Supposedly they will be unlocking all the new heroes for anyone who doesn’t have them yet also. But brand new players will still have to unlock the roster of classic heroes in the same way they do now.
This move seems geared towards recovering players they lost when they started locking heroes behind the battlepass. I know two personally who took this news as an invitation to get back into Overwatch just today, so there’s substance there
Time spent on brand new accounts to unlock old heroes is most likely a measure to deter smurfs, which is why that’s probably not going to change.
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It also was probably done as a response to the drama they created in competitive modes by making the free tier grind for the new heroes. Not everyone had new or even recent heroes at their disposal, making for inherently unfair games
Supposedly they will be unlocking all the new heroes for anyone who doesn’t have them yet also. But brand new players will still have to unlock the roster of classic heroes in the same way they do now.
This move seems geared towards recovering players they lost when they started locking heroes behind the battlepass. I know two personally who took this news as an invitation to get back into Overwatch just today, so there’s substance there
Time spent on brand new accounts to unlock old heroes is most likely a measure to deter smurfs, which is why that’s probably not going to change.
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Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification!