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Hero

3 years ago

If Apex did this, would you be mad?

Seems like Blizzard is trying to stop people from having loads of accounts. https://twitter.com/lackingsaint/status/1577653381283418117?t=gmS9yBWgmSWuXyexGWE2Bg&s=19

discussion

Cheese9Man

3 years ago

@Kyldenar I’m on console but I suggest making your profile on the website first.

@Axs5626Sxa5001 Same here. The small stuff in Apex pisses me off like the new blinding light bug when you’re outside of the circle. Respawn seem so slow with the fixes. I know development is hard but sometimes the bugs last too long.

@hayhor Kinda yes. It’s like Apex with a huge restructuring. It’s like Apex decided that the main game now is a 4-man team instead of trios. The main game philosophy is the same but the feel is so much better and balanced being 5v5 instead of the old 6v6.

Other than servers exploding on day 1 and the prepaid phone issue gatekeeping some players, I have no problems with the game yet. I see media outlets overblowing the issue with the heroes not being available immediately. You can easily get all the heroes in 50 games for FREE.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I suggest trying it since it’s free.

Edit: Team 7 (OW devs) has been great with communication so far. They learned (the hard way) that communication is so important when it comes to live-service games. They just made this long post on what happened to servers, addressing the issues and what they’re doing about just after 1 day of the issues. BTW they their forums now unlike Respawn who’ll never even visit this site.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-2-launch-status-update/700480

hayhor

Hero

3 years ago

@Cheese9Man I do plan to try it. I've seen some streamers playing and am very skeptical I'll enjoy it. It looks like Paladins with too much emphasis on abilitites and players lack movement. But again, I'll try it before deciding.

One thing to remember- Comparing OW2 and Apex is a bit misleading. One is a BR that requires 60 players in a lobby with much larger maps. Communication on release of a game is always pretty good. Even respawn was good with this during the first year or so.

NickBeam27
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@hayhor Entirely different Dev team back then. Remember how good they were with staying engaged with the player base. Every patch had every detail explained and mentioned. This new Dev team does many changes without notifying the player base. Will never understand that one. Including changing gun spray patterns without any mention.
Not good business practice.
hayhor
Hero
3 years ago
@NickBeam27 That initial team stopped communicating though. I remember when they started leaving and the new ones started communicating. People on here were excited the new people were doing it better. Again, it's a first impression thing and all it really is. I bet a year from now people are complaining about lack of communication for OW2.