SVB's Group Up

0:00 Introduction & Initial thoughts

00:08:41 - Marketing & Reception

00:29:33 - Watchpoint Pack

00:41:03 - Support a Streamer & Brig Skin

01:12:43 - Support Role in OW2

01:29:12 - Junker Queen

01:49:30 - Rio

01:58:52 - Symm, Moira & Mercy

02:29:12 - Hopes/Expectations Till Full Launch:

The Great Roadmap Debate feat. Flats, Samito & Freedo | Group Up! ep. 35 by SVB

Overwatch Devs Geoff Goodman & Josh Noh talk about how Overwatch is balanced

Timestamps:

0:00 INTRODUCTIONS

5:28 WHO IS MORE ANNOYING TO PLAY AGAINST: DPS DOOMFIST OR TANK DOOMFIST?

6:34 OW 2 BETA 2 DOOMFIST CHANGE?

7:28 HOW DO YOU BALANCE BETWEEN THE ROLES?

8:15 WHO HAS THE HIGHEST CARRY POTENTIAL OUT OF ALL 3 ROLES?

9:36 WHAT'S A BALANCED OVERWATCH GAME?

13:25 HOW DOES RANKS INFLUENCE THE VIABILITY OF HEROES?

16:43 WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK?

20:55 MERCY SUPER JUMP VS GENJI LEDGE DASH

25:38 WHAT WAS YOUR GENERAL APPROACH TO BETA CHANGES?

26:05 POSSIBLE NEW MERCY SUPERJUMP DESIGN

27:50 DOES THE UPDATED SUPERJUMP MAKE MERCY EASIER?

30:42 WHAT'S YOUR APPROACH TO GAME BUGS BECOMING ABILITIES?

32:51 IS HERO OVERLAP SOMETHING DESIRED OR NOT?

38:36 MOIRA REDESIGNS IDEAS TESTED

43:41 HOW DOES MAGAZINE SIZE & RELOAD SPEED AFFECT HERO BALANCE?

45:15 WHY THEY INCREASED ANA'S MAGAZINE SIZE FROM 12 TO 15

45:14 ANA NERFS?

46:46 GEOFF GOODMAN TELLS ML7 TO GET GOOD

47:00 DOES A HERO'S PICKRATE INFLUENCE BALANCE?

49:55 WHY BASTION GOT A REWORK

50:36 HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY IS ADDING/REMOVING HP FOR BALANCE?

52:18 WILL YOU BRING BACK SOME CC TO THE GAME?

53:26 JUNKRAT GETS HIS TRAP'S CC BACK IN OW2 BETA 2

54:11 CASSIDY'S CC DISCUSSION

56:30 WILL NEW HEROES HAVE SOME FORM OF CC?

57:05 WHAT'S THE ROLE ON SUPPORTS IN OVERWATCH 2?

59:54 WILL WE SEE BALANCE CHANGES TO OVERWATCH 1?

1:02:45 WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT 5V5 BROUGHT TO THE BALANCE PHILOSOPHY?

1:07:02 FINAL THOUGHTS

The Great Mercy Debate feat. Niandra, EeveeA, Skiesti & Somnus by SVB

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

1:20 Reflecting on the First Beta

51:40 Support Changes in Beta

1:26:20 New Support Hero Incoming

1:37:00 Push Game Mode

1:52:00 Back to Overwatch 1

2:07:00 Next Beta Announcement

2:15:20 Expected OW2 Release

2:29:25 Next Beta Hopes/Expecations

The Great First Beta Debate feat. Fitzyhere, EeveeA & Beaver | Group Up! ep. 31 by SVB

The Great Alpha Debate feat. Flats, Samtio & FREEDO | Group Up! ep. 30 by SVB

In this episode of the Group Up! podcast, we take a look back at the entire history of metas and compositions to reminisce and also decide what each of the guests see as their favourite era/metas of Overwatch gameplay. With 5v5 incoming, these comps will never again be played!

Meta Chart: https://imgur.com/a/CuN2Re4

Timestamps:

0:00 Introductions

03:40 No Hero Limits

13:10 5-Player Mercy Rez

17:50 Triple DPS & Triple Tank

22:50 Beyblade & Speed Nano

27:20 Ironclad Bastion

32:45 Shield Generator & Torb Armour

36:30 Sombra Health Packs

40:33 Doomfist Release

43:45 Double Sniper & Pirate Ship

49:25 OWL's Influence on Meta

57:00 Hanzo Dragonboost

59:00 Hackfist & 1 Tank, 3/4 DPS Comps

1:02:00 GOATS

1:24:20 Double Shield

1:32:10 Pulled Pork

1:35:45 Mercy Moth Meta

1:42:30 Ontricking - Avoided & Clockwork Vendetta

1:54:05 Giga Rein & Giga Genji

2:01:42 Hero Pools

2:11:30 Double Off-Tank

2:16:10 Poke Comps

2:22:10 Best/Worst Meta Verdict

Guests' Socials

Custa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Custa | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/custa | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Custa

Lemonkiwi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LemonKiwi_ | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/LemonKiwi | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lemonkiwi_/ | TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lemonkiwi_

BroYouWack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BroYouWack | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBroBroadcast

In this Group Up! episode, I talk to the guests about the Overwatch 2 Beta Announcement, their gut instincts, 5v5, the roadmap and how this might represent a big shift for the Overwatch team

In this episode of the Group Up! Podcast, we discuss the 'competitive integrity' of Overwatch and why Stylosa, EeveeA & Samito feel like Overwatch's competitive mode leaves a lot to be desired. Amongst other things, we discuss in-game, systems Blizzard's philosophy and banning one tricks?

Guest Socials:

Stylosa's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stylosa | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stylosa | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stylosa/

EeveeA's links: https://linktr.ee/EeveeA

Samito's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamitoFPS | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SamitoFPS

0:00 Introductions & General Feelings on Competitive Integrity

11:15 Team Queue vs Solo Queue

27:20 Crossplay Competitive?

39:59 Overwatch is Dead?

53:48 Balancing 6v6 & 5v5 At the Same Time

1:02:22 What Should A Game of OW Look Like?

1:26:30 Counter Intuitive Overwatch

1:31:40 Banning One-Tricking? & Format Changes

1:54:14 Private Profiles & Toxicity

2:19:20 Blizzard's Approach to The Game

2:54:30 How Can We Improve Gameplay & Stats

3:12:30 Conluding Thoughts