So I can already see the usual delusion that comes with an announcement such as this.
People praising free to play think this is gonna do wonders for the game, that now we’ll have tons of new people, and that you’ll keep the good while ignoring the bad.
Hehehe.
First of, the integrity of the game goes down.
You have young kids who wouldn’t normally have money nor authorization to buy the game, that will, in a few months, be an insufferable horde of players. Have you noticed how there’s almost no actual kids playing?
If there’s cheaters and smurfs already (How funny, I spoke of this in my last topic.) imagine how it’s gonna be in a game where you can literally create infinite accounts with no downside XDDDD.
Why would a person care about being banned, when he can just create another account? And oh, OW2 needs revenue. So all of those cosmetics that were completely free? Oh, forget about it my friends. You want cool stuff? Fork over some cash kiddies, which is another reason for throwers and other lot to not care.
Last but not least, Blizzard has 2 games that are F2P, and let me tell you that unless there’s a problem with payments and whatnot, help, updates, technical issues aren’t that important, because those people aren’t paying a dime. 
The pay to play was a good model, WoW has it, the only thing you needed to pay for was the subscription.
You had access to every single piece of content, mount, transmog, pet, etc etc.
This is grim, already cleaved my tiny weeny hope.
All of these are a distinct possibility. We’ll just have to wait and see how blizzard handles the situation and hope for the best.
I don’t think a lot of people around have the capacity to think that far into the future.
No lol. Most of my games are full of 12 yr olds screaming in vc and manchildren
Whats the downside currently exactly? $7? If someone is gonna pay for cheats they are willing to pay $7 for new accounts. Also, welcome to what console players have been experiencing for 6 years. Maybe the addition of pc players will be enough of a voice for the devs to listen
f2p is todays standard in pc gaming
best get used to it
pubg went free to pay it was 60$ it went free to play i think overwatch 2 should be at 70$
The minimum cost of OW is 19,99$ but good bait bro.
“Pre-owned/brand new accounts” the compromised ones which are ultra easy to get back from the buyer? What a dumb statement.
Not true in the slightest lol. I’ve seen it for less. You are just a hearsayer trying to rile everyone up
Apex is f2p its fine
Fortnite is f2p its fine
Warzone is f2p its fine
‘Enter 99% of games here’ is f2p, theyre fine
Which one of those games was pay 2 play first
?
Aside from Warzone which I believe can be team based, the others aren’t.
Why would you care about smurfs/throwers in Apex/Fortnite LMAOO
The latest Shadowlands expansion has also been kind of “pay-to-win” if you wanted to progress fast. They made is so that legendaries were to be upgraded on a weekly basis if you wanted to access “higher-difficulty” content and guess what, there were a lot of things to farm to be able to upgrade said legendaries (which were impossible to acquire within a week unless buying tokens, aka real money).
Also, Blizzard has a lot of cosmetics that are only accessible through the store only. The old company we used to know is long gone but we shouldn’t be too hard on them as it’s a new business model that is kind of thriving in the gaming industry.
I agree with the rest of your post. Thanks for being so blunt. Some forumers that are in denial need it to prepare themselves for the future of PVP Overwatch that will be miles away from the game we used to know.
I still hope OW1 becomes a separate game at some point (maybe a Classic Overwatch server at some point) but it’s very unlikely at the moment.
Edit : I’ve been playing some Diablo Immortal for a week. Horrible experience in terms of fun. It basically consists of 90% farming with no fun and poor content or endlessly buying upgrades from the store to improve your character which is pointless in the long term… Uninstalled…
None of them are pay to play lol
Neither is ow2
How is apex not team based lol. You are in squads of 3. It is very team based. Can tell you would be the type of player in apex who runs off and thinks they can solo 1v3 then dies and immediately quits. We hate people like you 
Fornite, depending on what mode you are in can also be team based.
Because smurfs throwers ruin every game. F2p or not. I have experienced more throwers and smurfs in ow than in any f2p game i have played.
I find more people are dedicated to 1 account on f2p games than on paid games because they actually invest time and money into that account. For example i have probably spent over $200 on apex for skins etc.why would i ever want to make another account and lose that investment. Its easy for a game like Overwatch to get a new account because its like $10 and you get everything just playinf
I think of it this way. Who really cares? With the way overwatch is going now, the game is dying and fewer people are interested in the game than ever. going f2p brings tons of people to the game making queue times like and yes the community may be more toxic but most people who still care probably stick to PvE to have fun anyway. The OW2 PVP beta didn’t bring many people’s hopes up, especially since it’s pretty much the same game except tanks are either annoying or full on raid bosses.
- just because we’re going f2p doesn’t mean the game will be that much more toxic. I highly doubt it’ll get as bad as siege used to be.
None of them are pay to play lol
Neither is ow2
Why are you saying something… redundant?
I asked you a question, did you not see the ‘?’ buddy? Haha.
Yes we’re talking about ow2, did you only get that now?
How is apex not team based lol. You are in squads of 3. It is very team based. Can tell you would be the type of player in apex who runs off and thinks they can solo 1v3 then dies and immediately quits. We hate people like you
It can be solo, and if you can’t add what I said after my post, I think you’re beyond my ability to help.
Ah whatever, I’ll be a good samaritan.
It means that… AFK PLAYERS OR THROWERS will NEVER, EVER have the same impact in a game like Apex (solo or 2-3 people against tons of the same), Fortnite (literally solo most of the time against other solos, if someone trolls even better, more chances for a Victory Royale) or Warzone.
Because smurfs throwers ruin every game. F2p or not. I have experienced more throwers and smurfs in ow than in any f2p game i have played.
This right here is where your comment becomes the most sus.
The game has nowhere near as many smurfs as people claim. :)) how odd that despite being one of the games where you must literally pay for each account, you’ve faced more smurfs than in a free game!! mindblowing!! Do you also often get struck by lightning? I bet 4 leaf clovers are usually so easy to find for you.
Seriously.
How were they expecting to get Apex, Fortnite, Team Fortress 2, Paladins, and Valorant players without F2P?
Huh, to just give the players and the game what it truly lacked? Lmao.
Come on, use your head chief.
The game died because of a lack of updates, and questionable balance.
Not because John and Mary got tired overnight.
Funny that all those games are either considerably older than Overwatch or new by quite a bit.
So which games should Overwatch be pulling players away from?
Discussed previously and said this myself. A lot of people agreed judging by the number of hearts:
It doesn’t need to pull games from any place.
If you don’t like the game you don’t play it.
So they can just imagine human players out of thin air?
Or are they only supposed to be pulling in people who don’t play videogames?
Some Paladins players are considering coming over for a more polished, bug free experience for the same price in addition to free heroes.