Well, luckily it looks like Overwatch team is getting more attention recently.
Apex wasnât enough of a threat.
But Valorant is a credible threat.
Especially with Tencent/Riot having both the capability, money, and intention to take their present and future lunch money, across the whole range of Blizzard titles.
OW aint going nowhere. It still has 5 years, Minimum
Yeah, but itâs level of budget funding is the question.
To be fair, Blizzard North made Diablo & Diablo 2 and was a totally separate company with its own dev team.
Honestly? It started when Activision acquired Blizzard. Iâm sure plenty have already pointed this out, but Activision doesnât care about the quality of what they push out, they care about when content and updates is pushed out regardless of how it affects the players for the sake of pleasing shareholders to make a dime. Theres a reason that ever since Activision acquired Blizzard so many people have quit the company and others have reported abusive working hours and practices, its because the people at the top donât care about anybody but themselves and their very small clique.
The old CEO of Blizzard is gone, You think Activition is going to put someone with the same vision in charge?
It just another Acivition company now
Everybody retires. Thatâs inevitable.
Yes, because the old CEO made them a load of money with his abusive and predatory practices. And people, including me at one time, were stupid enough to buy into. Thats all Activision cares about, if you donât believe me then look at other developers they own and their testimonies about their change of life and what they had to make after they were acquired, then look at what continues to go on today. Nothings changed besides very small tweaks on what they make because people got angry. Then people say âOh, well theyâre not stomping on us anyone, just planting their foot against our heads so its okayâ so thats where they stay.
Worldwide pandemic and and a whole lot of stay at home workâŚare you living under a rock? You think its just business as usual at blizz offices right?
Eh I think the Activision excuse is a little scape goat for blizzards change myself.
Also, according to Blizzard, Covid-19 is responsible for 60% OWL viewer loss.
While all other video game companies report massive increase in their viewers due to C19.
Iâd say right now that OW1âs support from its team isnât too far from whatâs going on with Heroes of the Storm to be honest. Sure, HOTSâs situation is worse but I can absolutely see the drop in quality of polish for OW since the past year or so. Iâm sure that OW2âs development is indeed siphoning most of the teamâs capabilities.
Except HotS is still getting plenty of support from its team? AZJackson literally made a thread a day or two ago to get feedback on tower changes that are coming soon. New content is still being made. Reworks and balance changes are still being done. How long has it been since Jeff Kaplan asked for feedback on here?
OW2 is such a kick in the face for everyone who bought the game. Theyâve cut back on content since 2017. No new events. No new game modes. Just the same rehashed stuff and more loot boxes.
Since itâs a âsolidâ object now, youâre clicking on a wall. Thatâs why you ainât healing her.
Actually changed how the zoom works.
Itâs complications in the code and probably the engine. Which will take longer to work out.
Read the patch notes it was intentional.
Stupid right? Blizzard wants to delete Mei from the game 
Are there issues happening in WoW and Diablo land? We donât talk about HotS landâŚ
Am I the only one who still finds Overwatch as one of, if not the most bug - less and polished online video games out there?
Iâm sorry, but I think as a community we were spoiled from the beginning in this aspect⌠
think you mean wasted too much time on a rework that wasnât needed nor asked for and just revert a buff that shouldnt of ever been added.
Even if they did exactly what they did to get to this point, it wouldnât have been so bad if they got it all done within 1-3 months. Not the better part of a year, followed by another year gap.