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Wrist Watch posted:I literally started playing this game originally because Mei looked cool and her kit looked fun. This is a wild statement to make about a game where people only wanting to play a certain character became so prevalent the community has a derogatory nickname for people who do it. It was a joke. I get that different people like different things. RIP ice demon. I'm not sad the freeze is going away. Related to the previous discussion, in a world where the game had been free to play but Mei was not unlocked right away would this have kept you from playing?
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Don't worry. I am going to drop the hottest takes.
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I'm only here cause I can't believe there's actually a person defending the bullshit Enjoy the game friend
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Barreft posted:I'm only here cause I can't believe there's actually a person defending the bullshit Thanks, you too! I'm trying to look at it objectively rather than just be uncritically furious because Blizzard. If the new account restrictions can help deter or slow down cheating and smurfing while also providing a decent experience for actual new players that's a win in my book.
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The new monetization scheme feels soulless, but I am cautiously optimistic about fewer shields/stuns and being less tethered to the performance of your teammates when it comes to playing with pubbies.
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Oct 1, 2022 03:44
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Even if they want to lock heroes (boo!), They're being so presumptuous about giving them on a schedule. Just use an in game currency and let me pick like Apex, Valorant, etc. This goes double for the new heroes.
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It really feels like a spreadsheet toucher saw that players valued access to heroes very highly, noted most of the new cosmetics are very uninspired, and looked at Player Engagement Metrics in other battlepass games. And ultimately decided that restrictive character unlocks would be what kept people logged into the game for the most hours per week.
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They one hundred percent cited player engagement as why they locked them, it's not even a secret.
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DrBox posted:It was a joke. I get that different people like different things. RIP ice demon. I'm not sad the freeze is going away. Oh, my bad. And yeah, it absolutely would have turned me away from the game. I initially got in to play with friends so I might have still given it a try for a bit, but there's no way I'd have kept playing for 10-15 hours for the chance to see if Mei was as fun as I'd heard. I've kinda accepted that I'm no longer the target audience for OW2 at this point though. I wasn't particularly interested to begin with but losing freeze was the dealbreaker for me.
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Turns out that Mei warcrimes was too much of a NPE for the victims: RIP.
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I don't see an option to preload OW2, just OW1 and the OW2 beta (which I still have installed). Is the latter what I need?
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Countblanc posted:I don't see an option to preload OW2, just OW1 and the OW2 beta (which I still have installed). Is the latter what I need? Uninstall the beta. On OW, select 'check for updates' under the gear icon. It'll say in green text that you've preloaded pre-release content under the play button after the DL finishes.
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I would never support this lovely and predatory monetization model, but I also don't really care if I miss some cosmetics. If the designers have incentive to lure in whales with good skins, and regular people can unlock some fun stuff for free, that seems fine. I think anything is fair in the world of cosmetic fluff. I hardly even see the skins in low graphics mode anyway. I'm not even sure I want the content to go on for ever. I can hardly process all the sprays and icons I have. Eventually skins will be the same way. The amount of heros in LoL is absurd, for example. It eventually makes the game less fun. I'd rather have a perfectly honed game with complex counterplay and every hero has a nearly equal purpose depending on the map or what comp you want to run (and no new heros or maybe 1 a year).
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I mean the new monetization is horrible, but I still I prefer it over lootboxes. Lootboxes was more predatory toward children and gambling addicts. New system is more honest "gently caress you, Pay me", Honest greed without the gacha component.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:I'm sure it will be a good experience being a new player on widowmaker To be fair, when I was a new player, I really enjoyed playing widowmaker. I was bad at her, but I enjoyed playing her.... Now the other 5 players on my team might not have been too happy about it, but I was having fun 
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adhuin posted:I mean the new monetization is horrible, but I still I prefer it over lootboxes. Lootboxes was more predatory toward children and gambling addicts. New system is more honest "gently caress you, Pay me", Honest greed without the gacha component. Yeah, if it wasn’t for the FOMO I’d say the new system sucks but would be in every way better than lootboxes for me.
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Valentin posted:for apex caustic and mirage were locked on launch, the other heroes were all free. I'm betting the person that made that decision is the exact same person that decided a couple years ago "we're adding hero bans to the game. Oh, we're not letting the players choose who gets banned on a per-match basis. We're just going to arbitrarily lock out random heroes for weeks at a time.... ok, have fun!"
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Dinoflask back after a several year hiatus https://youtu.be/q7RMtDpxtfw
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Mystery Heroes (and FFA) has been elevated out of Arcade and into Unranked, next to Quick Play. https://twitter.com/mizliz_/status/1575997273825169408
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https://twitter.com/imAVRL/status/1576282782837313541?t=t152mY6f8KN76AOjCcYiuA&s=19 That's an Overwatch League caster lol this sms verification is daft
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Dinoflask back after a several year hiatus holy poo poo good loving lord
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Dinoflask back after a several year hiatus Why do these dev videos always have the cadence and energy of an Al Qaeda hostage tape? Riot’s are the same way.
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adhuin posted:Overwatch 2 thread OP <SNIP> I've been tuning and editing the new OP for Overwatch some more and it should be near-finished. Could people give it last looks? Current plan is to post new thread on late Monday on Euro-time, so mid-Monday for US-goons. First post is for newbies (What is Overwatch 2 and how it is different) 2nd post is for returning players (Changes and stuff) 3rd post is reserved for PVE, links and any other stuff that won't fit in other sections. 
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Ignis posted:https://twitter.com/imAVRL/status/1576282782837313541?t=t152mY6f8KN76AOjCcYiuA&s=19 Deleted, what was it? vvvvvvvvv Thanks. Hommando fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Oct 1, 2022 |
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One of the Overwatch League casters couldn't register their own phone for SMS Protect I'm assuming someone from the League poked them and hooked them up with a solution (least, I hope...  )
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Bacontotem posted:It's like I never left. Lol. Welcome back. Did the Blizzard ever end up Probin/banning you for those losing shenanigans or was that just a wild rumour?
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Dinoflask back after a several year hiatus That was surprisingly harsh and bleak. I had an ugly laugh at "I wasn't making my weekly sexual assault targets."
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Bacontotem posted:It's like I never left. THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS
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Bacontotem posted:It's like I never left. 
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adhuin posted:Lol. Welcome back. I have never received any penalties for what I do. Even after the people I played with in the 1-5 seasons scienced out exactly how many matches you could auto-leave and never have queue penalties stack. I directly knew people who were specifically punished because they would tank down to low bronze and attempt to sell carry services. The worst punishment I get is being such a statistical aberration that I get queues as bad if not worst than the top % players get. Bacontotem fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Oct 2, 2022 |
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Dinoflask back after a several year hiatus god loving drat
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Ignis posted:One of the Overwatch League casters couldn't register their own phone for SMS Protect Was there any explanation why they had problems registering their phone? I'm guessing it might have something to do with some prepaid phone numbers not being accepted in some regions, but I didn't even know they would make that kind of distinction until just now.
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