Overwatch 2 casual players who don’t want the stress of playing ranked are fed up with leavers ruining their chances of winning games. But players think that a Redditor might have just brainstormed a fix.
Overwatch 2 is a game that caters to a competitive audience, but still maintains a strong casual player base.
The game still has two multiplayer modes for those who want to take the game seriously, and those who want a more laid-back experience: Ranked and casual play.
But, as Overwatch 2 casual play isn’t treated as seriously as ranked, players often leave in the middle of their non-comp games.
This can result in frustration for players on the leaver’s team as the replacement for the player spawns in with 0% on their ultimate bar, which could sway a team fight.
But Redditors debated a quality-of-life fix that could improve the casual Overwatch 2 player experience.
Overwatch 2 ultimate fix
Reddit user spicedpumpkins was fed up with leavers ruining his games, as he passionately complained about “ENOUGH ALREADY.”
But the player didn’t just complain, he gave a solution to the issue. He thought the best fix was for the placer replacing the leaver to spawn in with “the ult percentage of the person who left.”
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To him, this was an obvious fix for the “significant disadvantage” that non-comp teams are put in, and they believed that there was “zero reason for this not to happen in any non-comp mode.”
For some, the most prevalent issue that the change would fix would be for Overwatch 2 ranked players who unintentionally disconnect and rejoin: “Retaining it when you DC and rejoin a comp match is much more important.”
But for as many fans in the Overwatch 2 community that encouraged this change to DC’ers in ranked, just as many supported the OP’s suggested change to non-comp.
One user felt that “at the very least grant them the previous player ult charge up to a maximum of 25% so it’s like a hero swap rather than a new player.”
Most fans supported this change and thought it “Not hard to deploy” in a patch, and hope that it is something Blizzard will look into for the future.
But Overwatch 2 developers may have other more prevalent issues on their hands as some players have started to complain about an imbalanced cast of heroes.
