Overwatch 2: обзор режима «Стадион»

Войдите на Стадион – Готовьтесь к битве!

На Стадион выйдут две команды, но только одна из них выйдет победителем в решающем состязании мастерства, стратегии и адаптивности. Стадион не похож ни на что, в чем вы когда-либо играли в Overwatch 2, и вам потребуется приложить максимум усилий, чтобы победить. Начиная с этой недели, мы расскажем о том, что нужно для того, чтобы победить в соревновании и победить в каждом матче.

• 1-я часть — Готовьтесь к битве!
• 2-я часть — появится совсем скоро
• 3-я часть — появится совсем скоро
• 4-я часть — появится совсем скоро

Что такое Стадион?

Стадион — это новый режим с матчами до 4 побед в Overwatch 2, в котором две команды по 5 человек сражаются на великолепных аренах, приобретая улучшаемые предметы и способности, позволяющие радикально преобразить своих героев. Все это происходит благодаря нашей новой камере с видом от третьего лица.

На момент запуска в режиме Стадион будет доступно 17 героев, и каждый сезон их число будет расти. В начале каждого матча вы будете выбирать героя, за которого хотите играть на протяжении всего матча. В каждой команде будет 1 танк, 2 героя-урона и 2 героя поддержки. После каждого раунда вы сначала улучшите своего героя с помощью Сил, модификаторов способностей, которые могут полностью изменить игровой процесс вашего героя. Затем вы тратите Валюту стадиона — новую внутриигровую валюту, используемую в Арсенале для покупки улучшений вашего героя. Благодаря предметам и способностям, получаемым на протяжении всего матча, вы будете создавать своего уникального героя на протяжении всей игры.

Соберите снаряжение в Арсенале

Перед каждым раундом у вас будет немного времени, чтобы собрать предметы и силы в Арсенале, а также спланировать стратегию с вашей командой. Здесь вы потратите Валюту Стадиона на покупку предметов для усиления вашего героя, но в начале 1-го, 3-го, 5-го и 7-го раундов вы получите Силы бесплатно.

Предметы — это усиления, которые могут дополнить оружие героев, способности или общую живучесть. Предметы бывают трех видов — Обычные, Редкие и Эпические. Большинство предметов может получить любой герой, но некоторые предметы будут эксклюзивными только для конкретного героя. В любой момент времени вы можете экипировать до шести различных предметов. Когда вам понадобится больше валюты или нужно освободить ячейку, вы можете продать экипированные предметы за их полную стоимость, а затем купить и экипировать новые.

Силы — это модификаторы, которые дают уникальные пассивные способности, обычные модификаторы и совершенно новые способности. Экипировав выбранные Силы, можно применять уникальные стратегии, которые полностью изменят игровой процесс вашего героя. Например, Райнхардт своим Огненным ударом разбрасывает лаву по арене, а Кирико сможет клонировать себя, чтобы у противника начало двоиться в глазах. Для использования Сил не нужно тратить Валюту Стадиона, но как только вы ее выберете, ее нельзя будет отключить, поэтому планируйте очень тщательно.

Если вы не знаете, какие предметы или Силы выбрать в первую очередь, игра предложит две заранее собранные сборки для вашего героя. В них будут включены рекомендуемые предметы и Силы, которые связаны с уникальной стратегией или ключевой частью игрового процесса вашего героя. Вы можете следовать этим советам или использовать их в качестве руководства, когда начнете создавать свои собственные креативные сборки. В следующей статье мы расскажем больше об предметах и Силах, а также о ключевых стратегиях планирования сборок героев.

Получение Валюты Стадиона

В начале каждой игры вы получаете 3500 Валюты Стадиона и будете зарабатывать больше по мере матча. Чем лучше вы играете, тем больше Валюты Стадиона вы заработаете. Если ваша команда отстает, за противников, представляющих наибольшую угрозу для вашей команды, могут быть назначены награды. За устранение цели с наградой вы получите часть награды, в зависимости от того, какой вклад вы внесли. Чем больше у вас будет Валюты Стадиона, тем разнообразнее будет выбор мощных предметов.

Сражайтесь на аренах по всему миру

Стадион предлагает девять различных полей боя с основными игровыми режимами «Контроль», «Натиск» или «Битва», но с особыми правилами в каждом. Некоторые поля боя будут представлять собой знакомые места, в то время как другие станут совершенно новыми аренами для сражений. Со временем в Стадион будет добавлено больше полей боя и игровых модификаций, что позволит вам по-новому взглянуть на этот режим.

