One of the most contentious things astir Overwatch 2 has been the beloved leader shooter’s displacement from paid crippled to free-to-play download supported by grindy conflict passes. Blizzard present says it wants to code those concerns moving forward, ironing retired the game’s progression successful aboriginal seasons truthful that players consciousness “more rewarded conscionable for sitting down and playing.”

“For Season 3 and beyond, we’re looking astatine a premix of Battle Pass changes, much absorbing Challenges to pursue, and much breathtaking play-focused progression systems for you each to excavation into. We’ll beryllium capable to speech astir immoderate of these changes soon, but different changes whitethorn instrumentality much clip to lock-in,” precocious hired enforcement producer, Jared Neuss, wrote successful a caller update.

In the meantime, Season 2, which starts connected December 6 and adds Ramattra, volition spot each caller dedicated lawsuit present its ain unsocial tegument that tin beryllium unlocked conscionable by playing. Twitch drops, which springiness players entree to caller cosmetics by watching their favourite Overwatch 2 streamers, volition proceed arsenic well. I don’t deliberation this volition fulfill the game’s astir vocal critics immediately, but it’s astatine slightest an acknowledgement that the presumption quo isn’t sustainable.

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Since the crippled launched, players person been frustrated by caller heroes being locked down the paid conflict pass, the magnitude of clip it takes to fertile it up, and the high prices of each the skins. The existent authorities of affairs has adjacent had immoderate players pining for the loot boxes from the archetypal game. And each of this has lone been compounded by breached characters, delayed patches, and random bugs similar a caller glitch that kept immoderate players unable to advancement successful ranked play.

For now, Blizzard is moving connected awarding enactment players much XP to incentivize them to prime that relation and assistance alleviate queue times. Overwatch 2 is besides presently handing retired Sojourn, Junker Queen, and Kiriko item intros for those who log successful during definite clip periods implicit the adjacent week. Blizzard has adjacent turned connected crossplay purpose assist for console players successful each modes but competitory due to the fact that the alternate was a “bad experience.”

“Players who’ve stuck with us, players who’ve returned, and players who are conscionable present jumping successful the fun—thank you for playing Overwatch 2,” Neuss wrote today. “We person an unthinkable community, and I anticipation that by opening up astir what we’re reasoning more, we tin support increasing together.”