WRECKING BALL is getting a 'slight' rework! | Overwatch 2 - Dev Q&A Summary

Full 1hr interview with Aaron & Flats here:

0:00 - Intro

0:17 - 1) How is the team feeling about Season 9?
1:50 - 2) How is the team feeling about the new Ranked System?
3:10 - 3) Do you have anything to share about the new streamer mode?
3:30 - 4) Do you have any more details about the new Mythic Skin shop?
4:16 - 5) Are there any plans to give “mythic” tiers to other cosmetic items?
4:28 - 6) How does the team feel about the Tank role?
5:19 - 7) How does the team feel about the Damage role?
5:36 - 8) How does the team feel about the Support role?
6:11 - 9) Has the team considered Hero Bans?
6:25 - 10) Is there anything more you can share about Overwatch lore such as additional stories, or animated shorts?
6:54 - 11) Are there any heroes being reworked?
7:11 - 12) Is the team considering speeding up the Balance Patch cycles?
7:42 - 13) Is there consideration for putting popular custom game modes into the Arcade rotation?
8:04 - 14) Is there any consideration for customizing the lobby screen music and background?
8:11 - 15) Can you give a hint on the next big thing you’re working on?
8:33 - 16) Are you aware of the XIM issues plaguing the Console community?
8:59 - 17) Can we expect to see a roadmap for the next few seasons or more of Aaron on camera?
9:12 - 18) Any additional information about the Map reworks?
10:50 - 19) Has the team considered a Map Pick system?

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[Frosted_Over]

RIP to all headphone users at 10:27… 😔

[morechoicer]

Thumbnail scared me lol, I thought they were moving him to dps

[brownpower]

Imagine if he works like DVA where if you destroy his mech you get to control the hamster with a blaster

[antimah]

Thank you to all the people who mentioned jumpscare at 10:27

[Tron]

Title says ball rework and we only get one sentence about it 😭

[LFanimes]

WRECKING BALL REWORK HOLY SHIT 😭

I’ve been waiting a literal fucking year for this

[Guarrow]

They definitely should try the map vote system in a Quickplay Hacked or something. The double pick was pretty much ... useless ? The faster respawn was awesome, felt so much faster and I had a blast on it. We had no news on that and I wish they told us about what they thought of that

[trisdevision]

The map choosing/banning feature is the perfect thing to test in quick play hacked

[Aurum]

Tf was that blast to sound just after 10:30 ???

[LEWIS]

Worth remembering that Blizzard approved his questions in advance - he wasn't allowed to ask about 6v6 etc.

[WeAreSoup]

Arcade queue times are insane. Should maybe integrate Arcade and Cutom games together, so you get to select a game or create a lobby

[MothGirlHina]

PLEASE tell me Ball can mini boop people passively by rolling around, I can't count the times I have gotten stuck in a corner by being body blocked as the literal wrecking ball

[BrokenSkunk]

I really don’t want map voting. I personally enjoy a wide variety of maps. If anything, do halo 3 veto system where you can say no to one choice and get one random backup. That’ll still give them data on hated maps.

[NinTyler]

anyone else get jump scared at 10:27 ?

[seilaoque]

6:55 to everyone who just want to hear about wrecking ball rework like me: youre welcome

[andrewdavenport]

I appreciate this man’s timestamp dedication. It helps since I’m busy but still want info on certain things

[Nemesis.]

My heart jumped outta my chest at 10:27

[fleafinder]

Ximming is such frustrating experience. They should just drop mouse and keyboard support on consoles for ranked play… it’s not a fun experience at all and a lot of my friends are hesitant to play console bc of this

[theeabo]

What happened to the weapons that were blue and white that they made for Mercy, Rhinehardt, and Reaper? I bought Mercy's, I would like to see more of those weapons with different colors and sounds. I think they were dope.

[TheFlyingSailorYT]

Man that static pop at 10:27 made me think a power surge fried my computer!