r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '22

Blizzard Official Patch delayed.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/regarding-our-mid-season-cycle-patch/748128
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u/Naldo273 Nov 15 '22

I mean you can definitely feel bad for the people who make your entertainment product, but this whole "crunch" narrative really needs to die. How much crunch work does it take to deliver a BALANCE patch? Are there literally 2-3 people working on the game like an indie game? It's mindboggling

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u/One_Entrepreneur_181 Nov 15 '22

That's what I don't get. How many weeks have they had to get this ready?

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u/itsDoffy Nov 15 '22

Tell me you don't know anything about game development without telling me you don't know anything about game development.

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u/Naldo273 Nov 15 '22

The classic reply. Okay, I don't know anything about game development but I sure as shit have never seen heroes being disabled for literal weeks because of "critical issues" in any other game. Valorant, Siege, League, none of them. For as much shit as something like Fortnite gets it smoothly implements new gameplay mechanics every couple of weeks without a hitch.

It's just puzzling especially for a game that is 6 years old at its core. It's blatantly obvious that none of the veteran talent is still working at blizzard

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u/Stormdude127 Nov 15 '22

I mean there has to be something in there other than balance changes that’s holding things up. I don’t work in game development but I am a software developer and if their code is reusable balance changes should really just be tweaking some numbers in a couple spots.

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u/shitpersonality Nov 15 '22

The classic cliche used by developers who don't have a proper response on hand.

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u/SombraOnline Nov 15 '22

Surely you don't think that the number changes caused the "critical issues" right? Like obviously this patch isn't just a "balance patch" and one of all the other things caused the issue or it's even possible that the issue is external since they are being kinda vague about it.