Why Do They Make These Challenges So Ridiculously Long For Crappy Rewards?

Overwatch Custom Games are Horrible...

I don't usually spend much time queuing in overwatch 2, which I kinda miss ngl. I used to get so much done between queues in Overwatch 1. Besides the point though. The DPS queue was looking a little longer so I decided to take a gander at the custom games, since me and my duo partner are old 'the floor is lava' and 'murder mystery' pros (you don't get gems like those anymore...). To my horror, the first thing that pops up on the custom games menu is, and I quote, 'Sexual Harassment Simulator'????? Like what the actual fuck?? I knew overwatch was far gone, but this far? I am honestly terrified of overwatch men in more ways than one.

Here's a little comparison between D.Va's normal sound effects and Porsche D.Va's sound effects <3

The Porsche sound effects tickle my brain <3 (worth the money).

Flash Point Maps

Honestly, I've heard a lot of mixed opinions concerning the flash point maps. Personally, me and my duo partner severally dislike them and would instead like 2cp back. The maps are too large and the spawn points too far from the points, in my opinion at least. The momentum of the games is lopsided as well. You can be stomping the enemy team one moment, and then the next they're destroying you somehow. There's too many directions to be attacked from and not enough defence without a second tank, and there's no one or two chokes to work with. They're so unlike the rest of the maps, I often find myself turning in circles trying to figure out which door the enemy is going to come out of. The whole flash aspect is badly implement as well, you could be at 99%/99% each and the map will suddenly move on, and then it's a mad rush to get to the point. Plus, if you're not moving as a team, it's highly likely stranglers will be picked off and only half the team makes it. It doesn't have the familiar structure that I'm used to with the rest of the maps, and it throws me off. It feels more like a battle royal than an overwatch game.

Plus why are these maps already in competitive before people have learned them!?

Again, this is just my opinion and my experience with them.

PLEASE THE MOIRA

My overwatch has been bugging out soooo much recently, been really enjoying playing competitive mystery heroes with my duo, but occasionally the entire enemy team and sometimes my team will just?? disappear for me??? Not vibes

also moira doing damage behind her while looking forward? strange!

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Archives Event - Part 5

The 2021 Archives event took place from April 6th to April 27th.

Like the event last year, we did not get a new brawl. Instead we got three more mission modifiers:

Bulletproof Barriers, is pretty self explanatory. the barriers are bulletproof. Sympathy gains, damaging the enemy heals the enemies around them. (I think I erased this archives even from my memory I'm not gonna lie...) and then Thunderstorm, enemies damage all nearby players. I honestly can't remember if that means the player is damaged from being in the proximity of the enemy, or if the enemy's damage acts like's mercy's ultimate and spreads from character to character.

Well...

At least the skins managed to make a come back this year. Like the first three years, this year they decided to stick to an actual theme, which I think personally works a lot better than just making random skins like they did in 2020.

Once again, we only got 5 skins, but, these skins are great. I think at first glance, they're visually appealing, but then when you take a closer look, you realise that they're pretty historically accurate. Now, I'm no expert on Russian, Japanese, American or French history, (though I'm a bit more familiar with French history since it's so closely related to my own countries in certain periods). But surprise, surprise, they teach British history, in British schools, and boy, oh, boy, does that Tracer skin make me happy.

So, kudos to the design team for this one, amazing skins.

Finally, what you definitly were not waiting for, are the weekly challenges. Again, I'm fairly sure I have all these skins, but I think I've just erased it from my memory.

Well, apart from the Mercy skin, I use that one from time to time. But... honestly, making Zen a submarine? That's a unique choice, and the biker Lucio? Again... not really the look I would have pegged on him, but who am I to talk?

Conclusively, this year got slightly worse than last year, with the skins saving their ass pretty much. But you know what they say, quiet whilst you're ahead, and that's what Blizzard did, because this was the last Archives event. Well done, Blizzard, you got rid of your best event. Bravo.

This made me giggle

Archives Event - Part 4

The 2020 Archives event took place March 12th to April 2nd.

Unlike the previous three events, there was not a new brawl released this year. However, they released something new, Challenges.

Each challenge was assigned to a specific brawl, if I'm remembering that correctly. In the 'Molten Core' Challenge the enemies would drop Tobjorn's ult in a smaller amount when they died. In Close Quarters, enemies a certain distance away were invincible. Finally, in storm raging, when an enemy died they would drop 'rage orbs' which were then absorbed by their allies.

Don't get me wrong, these are all fun game modes, and I enjoyed playing each and everyone to get the achievements. But, it's not a new brawl and I have to deduct points for that obvious fact. I can acknowledge that it probably took a decent amount of work to design and execute these brawls, but I just can't say they're as good as a new brawl.

Moving on, we have the skins they released this year. Keeping in mind, we got 7 skins in the first 2 years, and then 5 in the last year.

This year is another 5 skins. All great skins, let's be honest, I love the Sniper Ana skin and the Casual (don't think that's it's actual name but can't remember off the top of my head) Pharah skin. I've used the Zarya skin a lot as well, and my duo used the King Jamison skin a lot in her time. The Hog skin is great, I just think he has better skins that you can use. Keep in mind, this is completely my opinion, but I do think that the skin quality has dropped from the previous year.

It also appears that 5 skins in the new standard :/

Next, there were the weekly challenges, which is the first time they've been seen in a Archives event. Here they are:

Bish, bash, bosh. Not really very impressive skins. I mean the Sym one stands out a lot and I like how bold it is. The Torbjorn one is pretty basic, it looks like a base game skin in all honesty, and there's just something that I don't like about this Mei skin. But, I know that it got a pretty positive reception from the community at the time.

So, basically, the weekly challenges are new, but the mission challenges hardly replace a new brawl. The skins are still good, they're holding on still, but I can almost feel the quality slipping away.

I always know where my duo is because she always spams voice lines 😂

Find a group feature

Ok, so I've been on holiday in Malta the last 10 days, which means I've missed out on a large portion of event play time for the Underworld event. That means I have some serious grinding to do for achievements. I managed to complete every challenge except the legendary modifier one (so far, fingers crossed).

It's time like this when I really miss the find a group feature from overwatch 1. People who played the archives event on legendary mode know that the best chance you get at winning and earning the achievements is by searching specifically for a group, then using pre-designed tactics to make it though.

It's the only way I ever got those achievements, but since they've removed the find a group feature in Overwatch 2, they've somehow indirectly made these legendary missions even harder 🫠