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Overwatch 2's new Executive Producer dropped a blog post. It's not very in-depth, but the issues people have brought up are talked about: https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23875435/

Big takeaway for me; it's confirmed future events will have earnable skins. And changes to the Battle Pass are being worked on.... but, the details are vague, and it's planned for Season 3 and beyond.

Lol yup.

It kind of narrowed my choice of skin patterns down to two options because of that.

Neat blog post about the Genji Mythic skin. I know there were some criticisms over the comments that it took months to design, but it's clear they put a lot of work into it.

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23875434/

I have to say the skin is honestly really cool. I like the customizable aspect of it, and because it has three color options there's a ton of variety in the skin. It's just a shame I never play Genji. I hope one of my mains is next to get one. I wonder what characters will get the priority to get Mythics...

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Yeah.

I'd been busy, so it took me a while to watch the Overwatch League finals, but damn that was a good game.

I know it's kind of lame that the hero picks weren't diverse, but at the very least watching good Sojourn, Lucio, and Winston play is a lot more entertaining that watching GOATS.

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Nanis23 posted...

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First guess was Sonic 3 but it's not in the database so went with 2
But nope 1 is the right answer

This is exactly what happened to me.

jcgamer107 posted...

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Uhhhh...alright I probably should have gotten this at pic 3, but I'd really like to know what pic 2 is, I cannot place it in the game at all

Should be the Scrap Brain Zone background.

Nah, it's the guy at the end of the Storm Rising cutscene:

https://youtu.be/7WwliXKFcr8?t=51

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/8/AABtbFAAD2gi.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/8/4/AABtbFAAD2gU.jpg

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I was surprised to see GBA as one of the consoles listed.

Also did guess Xenoblade early.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_SPOkaZZ4

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I had the idea it was this series really early on, but I saw there were like twenty of them in the suggestion list so I said "fuck that" and stopped trying.

Yeah, this meta is kind of... lol. They said they don't want to make huge balance changes until new seasons launch, but... maybe they should rethink that.

Also, sneak peek at the new hero is going to be during the OWL finals tomorrow.

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Guessed so many others in the series before landing on the correct one...

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Well... yeah if you don't think of this by the third guess I don't know what to say.

His shirt game is really flourishing

The Overwatch League playoffs have started, with the Finals on the 4th.

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us

You can earn in-game rewards for watching with a linked Blizzard account on the OWL website or on the Youtube channel.

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/2022/playoffs?playoffs=perks

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Super easy

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Yeah, this was hard, but you could narrow it down.

Also, the graphic quality seems to be pretty hard to pin. The first three shots look like they're from different generations.

The new Bride of Junkenstein event is actually pretty cool! I like how they were able to fit so many different elements into the map, and it requires a variety of different strategies to clear it.

But otherwise yeah, the Halloween event blows. Having nearly all the new skins be shop-only is terrible. I wouldn't have even minded if the majority of the stuff was in the shop, but they could have thrown at least one free skin (that's not the apology skin, or the Twitch-only skin). I would have liked something like "event coins" or something that could gained to purchase like even one legendary at the most. I would have been fine with that. I personally don't have a problem with them monetizing things, the game IS a product that's meant to make money, but I always viewed the seasonal events as celebrations, and there should have been SOME of the cool skins given away for it.

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Probably should have gotten it in 3.

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What.

MacArrowny posted...

Wait, her bubble gets her out of charge/grav/earthshatter now?

I didn't count those as statuses, I was separating those from Crowd Control abilities because I felt they had different uses (in theory stuff like anti-heal, Discord Orb, and burning can limit an tank's ability to hold a position safely, but Zarya just ignores all that). But even those specific abilities are not all great against her as well.

Charge had a damage nerf so it's not very threatening against tanks. Zar can bubble before getting hit, or bubble afterwards to escape with only few scratches.

Earthshatter is decent if it lands, but a good Zarya can block it.

Grav is probably the strongest against her, assuming she doesn't have both bubbles available to last through it, but if the answer vs. Zarya is more Zarya then that presents problems on its own...

Yup. Technically speaking Sleep Dart is the only status that can affect Zarya (her bubbles cleanse everything else) but that's not really going to do a lot of good. You're still not going to be able take her out with it most of the time even if it sticks.

All other status is worthless against her. Most of the CC has been removed from the game, and she has the tank passive ability now that reduces that anyway. She has the highest potential damage out of all the tanks, and her beam passes through most defensive abilities that aren't barriers (which have largely been removed or weakened). Zarya came out a real winner in the new meta.

Zarya is straight up a broken character right now. I remember people worrying how solo-tanking would make her useless and just sad laugh. I feel dirty every time I switch to her, especially since it never doesn't work out and completely turns any losing game around.

