Sorry the old one overwatch can’t get on the phone right now. She is dead. Today, October 4 at 3 p.m. EST, Overwatch 2 will come to replace her, and the sun is long gone on 6v6 days and free-range characters not sequestered behind a battle pass.
You probably have some questions. It’s a natural reaction to find out that one of your games has been replaced by a body double with a nervous ass. Your concerns are understandable and you should know what you’re getting into in case you hit the “Top 5 points in” overwatch“Youtube video as soon as possible. To ease you through this difficult (but, relatively to a real problem, still very fun) transition, I’ve put together a list of seven gameplay changes you should be aware of before picking up. Overwatch 2 For the first time.
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Have your phone number handy
Before you get the chance to discover one of them Overwatch 2‘s facelifted gameplay, you need to have a working phone number handy. In posted a blog on September 27, developer Blizzard announced that, in the interest of eliminating “disruptive play,” all players must associate a non-VOIP, non-prepaid phone number with their battle.net account. And when Blizzard says all players, it means all – even those who have a physical overwatch copy and the ones that play on consoles.
Also note that Blizzard plans to include players in order to “make a temporary voice chat recording of a reported player and automatically transcribe it via speech-to-text programs”.
“Once the audio recording is converted to text, it is quickly deleted, as the file is only intended to identify potentially disruptive behavior,” Blizzard wrote. “The text file will then be deleted no later than 30 days after the audio transcription. This system relies on players reporting disruptive behavior as soon as they encounter it in-game because we don’t store voice chat data for the long term.”
First-timers are spoiled (unless they give Blizzard money)
In that same September 27 blog, Blizzard shared that it was testing a new way to soften the initial. Overwatch 2 experience and discourage cheating: Any account created on or after October 4 is subject to the First Time User Experience (FTUE).
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The FTUE will restrict entry-level accounts by:
- Enforcing initial account restrictions, including limited game modes and heroes. FTUE players will not be able to access Competitive Mode until they have completed 50 Quick Play matches.
- Taking players through two phases: the first unlocks all game modes and in-game chat, the second requires completing about 100 matches and unlocks all the old ones overwatch heroes
Even Overwatch 2 is a supposedly free-to-play game, anyone who purchased the Watchpoint Pack, a $39.99 content cluster with a Premium Battle Pass for Season 1, Legendary Hero Skins, Virtual Currency, and more, will mysteriously avoid FTUE. With similar esotericism, Blizzard appears to have removed the pack from its store (but to console sites still sell it).
Anyway, welcome to overwatch‘s 5v5
You probably expected overwatch 2The core gameplay overhaul, throwing the shooter out of its 6v6 lineup and into more traditional 5v5 territory, since the beta launched this summer. Consider this your reminder that it’s all here and happening.
5v5 mows down one tank of teams meaning they only have one instead of their previous two. As a result, teams will become more vulnerable to damage, players will have to become more strategically active, and tanks will have to play as thick and faithful as ever.
Goodbye, portrait levels
Portrait levels, boundaries that indicated players’ rank and skill, are gone. Experience will instead go towards leveling up your Battle Pass, Blizzard wrote in a blog from September 28tha thematic, seasonal floodgate for 80+ cosmetic unlockables.
Also be replaced, deleted or changed:
- “SR” or skill rating: will be replaced by Skill Tier Divisions. “Tier Divisions represent the same skill levels as SR, but they give players a better idea of where they are placed in Competitive,” Blizzard wrote in that September 28 blog. “Each division represents approximately a 100 SR series. Players will receive a competitive update every seven wins or 20 losses instead of every single game.” Competitive Mode will keep its levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc. “Each tier has five divisions ranked from 5 (lowest) to 1 (highest),” Blizzard wrote. “As you progress through each level, your division counts down until you move to the next level. Top 500 will have no tier divisions.”
- Competitive Skill Levels: although competitive levels remain, they are not shown before matches. Instead, players will see a scoreboard. Unlike the leaderboard that frustrated players during Overwatch 2During the beta period, this completed leaderboard will not display any medals.
- Placement: your competitive rank is something of a blank slate in Overwatch 2. You won’t be ranked as “your first competitive update until the first seven wins or 20 losses,” Blizzard wrote on Sept. 28. Returning player ranks are changed “post-launch”, and Blizzard warns that they may find “their rank is slightly lower when they start as they will learn new concepts and metas.” But, opaquely, Blizzard also writes that “players who have learned more about the game in our betas, or who are following the Overwatch League, may be ranked higher than ever.”
- Competitive Rewards: the Top 500 Leaderboards and Competitive Points stay in, but prizes like animated sprays and icons are out. You’ll find “limited competitive titles for your name tag,” Blizzard wrote in their stead. In addition, Competitive Points are limited “to the highest skill level you reach in any of your roles.” 3,000 CP earns you a Golden Weapon for one of Overwatch 2‘s newest or existing heroes.
Go ahead and “ping” someone
To take some of the heat of voice chat, Blizzard adds a “ping” system. To ‘ping’ someone or something, you need to press the ‘ping’ button on your device, which can be found in Overwatch 2‘s settings (on a keyboard it’s “G”; on a controller it stays on the D-pad). You can use this to point teammates to locations or enemies, and different types of pings will trigger different hero recognizing dialogues, rules like ‘attack’, ‘defend’ or ‘need help’.
Try new game modes, “push” and more
Including those found in the Competitive and more casual Quick Play categories, overwatch hosted seven different game modesall of which offered variety and unique gameplay.
Overwatch 2 scraps Attacka mode in which teams had to capture or defend points on a map, and introduces new game modes that are released in waves, with the appeal of its now-season model. The first released new game mode is Push, which overwatch website describes as a “symmetric map type” in which “teams will compete to take control of a robot that starts in a central location and then pushes it towards the enemy base.”
Familiar characters are made new in important ways
Overwatch 2 will run a series seasonally of equilibrium changes to his heroes, both in general and individually. In the first season of the game you will find that:
- Temporary health gives 50% lower final charge, not zero final charge like before
- Eliminations give 25% more reload and move speed for 2.5 seconds. This effect does not accumulate, although its duration is refreshed with subsequent eliminations.
- You will receive up to 30% ultimate power return when you trade a hero type, not just DPS heroes
- However, DPS heroes alone gain 25% more movement and reload speed after an elimination
- Junker Queen’s “Commanding Shout” has been toned down. The Allied health bonus was halved, from 100 to 50 HP, the Allied duration decreased from 5 to 3 seconds, and the cooldown went from 11 to 15 seconds.
- Orisas base health increased from 250 to 275, her base armor made the same jump, and her Energy Javelin’s cooldown dropped from 8 to 6 seconds
- D.Vas Boosters’ impact damage has been increased from 10 to 25, her Micro Missiles cooldown has been crushed by one second, and her Call Mech’s final cost has been reduced by 12%
- Brigitte’s healing power Inspire received a one second reduction in duration
- Baptiste’s The Biotic Launcher’s primary fire damage has been increased by one point and the launcher’s minimum range has been increased from 20 to 25 meters
- The urgent squat Grace can perform during her Guardian Angel move launches you vertically and you can initiate a safe Angelic Descent by holding Crouch in the air
- Bastion’s Ironclad passive has been restored
- A point has been broken reaper’s Hellfire Shotguns Spread
- residence Railgun’s environmental gain has been reduced by 50%
- sombras The duration of the hacking skill lock was slightly increased, from 1 to 1.75 seconds
Only tanks can stun
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Did you download? Overwatch 2 yet? Let us know in the comments what gameplay changes you notice.
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