It is coming alright… the question is with how much of it the game will launch.
Something about the devs also having to do this……
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Don’t blame someone for not believing in Blizzard anymore after being let down so much, especially recently. Look at this from just 2017:
Just because Blizzard says something doesn’t mean you should believe it anymore. That being said I do believe PVE is coming out, just not sure how good it will be
Wasn’t referring to just blizz/ow…scenario plays out all the time for lots of things
100% agree on this. The regular blogs have been great insight into the coming game and the development process. They are much appreciated by many of us.
The live streams have been a bit less so. The early ones frankly weren’t very good. The latest one with ML7 and SVB was good though. Had a more casual atmosphere that seemed to put the dev team at ease and let things flow a bit better.
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So jealous 
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‘‘we want more communication’’ = ‘‘listen to me while I demand you buff my hero and nerf stuff I don’t like.’’
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Well, a few suggestions on that.
[OW2] Beta #2, what I expect / want
[OW2] How to impressively fix Queue Times in Beta #2
[OW2] What do they need to fix for Beta #2?
[OW2] Turn 2CP maps into Control/KotH maps
[OW2] Mercy, simplified SuperJump+Slingshot
[OW2] How to reduce Hackers with Free2Play
And of course my fever dream of what could happen after June 16th.
- June 16th, announce it for Friday the 17th, HYPE
- People who already had a key, don’t need a new one, HYPE
- However there’s a limited edition spray, or maybe even that Illidan / Tyrand skin for Genji / Symmetra. Like you don’t have to watch, but… A lot will. HYPE
- Keep the streamer drops events going. But maybe only 1 hour HYPE
- Keep the beta up, for as long as it takes to get beta 3. HYPE
- Launch beta 3 HYPE
- As soon as that is looking good and the hype is still warm, send PVP to Live. HYPE
- Bring in Jeff Kaplan as a video guest, to announce Overwatch is F2P, however Competitive/OpenQueue either needs a paid copy of PVP, or Phone verification. (To limit hackers) HYPE AF
- Show off that Atlantic Mercy skin, OWL Ana skin, and OWL Zen skin will be in the challenge event. Along with Pink Mercy in the cash shop. Which either makes Support HYPPPPPE or everybody else gets queue times like a dream.
- Segue to an awesome 3D Animation Short. HYPEEEE
- Ending credits of the cinematic Announce a hardish delivery season for OW2PVE Spring 2023 HYPEEEE
- And just when you think the hype couldn’t go any further. Overwatch 2 PVP is now available on Steam with full crossplay with Blizzard launcher players. (Lootboxes have to be purchased through the Blizzard launcher though, to avoid profit-share with Valve, I.e. Like Warframe)
- And then… to go even further beyond… ALL Blizzard titles are now cross-compatible on Steam. Because the Microsoft Merger is greenlit to go!
Jeez, I leave for an hour.
And I missed my chance for Sym again.
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The one thing im worried about is that on june 16th we are told that the beta is coming on like…august or something.
i get that people are working hard on getting a good product out and not pull an EA and release a half baked product and get another PR nightmare, but ya know, it would be pretty dissapointing to have such a long pause in between both betas, especially for those of us who are done with OW1 and are just holding off for OW2 (since they really liked the OW2 changes) to give us a fresh take on the game and make it entertaining again
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Yeah… in the past the devs have been pretty good at building up hype… then not cashing in on that hype while it’s still warm.
The biggest one being that Sombra ARG, that was hype AF, and then it took like 6 months or something until the hero released.
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Any information you may have heard across the internet is very likely speculation. I have been doing everything I can to keep an eye on public statements from Andy and the likes, and right now there is no confirmation on when the next beta will start but that we will likely find out on June 16th.
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I don’t have time to absorb all this.
About to go into a metal can in 110 degree weather at work
Peace out
Agreed my dude, as you may have seen, I am personally very critical and starting to worry about this game i love.
This, ‘lets show them’ is 100000000% the way I personally like it.
PS: I also love buffs like the D’va buff i just saw on Sty’s channel, 15% spread reduction increases aim needed for more results. To me increasing aim to get better results is the kind of thing i can give a gentle nod too, when i die a horrible salty death to it.
I also love Huge sweeping changes to mix things up, I don’t personally care much about OWL since i find it hard to follow and no longer know who any of the players are, but I do understand that it’s hard to do this when it upends things… But i really do like the huge shake up and the april fools patches are my fav ever, cause they are just fun, I like fun.
So i hope this agreement and feedback is the kind you can work with and TY.
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Not basing it off in any particular date ive heared about, its more of a way to say “Im concerned that all this hype arround june 16th ends up leading to an announcement of a beta thats very far away from the announcement date”
which would be pretty dissapointing,
Understand that I am pretty sure AndyB is aware of the <BlahBlahBlahBlah20CharTagTrick> to work around the 20 character minimum, its just easier and quicker to quickly fill in the characters needed even if it leaves his posts slightly messy.
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crosses fingers hoping they went HUGE with it and are doing a 4 person co-op borderlands style rpg but in mother heckin overwatch
When I played the Rio De Janeiro PVE Story Mission BlizzCon Demo back in 2019, it played a lot like the Archives missions but the noticeable difference is that they did experiment with hero upgrades (even though the plan is to have them only for Hero Missions mode), and there was a variety of fun item pickups that make the playthrough experience far more engaging than what was experienced in Archives PVE missions. Understand that with it being a few years now since that Demo, there is no telling what it looks like now, but I still think those waiting for PVE will have an experience unlike anything we have in any PVE FPS game today.
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yeah i hope they focus on making it more than the Archieves missions, those are fun but theyget very repetitive after the first few runs due to a lack of variation.
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