I think they got sick of me and others calling particular seasons “pay 2 win” but as far as I can see it the damage has already been done and they need to do ALOT MORE to redeem themselves and their reputation.
I’ll speculate…
- Kotick and his lackey’s pushed for the pay2win Hero paywall and predatory tactics very early on.
- This played a big part into why Papa Jeff left the company. Jeff stated free heros always years ago.
- The majority of the dev team believed in Papa Jeff’s vision.
- Kotick was removed
- The devs voiced their opinion to the new regime
- The $ numbers suggested going with the devs vision wouldn’t materially impact revenue.
- Keller got the green light to roll back hero locks
So yeah, Blizzard should get a pat on the back for making a step in the right direction regardless of the fact that it never should have come to this in the first place. If Kotick was still running the show, this correction wouldn’t have happened.
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Keller himself was quoted long ago saying that locked heroes would ruin the balance of the game because counterswapping is such a huge part of this game. His explainer piece where he has to justify locked heroes felt so awkward, I just really doubt it was something he wanted. I agree, I think this was a decision that was shoved onto people and then they were left with the unenviable task of justifying it.
Look, I in particular gave Blizzard crap for this decision. So I think it’s only fair that I give them praise for reverting it.
they started off not being on the battle pass since OW1
they dont deserve a pat on the back
what they got was a slap on the wrist and now theyre reverting their unwanted downgrade
i still cant play illiari, junker queen, ramattra, soujorn, and lifeweaver
why am i not allowed to play so many heroes for no reason
In either case, I’ve been campaigning for them to get heroes off the bp since the beginning, and they did it, so one demand finally met.
good point, i have not thinked about it, i really dont believe they made free heroes again just because it cames from the bottom of their hearts, the coins in the battle pass is a placebo, you still get the same amount of coins and you still have to beat the challanges, the change was pointless
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So they fixed a problem that they created themselves and now we should give them a pat on the back ?
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if someone spits you in the face daily for no reason and then he stops one day you will say thanks to him?
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im pretty sure was jeff, not him, aaron dont understand the game at all and wants to destroy it
That’s the logic with some of these people, also Keller says some ominous stuff about silencing accounts near the end and no one seemed to pay that any mind for some reason? Not even sure if he means for players or something else among other things I wasn’t sure about. The whole game is kind of broken outside of the gameplay which they didn’t even make at this point. Everything the new developers introduce has been a mess.
kelle said yesterday he thinks baning heroes may be good for the game, this persons understand the game and is doing a good job?
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Nope. Keller.
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jesus christ, you really searched an article from 2016 just to answer this, well aaron changed his mind and ruined the game with overwatch 2 and changes nobody asked like pay to win heroes, battle passes, cheap skins, no loot boxes, no rewards, 5vs5, and season 9 changes, or was bobby fault? well he is no more, then is time for aaron to finally get to work and fix the game and should hurry, already wasted 4 years doing nothing
pay once play forever, god those times
I don’t. They were acting as a barrier to returning and new players, and it started costing them money.
There were talking about that a month or so ago, which is why I called that they were removing it.
Nice.
Credit where it’s due for finally getting that change pushed to live.
No place for pay2win just like no place for hidden rigging or fake player numbers.
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they dont in reality they are massively braindead they made bastion and moira mega OP…a competent dev team would of never allowed some of the changes in the game like it was my 1st day playing in over 30 days and it was terrible…dev team needs to QUIT catering to gen z
thought this was a sarcastic post but unironically, yeah
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And I’m happy about that, but I’m not going to treat them positively when they are doing so much bad stuff for the game simultaneously. Cough Cough Life Grip Cough Cough
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It’s not called doomers, it’s called accountability. Holding companies accountable is important. It’s a relic of the past since corporations replaced a lot of the parenting of people who post on here. Always be harsh to a faceless entity consisting of many different, moving parts, it’s not like you’re harassing one person to a breaking point. They are not entitled to a sale and it’s good for everyone we extract the best value over our purchase. That’s where the relationship ends
I see it more as an alcoholic that’s getting treatment, but relapses a couple of times. They maybe fine at the end of it all, but the journey is a rollercoaster for others to deal with and some people are sick of it.
We still have features missing from Overwatch 1 like LFG, we still don’t have weapon inspect that was promised on Overwatch 2’s launch trailer and they scrapped pve which was the big draw for Overwatch 2 in the first place.
I’m not giving praise till what they say is in the game.