LumpOfCole
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Probably High Noon.
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Overwatch gets Summer Games update (new mode in Weekly Brawl, new skins/etc)
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Probably High Noon.
Really?
Honestly I was hoping for some Warcraft/StarCraft/Diablo crossover skins.
They gotta be coming, right?
FallingEdge
Member
I'm buying loot boxes just so I can try to get the Olympic skins.
Shake Appeal
Member
All of this is silly, but I'm glad it foots the bill for free heroes, modes, and maps.
I'm chuckling at how a few of you called someone's post trash for using the word entitled while the word apologist isn't being used any better. lol
Permanently A
Junior Member
At the end of the day, it is just cosmetics, but the crappy part is that you can't outright buy the skins. You HAVE to gamble. I don't know if they're legally doing anything wrong by that, and they probably aren't. It just feels wrong is all.
Manners.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'm chuckling at your incessant need to apologize for bad design and gambling. But carry on. and GL getting whatever skin you want. You'll need it.
+1
Maintenance
Member
It didn't take long.
Good lord I've seen certain posters defending anything a corporation does this days.
Good lord I've seen certain posters defending anything a corporation does this days.
The Omega Man
Member
McCree skin is he on a horse? otherwise he looks the same
Those are probably just sprays
The Last Wizard
Member
So you're a I hate pc person? What's you're real account.
Just when I thought I was out blizzard pulls me back in-_-
Imagine users being mad about gambling while simultaneously gambling with money for more in-game credits so that they can avoid gambling money.
And whatever items I get from this event will be what I get.
Teasing_Pink
Member
The limited time frame is terrible... Why not make these permanent additions, buyable in one huge pack? Currently playing on ps4, but have been considering double dipping on pc.
But since you don't share unlocks cross platform... I hate thinking I'd never be able to get some of these if i did at a later date.
But since you don't share unlocks cross platform... I hate thinking I'd never be able to get some of these if i did at a later date.
Permanently A
Junior Member
It says "earn in game" but how isn't specified.
Wouldn't be surprised if they do achievements for a limited number of boxes to reflect olympic milestones.
soulchilde
Member
I've brought boxes before and accepted the RNG factor, but making these boxes limited for three weeks with no guarantee of getting what you want is a huge kick in the nuts. Add that the limited stuff you can't buy with stored credits scream as a HUGE FU to people that have supported this game
Despite what this thread may have you believe, yes you have a chance to get items from this event just by playing the game.
The Lamonster
Member
Same. I don't gamble, but I'll buy these skins if the option is there.
I don't think they'll be available afterwards, it screws over someone either way.
- If they're available after the event and they tell people that, then why would people desperately play for the next three weeks to get exclusive unlockables?
- If they're available after the event and they don't tell people, then that's massively screwing over the people who spent money in order to get the skin they wanted.
I think they're gonna be gone after the three weeks.
- If they're available after the event and they tell people that, then why would people desperately play for the next three weeks to get exclusive unlockables?
- If they're available after the event and they don't tell people, then that's massively screwing over the people who spent money in order to get the skin they wanted.
I think they're gonna be gone after the three weeks.
The Omega Man
Member
Alcotholic
Banned
Its a weird kind of gambling where you are paying money for things with absolutely no value. I have no problem with the loot crate system, because its only cosmetic stuff. You are only losing out on cool skins. Its not like yoy can sell them to anyone.
And if you dont get the cool skin while the event went on, are you going to curse at anyone you see who has it?
Does Magic the Gathering upset you? Or any other any other TCG? That literally is gambling, because the physical, rare cards you get are actually worth money.
Loot boxes are not worth getting upset over.
a horse would be nice since McCree runs so slow lol
Can we stop and talk a minute about how messed up it is that Russian weightlifters are banned from the Olympics for doping?
spazimoose
Member
I really hope blizzard reconsiders their monetization strategy. Hopefully these limited edition summer skins aren't the norm. I think there is a middle ground. Maybe only the newest 2-3 sets of skins are only available in crates and after that they join the "normal" coin purchasable set and crates. People who want them first can buy special crates and people who don't like spending can save up their coins.
