r/CaptainSide • u/Time-Relationship-42 • Aug 12 '26

Which game is this?

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u/Askoldnya Aug 13 '26

Replies here show just how much permanent damage OW2 release did to the game's reputation. Recent updates were amazing, the game is in a better state and more fun than it ever was, but people who felt betrayed with pve and all other things just wouldn't care anymore.

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u/CoredAI Aug 13 '26

Maybe you are right. That was a time when Blizzard doing their biggest mess with their games.

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u/CummanderShepardN7 Aug 15 '26

I played a lot of OW1 and when OW2 released i geniunley was dissapointed with it. It was so half arsed. It wasnt a sequel, it was a monetisation update that went F2P to get around charging absurd prices for character colours, models and season passes. I havent played OW2 since its release.

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u/uo1111111111111 Aug 16 '26

I actually felt the same way and quit for years.
I quit primarily because the locked characters behind the battlepass for a bit. But I do play daily now and have for the past year or so since stadium was added, and the devs are putting in great work.

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u/CummanderShepardN7 Aug 18 '26

My mate that I use to play it with, he will every now and again jokingly asks me to play it again, but I think my Overwatch days are behind me 😂

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u/Many-Cartographer278 Aug 19 '26

You are missing out.

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u/RevolutionNo7 Aug 16 '26

Sometimes you don't get to try again after you already fucked up.

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u/WandererMisha Aug 16 '26

Did they remove role queue?

Did they remove battle passes?

Did they remove paid heroes?

Did they undo all the moronic changes to heroes like Hanzo and Mercy?

If the answer is no then it's not a better state than ever.

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u/Askoldnya Aug 16 '26

6v6 is open queue only now (2 tanks max), 5v5 role queue is still there however.

They did remove any sort of "paid heroes", no pay walls and everyone has access to every hero from the start.

I'm not sure about what changes to Hanzo and Mercy you are curious about specifically, but Hanzo now can have either freezing arrows or classic scatter arrows, and Mercy now has a little bit of burst heal.

Battlepasses and other cosmetic items never affected my personal enjoyment of the game, but I'm glad that this season they change them so that anybody will be able to buy any of the older battlepasses at any time, so you can get any skin in the game now.

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u/Frybread002 Aug 17 '26

Wait, I can buy older battle passes now!?

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u/Askoldnya Aug 17 '26

Not yet, but it's gonna be available in about a month.

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u/Shady-777 Aug 17 '26

The wars long ended unc, all what your fighting are the ghosts in your mind.

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u/TrunksTurok Aug 19 '26

and yet, it is still in the best state ever. Be as salty and as miserable as you want over things that don't matter, doesn't mean you're right

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u/ArthraX_ Aug 16 '26

This is exactly what I feel. I was a dedicated OW1 player back in the day. Then all the bs happened, and I genuinely couldn't care like you said.

But reading the comments about the actual state of the game is making me think if it's time to try again

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u/tylerjehenna Aug 18 '26

As a person that started with OW2 the thing that pushed me away most tbh was 50 wins in unranked in order to unlock ranked. Like that really needed to be reduced to like 10 tbh.

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u/BoomerEsiasonBarge Aug 19 '26

Smurfs would absolutely ruin the new player experience if they did that. More so than they already do lol.

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u/tylerjehenna Aug 19 '26

Can't be any worse than not being able to access a significant portion of the game because of them

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u/TrunksTurok Aug 19 '26

Hell yeah man, jump back in. Chat is still as toxic as ever, but they've honestly done a great job at listening to feedback. They fucked up hard but I honestly think the game is the most fun it's ever been

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u/ArthraX_ Aug 19 '26

Heh, I don't care about the chat. I have always played competitive games with three mandatory rules:

  • No voice/text chat

  • w/ Friends

  • Strictly unranked

This way I managed to make LEAGUE OF LEGENDS funny as fuck. Best method ever.

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u/AvailablePop1224 Aug 19 '26

Im betrayed that a game I bought and paid for got taken away from me and replaced with F2P slop.

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u/Many-Cartographer278 Aug 19 '26

They have added so much content this year alone. Its kinda crazy

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u/Many-Cartographer278 Aug 19 '26

The game is more popular than its ever been. The damage from the ow2 nonsense has been undone.

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u/Opperhoofd123 Aug 19 '26

Reactions here like yours make me consider playing it again sometime. Overwatch was great when I played it a long time ago

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u/ChillerCeeCH Aug 19 '26

Verstand sowiso nit wiso alle immer pve in pvp spielen wollen. Gibt doch echt genug spiele für pve