Overwatch claims victory in first Conquest event as players switch sides
Overwatch's season 1 Conquest event came to a close a few weeks ago. We knew Overwatch won the competition straight away, although it was close, but now we know the exact number of players who actually stayed loyal to Winston's cause, and it's not great.
As it turns out only 32% of all the Conquest players were loyal to Overwatch through and through. With about 30% of players being entirely loyal to Talon, and 38% qualifying as 'sneaky mercenaries' and flipping slides depending on the week.
"38% of you are not to be trusted," an official Overwatch social media post reads. Well in my book 68% of you are not to be trusted, betraying Winston like that. How dare you? I, for one, am proud to be part of that 32% who believed in Overwatch the whole way through.
Ok, jokes aside, I'm actually way more surprised that only 38% of players switched sides. Sneaky mercenaries is actually the optimal pick, as you get to collect items for both sides such as name cards, icons, and sprays. Looking back on the results it's pretty obvious that each week's winner was just determined by who had the more interesting hero on their side: We saw that in action when Jetpack Cat joined Team Overwatch, leading to a sudden and serious depletion of Talon's ranks . It just so happened that Overwatch had more of them overall, which is probably why they won.
