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[SpiceMelange]

Yeah, but they stopped doing that 4 years ago. Idk why he would bring that up as if it was still true.

He didn't bring it up as if it were still true. He was referring to that period as an example of what happens when you release every two week (whatever it actually meant)

 

[Laieon]

There was a time LoL champions released every two week, to compete with hon (before dota 2). He's referring to those times.

That was legitimately my favorite period of LoL. Skins one week, character the next. Miss the good ol' days.

 

[benzopil]

Hmmm odd, seems my post wasn't submitted. I'll ask again.


Now with this game of the year edition, does this mean a permanent price drop for Origins Edition?

It will be replaced IIRC

 

[Mendrox]

There was a time LoL champions released every two week, to compete with hon (before dota 2). He's referring to those times.

Correct and it was a horrible umbalanced time which made me quit. It is better now and you can see that with the reworks which they work on to keep the balance.

 

[RecRoulette]

Hmmm odd, seems my post wasn't submitted. I'll ask again.


Now with this game of the year edition, does this mean a permanent price drop for Origins Edition?

GOTY is digital only, so basically when you buy the game digitally you'll just get 10 boxes.

 

[Evolution of Metal]

That was legitimately my favorite period of LoL. Skins one week, character the next. Miss the good ol' days.

It was a period of growth and expansion. LoL does not need that anymore, they spend more time balancing and reworking the current roster than expanding it. I think the barrier of entry is already high and anything close to 200 heroes would be overkill and even less balanced.

OW needs that, the current selection of heroes gets old and competitively they have the same shit 4-core mirror team almost every game and two varying from map/position.

 

[peakish]

As someone who hasn't played a ton of OW since last fall (although I'm itching to get into it again this summer once my work load decreases a bit):

I'm fine with the amount of heroes added. There's no need to bloat the roster unless they have some solid ideas for unique roles.

However, I'm disappointed in that only two 6v6 maps have been added. They allegedly have more in the pipeline and I understand if they want to balance the maps + make them look awesome, but it's sort of tiring to watch and play the same maps for so long. I'd love for them to use the PTR or custom servers to play test WIP maps if that would help speed the process up, or until they've skinned them for a "proper" release.

 

[Nightbird]

Do people who can't even drop 10 hours a week really need more content in OW?

Good point. I certainly am happy about the current rate of updates

 

[Trickster]

Good point. I certainly am happy about the current rate of updates

I think the events roll around at a decent pace. But I think 2 maps and 3 hero for the first year of the game is abysmal in terms of adding new content. You can definitely tell where blizzards priority lies when it comes to adding content.

I still enjoy the gameplay. But I just can't get myself to play the game in more than short stretches, largely because there's been so little content affecting the gameplay added over the course of the year

It's also crazy to me that the game doesn't have something as basic as the ability to choose what gamemode to play in competitive.

 

[RecRoulette]

I think the events roll around at a decent pace. But I think 2 maps and 3 hero for the first year of the game is abysmal in terms of adding new content. You can definitely tell where blizzards priority lies when it comes to adding content.

I still enjoy the gameplay. But I just can't get myself to play the game in more than short stretches, largely because there's been so little content affecting the gameplay added over the course of the year

It's also crazy to me that the game doesn't have something as basic as the ability to choose what gamemode to play in competitive.

Why do people ignore the Arcade stuff? It still exists even if you personally don't play it.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Just so y'all know, Overwatch is going for $25.99 with Cartwheel discount at Target.

 

[Yohane]

Do people who can't even drop 10 hours a week really need more content in OW?

I've bought OW at launch and played less than 20 hours total.

Still reading about new content excite me every time

 

[Nightbird]

I think the events roll around at a decent pace. But I think 2 maps and 3 hero for the first year of the game is abysmal in terms of adding new content. You can definitely tell where blizzards priority lies when it comes to adding content.

I still enjoy the gameplay. But I just can't get myself to play the game in more than short stretches, largely because there's been so little content affecting the gameplay added over the course of the year

It's also crazy to me that the game doesn't have something as basic as the ability to choose what gamemode to play in competitive.

But do you really need to play competitive if you just want to play another mode?

Why do people ignore the Arcade stuff? It still exists even if you personally don't play it.

This. I only play Arcade (while my brother only plays quick play and competitive), and I'm constantly having a blast, especially with the server browser.

 

[Laieon]

I've bought OW at launch and played less than 20 hours total.

Still reading about new content excite me every time

Yep, same here. Sitting at 17 hours right now.

This. I only play Arcade (while my brother only plays quick play and competitive), and I'm constantly having a blast, especially with the server browser.

My man. I couldn't care less about the competitive side of games.

 

[KyleCross]

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20793056

So if I'm reading this right the $39.99 tag is a sale and come June 5th the GOTY edition becomes $60. So they're literally just refreshing a release of the game with no additional content (except 10 lootboxes) and not actually permanently dropping the price any.