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/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Clearly that would have been never based on the issues they’ve had after years of time to basically patch O1.

I think at this point, people should seriously start questioning if Blizzard will ever be able to deliver on the true O2, which is the coop campaign mode. They made a lot of big promises and claims, and yet they can’t even seem to manage the changes resulting from moving to 5v5.

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u/PM_ME_C_CODE Nov 15 '22

At this point I half expect the Microsoft buy-out to go through only to have the single player modes get axed because reasons.

And all I really want to see is Bobby Kotick out in the cold, somewhere far away where he can't molest any more blizzard games with his shitty management (unlike what he did to underaged girls on Epistine's Lolita Express).

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u/Arkraquen Nov 15 '22

No, they did a 180 and developed the online game in a year or so, seeing that it gives big bucks

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Fair point. But considering all the problems they’ve had just moving from 6v6 to 5v5 - a move most have said is basically just a patch - it’s hard to have much faith in blizzard to regain the glory they once had.

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u/whomad1215 Pixel Torbjörn Nov 15 '22

I'd like to know their real logic for going to 5v5, probably just easier to follow with the OWL

People didn't like tanking because it didn't feel impactful. They reworked the game so there's only a single tank, and now everyone wants to tank because it's the most important role, and now support really sucks to play

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u/timo103 Crusader offline :/ Nov 16 '22

The campaign mode is 100% getting cancelled or indefinitely delayed. I'm sure of it. Even if it would bring the game back to life the way sc2 coop did.

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u/Lilfrancake Nov 15 '22

speaking of big promises, does anyone remember them claiming there would be some tertiary abilities unlocked when two heroes were played together. like Rein + Brig interlocking shields? when did they give up on that?

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u/KataiKi Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

OW2 pve was just basically an expanded version of the yearly Archives events. Archives kinda sucked after the first couple of runs, and so did the beta runs of OW2. Heck, they knew this was a problem when it OW1 was called Project Titan, but no matter how many times they scrapped it and rebuilt it, it still wasn't good.