LogFAQs > #969962045

OW2 had a uneasy launch and got a lot of criticism. I still enjoyed the game though, despite my own problems with it. Will a lot of the issues be resolved in Season 2? ...probably not. Hang it there.

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The big additions this season in the new Tank Hero Ramattra and a new map. Ramattra is the first hero that won't be available from the start* for Overwatch 1 players. You'll have to buy the Battle Pass or level up the free Pass to lv.45 (down from 55). I know this is going to be a huge point of contention for a lot of people. At the very least the fears that he'd be an overpowered, pay-to-win character doesn't seem to pan out. Reviews of him say that he's a very difficult to use hero who, even when used well, doesn't seem very strong. Aside from his Ultimate, which seems incredible, his abilities look underwhelming. Time will tell how if he changes the meta or if they buff him later.

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(*new heroes are available to play in Custom Game and Arcade Modes even if you haven't unlocked them.)

A new season also adds patch changes to characters. The big one people are looking at are Sojourn's changes, who was widely considered to be the most powerful hero in Season 1:
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

As far as the Battle Pass goes, the new Mythic is Junker Queen that's patterned after Zeus, which is a... strange choice. I didn't expect them to choose a new character as the second Mythic but whatever.

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Going forward in the season there will be new seasonal events, and they've said they'll change how they work so that you can get a new skin without paying (unlike the Halloween event which basically offered nothing good for free).

We'll see how the new Season goes as it goes. Season 3 should be when we'll start seeing more changes to the Battle Pass experience as they respond to fan complaints. S2 was probably too in the pipeline to make huge changes to.