Blizzard says Overwatch matches sometimes turn into 'stomps' because that's, like, just the nature of things

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Blizzard says Overwatch matches sometimes turn into 'stomps' because that's, like, just the nature of things
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'When a stomp happens, it's easy to blame the matchmaker: the match felt unfair, so it must be because the other team was much better or worse than your own. That might not always be the case, though'.

Season 6 will be the first big test of the new model and is even grand enough to bring its own subtitle. Overwatch 2: Invasion brings story missions, a new hero, a new mode, and so on, but specific content aside what will matter is whether Blizzard can make this feel like an event or Just Another Season.

Keller then goes on to address a perennial topic for any competitive shooter: matches that feel completely one-sided, what players blame for them, and what developers think is actually happening. The director acknowledges it's easy to think during that first round that something's gone wrong with the matchmaking, why is this happening to me, oh the humanity.

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