In the off-chance a Dev is reading this… I’ll just spit it out now.
Why update so slow?
We as a community have been asking this forever. I’ve never seen an in-depth reply, though, barely one at all. But why do you update so slowly on games like Overwatch and Hearthstone? (I imagine other Blizz games as well)
For high Competitive potential, updates need to be quick, at least quicker than on a 1-3 month process. Look at the others. LoL, Dota, CS:GO (not regularly updated anymore because CS:GO is balanced pretty much) hell, even Fortnite.
Competitive games cannot last as long as intended if you don’t update it faster, don’t patch bugs. Let’s take some examples.
Overwatch: Sombra, and many other characters’ bugs that haven’t been patched for MONTHS.
Overwatch: Insufferable months of terrible meta’s and unbalanced (whether UP or OP characters) heroes.
Hearthstone: EXTREMELY slow updates for nerfs. (See Cubelock, Crystal Core Rogue, Pirate Warrior, Midrange Shaman)
There are off the top of my head, I’m sure I can think of more.
Now, such a small, niche indie company can’t possibly have a highly productive dev teams with updates every 2-3 weeks or so, right? /s
Blizzard is so highly profitable it’s ridiculous. Look at Hearthstone, that just had a (hype-filled and very exciting) expansion released. 80$ for 80 packs, a golden legendary, and hero portrait. 80$ sounds like a lot, right? Of course it is, but I, and MANY others are going to buy it. So many people play Hearthstone to where the SHOP is barely working on expansion day. There is no lack of money in Blizzard’s vaults.
I get it, capitalism, more money, money, blah blah. But Blizzard you’re failing to see having a better and more productive Dev team will INCREASE money, because more people wanna play it.
Let’s look at Fortnite (I know, I know, bad comparison, whatever.) Epic Games is way smaller than Blizzard on a company scale, yet theyre the most played video game right now about, make tons of money, and guess what? Updates come every week or two.
Updating a game and keeping it balanced, fun, and fresh = more people playing it which = MORE MONEY.
I stopped playing a couple weeks ago because the game isn’t fun anymore to me. t isn’t, and people can agree that sometimes, most of the time, it ISN’T fun. Other people have definitely quit to, whether they whine on the forums before doing it or not.
What would DEFINITELY get be back into this game is more regular updates, refining the game, making ti better, having it stay balanced, I would, and others would surely come back.
Now, I love Overwatch. I love it so much. The last thing I want is this game to crash and burn or die. I just want to play it again and have fun.
I love you, Blizzard. I love you so much.
There is always room for improvement.
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