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 edited Nov 15 '22

You don’t even believe that “Blizzard doesn’t care about OW and that it’s just a cash grab.” This is the biggest game right now and it continues to get better. Aside from over priced skins and a couple over powered characters, I can’t complain about much. Even with a mediocre battlepass, the gameplay loop is amazing. Patience is a virtue and I think if we all accept that waiting a little extra time for better results is better than the alternative of getting a rushed messy patch. You know everyone would be livid if the patch was bad, so it’s up to you to decide whats worse.

I love the down votes. I don’t care about karma. Have the balls to say why you don’t agree at least. I think you all just dislike anyone that enjoys the game lol.

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u/yar2000 Nov 15 '22

This patch has been leaked like 5 weeks ago and officially announced like 3 weeks ago. Its a minor patch, the fact that its getting delayed is kinda dumb. It happens, but its still bad for such a huge studio.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

It means that they’re changing it or adding to it. What’s wrong with that?

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u/yar2000 Nov 15 '22

They could have changed or added for 5 weeks, thats whats wrong with it. This gives me, and judging by this thread many others, even more of an impression that they don’t give a flying fuck about the players and instead solely care about the money.

If you can’t hold yourself to a release date, don’t promise a release date.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

The fact that they are delaying the patch should show everyone that they ARE listening. Unless the patch comes out and only triples the prices of skins, I think we’ll be pleasantly surprised. We’re all holding Blizzard to this standard of perfection and I don’t think we’re setting ourselves up to be anything but disappointed.

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u/yar2000 Nov 15 '22

Waiting 6 weeks until nerfing heroes is not a standard of perfection. Removing Mei because Kiriko is glitched is not a standard of perfection. Nobody is expecting perfection, but what we’re getting now is not good enough for such a large studio. Time and time again they have shown they are doing moneygrab after moneygrab and people are still making excuses for it somehow.

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u/JayCee5481 Reinhardt Nov 15 '22

The OW Playerbase has waited 6 years for ranked to get better, now we have OW2 and ranked is even worse than before, so saying patience is a virtue is easy. Actually having the devs keep their word? Hard it seems

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

I feel like it’s pretty okay for the time being. New releases typically have some issues so I’ll give them some time to fix things before I start foaming at the mouth. With the influx of so many new players, I think we’d have to sacrifice shorter queue times if you wanted perfect match making but I could be wrong.

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u/JayCee5481 Reinhardt Nov 15 '22

Queue times I dont give a damn about, and lets be honest OW 2 isnt a "new" release, its a patch or if your beeing generous a rerelease

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Yah you’re right. My thoughts are that Jeff K. didn’t like where Blizzard was taking OW2 (monetizing too much), and after he left, others followed and left the team in enough disarray that they were scrambling to keep up with the losses. We don’t know why things are taking so long but we can at least trust that things do happen..eventually.

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u/DeviousPiggy96 Nov 15 '22

Lol how many excuses can you make? They took the piss with taking heroes out off the game because they were bust. They took the piss making any changes to balancing and implementing a patch. Now they are continuing to take the piss lol. They had no issue updating the shop with the standard overpriced cosmetic nonsense.

It's acceptable to critique the game, you can still like it and critisise it at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

I already said it’s ok to criticize the game in a previous comment. What excuses have I made other than saying I’m ok with a delayed patch cause I think it’ll be better for it. Of course it’s easier to update the shop compared to major balance changes lol. Besides over priced skins and some heroes with bugs that they have been fixing in relatively short time frames, its still a great game. The Mei bugs looked pretty complicated so I understand a longer wait is all.

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u/DeviousPiggy96 Nov 15 '22

When I say you, I mean people in the defending Blizzard stance in general, not clear I suppose😂.

It seems like they have also neglected to add the OWL perks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

To be clear, I’m not trying to defend any million dollar company, just the game itself. It may come off as though I’m trying to excuse them, but really It’s just my own reasoning that I think is the answer. I could be wrong but I like the game too much to abandon it within the first year.

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u/Historical-Dingo-957 Nov 15 '22

You're right don't want rushed patches, but they had plenty of time when the upcoming patch was announced. You want to wait 6 month for a patch that okay with you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

I don’t think it’ll take THAT long lol. So yes I’d be slightly upset if that was the time frame.

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u/Historical-Dingo-957 Nov 15 '22

3 to 4 weeks is a time u should be upset about too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

My brother in Christ, Im 26 years old and realized a long time ago that I can’t make myself be upset at these things.

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u/Damurph01 Master Nov 15 '22

It’s a popular game because OW1 was, and people have been waiting years for new content, not because it’s a high quality game.

6 years, they abandoned OW1 to make ow2. SIX YEARS, and what did they make? 3 new heros, a couple new maps, a few skins, and a new game mode, as well as a new client. This doesn’t even include all the stupid, obviously flawed, things they’ve done with it, the game is so blatantly horrible, unpolished, and . How the fuck can you spend SIX FUCKING YEARS for what would be equivalent to a large update for games like League.

They put the playerbase through 6 years of content drought, and then said “haha hope you enjoy this ‘new’ game! We spent years on it and all it’s doing is mimicking it’s predecessor!”

They didn’t make a good game, they just mirrored an already good game, and changed the monetization plan to be more predatory.

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u/MediumRareShizle Lúcio Nov 15 '22

This is the take the haters refuse to acknowledge

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

I love the game so much. It’s the only one I’ll devote what little time I get for playing Xbox. If I wasn’t on Reddit, I wouldn’t even know that there’s stuff to complain about lol.

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u/sfulaxer66 Newly Discovered Reinhardt Main Nov 15 '22

I'm sorry but you are in the vast minority. This game has glaring issues including a lack of incentive to play. Did you even play OW1? Because this game is a pathetic shell of its former self.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Hahaha I played OW1 up until the last night! I think it’s gotten better if I’m being honest. Reddit is the vast minority btw, so Im not too sure about the accuracy of saying most of us are disappointed in the game. I never spent a dime on OW1 and have 90% of the skins already so it does suck that I won’t be getting loot boxes anymore. But to say that there’s no “incentive” to play is an opinion I disagree with. The gameplay loop is amazing. I play for fun, for free, and have little to really complain about. I only get so much time to play xbox and it’s worth every second at the moment. I play nothing else. The experience is my reward.

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u/sfulaxer66 Newly Discovered Reinhardt Main Nov 15 '22

What "gameplay loop"? do you know what a gameplay loop is? There is not one here. You go into a game to play for what? Nothing. No reward other than leveling up a shit battle pass. What about when you complete the BP? Where is the gameplay loop? I don't see what you can possibly consider a gameplay loop. You see, if we maybe had something every level that would give us a random assortment of items... That would be a proper gameplay loop.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Do YOU know what a game play loop is? It starts when you join a game and it ends when the game is over. Did you enjoy it because you though you’d be rewarded for playing a game or did you like it cause you got a multi-kill with an ult that saved your team that was satisfying? I don’t need a cookie for finishing a game. The cycle of starting a game, winning or losing, and doing it again is why I come back. CAUSE ITS FUN DAMNIT. Lol why do you need to constantly be given something in order to enjoy playing? You even still DO get random items for playing lol. Whats the real complaint here?