• «Битва»: 3 точки захвата, а игра будет продолжаться до тех пор, пока одна из команд не захватит 2 точки.
• «Контроль»: 1 раунд, а процесс захвата будет происходить быстрее.
• «Натиск»: игра будет проходить на новых и модифицированных полях боя меньшего размера, с вдвое меньшим расстоянием до барьера, чем в обычном режиме.

Совершенно новая перспектива

Стадион — это сложный игровой режим, и вам нужно быть в курсе того, что происходит вокруг. Могут возникнуть ситуации, когда лава будет заливать проходы, множество биотических сфер будут летать по всей территории, или гигантский смертоносный орбитальный луч обрушится на вас сзади. Вот почему Стадион во время игры по умолчанию использует вид от третьего лица.

У вас будет возможность выбрать вид от первого или третьего лица в новых настройках Стадиона. Вы сможете настроить поле зрения, использовать специальный пользовательский интерфейс, показывающий, когда вы перезаряжаете оружие или когда линия обзора заблокирована, и многое другое. Если вы хотите, вы всегда можете вернуться обратно к традиционному виду от первого лица.

Карабкаясь наверх

Стадион использует свою собственную уникальную соревновательную рейтинговую систему, отличную от соревновательной игры. В связи с добавлением новых героев, способностей, Сил и изменением баланса, в начале каждого сезона рейтинг будет обнуляться, а все игроки будут начинать с нижних позиций в Лиге новичков. Выигрывая матчи на Стадионе, вы будете подниматься в более высокие дивизионы и лиги. Каждая лига будет становиться сложнее, так как увеличится риск потери прогресса.

Стадион предложит уникальные и эксклюзивные награды соревновательной игры, включая все новые эпические облики для выбранных героев каждой роли в каждом сезоне, если вы сможете подняться до элитного ранга. Вы также заработаете очки соревновательной игры, используя которые можно разблокировать различные варианты оружия.

Чтобы отпраздновать запуск Стадиона в 16-м сезоне, соревнуйтесь в первом сезоне Стадиона, чтобы получить эксклюзивный эпический облик Юноны All-Stars, когда вы достигнете All-Star лиги в любой роли.

О рейтинговом режиме Стадиона предстоит узнать еще больше, и мы расскажем об этом в будущей статье на этой неделе. А пока стремитесь к звездам и докажите, что вы — главный претендент на победу на Стадионе.

Состязание вот-вот начнется

Нам не терпится увидеть вас на Стадионе, и в течение всей недели нам есть чем поделиться. Зайдите завтра, чтобы узнать, как продвигалась разработка Стадиона с тех пор, как мы впервые представили его во время трансляции обзора изменений Overwatch 2. Стадион изменился отчасти благодаря отличным отзывам и знаниям, которые мы получили в ходе недавних закрытых альфа-тестирований.

А пока самое время подготовиться играть с друзьями — увидимся на Стадионе 22 апреля.

Enter the Stadium — Lessons Learned from the Playtests

Welcome to part two in our series on Overwatch 2’s newest way to play, Stadium! Today, we want to highlight what has been improved upon since you last saw Stadium in action in the Overwatch 2 Spotlight.

After announcing Stadium as part of the Overwatch 2 Spotlight, we ran a closed Alpha where thousands of players tried out Stadium for the first time. We were incredibly excited by all the feedback we received: we addressed hundreds of bugs, made updated changes to balance, and added various quality-of-life improvements. We’re so grateful to everyone who participated.

Builds are the Key to Fun

The biggest takeaway for us was truly how much our testers played Stadium. Most players returned for at least five of the seven 4-hour sessions, and we couldn’t be more appreciative. The number-one comment we heard was how much fun folks were having creating new hero builds.

This was incredibly awesome for us to hear, as builds are what sets Stadium apart from the core game we all know. Instead of hero-swapping, it’s how you equip certain items and powers every round that drives the gameplay.

Improving the Player Experience

As an early build, the playtest helped identify a few points of friction that we’ve since worked on. The feedback received helped us improve a variety of things such as item and power balance issues, and some problematic builds that proved to be overly powerful. For example, play-testers quickly discovered Cassidy was able to one-hit knock out heroes with 350 health or more and have the ability to auto lock on with a critical hit… yes, it was terrifying, but we got that fixed. We’ve also improved the variety of items you can buy and sell, including items that can help counter against powerful builds.

The Mercy Rule

During these playtests, we had a “Mercy Rule” set so if a team won the first three games in a row, the match ended early. However, we quickly came to realize that sometimes a match isn’t exactly a stomp after the first three rounds, so we added a second condition before calling a match early. Now, if after a 3-0 the leading team has 15,000 Stadium Cash (or more) than the trailing team, the Mercy Rule will activate. Otherwise, at least one more round is played to give the trailing team a fair chance to reverse sweep.