White white blue white baby!!!
I'd take a skin pack of all skins, even people I don't play.
oh wow, all this freak out for nothing.
King Gilga
Member
Man blizzard's gotten real scummy in the last 1/2 a decade or so.
Why is it messed up. They cheated.
matrixman92
Member
i want a couple of those things, but with my luck I will never get them. Ive gotten like 5 or 6 legendaries in my time playing. Most were money, and then a zarya skin and a duplicate of that skin
"State sponsored" is the big keyword here.
Three weeks availability, 1 summer item out of 90 per box, no way to buy any of it with gold, and you can get duplicates.
Sounds great!
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
You have the option of buying TCG cards on the open market which is impossible here. These are items only available through gambling which does not apply to TCGs. Just because something can't be sold doesn't mean it has no value. If it it had no value then they wouldn't be offered for money in the first place.
How in the flipping hell are people actually holding players at fault for expecting that their in game currency would actually allow them to *hold your breath folks!* buy everything in game? Especially considering....
1) You can't directly buy in game currency with real world dollars. This in itself makes the in game currency more valuable which is why so many people hoard it and why so many are upset that they can't use it on any and everything.
2) Its a full priced game that came with the promise that all future content would be free even if you still needed to unlock it in game via loot boxes or what have you. As it stands, it seems these olympic lootboxes are a limited 3 week promotion that fall outside of the normal RNG loot pool the game works within such that you might not be able to unlock items with normal play.
3) The description for the lootbox on the store tells you that you can't use in game credits to buy the items that would be in the olympic lootboxes however, if you get a duplicate item from the olympic lootbox, you're given in game credit that can only be use on NON summer game items. Come the fuck on man. So even if you do whatever Blizzard stipulates for you to even get the lootboxes and then grind your ass off doing it, it's still possible you might not get all the content before the promotion is over. At this point it would be less dickish to just let people drop 10 dollars for all the summer content and call it a day.
How the fuck do you hold that kind of shit against the consumer?
1) You can't directly buy in game currency with real world dollars. This in itself makes the in game currency more valuable which is why so many people hoard it and why so many are upset that they can't use it on any and everything.
2) Its a full priced game that came with the promise that all future content would be free even if you still needed to unlock it in game via loot boxes or what have you. As it stands, it seems these olympic lootboxes are a limited 3 week promotion that fall outside of the normal RNG loot pool the game works within such that you might not be able to unlock items with normal play.
3) The description for the lootbox on the store tells you that you can't use in game credits to buy the items that would be in the olympic lootboxes however, if you get a duplicate item from the olympic lootbox, you're given in game credit that can only be use on NON summer game items. Come the fuck on man. So even if you do whatever Blizzard stipulates for you to even get the lootboxes and then grind your ass off doing it, it's still possible you might not get all the content before the promotion is over. At this point it would be less dickish to just let people drop 10 dollars for all the summer content and call it a day.
How the fuck do you hold that kind of shit against the consumer?
Garrett Hawke
Member
What
PsychoSoldier
Banned
They're lucky the whole Russian team wasn't banned considering that it appears that a lot of the doping going on appeared to be state-supported.
Apparently just playing the game is too hard and time consuming.
It's a subtle metaphor on how OP Zarya is
sounds like you should just play the game and grind it out.
stop being so cynical. life isnt about getting exactly what you want all the time.
besides, they will probably make these available again down the road in regular boxes or let you get them with coins. they arent gonna dump all this artist time into new skins and then just say "oh well its past 8/22, better delete those skins from the servers for ever!"
they will be back.
Dragon Puncher
Member
Yeah it's pretty messed up that all of the russians atlets wasn't banned considering the shit that is apparently going on over there.
I'm sure someone at Blizzard is regretting that they picked that exact skin as one of the few for the event though..