Overwatch 2
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Big Phoenix
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Considering it was near impossible to unlock the new heroes outside of paying for passes, yes it was.
And remember they deleted OW1 which we paid for to usher OW2.
Lol.
10 years from now the only thing OW will be remembered for is the endless r34 it spawned.
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Bubbles
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Here's my moron take on it.
When they made the announcement 2019 pve was just a concept, a way to sell OW2. The push probably came from corporate to find something "big" for OW2. The devs had most likely toyed with the idea, and just the idea, of pve in the past and how cool it would be, so they jumped on it. They announced it, and reception was great. The next year and a half, the team was just throwing shit on the wall, just to see if something sticks. Nothing did because very early on they realized that the game was not built for pve and in order to make it work, they most likely had to remake the whole game down to core netcode or some shit. And that would cost a colossal amount of money. Then covid happened and everything stopped because you can't develop a new game from home office. You can make expansion and stuff but not build something from the ground up. Covid ended, people left, no one to make the game, they struggled and eventually corporate stepped in and said, fucking release the game. So they did, without the pve. Knowing already that the pve part would never make it
below is a wall of PR speak from the game director. Talking a lot and saying nothing
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When they made the announcement 2019 pve was just a concept, a way to sell OW2. The push probably came from corporate to find something "big" for OW2. The devs had most likely toyed with the idea, and just the idea, of pve in the past and how cool it would be, so they jumped on it. They announced it, and reception was great. The next year and a half, the team was just throwing shit on the wall, just to see if something sticks. Nothing did because very early on they realized that the game was not built for pve and in order to make it work, they most likely had to remake the whole game down to core netcode or some shit. And that would cost a colossal amount of money. Then covid happened and everything stopped because you can't develop a new game from home office. You can make expansion and stuff but not build something from the ground up. Covid ended, people left, no one to make the game, they struggled and eventually corporate stepped in and said, fucking release the game. So they did, without the pve. Knowing already that the pve part would never make it
below is a wall of PR speak from the game director. Talking a lot and saying nothing
Director’s Take – Reflecting on the future of Overwatch 2
Game Director Aaron Keller reflects on our initial ambitions for PvE, what led to the change of plans, and what the future holds for Overwatch 2
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On a non-pve shitstorm related note, I saw an article that said if you've played OW2 from Day 1 and made sure to complete all challenges and passes as a F2P player, you will just now, 7 months in, finally have earned enough premium currency to buy one legendary skin from the shop.
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Cybsled
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Not dead, but not as profitable. Curious that OW2 was announced right after Belgium had banned loot boxes. Execs at Activision probably got spooked and pushed for a non-loot box version of OW
Kharzette
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This is a great match with probably the craziest push map yet. The top contenders team on a 31 game winstreak vs the league top seed in the eastern region. Hopefully the timestamp works:
O2 is Sanfran's academy team, Infernal is the rebranded Philly.
O2 is Sanfran's academy team, Infernal is the rebranded Philly.
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Pride Month in Overwatch 2 - Pride Cosmetics, Merch, & Midtown Pride
Pride month is coming to Overwatch 2 on June 1st, featuring an updated Midtown, in-game pride cosmetics, and pride-themed apparel in the Blizzard store. Overwatch is a diverse world, and the Overwatch team wants players to be able to connect with their heroes and see themselves in the universe.
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Big Phoenix
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I don't mind it.
Kharzette
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The world cup is on and I'm dying trying to watch it all. It has been all europe + asia so far but north america starts in an hour or so. I've gotten very little sleep.
Lots of old familiar faces in some of the countries. Onigod has been killing it for Norway, Logix for Spain, Oputo on Thailand etc.
They are allowing streamers to host watch parties, and if it weren't for the endless ads I'd watch them. I think my old all access pass for the league keeps me from getting ads on the main twitch channel. During breaks though I've been switching over to Jay3. He's been trying to grab players from the matches and hang out in discord with them after the matches.
The biggest surprise so far is Sweden losing 2 matches badly. They have Kevster and SparkR so people expected them to dominate. Any team with overwatch league players has ping problems though. If your team is in NA you most likely are playing from west coast to european servers.
The Saudi team is all Pharah all the time and amazing to watch. They will almost certainly advance.
China is getting a free pass through this entire stage because of all the blizzard/china problems. They decided to just auto grant them admission into the playoffs.
South Korea as of course incredibly scary and looks 10x better than any other team (as one would expect).
France has some bigtime star power. Nicogdh, Poko, Benbest, FDGod.
Hadi isn't playing for Germany. There's a young rising contenders star and Hadi wanted to give him a chance to show his stuff.
Lots of old familiar faces in some of the countries. Onigod has been killing it for Norway, Logix for Spain, Oputo on Thailand etc.
They are allowing streamers to host watch parties, and if it weren't for the endless ads I'd watch them. I think my old all access pass for the league keeps me from getting ads on the main twitch channel. During breaks though I've been switching over to Jay3. He's been trying to grab players from the matches and hang out in discord with them after the matches.
The biggest surprise so far is Sweden losing 2 matches badly. They have Kevster and SparkR so people expected them to dominate. Any team with overwatch league players has ping problems though. If your team is in NA you most likely are playing from west coast to european servers.
The Saudi team is all Pharah all the time and amazing to watch. They will almost certainly advance.
China is getting a free pass through this entire stage because of all the blizzard/china problems. They decided to just auto grant them admission into the playoffs.
South Korea as of course incredibly scary and looks 10x better than any other team (as one would expect).
France has some bigtime star power. Nicogdh, Poko, Benbest, FDGod.
Hadi isn't playing for Germany. There's a young rising contenders star and Hadi wanted to give him a chance to show his stuff.
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Kharzette
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Week two has begun. I watched most of week 1, but skipped some of the south / central american games. With no contenders scene there they've all been getting absolutely crushed by USA, the clear favourite of the americas region.
In the east Japan and India are surprisingly strong but maybe not the caliber of Korea/China. Europe looks to be between Saudi and Finland.
Best attitude I'd give to Portugal. Super humble and just grateful to be able to take part. I've been rooting for them but europe is a tough region with loads of league talent.
If you watch either leave chat or get your blocks ready. Spammers have really been going after the Saudi matches in particular.
In the east Japan and India are surprisingly strong but maybe not the caliber of Korea/China. Europe looks to be between Saudi and Finland.
Best attitude I'd give to Portugal. Super humble and just grateful to be able to take part. I've been rooting for them but europe is a tough region with loads of league talent.
If you watch either leave chat or get your blocks ready. Spammers have really been going after the Saudi matches in particular.
Araxen
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Esports staffed laid off. OWL is going to be dead soon.
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OW2 is coming to Steam on August 10th.
Have reasonably priced skins, and I'd gladly pay. Ditch the coins too. Let me pay with $$$. They could have kept the player base engaged with reasonably priced stuff.
Activision Blizzard lays off esports staff as it faces potential dramatic changes for the Overwatch League
Uncertainty plagues the future of the Overwatch League.
www.theverge.com
OW2 is coming to Steam on August 10th.
Have reasonably priced skins, and I'd gladly pay. Ditch the coins too. Let me pay with $$$. They could have kept the player base engaged with reasonably priced stuff.
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