Draw matches to be reduced

[GazzaGarratt 10,888]

Jeff Kaplan has confirmed changes to PTR will come 'extremely soon' to significantly reduce or potentially remove draws. Capture the Flag and Elimantion draws will change soon too but they won't be delivered as soon as competitive changes.

 

The Overwatch fan base have been asking for changes but I'm not sure how I feel on this one. Draws in competitive can become annoying but I don't find that many end up as draws. In most competitive games I know, Draws exist and are a good thing and it adds a different dynamic so you know you're still playing to keep your score level.

 

 

[GazzaGarratt 10,888]

Big changes to Assault and Hybrid maps that should hopefully help mitigate draws. A tracking system has been added to those gametypes that will allow ties to be broken based upon the progress that was made toward capturing the objective.

"To mitigate draws in Competitive Play, we're implementing a system that tracks each team's progress on the objective," Blizzard said. "This will work similarly to the system that's already in place for Escort and Assault/Escort maps, which grants a win to the team that pushes the payload the furthest. Now, even if neither team successfully captures the objective, a winner can be determined based on which team captured the largest portion."

Finally, the map Eichenwalde has received a small change: a new route has been added connecting the attacking team's spawn area to the capture point.

So hopefully this means our 'Dive' strategy we like to do so much may play to our advantage.

[Greboth 2,705]

It will be interesting to see the change to Einchenwalde, it was one of the worst choke's of the game.  I think you're right too that our dive comp may be a good choice, though another way through may equally hurt our defence too.