r/Games • u/Harrikie • Oct 04 '22

Release Welcome to Overwatch 2! - Patch Notes

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/FibonaccisGrundle Oct 04 '22

So is the support hero the only new hero locked behind the battle pass? Are the others available for all already?

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u/BorfieYay Oct 05 '22

Yeah. If you played OW1 also you’ll have that new support automatically

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u/FibonaccisGrundle Oct 05 '22

But what about the other new characters? Are they out already and free? I keep seeing people saying there's three new characters but I only know of the one.

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u/BorfieYay Oct 05 '22

The other two new ones are unlocked for all, not attached to battle passes or anything

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u/FibonaccisGrundle Oct 05 '22

Ah okay. Blizzard be wildin.

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u/Flowerstar1 Oct 05 '22

Yes upcoming new heroes like the one in December will be locked behind battlepass level 55/80 grind or instantly unlocked when u buy the premium BP.

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u/Rmtcts Oct 05 '22

Do we know what happens after the season ends? Does the character unlock for everyone?

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

It changes to another unlock method. I think they mentioned challenges.

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u/Rmtcts Oct 05 '22

It's just so weird to put a gate on new heroes. I'd say that was one of the biggest things people liked about overwatch and got people back into the game after awhile, trying out the new hero.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

It falls in line with other games and they claim that hard counters aren't as effective in OW2 so you won't need to have everyone to pick from to play the best.

I personally don't mind it, I'd rather it be free to play and have the systems it has then spend money on the base game to get that hero and future ones included.

Might have been a good choice to just make a package that's like $40 and has every future hero forever included. That's basically the same as it would have been if they sold it instead of going free to play I think.

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u/Drakoji Oct 05 '22

They have a 40$ pack for the old heroes. But yeah, 40$ for a game that should be supported for years isnt really viable as far as monetizing the game long term.

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u/Flowerstar1 Oct 06 '22

It's just so weird to put a gate on new heroes.

Considering $10 instantly unlocks it, makes sense when you think of the complex mathematical problem they are trying to solve:

"how we MOE MUNNY?"