Please Blizzard,
Can you start doing regular blog posts from the dev team actually making the PvE. We would love to hear how you go about making it, what issues have you faced, how you overcome those issues etc. You don’t neccessarily have to reveal anything plot related/specific, just be nice to hear regularly on the progress and maybe a sneak peak at a new enemy unit type being tested or a fun mini game mode you’ve got in the works for PvE.
If you can at least start doing that, it will generate hype and give us something interesting to read about other than the 17th “we’ve fixed matchmaking” post. SHOW SOME ACTUAL progress and keep our hopes alive that PVE actually exists. We need something and right now, season 3 has been lackluster.
All we want is the PvE, please give us something. Hell, give us the Blizzcon mission to play that so many of us didn’t get to. The game is in a dire state right now and sick of hearing about PvP over and over again.
The radio silence and ignoring it even exists is very disheartening. Many of us want this to come out soon and any news, even tiny amounts will give us hope. The fact the team seems to actively AVOID talking about it, even in the map building twitch stream it was considered almost taboo that it was brought up is really strange.
We get it, it might not be ready for a full reveal yet and that’s okay, that’s not what we want. We want to go on the development journey with you and revitalize our interest in the Overwatch story and lore.
Why WHY WHY are you not hyping it up? It makes no sense unless:
- You know the PvE isn’t up to scratch
- You don’t know how to make it work
- It’s because it won’t immediately make you any money like skins for PvP do.
The third point is a very VERY concerning because with the way each new season of Overwatch 2 has gone, are we not hearing about PvE because you don’t know how to monetize it without annoying majority of your community?
The time where Blizzard polish was needed before showing off parts of a game are long dead in the past. Live service games need consistent and constant updates and hype generation for new content. Considering also the current “live service” of Overwatch 2 PvP is very very lackluster (what other live service game only updates the store once a week with 2 skins maybe), you need all the hype you can get. We are 3 seasons into Overwatch 2, coming up to a 4th and we’ve honestly had luckluster content and events (with some exceptions).
I’ve not been enjoying this game since the end of Season 2. Season 1 I was all excited to finish the BP and the prestige tiers, then that dropped off to the point that I’ve completed the battle pass within the first 2 weeks of season 3 and barely have bothered playing since.
Please Blizzard, give us a reason to want to play this game again, give us PvE…