To say that this game is controversial is an understatement. Since its launch, it has been the subject of multiple criticisms—most of them deserved—for abandoning the 6v6 model, its abusive microtransactions, paid story missions, and connection problems. Blizzard wants to win the affection of its players again and will begin with a measure that many have been waiting for. Starting with season 10 we can get all the characters from Overwatch 2 immediately and completely free.
Through a development update videoAaron Keller—game director—announced the good news. As soon as a new hero is released, all players of Overwatch 2 You will immediately receive the new character without having to pay for the battle pass.
This new way of obtaining characters will be activated with the arrival of Venture in season 10. This will be the first non-binary gender character in the game.
What will happen to all the characters already in the game? They will also be given free to players once they go through the tutorial and unlock all the starting characters.
But that is not all. The way you get mythic skins will also change.. After Season 10, mythical skins from previous Battle Passes will be available for sale in the store. The interesting thing is that if we don’t want all the colors or styles of the current pass skin, we can ‘transfer’ the progress to other skins that we don’t have.
And to show that they are really committed, will begin offering premium coins in the free route of the battle pass. This may be in response to criticism of the high price of the skins. collaborations like that of Cowboy Bebop.
These changes to the way you get free characters and mythical skins in Overwatch 2 starting with season 10 they are welcome, but it is not all good news. There are rumors that future story missions may have been cancelled. or that at least they no longer have priority for study.