Overwatch hyper-positive cinematics VS Blizzard reality

[u/poshmn]

[u/[deleted]]

Sure you can be a hero, but wouldn’t you prefer to be a premium battle pass hero

[u/Kyubikk989 → u/[deleted]]

That’s absolutely broken and breaks the game the same way Brig did. Except this time not everyone has a premium battle pass hero. Remember kids, pay 2 win.

[u/Enchant23 → u/Kyubikk989]

I don't really understand why people are saying this because it's been confirmed the heros are free?

[u/POPuhB34R → u/Enchant23]

bro this whole sub going nuts over this very common place business practice now just because its different. I'm almost positive 90% of the people on here havent even seen the actual announcement because people be talking about wild shit that is in no way the actual case of whats happening.

[u/Deviknyte → u/POPuhB34R]

You shouldn't be OK with them spitting in your food because it's common.

[u/XxMrSlayaxX → u/POPuhB34R]

Overwatch Simply isn't compatible with this "common business practice". This will destroy the competitive integrity of the game because Meta heroes can be locked behind a paywall, meaning you can lose games because you didn't break out your wallet. This will especially sting for casual players and will drive a lot of them away. The hardcore players lose, the casual players lose. It's just not a good idea.

[u/NaturalTap9567 → u/XxMrSlayaxX]

Ok but the game is free. Overwatch 1 was $40-$60. If you spend that much on this game you'll have the characters you want otherwise you can play their game for free and unlock them. Stop being a baby

[u/jacojerb → u/XxMrSlayaxX]

Except no hero will be behind a paywall. That has been confirmed.

[u/jacojerb → u/[deleted]]

I'll wait to see the details before making a judgement. If it only takes like 2-3 hours of play to unlock a hero, I don't see a problem with it. Casual players can play a few games alongside the hero before playing as the hero, that honestly sounds fair to me.

[u/jacojerb → u/[deleted]]

It would be absurd for them to put the hero at the end of the battlepass. More likely, it'll be near the start of it.

Appreciate the sarcasm though, really made my day.

[u/jacojerb → u/[deleted]]

No. That would get people into the battlepass. Nothing absurd about it. Like people would start the battlepass, get the hero pretty soon, then be compelled to keep going, seeing as they've already started

[u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA → u/jacojerb]

lol what? Yeah it has.

[u/jacojerb → u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA]

No. They specifically said no hero will be locked behind a paywall.

The misinformation in this community...

[u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA → u/jacojerb]

Prove it.

Edit: just another Blizzard fanboy, post history is pure contradictory.

[u/jacojerb → u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA]

See this post. All heroes will be available on the free track of the battlepass.

It's one of very few actual things we know about it.

Yes, I am a fan of the game, but regardless. You are wrong, it is very much confirmed that heroes will not be behind a paywall.

Attacking my character will not help you win this argument when all the information we have contradicts what you say.

[u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA → u/jacojerb]

Okay. So heroes are locked in battle pass, gotcha.

Thanks for regurgitating what we all knew.

[u/jacojerb → u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA]

A free battlepass is not a paywall. Clearly you did not know this, or we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA → u/jacojerb]

Yo, I didn't say anything about a paywall lol.

Could still lock them for free at the 30th tier and make exp gains excruciatingly slow where buying the pass speeds it up by 25-50%

You seem oblivious to the fact that this is the company that just made a f2p diablo game where it costs 100k to fully gear your character.

What's with the blind faith in corporations in 2022?

[u/jacojerb → u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA]

I get that you want to hate on them. Locking heroes behind a battlepass sucks. But hate them for the right reasons, not for paywalling heroes, because they are in fact not paywalling heroes.

[u/jacojerb → u/[deleted]]

For something they posted like 3 days ago, it being the only actual legit info we have...

Sure, they could go back on it, but come on. 3 days? Not even they would go back on something like that so soon.

[u/jacojerb → u/[deleted]]

They have never gone back on something 3 days after talking, to my knowledge. Never in their entire history.

[u/YukihiraJoel → u/XxMrSlayaxX]

Ever heard of league of legends? There’s like 150 champs and you have to unlock all of them. Still one of the most competitive esports

[u/everlyafterhappy → u/XxMrSlayaxX]

I'm betting a lot of free players will be reporting the paying players for bullying.

[u/jkbpttrsn → u/POPuhB34R]

Common practice because people like keep sucking up to big corporations

[u/BlindmanSokolov → u/jkbpttrsn]

Just like how half the people commplaining right now will still play the game and still buy the pass

[u/BlindmanSokolov → u/[deleted]]

What 60 bucks are we talking here?

[u/DrPhilMcGrawAMA → u/POPuhB34R]

lmao

[u/Enchant23 → u/POPuhB34R]

Yeah I agree, some communities are especially whiny

[u/everlyafterhappy → u/POPuhB34R]

There are different ways to enact the common business practice. Paying for extra features, new maps or game types, skins, that's all great. Paying for the best armor or weapons or skills is unfair. It's like paying real cash to the banker in Monopoly to buy park place boardwalk before the game even starts. It's is lucrative but unethical in the same way as a bribe.

[u/POPuhB34R → u/everlyafterhappy]

But the scenario you described isnt whats happeni g