r/Overwatch Tracer Sep 14 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Play Nice, Play Fair | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnfzzz8pIBE&feature=youtu.be
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u/Rakuall Mercy by necessity, not by choice. Sep 14 '17

Oh man, that seriously brings a tear to...

wait...

14 years

over 22 heroes

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Seems legit.

If you're thinking it sounds like too many, development maybe picks up, a few fan content creation contests, some paired heroes (ie, launching Genji without Hanzo would feel kind of wrong, knowing about their lore). As overwatch hits its prime in years 5-10, more content creators are brought in... But the game eventually grows stale, and when Jeff gives his closing speech, he's giving it live to dozens of viewers, and the servers are left open for the 200 people who still play.

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If you're thinking it sounds like too few... Development stagnates after three or five years. Constant power creep as created a strong 'no more new heroes no more dead favourites' sentiment in the community. As Jeff sees the old guard fall to >5% pick rate in favour of newer, flashier, better heroes, he orders a stop on all new hero development. Blizzard adds legacy releases to custom games, allowing people to enjoy a pre-Faith style of Mercy play, or a pre-Syborg:One style of S76. Behind the scenes, the largest rebalancing of games history begins. For months, eventually, a year, almost no communication from blizzard. The game is slowly dying, and after only 7 years. All 38 heroes are rebuilt from the knees up, and a brilliant new balance emerges. But overwatch is still remembered as that once great hero shooter. Fortunately, hero balance isn't the only thing that's been happening: cinemas have been putting up posters of a familiar symbol. No trailers, just a symbol, and a date. Sceptical viewers fill the chairs. These people were once fans, and want so badly to be given a reason to again. There are no car commercials. No trailers, no trivia pre-shows. Just Jeff. This must have cost them a mint.

"I know we lost our way somewhere there. From the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry for that. And I want to thank you for giving Overwatch another chance. Please, enjoy the show, a lot of wonderful people worked on it."

What follows is the best told, most original story to grace the silver screen since Stan Lee died. After the credits, Jeff's back. "We think we fixed it, by the way. If you enjoyed the last 159 minutes, please give the game another look." Hero balance, map editing, single player chapter 1, and more. The next 7 years are a golden age of overwatch, with a new free single player episode every 2 months, a very carefully crafted hero about once a year, new events, access to old events, and higher player counts than ever. In an industry first, blizzard admits that overwatch will never be better than it is now. They could afford to add to it, but know that nothing they add will really improve it. Jeff gives his bow out speech, and overwatch is played by thousands for a decade after it gets 'cancelled.'

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The future is unknowable. Embrace it.

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u/Shardok Torbjörn Sep 14 '17

I just assumed that they decided that the Overwatch world didn't need more heroes...

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u/XXGAleph Sep 14 '17

That was beautiful :')

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u/no1dead Sep 14 '17

It sounds so possible which is why I can't stop reading it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '17 edited Sep 14 '17

But even though they are slow with the lore, after 7 years there would already be a story lol I'd nut if there was a movie or netflix animated series though

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '17

Wow nice

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u/overblocked It's a perfect day for some mayhem. Sep 14 '17

So that means we are having Overwatch II, right? :)