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The video introduces a new Overwatch event called "Quickplay Hacked," featuring a unique rule set enhancing gameplay on July 15th and 16th. Players can select additional passive abilities for their heroes, which are specific to their roles. For tanks, options include Unyielding, reducing debuff duration; Armored, converting health into armor; and Last Stand, reducing cooldowns at low health. Damage characters can choose passives like seeing critical health enemies, increased ammo capacity, and a speed boost after eliminations. Support characters have passives like reduced cooldowns, increased healing for low-health targets, and speed boosts at low health. These passives empower individual player agency, allowing strategic adaptations during matches. However, concerns are raised about potentially amplifying the dominance of top meta picks. The speaker requests community feedback and encourages viewer engagement.
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In this part of the video, Fredo from Your OverWatch introduces a new Quickplay event called “Quickplay Hacked” with a unique rule set available on July 15th and 16th. This event replaces standard Quickplay, allowing players to choose an additional passive ability for their heroes, enhancing their role benefits. These passives can be selected in the spawn room or while respawning, in addition to the standard role passives. Fredo details the three selectable tank passives:
1. **Unyielding** – Reduces debuff duration by 40%, useful against crowd control (CC) abilities.
2. **Armored** – Converts 100 health into armor, beneficial for heroes like Zarya to withstand high damage.
3. **Last Stand** – Provides 50% cooldown reduction when below 50% HP, advantageous for aggressive and healing-centric characters like Junker Queen.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various passive skills that could be integrated into the game, focusing on both damage and support characters. For damage passives, they evaluate three types: SL, which allows seeing critical health enemies through walls; Trigger Happy, which increases ammo capacity by 20%; and Frenzy, which grants a 30% speed boost after eliminations. The effectiveness of these passives varies, with Frenzy noted as particularly beneficial for flanker DPS characters like Reaper and Genji.
Moving on to support passives, the speaker highlights Resourceful, which reduces cooldowns by 20%; Swift Save, which increases healing by 50% for targets below 35% health; and Close Call, offering a 20% speed boost when below 50% health. The Resourceful passive is deemed very powerful due to the importance of cooldowns for supports, while Swift Save is described as potentially even better, especially for burst healing characters like Bap or characters with consistent healing needs like Mercy with Pharah. The Close Call passive is seen as advantageous for offensive supports such as Lucio. The support passives are considered the strongest overall.
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In this segment, the discussion revolves around the transformative passives for tanks in Overwatch 2 and their impact on individual player agency. The speaker highlights that these passives allow players to have more control over their gameplay without relying on specific team compositions, potentially balancing difficult matchups by adjusting passives on the fly. This new system could introduce RPG elements that some players enjoy but may also amplify the strength of top meta picks, creating balance concerns similar to those in the 6v6 format of the original game. The speaker concludes by seeking community feedback and encourages viewers to engage, like, and subscribe.