Nostalgia runs wild in Overwatch, and the nostalgic form comes in Overwatch Classic: GOATS-a limited time mode to pit 3 tanks and 3 supports against one another in a battlefield where, supposedly, they were unmatched. But is it GOATS? Players are getting explosive comments on what it really is to them-growth more like…DPS Doomfist fun mayhem?!!
The tweet from the loud @PlayOverwatch tells us that it was during this time that “one of the most memorable (and sometimes chaotic) meta” returned again until April 7. But are gamers really at the GOATS dream?? Short answer? Nah. Let’s dive into the drama.
That tweet received some spicy responses, to which, of course, they’re more of a flaming for the whole thing. “iT’s funny how nobody is actually running goats just using this as a dpS doomfist emulator,” one player, @aathiann, quoted. And like, SO many others are resounding that call. “Where’s the GOATS? All I see is DPS everywhere!!” Lol.
This was serious. @LameNamex really nailed it while saying, “Wait, so you released this w/ full heroes (all dps playable too) and thought people would play GOATs? lol. 3+ dps in every game. Shoulda just made it only tanks and supps.”
Then there’s @strstyler asking, “it baffles me why you would bring back a meta everyone f***ing hated”. Harsh? Maybe. True? Well, lots of gamers seem to agree, or at least, they *remember* hating it! I mean, GOATS was a divisive time in Overwatch history, okay? Some loved the teamwork, others thought it was just a boring tank-fest!
From here, though, some people are vibing with it. @strawberryjava clapped back “That’s how it always was. People act like game after game is GOATS but it was never in QP, not in your average ranked games, and not even that common in high rank games, and if you ran into it was totally winnable because you’re not against OWL players. Just ranked Andy’s”. Okay, valid point! Maybe the hate is overblown??
And another, @PumaYaDig said “no it’s not, that belongs to double shield. goats was also fun as hell, people are just blinded by the literal one bad thing, despite how major it was, that being how long the meta lasted”
What does that even mean? Well, there is mass confusion happening among Overwatch players. They seemed to expect some kind of old-school, tank-heavy action but instead were given “death by Doomfist. Bruh: where’s the balance?!!”
Some others are white whining that old bug features like Mercy‘s guardian angel are mucked. User @thatoneguy0821 wrote, ‘@PlayOverwatch Mercy’s guardian angel has no cooldown after one slingshot; its pretty fun to use but fix it please, also take off the autojump’.
That was fun for some gamers, though! “Very fun to play ‘old’ heroes again. But i think adding ‘retro 6v6’ (as the mode is today) as well as a ‘goats’ limited time event (with DPS disabled) would be nice.” said @luleahjarta
Served as scapegoats by Blizzard, i mean, right?! Not actually.
Honestly?! Sounds like one hot mess. I hopped into a game earlier and…yeah. Total DPS fiesta. Fun? That’s debatable. GOATS? Not even close. Blizzard needs to hear the feedback and maybe tweak this thing. Lock the roles, buff tanks, nerf Doomfist – idk, SOMETHING! But hey, at least it’s only a little until April 7th, right? Guess it’s time to get back on my regular QP grind then. Peace, gamers!
