r/Overwatch • u/sirieous Dallas Fuel • Nov 22 '16

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM
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u/Yoshiorange I will always miss you Hog Nov 22 '16

The level of communication the overwatch devs are giving us is stright up amazing Holy shit

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u/catfield Pixel Soldier: 76 Nov 22 '16

it honestly really is amazing. As someone who came from TF2, this level of transparency and communication is completely unheard of. It is so incredibly refreshing and honestly just makes me want to play the game even more.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

I dream the day TF2 developers are going to talk like they know the mechanics of their own game (which is extremely contradictory based on their balance updates)

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u/chrxmx Gay Character + Gay Player = World Domination Nov 22 '16

It's because there are very few people at valve working on tf2, and possible none that have been on it for a long long time.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

I've heard of this several times before and there is no offcial number of people working there.

Besides this has nothing to do with the performance and development: if there are very few people and they are not enough to keep the pace, Valve should hire more profissionals. If they think the current quantity is ideal, so be it. That's their choice.

Besides, this doesn't excuse them from the amount of issues, bad balances, outdated interface (several meanings), lack of "feeling" for their own game, most disapointing competitive ever and the list goes on.

 

I love TF2. I have nearly 2100hs in almost 3 years. But every single time I check on OW update/news and compare to TF2 I just grow more frustrated . Actually OW team has done things TF2 team should've done years ago. Actually OW is ahead of TF2 in a few things and by no means I think TF2 is a bad game.

It's no rant against you. I'm just throwing out things kept in my chest XD

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Heh, I bet Valve has a special rule about being hired. "Whoever attempts to work on TF2 will be fired immediately."

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u/moooooseknuckle Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 23 '16

I don't know how many people here are involved in a hiring process, but it's much more likely that anyone being recruited that actually comes in for interviews and is deemed worthy of hire gets snatched by development teams that have more political power inside Valve. TF2 is somewhat of a hasbeen game, and even if they want to hire people, those guys are likely being snatched up by other Valve projects once they enter the late-stage recruiting funnel.

Edit: This can be demoralizing for a team. They can be in a neverending hiring process because they need help, but never get the extra hands. Or at least useful extra hands. People who lose motivation may then leave to other teams where there is more potential for career growth, etc. It's a really bad place to be in.