Blizzard, please make some changes in Overwatch (arcade mode)
It's been more than eight months and I still play Overwatch every now and then, usually for some free loot boxes, checking out new characters or maps and playing in a new event. I like this, a lot even, but the game definitely has certain moments and parts that make me want to stop playing it almost immediately because it's frustrating to say the least. One of these frustrating parts is in arcade mode, a mode that is meant to be fun but can often be very annoying.
Arcade mode needs to change?
I think that arcade mode could use some changes. The first thing I would like to see different are the loot boxes, instead of giving three free loot boxes to people that get nine victories (1 for each 3 wins) you could give people a free loot box for every five matches you play in arcade mode, which means it doesn't matter who wins or loses and that makes it less frustrating already. People can play whatever they want and do whatever they want, they just need to complete a total of 15 matches to get their three free loot boxes. Another thing I would like to see different is adding different game modes, for example the capture the flag mode in the Lunar festival event should stay in arcade mode. Sure there is room for improvement but it's a fun new mode that allows you to play as different characters and use different strategies to win. Winston, Sombra, Tracer, Soldier 76, D.VA and Phara play a big role in getting some easy victories and more defensive players can finally get some love for playing characters like Torbjörn and Symmetra. But I would also see more experimental modes added to arcade mode, give people early acces to a buff or nerf for a character, I know that PC players have the PTR but as a console player you just sit and wait until the changes are added to the consoles. Wouldn't it be better if you also created a practice or test area for changes to characters on the consoles? That way you get more feedback from players and console players can test out new things as well if people are interested in that. Another thing that needs to change in arcade mode is the bad matchmaking, honestly sometimes I spend minutes in joining a match and then leaving a match again because somehow there aren't enough players in that match. But you know what the weirdest thing is? Somehow I can find myself in another match within ten seconds but somehow the match I was in can't find one or two more players to get the match started. It's really frustrating to go in a match and get kicked out of one three or four times in a row because somehow there are never enough players in the match.
Can you stop rage quitters?
Can you really stop a person from rage quitting? Probably not, but you can prevent this person from joining another match any time soon. Instead of just giving someone punishment in the form of earning less experience for some time you could also make it so that they can't play online multiplayer in Overwatch for an hour, if they keep rage quitting within one day then make it longer. This way you prevent them from leaving more matches and being that unreliable douchebag in the match that pretty much gives away the victory. In arcade mode this isn't a huge problem but when you try to get nine victories for the loot boxes then it can be frustrating. Nobody likes rage quitters and yet they keep doing it and keep showing up, this either means that the majority of Overwatch players does this or these people just keep getting back into matches.
Give acces to event rewards the entire year?
I realize why the event rewards are only available for a short time but it's really frustrating when you just don't get the items you want and you are almost forced to buy loot boxes. I know this is a good way to make money but isn't it nice when you can just earn them? I mean you have to pay 3000 gold for a legendary skin or emote, but isn't it nice when you can earn this in your own time instead of trying to quickly earn this in the three weeks you get for that event? Once again this is just to make the game more fun, because it really sucks when you miss out on a skin, highlight intro, emote or victory pose that you really want and just don't get. Maybe they become available again this year but why would we have to wait a year on the event to start again when we can just get them whenever we want to? I think a lot of people would like to be able to get the event items the entire year instead of having to rush and grind the hell out of the game in those three weeks of the event. It's just a thought but hopefully it doesn't fall on deaf ears.
Arcade mode needs to change?
I think that arcade mode could use some changes. The first thing I would like to see different are the loot boxes, instead of giving three free loot boxes to people that get nine victories (1 for each 3 wins) you could give people a free loot box for every five matches you play in arcade mode, which means it doesn't matter who wins or loses and that makes it less frustrating already. People can play whatever they want and do whatever they want, they just need to complete a total of 15 matches to get their three free loot boxes. Another thing I would like to see different is adding different game modes, for example the capture the flag mode in the Lunar festival event should stay in arcade mode. Sure there is room for improvement but it's a fun new mode that allows you to play as different characters and use different strategies to win. Winston, Sombra, Tracer, Soldier 76, D.VA and Phara play a big role in getting some easy victories and more defensive players can finally get some love for playing characters like Torbjörn and Symmetra. But I would also see more experimental modes added to arcade mode, give people early acces to a buff or nerf for a character, I know that PC players have the PTR but as a console player you just sit and wait until the changes are added to the consoles. Wouldn't it be better if you also created a practice or test area for changes to characters on the consoles? That way you get more feedback from players and console players can test out new things as well if people are interested in that. Another thing that needs to change in arcade mode is the bad matchmaking, honestly sometimes I spend minutes in joining a match and then leaving a match again because somehow there aren't enough players in that match. But you know what the weirdest thing is? Somehow I can find myself in another match within ten seconds but somehow the match I was in can't find one or two more players to get the match started. It's really frustrating to go in a match and get kicked out of one three or four times in a row because somehow there are never enough players in the match.
Can you stop rage quitters?
Can you really stop a person from rage quitting? Probably not, but you can prevent this person from joining another match any time soon. Instead of just giving someone punishment in the form of earning less experience for some time you could also make it so that they can't play online multiplayer in Overwatch for an hour, if they keep rage quitting within one day then make it longer. This way you prevent them from leaving more matches and being that unreliable douchebag in the match that pretty much gives away the victory. In arcade mode this isn't a huge problem but when you try to get nine victories for the loot boxes then it can be frustrating. Nobody likes rage quitters and yet they keep doing it and keep showing up, this either means that the majority of Overwatch players does this or these people just keep getting back into matches.
Give acces to event rewards the entire year?
I realize why the event rewards are only available for a short time but it's really frustrating when you just don't get the items you want and you are almost forced to buy loot boxes. I know this is a good way to make money but isn't it nice when you can just earn them? I mean you have to pay 3000 gold for a legendary skin or emote, but isn't it nice when you can earn this in your own time instead of trying to quickly earn this in the three weeks you get for that event? Once again this is just to make the game more fun, because it really sucks when you miss out on a skin, highlight intro, emote or victory pose that you really want and just don't get. Maybe they become available again this year but why would we have to wait a year on the event to start again when we can just get them whenever we want to? I think a lot of people would like to be able to get the event items the entire year instead of having to rush and grind the hell out of the game in those three weeks of the event. It's just a thought but hopefully it doesn't fall on deaf ears.
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