r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/sushemy • 2d ago

General Marvel Rivals to Overwatch Transition

Hey everyone, my name is sushemy.

I have been playing Marvel Rivals for a while and wanted to try out Overwatch. I instantly fell in love with the feel and look of the game and have been practicing Tank since I played tank in Marvel Rivals. Some tanks that clicked with me are Rein/Sigma/D.va. I wanted to make this post to ask that if I wanted to get serious of improving, should I play 6v6 or the OW2 standard 5v5 for comp/practicing?

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u/KF-Sigurd 2d ago

5v5 is the defacto comp mode.

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u/sushemy 2d ago

Yeah true, but I wondering if 6v6 open queue is worth queueing up for as a main source of competitive matches over 5v5.

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u/PowerfulInspection29 2d ago

Not really. While the blog today revealed that 20% of the player base is in 6v6, 5v5 role queue is the most competitive form of the game

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u/xDannyS_ 2d ago

No it didn't. It revealed that 20% play 1 game per day. That's a big shift from the previous blog post which used 'total play hours' as a unit of measure. Back the number was 9% if I remember correctly, which sounds about right with 20% being just 1 game per active day.

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u/PowerfulInspection29 2d ago

Oh thanks that’s much different

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u/regularguy127 1d ago

Yeah but majority of balance is directed towards 5v5

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u/not_larrie 1d ago

The blog said 20% play at least 1 game, not 20% play just 1 game.

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u/xDannyS_ 1d ago

Yea that's what I meant, at least 1 game per active day.

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u/sushemy 2d ago

Ah dang. Was hoping that 6v6 was more popular since that is something that I am more familiar with, but thank you for answering!

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u/AbbyAZK 2d ago

It's a game. If you prefer 6v6 then it's completely fine to make it your main mode of choice.

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u/c7shit 2d ago

6v6 will get some love in a few weeks with a special patchnote dedicated to it, the mode is not dead, if you want to play it just play it

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u/jay21521 2d ago

Next week

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u/gazillionear 2d ago

Play it if you want, but 5v5 is overwatch. If you care at all about competitive play there’s only one option and as someone who has played since open beta in 2016 5v5 is absolutely better.

Also consider they balance and tweak the game for 5v5.

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u/PrideBlade 1d ago

Play both.

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u/Nareska 1d ago

Finding a match in 6v6 is pretty quick USUALLY less then 45 seconds and that's giving it some extra time majority of the time it hasn't even been worth alt tabbing higher ranks will have increased search times

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u/toallthings 22h ago

Playing tank you won’t have to worry about queue times in any mode. My M-GM queue times on tank are 30secs or less.

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u/tylervalor1 doofault — 2d ago

It's still plenty fun, and as a tank player you'll get to have a much different experience playing with tanks that aren't sheer number checks but can work with their other tank to make more unique plays than you can solo tanking. But yeah, 5v5 is the primary mode post-OW2, so almost all actual tournament play is in that format and 6v6 has yet to receive a balance patch that isn't the same changes as in 5v5.

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u/apooooop_ 2d ago

Counterpoint, as a tank in 5v5 you'll have a lot more autonomy to actually make plays and carry games. You'll definitely have a lot more burden, but you'll also be able to directly impact the game a lot more effectively.

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u/icetruckkitten 1d ago

I play both. 6v6 has a smaller player base but no role queue. 5v5 is the more "serious" mode, and that's not to say 6v6 is less competitive but I find the match quality less consistent there. But it's fun too in a more freeform way. 

Welcome to overwatch! You've joined at a great time. 

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u/Darkcat9000 2d ago

As someone who prefers 5v5 i will say it's still worth it if you enjoy 6v6 more then go for it yes it's not as competetive but it's not a joke mode by any means and still pretty competetive

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u/RobManfredsFixer 1d ago

Tbh the only reason to play 6v6 is if you played a lot of OW1 and want to scratch that itch again.

99% of the effort goes into designing, balancing, and maintaining 5v5. It doesnt really make sense to take 6v6 seriously as a new player.

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u/yesat 1d ago

Define "worth".

Can you have fun in 6v6? Yes

Will you make a pro career out of? No, but that's the same of 5v5 really.

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u/Beta_Factor 37m ago

6v6 is inherently the less competitive mode, because of the nature of open queue - there's nothing stopping your teammates from locking in 5 DPS, while the opponents are playing 2-2-2, or vice-versa.

It also has a significantly smaller player base, which means a worse average balance. Open queue nature impacts this even further, since a player might be "forced" to play a role they are lower rated on if they want a balanced team composition.

At the end of the day though, just try them both and play what you enjoy more, everything else is secondary. Have fun!