It doesn’t make any sense. We should be able to. What’s the point if you have to select it before queueing?
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This game doesn’t have ‘loadouts’.
You’re on the wrong forum.
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It does.
Skin Loadouts exist for quite some time now.
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I’m more of a fan of “Random from favorites” than loadouts, to be honest. Although I understand loadouts allow for more voices, weapon charms, etc.
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I swear this just sticks me with the default skin every time, even though I have other skins set to favourite.
Those aren’t ‘loadouts’ and you know it.
When someone says ‘loadout’ it means choosing weapons, equipment, special abilities, stuff like that.
Not a cosmetic skin.
If Overwatch 2 had talents you could choose from to change how your character played, or you needed to buy equipment while playing to improve your character, then you could say it has ‘talent loadouts’ or ‘equipment loadouts’.
But skins aren’t loadouts at all.
Muting this thread due to stupidity.
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This is Blizzard we’re talking about. Not having foresight is their specialty.
It’s quite literally called loadouts. You just want to play at semantics.
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Well, OP didn’t mean this, so youre just wrong.
They are.
The definition of a loadout has nothing to do with talents.
You can’t just change the definition of a word because you feel like it doesn’t fit.
Thats just
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loadout
- (originally military) The set of objects (e.g., equipment, supplies) to be carried into battle; all that one needs for a specific purpose
- (by extension, video games) A set of items and abilities chosen by the player before embarking on an in-game mission.
Note the words “set” and “purpose” (read: function). To refer to the selection of a one skin that has zero impact on gameplay as “loadout” is quite reaching.
Skins are as much a part of a loadout in video games as tattoos, weapon markings or sock colors are a part of soldier’s loadout in real life.
This sounds exactly like picking skins before joining a match of Overwatch.
Did you even read this second definition, because your entire point after that is focused on the first one…
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Skins are neither items nor abilities.
You can change your load out at any time
(just swap heroes)
What are skin loadouts? We can only wear one skin at a time, so isn’t it just choosing a skin? Or is there a system that you can save all your cosmetic choices as a load out?
Of course theyre items. You collect them and use them in game.
Yes, this.
You can set them in the Hero-Gallery.
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Mostly to avoid 3 problems:
- Disconnection due inactivity.
- irrelevant memory reloads, only being able to select in the beginning you lock your preset of all heroes. On scenarios of memory constraints, that can avoid the “whisper effect” during the match and hurting overall gameplay, also spending up the backfill/reconnect process.
- folks spend match time on stuff that is, mostly, irrelevant during the match.
That’s what the game calls them. So yes, I was correct referring to them as loadouts. Just because a different game refers to loadouts that change weapons or perks rather than cosmetics doesn’t mean it is incorrect to call them loadouts. This is the OW forum.
You can create different combinations of your choices, different loadouts, and choose which one you want to be equipped before queueing.
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honestly i wish that you could change the loadout mid game so i can swap to the one that says “at least im not a rat” when i hear “at least im not a hog”
either that or make the voiceline and emote menus not suck
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Because a loadout is your equipped things on a character. Minus the skin, which you can change (before anyone spawns in)
So, once the map loads (again, before the characters can even touch the ground) your characters loadout (emotes, sprays, etc) is loaded. Cannot change.
With the glitches we’ve seen in the past (just stand in a certain place during spawn as a certain character to crash the game) I’m not shocked they don’t want to try and make it a thing. Just opens up more doors.
Same! I’m like pleaseeee let me change the cosmetics I have equipped in response to what they have lol.
How do you use a skin in game (as in, within a match)? Do you interact with it? Where do you place it? Does it give any stats?