Very typical. The simple fact is this - pay $30/yr - reasonable by far, unlock new characters only. Then spend after that only on what you really want. Not hard folks.
Says the guy spelling monetization with an âs.â We get it, Ankh, you are a European spellchecker. Great! What was your point, exactly?
Thatâs been my point of view since day one. To me, it seems a bit odd to not play a game for the gameplay, and battle passes have been tedious chores in the games Iâve played that have them.
If people really get off on doing busywork, then Iâm willing to accept money to give people tasks to do. Give me ten of your human dollars and sort out my pond for a hundred Potatoad Pointsâ˘.
This already exists. Itâs called League of Legends.
The main problem people Iâve noticed have in Overwatch is that:
a) Thereâs no free secondary thing to unlock free stuff (LoLâs lootboxes),
b) They feel robbed when new characters were previously free,
c) Oh and gameplay.
So I feel like if they bring back lootboxes in one way or another, drop the idea of new characters in the battle pass completely, and fix the gameplay⌠somehow(?) overwatch will be up to LoLâs standards (in terms of monitization and such).
If people are playing the game for the gameplay (which ultimately, is the point of playing a game), then itâs perfectly understandable they are calling this update out as thereâs nothing new in terms of gameplay after a 3-year content drought that was said to be âworth the waitâ.
We care about the aggressive cosmetic monetization and how they do it because itâs the very reason weâre not getting anything slightly new on October 4th, again, after a 2019-2022 period of almost nothing (except for Echo).
What the playerbase wanted was less cosmetics and optional stuff and more gameplay changing additions (more heroes, maps, game modes etcâŚ). Simple as that.
Try and think outside of your bubble. The F2P model is indeed damaging the quality of the game and its focus on important aspects of the game.
I doubt anyone is goingvto buy those godawful skins.
Theyâll try nonetheless, now that they have a tracking âwhich hero you play the mostâ system and are able to set bundle packs according to your taste.
The best way to dodge this system is playing âMystery Heroesâ only so they donât have the data or never open the âstoreâ menu ever but I think there will be bundles from the store popping in the menu, just like it already is the case with the Watchpoint pack that is currently advertised on Overwatch 1.
Thatâs the native Spanish experience for ya 
(Thanks tho)
5v5⌠ânothing newâ 
- shorter queue times
- less âshooting barriersâ more âactual fightingâ
- removed 2cp, new maps designed for more engaging fights
- daily, weekly, etc challenges to motivate ppl to try different things
âŚseems good to me, looking forward to it, could care less about cosmetic rubbish⌠
Just keep ignoring the egregious prices guys. The core gameplay is still there guys. The devs just need to make money guys. Youâre all just complaining over nothing guys.
And this is why they keep implementing more and more aggressive monetization. Because dumb dumbs keep saying shut up and go away
Yes, nothing new. Removing content =/= something new.
Just like 4v4 wonât be new if it becomes the standard game match composition or just like Role Queue wasnât something really new or even hero bans. Those are restrictions that makes the game less rich and way blander.
Where ? When ? What ?
The never-ending two barriers legend⌠So according to you, 5v5 was the only solution to people that didnât like sometimes playing against two shields⌠?
Lack of imagination from the playerbase and lack of efforts from the devs team.
Which are repetitive. Youâll see it for yourself after 2-3 seasons. Iâve played those on Apex and stopped playing after 3 seasons. If you want people to be motivated to try new things, devs could have gone with weekly lootboxes by playing letâs say⌠Mystery Heroes ?
Then if youâre so happy about it, good for you, my friend. If an empty game with barely 3 heroes, a few new maps and an old game mode from 2019 that looks like Escort is enough for you, then we simply donât have the same expectations.
Mine are decent as an Overwatch true fan .
Still a 3/10 or 4/10 for me.
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