Overwatch 2 and its “limited” release for new players

We are less than a week away from the arrival of Monitor 2 and the disappearance by substitution of the one who was GOTY 2016, Surveillance. Overwatch will disappear to be replaced by its sequel, and almost every detail and feature is brought to light. One of the most controversial is that new players will need to unlock heroes and game modes.

By posting to your Blog the studio wanted to address a novice or new player’s first experience in Overwatch 2.”We want new users (FVO) to welcome players to Overwatch 2 more gradually. New players start with limited access to various game modes and heroes, along with other restrictions that will gradually unlock. The first phase of our new PVDU quickly unlocks all game modes and the ability to chat in-game. The second phase unlocks all heroes from the original Overwatch over the course of approximately 100 games. This experience makes it easy for new players to enter the world of Overwatch by teaching them about the different modes, rules, and other advanced aspects of the game in an accessible way.

To be able to participate in competitive matches From now on, the level of the players will no longer be taken into account as it was the case in Overwatch. Since now: “The requirements to participate in competitive mode will change with Overwatch 2. We are removing player levels from the game, and instead of having to reach a certain level, new players will be challenged to win 50 quick matches to unlock competitive matches . This change allows new players to prepare for the demands of competitive play and allows older players to not feel disadvantaged by less experienced teammates. During the competitive mode unlocking process, we will analyze the skill levels of new players to optimize matchmaking to keep everyone happy.

Basically, if you haven’t played Overwatch, you’ll need to play to unlock the different game modes, as well as the internal chat itself. It will be almost essential that play around 100 games to get access to all heroes in the game.

But, there is always the advantage of playing with friends, since if we play with them we can play whatever we want, except for competitive games in which we will have to complete the specific challenge of winning 50 quick games, and thus unlocking them. This is basically meant to act as a “toxicity” filter.

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All these changes that Blizzard is implementing in the face of Monitor 2

This will prevent the creation of massive smurfs and will add a layer of security to our accounts against possible thefts. Voice chat transcriptions will also be made on a temporary basis and can then be reviewed for inappropriate behavior.

Blizzard also confirms that “we work with third-party partners and security vendors who design anti-tampering, anti-cheating and anti-reverse engineering technologies“.

It seems like adding the phone number to Blizzard accounts is already in progress. Everything else we can see from October 4. The game will be Free To Play and anyone can play it for free on Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch and PC.

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