format, try some unusual strategy."
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The Open Game is now out - choose the Competitive Game mode that suits you today!
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