Overwatch 2 ‘Launch Expertise Has Been Irritating’

Overwatch 2 has not been having a superb time. After present process two assaults by exterior events that made it practically not possible to play, the hero shooter got here beneath hearth for its dangerous mobile phone coverage. Then, many had points making an attempt to play Overwatch 2 with pals. Blizzard labored to ease these pains, axing the telephone requirement outright and permitting extra gamers to expertise the sequel because the week went on, however not earlier than some prolonged downtime on Thursday evening. By Friday, followers had found a chat bug that randomly spent their real-world cash on the store. Now it’s the night, and to kick the weekend off, Blizzard has one other replace.

In a brand new standing replace put up, Blizzard expressed gratitude that followers have been “affected person” by way of this complete saga, and whereas there are some welcome enhancements now, the sport’s bigger standing replace remains to be type of a combined bag.

Efficient instantly, console gamers who’ve a linked Battle.internet account since June 9, 2021, together with any PC gamers with tied accounts, received’t want a mobile phone, Blizzard introduced within the standing replace. In an e mail, a Blizzard spokesperson clarified that completely new gamers to Overwatch 2, nevertheless, would want a telephone quantity nonetheless, so the requirement isn’t completely gone.

Whereas Blizzard says that it’s making progress on issues like account merging points, together with gamers unable to entry their bought Watchpoint Pack on consoles, the developer states that some should expertise hiccups. There’s nonetheless a queue for the previous drawback, and within the case of the latter difficulty, PlayStation homeowners specifically might not see the product of their inventories. A repair is reportedly set to roll out later tonight. Some should expertise these pesky login points, too, however Blizzard made it sound like that is now a a lot smaller stumbling block for the sport.

Maybe probably the most ironic bullet level within the standing replace is what has changed the login difficulty. Right here’s Blizzard, explaining how by enhancing one factor, gamers would possibly now see a worse expertise elsewhere:

Now that we’ve elevated capability and have the next participant concurrency, matchmaking methods are being affected, which suggests you could be seeing a wait earlier than being positioned in a match. We’re altering configurations inside this method right this moment and hope to considerably shorten that wait all through the day. We are going to proceed trying into the matchmaking queues by way of the weekend to determine any further enhancements we are able to make.

At the very least you may be inside the sport whereas ready, although.

Blizzard is aware of that followers could be pissed off after the week that’s simply transpired Within the send-off to this replace, after thanking gamers and acknowledging that the sport has undergone a tricky launch, Blizzard wrote:

We deeply admire your endurance and thanks to your help, and we’re laser centered on enhancing the Overwatch 2 expertise for all gamers.

For now, it appears as if Overwatch gamers must cling tight till subsequent week to see extra significant modifications past those slated to hit the sport later tonight.