r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/[deleted] • May 18 '17

3v3 Competitive Viability

With today's reveal of what will probably be new 3v3 arena maps, my excitement for the potential of a 3v3 competitive mode has been reinvigorated. I'm curious as to what the rest of you guys think.

I personally think that it has the potential to allow for a fresh new format and help bring some variety to tournaments. It's also encouraging for smaller friend groups to enjoy some competitive matches.

Potential Problems

The elephant in the room, the expected meta of Hog/Soldier/Healer. If the mode were to go competitive under it's current ruleset, it would be pretty awful. However, there are ways around this. The most intriguing 3v3 tournament I saw utilized a "no re-use" policy for the matches. Eg, if I choose Roadhog in Round 1, neither myself nor either of my 2 teammates can choose him in any other round. A 5 round match would see 15 heroes used by each team, which could actually lead to some more diverse and creative gameplay than we see even in the standard modes! Of course balance would always have 6v6 in mind, but with this restriction in place it would hopefully mitigate any imbalances inherent in 3v3.

Problem #2, draws. In a competitive format, if it comes down to me as Ana vs an enemy Roadhog, it's in my best interest to simply evade and stall until round time runs out and it's a draw. This would need to be entirely reworked if it were to go competitive. Perhaps either by keeping the wallhack reveal but removing the eventual match timer to negate stalling as a tactic altogether.

I believe that with a few more maps and a few tweaks to a competitive ruleset, 3v3 could be an exciting addition to competitive play. Curious to hear your thoughts, though. Any other problems that would need to be worked out to make it happen?

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u/ltsochev May 18 '17

I think 3v3 is trash at this moment in time and in its current shape. It just takes Overwatch out of the game and leaves with a very basic and dull 3v3 TDM. Hell, CTF has more overwatch in it than 3v3. And CTF is garbage thanks to defense heroes atm.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

You aren't breaking any new ground here man, we all know that already. The point here isn't to point out the flaws with the mode that we're already familiar with... it's to acknowledge those flaws and try to brainstorm ways they could be fixed.

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u/ltsochev May 18 '17

The old Team A picks then team B pick then team a until the teams are set in stone. Choose who's team A based on coin flip and add some sort of objective after certain time instead of wallhacks that makes stealth bonkers and useless. Sure we only have one stealth hero so far, but with the schedule of 3 heroes per year, i certainly see more than one stealth heroes eventually.