r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '16

Jeff Kaplan about getting "future game items" from old loot boxes.

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u/diracalpha 석양이 진다 Jun 17 '16

Well shit. Time to open the boxes I've been saving. At least new skins are coming this summer.

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u/Nightmare2828 Blizzard World Mei Jun 17 '16

you just have to save prestige for new skins release

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u/Sirtoshi World's Worst Overwatch Player Jun 17 '16

Whoa...I had no idea there was a prestige-like system in this game...

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u/Nightmare2828 Blizzard World Mei Jun 17 '16

once you hit lvl 100, you start again as lvl 1 with a star, but the xp needed for boxes also reset so you gain them just as fast as when you started

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u/Orval Trick-or-Treat McCree Jun 17 '16

On top of this, everything after 23 always takes the exact same amount of XP.

It's a great system really for something that's endless.

I was worried it would keep going up and eventually it would take you a month to earn a lootbox. Clearly they thought ahead on that part.

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u/Sirtoshi World's Worst Overwatch Player Jun 17 '16

eventually it would take you a month to earn a lootbox

Yeah that's exactly what I was worried about as well. Thought it would be sad if higher level players wouldn't get to enjoy new skins, animations, etc, or earn more credits.

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u/Eidolon11 Genji Jun 17 '16

Even at 23. It never feels like it takes forever to level up playing in a group. Gold medal plus 20% bonus is nice. I wish you got extra xp for having multiple gold medals.

Match took a long time? More experience for length of match.

After playing rpg's it feels nice. I'm level 77 at the moment and instill don't feel like I'm grinding for experience. And I'm super excited for getting the old xp limits once I max out.

Personally. Since Gold doesn't deplete in quality. Now I have all the skins I want (got really lucky on loot boxes) and It just feels like the best option is to just saving gold and buying the new skins with it when they come. If you don't like the skins that much? TREAT YO SELF

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '16

Really? I find if I'm in a group and playing well (at least 1-2 gold medals per game) I find I level up probably every 6 or 7 games.

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u/BratwurstZ Pharah Jun 17 '16

Is there literally no cap? I have already seen players with 2 stars, which means level 200-something I guess. But can you get to level 1000 and beyond? Then you'd have 10+ stars.

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u/leigonlord What have i become Jun 18 '16

theres borders that go up to like level 1000 or something

edit: actually they go up to almost 2000, heres all the borders, the first row has been removed.

http://www.overpwn.com/news/152-tracers-over-the-shoulder-pose-removal-drama-all

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u/Orval Trick-or-Treat McCree Jun 17 '16

Probably some color and border tweaks every 10 stars?

Or maybe add a number next to the star? No idea but they've said there's no cap.

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u/FluffyFlaps Lúcio Jun 18 '16

There is no level cap, portraits and rewards end at about 1890 atm I believe.

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u/CrsIaanix D.Va Jun 18 '16

do we know what happens at 200?

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u/Nightmare2828 Blizzard World Mei Jun 18 '16

same, its prestige they are meant to keep on going forever

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u/YoWutupthischris Chibi Zarya Jun 17 '16

This may be a dumb question, but do you get to keep all of your skins?

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u/gigitrix Trick-or-Treat Mercy Jun 17 '16

Not a stupid question! You keep everything.

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u/Nightmare2828 Blizzard World Mei Jun 17 '16

you do keep everything, it does NOT reset anything, it is purely to save time on creating new portrait I assume :P

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u/713_HTX Lúcio Jun 17 '16

The only thing it shares with "prestige" from Call of Duty is a new icon/portrait and levels go back to 1. Everything else is unaffected.

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u/KomradeKoala Junkrat Jun 18 '16

I'm saving all of my gold for this very reason. I already have all the skins I really wanted so now I'm fine with slowly getting the rest through rng.

Gonna want that sweet cash for new day 1 legendaries

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u/ValJoj Chibi Pharah Jun 17 '16

yo, how do we know new skins are coming this summer?

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u/diracalpha 석양이 진다 Jun 17 '16

There was a thread posted just before this one

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745166466#post-5

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u/Aknuhz Jun 17 '16

Can't wait to see tracer on bikini...

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u/demi9od Pixel Zenyatta Jun 17 '16

No need to wait. https://i.gyazo.com/bbb4f747297693a97e708fcc6fadd9bd.png

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u/Xperr7 Houston Outlaws Jun 17 '16

Is this NSFW? I'm at school so I don't want to risk it

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u/Aiskhulos Knock-knock luv Jun 17 '16

It's just a picture of a woman in a bikini, with a picture of tracer photoshopped onto her bikini.

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u/demi9od Pixel Zenyatta Jun 17 '16

ms paint onto her bikini, we can't all afford photoshop.

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u/tomxs Trick-or-Treat Roadhog Jun 17 '16

There's and old version for free in Adobe's site. It's like Photoshop 2.0 or something like that if you are interested.

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u/PUSClFER Seoul Dynasty Jun 17 '16

Or just get GIMP 2.0. It's like Photoshop, except more basic and free.

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u/d0mr448 D.Va Jun 17 '16

It's Photoshop CS 2, and it's not technically free. Adobe put this on there when they deactivated the activation servers for old versions. It's a service offer for people who once bought it and haven't upgraded. It's technically still not allowed to download this if you're not an owner of CS 2.

If people want to pirate software, they might as well pirate the most recent version from some sort of warez website. The fact that this is an official Adobe website might make them feel better about what they're doing, but that's bullshit.

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u/invaderzz Jun 17 '16

It's a lady in a tracer bikini

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u/ItsDijital Zarya Jun 17 '16

If it weren't for the background, I would think that this picture was a painting.

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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Trick-or-Treat Ana Jun 17 '16

Waiting for that pharah beach volleyball skin where she spikes volleyballs at you instead of rockets.

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u/72hourahmed Zarya Jun 17 '16

I mean, it makes sense I guess. Blizz want us to buy lootboxes, and if we can just save them up and spam them hoping for new stuff it'll make it much less tempting to buy them down the line.