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Overwatch 2 will stop locking new heroes behind a battle pass with season 10 (www.polygon.com)
submitted 8 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

What a dumb hole they’ve dug themselves with this sequel.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Too little, too late. They lost all of my respect and I will never give them my money again.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Yeah that ship already sailed through after the barn door closed.

[–] PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just recently started playing OW2 again after several years. I was able to unlock all of the heroes just by playing. I didn’t pay anything. My kids also have unlocked the vast majority without paying anything.

Is the only difference here that you won’t have to get to level 30 or whatever on the free tier battle pass?

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Supposedly they will be unlocking all the new heroes for anyone who doesn't have them yet also. But brand new players will still have to unlock the roster of classic heroes in the same way they do now.

  1. This move seems geared towards recovering players they lost when they started locking heroes behind the battlepass. I know two personally who took this news as an invitation to get back into Overwatch just today, so there's substance there

  2. Time spent on brand new accounts to unlock old heroes is most likely a measure to deter smurfs, which is why that's probably not going to change.

Edit:

  1. It also was probably done as a response to the drama they created in competitive modes by making the free tier grind for the new heroes. Not everyone had new or even recent heroes at their disposal, making for inherently unfair games
[–] PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification!