After the request for changes in the team configuration was not addressed for two years, Overwatch 2 players will now have the option to group up in teams of six.
A three-week event featuring that format starts on 12 November. But there’s a twist: players won’t be able to select Kiriko or Sombra, or battle it out with an additional player on each side on Push maps just yet. That’s because in Overwatch 2’s first real taste of 6v6, Blizzard is taking everyone all the way back to the beginning with a limited-time mode called Overwatch: Classic.
Plyers will be able to experience Overwatch almost exactly as it was upon its May 2016 debut. That means they can choose from the first 21 heroes, who all have their original kits and abilities.
It also means Hanzo loses his Lunge jump but regains his dreaded Scatter Arrow, Bastion and Torbjorn are vastly different than they are now and Cassidy's Flashbang once again stun locks enemies for a moment.
Symmetra reverts to being a support who can teleport allies almost anywhere on the map from the spawn room, while Mercy can will once again bring five dead teammates back to life. Ultimate abilities will charge up faster too.
In addition, just like in Overwatch for a brief period at the very beginning, there are initially no limits on hero selection. So if gamers and their teammates want to run with a composition of four Winstons and two Lucios, they can have at it. However, this will only apply for the first few days, after which Blizzard will apply the single hero limit rule for the rest of the event. Games will take place under the Quick Play ruleset, rather than the Competitive format.
The original 12 maps will be available too — including the assault maps that Blizzard retired from the main modes during the transition to Overwatch 2. While assault maps are still available in the Arcade and custom games, gamers will once again be dealing with the notorious choke points of the otherwise gorgeous Hanamura, Temple of Anubis and Volskaya Industries.
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