this game becomes more and more generic, with worse map designs as time goes, questionable pay only skins, ridiculous battlepass system and new heores locked behind grind or $$$
i for one miss Jeff Kaplan and his love he poured into this game, making sure all efforts are actually loved by the community
Reminder, they didnât fire him.
He said enough and quit.
Like someone fed up with a bad relationship, he ainât coming back
I want papa jeff back
yes pretty sure everyone knows this⌠looking at his career he always knew when to jump a dumpsterfire and had enough morality to do so without enforcing predatory âfeaturesâ
but he was given a total freedom to lead the team who created OW1 which was great in majority of its aspects and poured a lot of love into that game, he is probably the only person who can potentially save it
I think he could only put his foot down for so long before figuring itâs a lost cause to try and keep the direction he wanted. Hopefully the guy is relaxing with his family now and thinking about the next fulfilling step in life.
Well⌠jeff isnât this all amazing developer that everyone paints him to be. Many of the bad decisions and lethargic balance changes in the game were under his command.
But yeah he had more âloveâ for the ow franchise than the current devs who just couldnt give a crap if the higher ups asked you to monetize everything in the game, they would just comply.
But he is the one who made brig. He also naively didnât expect people to âmainâ heroes. He had his flaws but cared for the franchise.
Hah, the reason OW1 stopped being mainstream was due to poor design and format problems (Brig, CC, shields).
And the reason OW1âs development ended like it did was because of the monetisation system introduced under him wasnât conducive for a game as a service title. Then OW2âs PvE side seems to have entered into development hell under him.
I donât know why people think he was the thing saving this game, OW1 crashed and burned hard due to poor management whilst he was the lead.
I get itâs not the done thing to not complain here, but out of the new content weâve gotten so far itâs really above par for OW1 content. 3 news heroes, and none of them were the new Brig/Doom/Sombra. 3 new maps and none of them are the new HLC/Paris. A bunch of reworks, and none of them were the new Mercy 2.0.
im more inclined to say that it crashed and burned because they announced ow2 and didnt want to use any ideas they half baked before its release so they dont have to put more effort when it comes out
All largely stuff done under Jeff, and the development hell he was managing with OW2, no?
Though, I would say, OW1 had fallen massively from its peak popularity before development had stopped. You ask any non-blizzard forum when OW1 died, theyâll say Brig.
He wasnât a saint, nor was he a demon of a leader for Overwatch.
Iâm sure as a leader/manager, he was likely incredible to work with and fostered an incredible team dynamic. I can only imagine his departure really shook up the Overwatch team.
But I also donât feel like idolizing him as if he made the game perfect is ideal, either. He made a lot of choices that led to slow changes, slow balancing, and his stubbornness didnât do the games any favors. He wanted it to be an e-sports game and really only focused on what the top players of the game wanted even beyond ladder play - he seemed to prioritize OWL above all else in terms of balancing.
I get it. This new system is cacapeepeepoopoo (sorry for my language oops). The monetization is laughable and the paragon of greed, and most people ridicule the teamâs current monetization. But I wonât feel comfortable pretending like OW1 under Jeff was this huge symbol of a game run perfectly - it was far from it.
Yup. The ow2 being focused on pve and entering a new development hell all while making the pvp content drought were all under his guise.
I believe the whole existence of the current ow2 and its f2p cashshop and FOMO antics are indeed disgusting but it is all consequence of Jeffâs convulted and directionless development.
I mean⌠you have a game franchise known for pvp, and an e sport league for it with millions of dollars in contracts and you want to stall all content which keeps people engaged in the pvp (main) part of the game to pursue a pve direction? Its no wonder the higher ups intervened on all of thisâŚ
Not that i am defending the suits but i understand where they were comming from. Jeff just seemed like he didnt know what to do with the franchise anymore. Just like blizzard as a whole has no idea what overwatch is supposed to be.
Iâm sure Jeff is far more happy where he is now. Only way he would come back is if he has 100% control, even over idiot Bobby.
Jeff approved of the new Orisa and Sombra (who got nerfed anyways).
Bro sucked, yâall just be saying anything.
Yeah, bring back Jeff who thought nothing was wrong with RH at launch of OW1⌠Jeff, âThat is because it is shooter first priorty durrrrr, that is why you are getting hooked through walls.â No thank you, was not a fan of him for WoW either. We are going to make min/maxing easier⌠No, they just inflated the need to raid to min/max. I am sorry but he is no savior.
Jeff wouldnât have let stupid decisions like ââruin Meiââ go through.
Jeff is probably enjoying some martinis and having a good time 
He was at least liked by most and his videos were better than what we get now. Which is nothing.
+1
I miss him, we all do.
New devs messed everything up.
They disabled the main menu all chat, made heroes that do not follow the fundamental the other do.
Weird pay to win skins.
They made it 5v5 when the whole concept, gameplay and maps are designed for 6v6. They destroyed doomfist, widow, orisa, and more.
Put auto voicelines when taking a kill so the hero wont shut up.
Put the ârevengeâ indication, which realy is stupid, considering many kids will consiously or subconsiously will start morphing their playstyle based on that.
Changed the heroes looks (for worse if you ask me)
Changed the music that is slightly less fit to the overwatch identity.
Removed the SR system, witch was fine and now you dont even know where you at withe those stupid cards.
Made the push map which is some BS.
Removed many cc and shields. Which is basicaly why overwatch is overwatch and not just another FPS game.
I am soooo dissapointed. OW was my only favorite all time game with a huge gap from the opthers. I was putting money on it not for the skins, just to support it. But now that they made everything pay to win, i am so disapointed, i guess PapaJeff had a reason to leave Blizzard.
He was about making the game to have fun, and if you want to support it you can support it. Now its completely monetized.
Bring back Jeff.
What if they tried bringing Jeff back through AI? It might actually be possible now.
an ai can not be trusted like the broken report system is controlled by ai