We’ll be keeping an eye on the Mercy Rule and can tune it as needed in future updates. Our goal is to make sure every game has meaning while also not leaving players who are behind in a one-sided game from having to wait too long to be able to requeue for a new match.

Slowing Down Snowballs

Snowballing was also an issue in some matches. Even with bounties on key targets, a team that was significantly leading could access their more powerful items faster than the team catching up. Now, the trailing team will have Stadium Cash boosts, plus both teams earn increased passive cash throughout the match. It will still take extra effort to settle the score, but we hope this adjustment will prevent major snowballing.

We’re currently satisfied with the balance between all of our heroes, and we’re ready to launch. However, we’ll be watching your games very closely and plan to react quickly if any given item, power, or hero build starts to become too weak or too powerful, so keep an eye out for balance updates.

A Whole New Third-Person Perspective

Stadium is a unique mode with a lot of things happening around your hero, making it harder to see everything while in the first-person perspective. For this reason, Stadium is set to default to third-person view. However, those who prefer to stay in first-person perspective (looking at you, FPS purists!) can switch to first-person in the game settings.

Players in third-person perspective have new elements on their reticle to indicate when their hero is reloading or when their attacks are being blocked by line of sight. We’ve added a field of view slider and players can assign a key binding to toggle which shoulder the camera overlooks. And of course, all these settings can be customized for each of your favorite heroes.

Get Your Gameplan Ready

Stadium is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to see all of you group up with your friends and jump in the game. We still have a lot of things we want to cover in the days ahead too, including details on items and powers, and how you can create your own hero build.

Stadium is not just any mode for the arcade. It’s a permanent way to play Overwatch 2 alongside the core gameplay in Unranked, and Competitive. Stay tuned, as we’re planning updates for every season with more heroes, maps, items, and powers.

Again, thanks to all our content creators, fellow team members, and hundreds of players who jumped into the Stadium playtest last month. We know y’all can’t wait to jump in, but don’t worry, Stadium will be here soon!

Enter the Stadium — Keys to Victory

Welcome to part three in our series on Stadium, Overwatch 2’s newest way to play! Upgrading your Hero with Items and Powers to their maximum potential is your best chance of winning, so in this blog we want to explore some key strategies and ideas that may help you emerge victorious in Stadium.

There are four key pillars on the road to victory: Developing a Power Strategy; Making a Quick Buck; Spending Wisely on Items; and Watching Your Opponent’s Strategies. Each of these work in tandem to help you become the MVP of every round. Let’s dive into the playbook!

Develop a Power Strategy

Each Hero will have 12 different Powers to pick from, and you’ll select a new Power ahead of rounds 1, 3, 5, and 7. This means if the match lasts until the seventh and final round, you’ll have unlocked four Powers. Powers typically complement an ability, weapon, or aspect of your Hero’s kit, and choosing Powers that complement each other can really open up new possibilities.

For example, Kiriko can duplicate herself using the Clone Conjuartion to attack in two places at once. Mei can roll into battle by powering up her Cyro-Freeze with Coulder. D.Va literally turns the floor to lava with every use of her Boosters enhanced with the Ignition Burst power. The choices and combinations are nearly infinite, but understanding how Powers complement one another is a key factor for winning.

Spend Wisely on Items

Where Powers support you in a unique way, Items give you the means to adapt to the evolving battle with a variety of interchangeable upgrades. Unlike Powers, Items can be sold for the same amount of Stadium Cash you initially spend on them, meaning you’ll be able to utilize your entire  budget to adapt your strategy in every round.

Items are organized across three groups:

• Weapon — Great for upgrading Heroes whose gameplay is heavily focused on their weapon, such as Cassidy or Widowmaker.
• Ability — Great for heroes who depend on cooldown abilities like Orisa, Mei, or Moira.
• Survival — Great for nearly all heroes, but Support heroes like Mercy or Ana might opt to stay alive longer if they get caught by an opponent.

 When equipping Items, you can open the stats panel to see how strong your hero becomes with each Item equipped, including total health,  attack speed, cooldown reductions, and more.

Items will have different tiers organized into Common, Rare, and Epic .

Common Items will be the most affordable, providing a small buff to one of your different stats. Use Common Items in the early part of the game or to round off your budget for any open slots you may have left.

Rare Items give your stats a significant boost, and you’ll be able to start affording at least one Rare Item right after your first round. You can equip Rare Items to round out all aspects of your Hero’s stats, or put emphasis on one aspect of their kit for a high risk, high reward style of gameplay.

