I think a lot of these cases apply to people who bought the Watchpoint pack but are now locked from the game because their phone numbers are rejected by Blizzard.
The Watchpoint pack does indeed state the requirement of phone number verification, but did not strictly mention the currently imposed issue of pre-paid VS post-paid.
And on top of that, despite the input page stating that it requests a post-paid number, certain carriers like Cricket are auto-flagged as pre-paid and rejected by Blizzard. These numbers should work according to all presently stated requirements, but they arenāt.
Itās good that people are getting refunded, but this is clearly a deeper problem that needs more addressing than refunding those affected. This may mitigate smurfs and cut back on bots, but itās doing a lot more to cut off a significant portion of the currently active playerbase.
Pretty sure the reason people are getting refunds is because Watchpoint is a preorder bonus and the game isnāt out yet and refusing a refund on a product that I donāt even own or use is not something they can legally defend.
It wasnāt in the sales blurb (which is what i read before selling it) but it was on the ā¦ letās call it the store page. And it was there because you can check peopleā reactions on forums here. Thereās a June thread doing what we do now but so few people realized it that it was a small event.
I agree itās not clear enough, if you sell a game called Game 2 and especially if you retire Game 1 and Game 2 replaces it, you better make it very clear that Game 2 has very different requirements.
That wasnāt all that was in the Pack, though. It also included the Overwatch game itself and a bunch of skins for it as well as the Overwatch 2 Season 1 Premium Battle Pass and OW2 in game currency too.
Not trying to justify it or anything; just trying to ensure all the relevant information is mentioned.
The game itself is free. And the skins are only a thing if the game is up. Premium Battle Pass only works if thereās seasons. So until the game actually launches, you have nothing.
There is no basis for not refunding everyone before the 4th.
And now O1 is dead. And with it my Blizzard launcher. HOTS is dead and SC2 is old. Itās time.
Yay thanks Blizzard. OW1 is down and OW2 will probably block me from ever playing simply because of my phone number thanks. (applause applause) here is an award you earned it for being the most reliable company in the world, hahahaahaahah lmfao.
I have a phone number, but many of my friends do not. You are cutting out many of your original players by requiring a phone number. This is going to kill the game. Why not, at least, allow players without the phone number into every mode OTHER THAN COMPETITIVE? I mean, at least let them play, they paid $60 for this game. That is a lot for some people.
I feel your frustrations, I really do. They continue to wage their war on ātoxicityā but the system has done nothing but feed it. Voice chat and text chat is almost non existent now because everyone reports everyone. The system should be lenient so people can grow from their mistakes, since you know, they are human after allā¦ and kids mostly on top of that. I really donāt enjoy knowing Iām playing a game that encourages such a terrible system, it feels like the American prison system. Its failing so many people by just banning them instead of trying to reform them. (The phone number is just an extension of this terrible policy). I feel bad for you, but I feel worse for the people who spent money on OW2, just to find they are banned still, since itās still the same game, just reworked to pretend it isnāt.
Iām far from rich and yet Iām able to play (at least I was able to register my phone number successfully).
It wonāt because Overwatch 2 being free to play is going to attract a lot of new players to the game.
Because part of this move is to get rid of cheaters from the game, not just segment off a portion of the game so that it has less cheats than the rest of it.
No, they paid $60 for Overwatch. Overwatch 2 is free to play.
ITāS THE CURRENT YEAR! YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO BE TRACKED VIA A CELLPHONE! itās amazing how many people canāt comprehend that some people dont want to have their lives tied to a thousand dollar smart device. Are they just young? do they not realize that people existed for decades with just a phone on the wall - and that psychologically peoples lives were much better off before carrying around a dopamine feeding social media machine in their pockets 24/7?
you earned it for being the most reliable company in the world, hahahaahaahah lmfao.