drumbeg wrote:

Seagull's vid on this was pretty good:

Interesting and a bit grim. Thanks!

Yeah some of the changes are odd. You've got a few characters like Orisa who were reworked to better suit the switch to 5v5 and all the differences that'll mean for game balance - and then you've got a bunch more who haven't been touched, and some of who now feel completely out of place. 

With only 3 new heroes and 1 new game mode plus PvE being delayed, I really would have liked to see more of the old characters getting reworks that keep them relevant. As it is, OW2 feels very cynical and half arsed.

But yeah I'm an Overwatch simp so I'm here for the long haul. I'm so disappointed in myself.

Played a few matches this morning. Straight into the game, no queue, no disconnects.

Enjoyable, if unbalanced (no role queue) matches. Just unlocked the role queue stuff though, so that's my next go-to.

Well, it's Overwatch 2.0 rather than Overwatch 2. But that still makes it one of the greatest multi-player games ever made. The bar was set extremely high. So far, 5 vs 5 isn't an issue for me.

I was utterly useless with Doomfist previously, even though I wanted to love him.

Will give him another whirl.

Just read that they have removed Cassidy's flashing. Can't get my head around that one. One of my favourite abilities...

...although, that magnetic grenade looks the shit!

Yup. It all makes more sense if you view it as a content patch for Overwatch rather than a sequel (which is what it is), but the optics are not good and a lot of people are wise to this shit. 

Maybe if we'd got the PvE content there'd have been more of a buzz and the "2" would have made more sense, but that didn't happen. Plus, the whole live service thing is getting me down right now.

Such a shame, as it's still Overwatch and it's still a great game to play with friends. Plus they're now supporting it with regular updates, which is what the player base have been begging for for years now.

Yeah I really don't like the idea of locking new characters behind a grind. It's a move that feels totally at odds with what Overwatch is at it's core, and its my biggest issue with the update besides removing one of my lovely tanks form each team's line-up. /sob

Yeah I'm stealing that.

Spent two hours trying to get in this evening before calling it off, tried again later though and it was working. We played half a dozen games in a four stack and had fun. It's not gonna recreate the magic OG Overwatch had at launch (familiarity ensures that) but it's still a great way to spend some time with friends. 

Annoyingly the new characters were still locked for all of us and the account merging was still borked for me, fingers crossed this doesn't take too much longer to fix.

stormyskiesahead wrote:

Spent two hours trying to get in this evening before calling it off....

Same for me between 9pm - 10:30pm.

Got in fine yesterday during the day though. Maybe because the US haven't woken up yet.

g.man wrote:

Bless you Dunkey  

Ha. Standard.

That sucks, mate. Blizzard have said that if you own OW1 all three of the new characters will be unlocked from the start, so that you had to unlock any of them via the battlepass at all is bullshit. It's the same game file on the same platform, why is anything locked? 

I clicked to merge my accounts on Tuesday and it's still not done. I have no access to any of my OW1 unlocks and no access to the new characters.

stormyskiesahead wrote:

That sucks, mate. Blizzard have said that if you own OW1 all three of the new characters will be unlocked from the start, so that you had to unlock any of them via the battlepass at all is bullshit. It's the same game file on the same platform, why is anything locked?  I clicked to merge my accounts on Tuesday and it's still not done. I have no access to any of my OW1 unlocks and no access to the new characters.

It wasn't even solely the new characters that I unlocked. I unlocked Symettra, Cassidy and some others. Now I can't even play with some of my old faves, which is a real tactical hinderance!

I did also unlock Sojourn and played a couple of rounds with her. She seems like a great addition, but alas she is also now locked out.

There is a message in the menus that says whilst the migration is taking place some features will be locked, so it could just be expected behaviour. The queue is moving at a snails pace, but hopefully by tomorrow morning all will be right.

Just tried logging in to see if my account's been fixed and lol, no. Third straight night of queues and disconnects. How is this even real? 

Blizzard gotta be the biggest joke in gaming right now. Feelsbadman. Can't imagine how sick the team feel about it all.

Hey Prankster! Hope you're doing alright, mate. 

I haven't downloaded the PC version yet, I've been trying on PS5. I'll just give it a rest for a few nights and hope it all settles down soon.

I think me and Tempy are gonna fuck around with this on Sunday if anyone would like to join.

So, just been into the game to check and the merge is complete. Everything looks good now. All characters available and all my cosmetics from OW1 have been migrated.

Finally got into a few of the new robot push matches. These are a great addition, since the area of battle changes as the match goes on. Doomfist is a lot better for me as a tank. Kiriko seems good too, although I've not worked out how to be totally effective yet.

Word. Hooked again. It's so good.