Epic Items are the most expensive and will often only come into play in the later rounds in a close match. Equip Epic Items to either boost your Powers strategy even more or to counter an opponent’s build.

Most Items will be available for multiple Heroes, but some Rare and Epic Items are exclusive to a specific Hero. These special Hero Items are designed to enhance a specific weapon, ability, or another part of your Hero’s identity that’s unique to them. For example, when Orisa equips Oladele-Copter Blades, she’ll be able to use Javelin Spin to literally fly short distances. Mei will be ready to speed skate her way to the front lines after she equips the Snowboots Hero Item. Ana’s enemies will think twice before diving her when she upgrades her Sleep Dart with the Tranquilizer Hero Item that increases its hit box by 500%!

Make a Quick Buck

At the start of the game, you’ll receive 3,500 Stadium Cash, which is enough to equip three Common Items for your Hero. You will earn additional Stadium Cash after every round , regardless of a win or loss. The better you play, the more Stadium Cash you’ll earn, as you deal damage, heal, provide assists, or secure eliminations. After each round, whomever performs the best and scores the most cash will be the round MVP and earn a bonus of 1,000 Stadium Cash.

If your team is falling behind, you can get back in the game quickly with a huge boost to your bank when you eliminate an opponent with a high bounty. All Heroes begin with a bounty value of 300 and if you eliminate an opponent, your own bounty increases by 75. Anyone that has a huge impact in the game will quickly raise their bounty value. If a Hero has a bounty value of 750 or more, they are marked in the team bar on the top of the gameplay HUD.  The maximum bounty is 2,000. You can also check the scoreboard to see what the value for each Hero is at any time. Should you participate in the shared elimination of an opponent, a portion of that bounty is added to your Stadium Cash total based on how much you contributed to that elimination.

After being eliminated, your bounty value will reset down to 300. Don’t worry if a teammate is being heavily targeted—heroes who are at 300 bounty value when they are eliminated will lose 100 bounty (and go down to 200) as a result.

Earning as much Stadium Cash as possible will not only help you unlock more Items between rounds, it’s also your key to increasing your survivability each round. In addition to your Items and Powers, you’ll gain 1 max health for every 500 Stadium Cash earned, including what you have spent on items. All heroes can add a total of 300 additional max health through the full match, and Tanks will also gain speed and strength for every 250 Stadium Cash earned.

Watch Your Opponent’s Gameplan

Throughout the game, you’ll be able to see what Powers and Items your opponents are picking. This information will help you decide what Items and Powers you should be equipping. You won’t be able to actively see what abilities are picked during the Armory phase of each round, but once selections are locked in, you’ll know what tricks everyone has packed.

If Mercy is focusing on maximizing movement speed and cooldown reductions with Guardian Angel, she can be a menace to catch. Powers and Items like Juno’s Pulsar Destroyer, Soldier: 76’s Super Visor, and Cassidy’s Quick Draw can enable abilities that auto-lock onto her. If Ashe is burning up the field with a Dynamite build causing multiple enemies to catch on fire, equipping Kiriko’s Talisman of Life Item and Two-Zu Power will really help extinguish the flames. Finally, if Zarya is focusing on a build that powers up her Particle Cannon’s primary fire, Orisa would normally be at a disadvantage. But when you combine Orisa’s Powers that enhance Fortify with the Ogundimu Reduction Field Epic Survival Item, Orisa will be able to tank through just about anything Zarya throws at her.

Different heroes will have different solutions, so check the scoreboard to see how your enemies are building up their heroes and work with your teammates to find powerful strategies that can counter them. While Overwatch 2 has always been about good skill and smart positioning, Stadium requires strategic planning as you progress through each round to make sure you come out on top.

Putting It All Together

Now that we’ve gone over key things to remember about using Powers, Items, and Stadium Cash effectively, let’s dive in further into two examples of how you can combine them together to create whole new ways to play your favorite Heroes.

Soldier: 76 — When you focus on Solider: 76’s Sprint and Biotic Field, you’ll be spinning your enemies around in circles. Throughout the round, select Powers that transform your Biotic Field into a powerful AOE weapon—Track and Field, On Me!, Back Off, and Frontliners. Combined with Hero Items like Compression Fatigues and Rapid Response Radius, you won’t need to shoot your enemies, just run around them in circles as the Biotic Field sends damaging waves of energy on your foes!

