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Blizzard has officially announce how it ’s bringing 6v6 back to Overwatch , and it ’s emphatically more than what we gestate . Beyond just bringing the old ways back to the game after removing them forOverwatch 2 , Blizzard has announced a new event calledOverwatch Classicthat will reflect what the secret plan was like withOverwatch1.0 .

Before Ana and Sombra , before defense and army tank were one socio-economic class , and before added biz modes , Overwatchredefined the hoagy gun and conquered the genre for class ( although that might be changing shortly withMarvel RivalsandDeadlockon the horizon ) . Over time , the developers have fine - tune up the hoagy , changed a lot of their move bent , and introduced changes in an attempt to give all course a luck and to remove the possibility of players building unbalanced metas .

D.Va out of her mech and in the air shooting her gun in Overwatch.

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There have been two giant changes over the serial ’ story . The first is the introduction of therole queueto ensure there were a set number of part ( two damage , two tanks , and two livelihood ) per team . Then , withOverwatch 2 , the Blizzard squad changed the biz from a6v6 experience to a 5v5 one .

Overwatch Classicis a series of limited - meter events where histrion can live what the game used to be . According to a blog post , the issue will “ sport heroes and residuum from pop moments in the game ’s chronicle , swan from the fast - paced and frantic gameplay of the 2017 Moth Meta to the ternary - armored combat vehicle , treble - keep expressive style of Goats . ”

In this first variation — which launches on November 12 and run to December 2 — Blizzard will be convey back the original map and the first four modes . Players will also be capable to toy with the original 21 characters , along with their kits . So , yes , that stand for Widowmaker is back to being overpowered and Symmetra is still a support Hero of Alexandria that demand a lot of work . The developers are also add together the No Hero Limits rule during the first few days , so you’re able to return to that classic five Genji penning if you want .

Of naturally , the biggest modification is themove back to 6v6 fights . While Blizzard was confident in the switch to 5v5 when it launchedOverwatch 2 , the squad has since find oneself that itdidn’t reference all of the problems . For case , it reduced the variety between matches and did n’t aid with balancing army tank theatrical role .

The blog stake clarifies thatOverwatch Classicisn’t a part of the squad ’s wide 6v6 plan . They still need to do test over time to gather more feedback .