So I've figured out the best way for me to complete the weekly Arcade wins is to go into Deathmatch and pick Rein. I've never had more fun stomping entire lobbies with BD Rein's giant hammer.

Surprise charging into people, solo shattering the person who killed me last, nailing firestrike kills on people trying to flee from me... it's amazing.

It's a double XP weekend right now btw.

The new Halloween event starts on Tuesday. Still very light on the details, but they're promising it will include the true sequel to Junkenstein's Revenge; it's not just going to be another variant thing. I'm kind of hoping it will serve as like a sneak peek at the new PvP campaign, but that might be too much to expect.

I'm also wondering how they'll handle the event cosmetic content and stuff. I bet it won't be well received. Although I'd want to remind people that while there are so many who say they miss lootboxes, the first OW1 event was pretty terrible; you couldn't buy any of the event cosmetics with credits back then. I also think people forgot just how bad the drop rates were in the lootboxes for the first two years or so before they adjusted them... Basically, I'm wondering how they'll design the way you collect event items in OW2, and if it's really bad if they'll change it later like they did with the past game...

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Surprisingly hard.

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Actually almost had it, but of course it's the sequel. Yeesh.

It's finally time for the story of SUPER... SMAAAAAAAASH... BROS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IOWaVDbx0

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I'm really liking Lucio in this game. I finally got The Floor is Lava achievement today. I've been wrecking with him.

It's kind of hard to explain, but it's not really about the rewards it's the fact that there is a "goal" that needs to be completed that drives me. I mean, I'd play the game anyway, but having something to strive for makes it more fun. It's like the same reason people go for Achievements in video games even though those don't have any tangible rewards.

Kiriko is available in Ranked now and I kind of feel like I want to main her, not because I particularly want to, but I feel like I'm better with her than other players and I don't want them to insta-lock her and play her terribly...

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uh... they spell it wrong

Okay, I saw someone using the Mythic skin in a game today and it's actually pretty sick. Almost makes me want to be a Genji main.

Edit: Here's the replay if people want to see it in action:
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I like the new voice, and the new Ultimate call out. He glows during his Ultimate and it's cool. I hope the future Mythic skins for characters I play will have special features too.

I have still been enjoying the game, but I also have a group of four others that I play with regularly... I'm down to play if people here want to form a group though.

skullbone posted...

Yeah but with OW1 I only played each week to get my 9 weekly arcade wins. Then I'd be done until the next week. Now I don't even have a reason to play once a week.

Yes the game itself should be fun enough to just play without any rewards but some of our brains don't work that way!

It's funny, because I feel the exact opposite. Having the Challenges triggers the neurons in my brain to want to complete them and has made me play more than I would have normally. I guess it's debatable whether it's worth unlocking stuff in the Battle Pass though. I don't really care for most of it, but then again I never cared for the stuff in the Loot Boxes anyway. It's really hard for me to put a value figure into stuff like that.

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Well... sure. Never played.

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It might have helped if there weren't like five million of these games.

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Oh hey, it turns out the Comp placements were bugged. Hahaha

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23865965/

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Instantly recognized it.

They said there was going to be a minor comp rating reset. Both because the game meta and strategy has changed, and because they expect a large number of players at the moment to be returning ones who have not played for a while. In theory the way it works is you're more likely to be placed lower than you were before, but you should be able to rank up quickly to return to your appropriate rank... if you're capable of adapting, that is...

Punnyz posted...

I was gonna try to save my gold coins to get a pass in the future, will take 2 whole seasons worth of grinding to do it if I'm doing my math right, and it will only win me one so I will decide on which season to use it on

My idea was that if you only care about getting the new character from the Battle Pass then you can pay that with only the free coins, since a new character will be released every two seasons* and if you do all the Weeklies you'll have enough coins for a full pass every two seasons as well. On the other hand, if you want every pass then doing all the Weeklies will essentially get you half off each pass which... doesn't seem that bad? I guess if you never, ever want to spend any money on the game then that sucks, but if I equate spending that money to the $40 Overwatch 1 cost then it's like 8 passes before you match that cost, or 16 months worth of content. Depends on how you feel about that.

But I still hope they have opportunities to get bonus coins. And the shop just blows and can't be factored into that.

(*Except for seasons 1 and 2, which each will have a hero release.)

For the new characters there are a ton of cosmetics you can buy with your saved Overwatch 1 credits.

But yeah, the shop itself is pretty terrible. I wonder if there will be special bonus coins available to get in the future, like for events and stuff. Because the amount you get for the Weekly challenges isn't good enough for the shop. I think I'll be satisfied with what you get in the Battle Pass, but nothing else.

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Lol they removed Bastion from the game.

They should have done that years ago.

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uhhhh... never played it, but ok

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I mean... yeah