Kiriko — If you are a projectile master, then you’ll slice your way through the competition when you focus on powering up Kiriko’s Kunai. Powers like Foxy Fireworks, Keen Kunai, Triple Threat, and Spirit Veil will reward high-skill play with auto-reloading and explosive impacts. Combined with Hero Items like Tailsman of Victory and Cyclist Gloves, you’ll be able to jump into the front lines with boosted attack speed and dive on targets alongside your Damage role teammates.

These are just two strategies among dozens you can try out, and we can’t wait to see what combos you’ll come up with.

Get Ready to Climb the Ranks

We can’t wait to see what exciting builds you’ll come up with, but we’ve got one more blog coming out your way. Tomorrow, we’ll take a dive into the exclusive rank system that Stadium will use and we’ll take a look at all of the cool rewards that you can earn in game as you climb your way to the top. Don’t forget, we’ll see you in the Stadium starting on April 22.

Enter the Stadium – Climbing the Ranks

Welcome to part four in our series on Stadium, Overwatch 2’s newest way to play! We’ve looked into how Stadium is played and planned the best Powers and Items for your Heroes, and now you’re ready to bag some bounties on the battlefield. Let’s take a deep dive into Stadium’s competitive ranking system and the sweet rewards that only the best competitors will claim.

Stadium is ready to test the skills and strategies of every player—whether you’re Bronze or a Grand Master in Competitive Play, Stadium will be a whole new challenge. With a separate ranking system, there are different rules for climbing the ranks, and new rewards that you can only earn in Stadium.

Can You Make It to Legend?

There are seven Stadium Leagues with five skill divisions to progress through. First, you’ll start on the very bottom of the Rookie League—no placement matches. You must win games to reach higher Leagues and unlock better rewards, including exclusive Weapon Charms and exclusive Epic Skins.

Win Games to Gain Stadium Points

Working your way up in Stadium works differently to Competitive Play, where your gains and losses are based on how your internal matchmaking rating is adjusted after every match. In Stadium, you’ll earn Points through winning games—to help you climb to new skill tiers and divisions—and you will lose points when you are defeated in higher leagues. You’ll also have a separate rank for all three roles: Tank, Damage, and Support.

No points will be lost in the first two Leagues: Rookie and Novice. In Contender and Elite, after a loss, you will lose a small number of Points, meaning you risk being relegated back to Novice if you lose too many matches. At Pro and above, all wins and losses are worth close to the same amount of Points.

Due to the evolving nature of Stadium—with new Heroes, maps, modes, and abilities changing the meta every Season—your rank will reset at the end of each Season. You will be granted the rewards of the highest League tier you reach by the end of the Season.

Build Your All-Star Team

While good teamwork is important in all areas of Overwatch 2, Stadium is best played when you can plan and test strategies that complement your teammates. With an entirely separate ranked ladder that is more about winning games than showing who is best of the best individually, Stadium is all about teamwork.

We want those of you that group up with friends to be able to play together regardless of the League each is ranked in, so there won’t be grouping restrictions, nor will you be separated by Narrow or Wide groups.

Glory, Honor, and Glittering Prizes!

With Stadium comes new rewards for you to collect. You’ll have the chance to unlock Stadium-exclusive Weapon Charms, Name Cards, and Titles based on the highest rank achieved. You will also earn exclusive skins for reaching certain Leagues.

Players will have a chance to collect exclusive Epic Skins are one-time, lifetime rewards, and will change every season. There is one per role, and you will receive them the moment you hit Elite with that role. For the opening season, you’ll earn an Orisa skin for the Tank role, a Genji skin for the Damage role, and a Moira skin for the Support role.

And get ready to shoot for the stars! If you can reach the All-Star rank in any role, you’ll unlock the Legendary Juno All Star skin. This highly elusive skin is only available only in the inaugural season for Stadium.

Playing Stadium will also earn you Competitive Points to unlock Gold, Jade, and Galactic Weapon Variants for your Heroes. Every win will grant 10 Competitive Points.

Get Ready for Initiation!

To celebrate launch, we’re kicking things off with a season-long event, Stadium: Initiation. Jump in and complete challenges for a variety of rewards including Name Cards, Player Icons, an Epic Loot Box, a Legendary Loot Box, an exclusive Rookie Soldier: 76 Epic skin, plus Battle Pass XP bonuses to kick off your progression through the Season 16 Battle Pass.

It’s time for Stadium

We took you through the key features of Stadium, what we learned in its development, talked about important strategies to secure that big win, and in this blog, wrapped up on ranks and rewards. We know you may still have questions, so we have prepared a special forum post for everyone to answer questions about the new mode that we may not have covered here. And we’ve still got more to talk about for Season 16 in the days ahead, so stay tuned. We’ll see you in Stadium!