Genuine question, I don’t know if I can,
(they took OW1 down for this so no definitely not free to the original players at least… lol)
(metas don’t count, neither does content, stuff that the developers put in the game, think prime ow1, 2017)
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Inb4 “Double shield is gone” and “We finally have content”
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Pissing players off.
Overwatch 2 is definitely better at that.
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5v5
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More skins and heroes (thx mommy kiriko) so rule 34 artist can base their art on
Still really enjoying the scoreboard. I assume a lot of players use it to berate others, but I find it very useful for personal performance and deciding who to support/focus.
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There were less skins in this Winter Wonderland than the last one.
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True but, still more heroes for the r34 machine, this alone gives us years of off game content
Witch kiriko was released just a week later in other sites after it got announced in game, now thats fast
Orisa.
(20 characters)
Tanks are a lot more fun for a wider range of people.
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Objectively, optimization has been improved quite a bit.
Subjectively, I prefer 5v5 combat’s flow and feel. OW’s 6v6 was good and fun, but 5v5 is even better, as far as I’m concerned. I also really like Push as a game mode over 2CP.
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Well I’ve been looking for a lot of other multiplayer games to play instead of Overwatch, so there is that.
daily and weekly quests
Time of day changes on maps
That’s literally it 
Ummmm… Milk the players for money?
#WhalesAhoy #NerfShopPrices
Core game play is good
Ping system is insanely useful but also doesn’t feel unfair
Scoreboard
Orisa rework
New Mercy movement feels good
New players (good long term, feels bad short term)
I guess technically by your question none of these would be valid since you said no to include content or “stuff that the developers put in the game” but you didn’t really leave much wiggle room lol
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Nothing heh heh heh h
For me:
- 5v5
- Ping
- Removal of 2cp (albeit I wouldn’t mind never seeing Colosseo again)
- No double shield
- 1 Tank
- Reduced CC
- I don’t have to wait for POTG to end to see my stats
- Junker Queen, but I wish we could play her more
Nothing…
Why didn’t they call it OW 1.5?
OW2 advantages over OW1:
- 5v5
- no more double shield
- dive is weaker
- can’t be jumped on/overrun by two tanks anymore
- less chaotic teamfights
- more control over teamfights
- more individual impact
- more impact by DPS & supports
- more opportunities to get kills
- higher carry potential
- teamfights are more fun and enjoyable
- less CC
- bad map design & flawed gamemode 2CP gone
- way less boring and repetitive chokepoint fighting
- the competitive system rework
(discourages smurfing; losses don’t feel as bad & unfun anymore and no more incentive for many players to stop playing comp for a season to not drop below an arbitrary SR number, e.g. 3000) - Push is a very fun and dynamic gamemode added
- more beautiful & detailed maps with multiple routes to attack from
- time of day variations on maps
- weather variations on maps
- good hero reworks and changes
(Mercy super jump, Zarya dynamic bubbles, Winton medium range secondary fire added, Roadhog ult buffs, Orisa rework, Bastion rework, Zenyatta kick, Doomfist being moved to tank and losing his unbalanced and frustrating one-punch-instakill, Sombra hack duration reduced) - more cool heroes
- making the game F2P
- double the amount of monthly active players
- shorter queue times
- more content being added regularly
- weapon charms
- nice sound changes
- graphical improvements and upgrades
- a detailed and very useful scoreboard was added (way better than the medal system)
- after-match game reports with very useful and in-depth information
- ping system added, which is incredibly helpful and time-saving
- cool mythic skins
HMU if I missed something.
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The fact that ults are not the primary factor in winning encounters.
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