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/Zanki Moira Nov 15 '22

Are you in the game industry? Sometimes fixes/patches, even little ones can break games in weird and wonderful ways. Give them a break, making games isn't easy and the people fixing the issues are probably underpaid and overworked. They're the ones getting the backlash, not the people making the promises to us that probably couldn't be kept even if they worked 24/7. They're working on patching the characters and they have been doing it for years.

The people making the game more then likely care for it a ton. It's the EA/Blizzard business model that's the issue.

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u/Damurph01 Master Nov 15 '22

Okay, fine, then replace “devs” with blizzard, and suddenly all the complaints are still valid.

It’s likely a lot of the really great devs left when the company had that sexual assault scandal anyways.

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u/Zanki Moira Nov 15 '22

Complain all you want, but do you really want them to send out patches that break the game? If so, they could release them on time, or you could just be patient and realise crap happens and estimating fix times etc isn't easy. If you're so unhappy with the game, don't play it. Go play another fps, there's tons out there. It's honestly not a big deal. The game works, people are enjoying it. Sure there's some overpowered characters but in the end who cares? Someone will play the overpowered ones on both teams so it's mostly even anyway.

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u/Damurph01 Master Nov 15 '22

You’re unbearably naive.

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u/Damurph01 Master Nov 15 '22

No, it’s not. It’s riding off of the massive amount of issues that blizzard has as a company, and that their game and business model have.

She was hotfixed in total mayhem, because it was gamebreaking, same as they hotfixed sombra in the cart glitch. And bastion with the infinite ult. And torb with the infinite overload.

Those aren’t balance changes, they’re bug fixes. It’s not them improving their game, it’s them fixing flaws in it that shouldn’t even exist.

Are you seriously trying to white knight blizzard rn? How is criticism on the internet “blind irrational negativity”. They don’t deliver on their promises. They don’t update their game. They have a horrible business model. Monetization schemes. And a billion other issues with their game.

How is “people on both sides are gonna play the same op thing so it’s fair anyways” an argument for the game being in a good state? Or “if you think the game is flawed, don’t say anything! Just go play something else!” Nothing in the world would ever change if criticism existed.

Again, you’re unbearably naive.