This is the only good move they’ve made since OW2 released. Good to see tbh
Instead of having to pay for the game’s premium battle pass or unlock that new hero through dozens of hours of gameplay, Blizzard will make Venture and all future heroes available to free for all players when they launch.
Wow, Blizzard actually taking a factually negative change back. No further modifications, no further rework, just a straight rollback of something that was a bad idea to begin with. That’s really a sign of the times changing, that always felt like something that is strictly forbidden at Blizzard! 😮
The new hero Venture is so/so though, IMO. Yeah their movement ability is awesome, but that weapon is so boring. And they hype it up so much, but it is just Sigma’s primary fire, including the ability to fire around corners and all. Unavoidable with so many heroes and not nearly enough niches for all of them that things will get doubled and tripled up, but it’s still disappointing to see something copied&pasted so directly.
And it only took how many years of people saying “wow, this is a really bad idea”
I loved OW1, went and saw a couple OWL games live, put hundreds of hours in…
No interest in OW2.
I played the hell out of OW1. They turned off OW1 servers and required my actual real phone number to continue to play on OW2. Wouldn’t even let me use a VIP number. There is no time in this universe where I will want Blizzard/Activision or its advertising partners to have my real phone number. No interest in OW2.
AFAIK they removed the phone number requirement from people who own OW1 a few weeks after release
They did because my alt accounts work and they don’t have numbers attached.
It’s a good change for sure, but the cynic in me can’t help but think they’re doing this solely because they believe it’ll make them more money this way.
The actual reason is to hide the fact they’re probably not gonna have much if any pve content soonish. That’s the whole ‘reason’ behind ow2. They just layed off a bunch of staff too.
The actual reason is to hide the fact they’re probably not gonna have much if any pve content soonish
They literally out right said multiple times that PvE content is mostly shelved and to not expect anything. This isn’t some sort of secret they are keeping
I don’t see the correlation between those and making new heroes free. Maybe as a way to douse the community flames. I think it’s simply because people want to play the new content. While some cave and buy the battlepass, it doesn’t offset the losses of the grind and paywall that stops people from coming back and investing to begin with.
It’s a distraction tactic. Blizzard has been doing it for years in wow too.
Obviously they made the announcement at an opportune moment, but blizz wouldn’t be making this change if it didn’t coincide with their bottom line.
That’s not bring cynical, it’s just being realistic. They’re a publicly traded company, every action they take has to (by law?) be to make more money!
Still not going back.
Doesn’t make the game any better. I played until season 9, I’m glad I don’t play anymore.
My guess is they’re going to make the heroes free and the battle pass or season pass or whatever the fuck it is a part of gamepass.
Could be? Either way it’s a win for the players.
No more Pay / Grind to Win, I’m glad my biggest gripe is fixed.
This is cool but I miss being able to grind for skins. Playing events and earning a bunch of loot boxes just for playing was great. I’m not giving them any money.
