No more phone numbers

[Rayn-1301]

Yeah!!! I can play!!! finally!!! can’t wait for the 7th!

[Prett-1169]

They’re removing it for Overwatch players. I still think it applies to new accounts.

[snowǃ-1987]

yeah that’s still good! bc majority of the players that couldn’t play bc of it were OG players, so atleast with this it will still stop the smurfing accounts

[Acanarina-1356]

Sauce?

[tornado7909-1821]

Overwatch 2 Launch Status Update

Hello, heroes. Yesterday was an exciting day for the Overwatch team—a day that we know you have been looking forward to for a long time. While millions of people have been enjoying the game, the launch has not met your, or our, expectations. First, we want to apologize to our players. We expected the launch of Overwatch 2 to go smoothly. We hold ourselves to a higher standard and we are working hard to resolve the issues you are experiencing. We want to provide transparency on the issues, fixe…

[Prett-1169]

@Acanarina-1356

Sauce

Overwatch 2 Launch Status Update

Hello, heroes. Yesterday was an exciting day for the Overwatch team—a day that we know you have been looking forward to for a long time. While millions of people have been enjoying the game, the launch has not met your, or our, expectations. First, we want to apologize to our players. We expected the launch of Overwatch 2 to go smoothly. We hold ourselves to a higher standard and we are working hard to resolve the issues you are experiencing. We want to provide transparency on the issues, fixe…

[Prett-1169]

damn, sniped

[Tankenstein-11590]

what is this Rare Overwatch W

[snowǃ-1987]

right… so bizarre!!!

[Ghostly-11161]

but what about people who are on phone services like Cricket? will they still be allowed to play or is it gonna be a “just stop being poor” moment from the overwatch team?

[snowǃ-1987]

if you aren’t a new player, you’re good! u won’t need a phone number regardless of who ur provider is

[Nova-13821]

If you own a battle.net account, being that you are already an existing player, you will not need any phone number to play at all!

All new players will need to though.

[Amag203-1240]

[Equip: Tinfoil hat]

Guess the DDos attackers left demands…

[Nova-13821]

@Overwatch 2 Launch Status Update

Any Overwatch player with a connected Battle.net account, which includes all players who have played since June 9, 2021, will not have to provide a phone number to play.

This was taken from the thread provided above.

Edit: Whoops! Sorry! Wasn’t meant to be forwarded to you aha I mean to forward it to Ghostly.

[Ghostly-11161]

sorry i accidentally deleted my post (i dont go on the forums very often lmao) but the people that i know that got this game this year cant attach their phone number to their account nor can they play

[Ghostly-11161]

im also concerned about new players and how will they play if they use a prepaid services (definitely not concerned about myself)

edit: to jump off what EvilHomer3k posted… this actually goes to show that the phone requirement was never about removing smurfs. my guess is that they want to profit off of our info tied to our numbers.

[EvilHomer3k-11262]

Except for the smurfs and griefers that were already in overwatch 1. They get free reign once again. This only stops completely new smurfs and griefers. If you are a current smurf/griefer rejoice. You get to go on screwing up other peoples games for as long as you want.

[roni6969-1939]

Not really, because to smurf you need to create a new account

[roni6969-1939]

Did they play ow1 at all?

[Tracer33-1179]

wow after getting that message before the game even launched and scaring the crap out of me they decide to remove it…