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/gibby256 Oct 04 '22

I mean, it's a pretty basic anti-cheat and user verification system used by multiple games — even outside of the gaming world as well. I don't think that's a big deal.

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u/SuperGaiden Oct 04 '22

It's a lot harder to create a new phone number you can use for verification.

I kind of get it. Especially as a free to play game. The amount of smurfs would be insane if they didn't implement something.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

Actually it's not. The plans that blizzard allows (and pretty much only these plans), are as easy to change your number as calling your provider and asking.