We would leave the door open to that. I think the fact that we chose the business model we did – that the game comes with all the heroes and we’re giving you everything [extra] for free so far – allows us to retire a hero without feeling bad about it. But I think we have a long way to go before heroes will need to be.
One of the other nice parts about our business model is that we’re not dependent on releasing a new hero to keep development going. That means that we don’t have the pressure to release heroes when it might not be the right decision for the game; we’re able to release heroes when players are ready for something new or it’s right for the meta to shift a little bit. We don’t have to do it just because we’re trying to push the business model forward.
Dylan Scott
tldr: We are cucking you and you can't do anything because everything is """""free"""""
Now don't complain and buy more """""optional""""" loot boxes
Nathaniel Roberts
>first harambe then Winston
Aaron Fisher
goodbye bastion, winston, and symmetra
Caleb Reyes
>tfw you didn't buy Overwatch
Angel Brooks
If you pay for the product, its free!
Xavier Miller
Those are entirely optional, though.
Removing characters is fucked up and nothing is truly free, but what do you mean?
Zachary Mitchell
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Justin Campbell
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Nolan Ward
I don't think blizzard are in any position to feel good about themselves in regards to 'free updates' when they have consistently shat on subscription paying WoW retail fags with content droughts.
Justin Garcia
Will Sombra be able to do pushups?
Daniel Watson
more than likely
David Walker
>they can use this to literally kill off Overwatch characters Im okay with this.
Anthony King
Can someone explain this webm please I see it all the time
Dylan Sullivan
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Jordan Rogers
Are you really so obsessive you must have every skin, voice line and spray in the game?
Bentley James
Wasnt a hard choice not to. Glad Ive found another game thats good and came out recsntly.
Jayden Garcia
>removing a character that's a huge part of game's lore and promo material they wouldn't dare touch the big monkey man
Isaiah Cook
>I fall prey to sensationalism and jump on bandwagons randomly you need to stop.
Ethan Moore
Cool, thanks
Sebastian Torres
Just remember, the greed mentality spills over into gameplay too. We just got an event that was entierly "Buy loot boxes and lucio ball replaces brawls". Without microtransactions they might have given a shit and at least made the fucking medal system count in the OLYMPICS.
Carter James
>have a favorite character
>grind it out to get coins to unlock skins you like
>retired
Yeah fuck you too Blizz.
if it happens though, can it be just Hanzo pls?
Xavier Campbell
What would that game's title be, friend?
Christopher Morgan
Bait
Ethan Kelly
>OP falls for the a clickbait article and doesn't do research >Sup Forums falls for it without fact checking. You retards need to see
Noah Adams
Pushups
Landon Powell
No man's sky
Gabriel Watson
See, this is part of why I can't imagine why anyone could think this is a good idea. Every hero is someone's absolute favorite part of Overwatch, and there's no good reason to remove content unless it's breaking the game, in which case, you should be nerfing and buffing to fix it, not remove it altogether.
Josiah Howard
Overwatch is a shit game anyway. It is fun for like an hour or two tops. The game only survives because of the Blizzard tag.
Logan Brown
You retarded fucks will believe anything.
Jonathan Sanchez
>Retiring someones fav when it's broke as shit.
>Not just giving the hero a new skillset or someshit.
Why would the former even be considered? I can understand omitting some of the cast from the inevitable Overwatch 2, but even League of Lesbians could put some new shit on an old champ.
Jackson White
This was already shown to be false in THE OTHER THREAD ABOUT THE SAME FUCKING TOPIC
Noah Cooper
I suppose if I tried to play it all damn day, I'd get bored quick, but it's the sort of thing I like playing a couple matches of after getting home from work. It really helps that all the heroes are unlocked and levels don't really mean anything, so I don't feel like I have to grind or get left behind.
Colton Torres
This Sup Forums, where we make fifty threads about something and believe every word of it, especially when it's about something we hate and think is stupid. Lots of Sup Forumsirgins despise Overwatch and will jump on any chance to attack it, similar to the right and Hillary.
Carson Powell
S O M B R A
Y O U
B E A N E R
Jeremiah Collins
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Jack Turner
Eh, your opinion. Not clicking with you doesn't mean the game is bad.
William Martin
>"we left the door open"
Kaplan is such a fucking asshole. Why would that even be a consideration?
How about you don't retire my money, faggot. Keep it up, Kaplan, and I'm sure the aspies like me that waste money on your ripoff game will stop funding your hair loss treatment.
Noah Perez
>it's a Sup Forums falls for clickbait episode
Ethan Thompson
How about you read and stop being such a faggot? Fuck's sake, and people wonder why America is so low on the intelligence scale.
Grayson Ward
>tfw you bought overwatch and played it for an hour before making blizzard give you your money back because it's terrible
Elijah Peterson
Not him, but I read Jeff's words and they say "we aren't retiring heroes now, but we reserve the right to in the future." If they would really never consider such a thing then Jeff would have said "we will not retire heroes" rather than be vague and say open ended shit like "currently, at this time, we do not plan on it."
Learn to read between the lines, fucknut.
Jaxson Brown
>let me just not give the name because it's actually trash.
Alexander Gutierrez
You're such a retarded faggot.
You always leave options available.
A bunch of heroes right now are old as shit. If they decide to move the games timeline forward they could replace the old heroes with younger ones.
Or maybe one of them dies in the story.
Who the fuck knows
Kayden Moore
Ah, this is the typical "Well he said maybe and we're not thinking about it right now or anytime soon but I know exactly what he meant and it's the worst-case scenario because I'm Chicken Little and the sky is fucking FALLING!!" reaction.
Thomas Gray
I don't see this as a bad thing at all. Maybe they can get rid of Hanzo and Mei this way.
Jose Thomas
Does anyone have the TF2 vs Overwatch diversity picture?
Brandon Morales
have you never been fucked in your ass?
Wyatt Diaz
Just be sure to respond to it every time and if you don't see it in a thread be sure to post it.
Christian Ortiz
YOU'RE a retarded faggot, half-baked lore is no reason to change gameplay for a fucking multiplayer only game. Removing characters for any reason is just fucking stupid and not what I paid for.
I'm not saying they're going to remove half the roster tomorrow, it's more that now we know the idea is in their heads and they never said they were against it, just that they aren't planning on doing it any time soon. Seeing people defend it will only make them do it sooner.
Can you really say that you would put this past actiblizz?
Connor Robinson
>Overwatchfags will defend this Holy fugg :-DD Good thing none of us fell for that and are all playing superior game Battleborn instead, right Sup Forums?
Xavier Barnes
It's a forced meme. Ignore it.
Nolan Torres
no, THIS is a forced meme
zarya pushups are just garbage
Kayden Reed
Genji - remove completely, he's aids Zenyetta - remove or rework, disco orb takes the fucking piss. Damage boost was Mercy's job Hanjo - You can't fix him ever. His shitboxes can be the entire map and he'll still miss. Kill him off, have a short with him committing Sedoku.
Joshua Garcia
>be Mccree main >Mccree constantly getting nerfed every update even though he's fine. >always adjusting to nerfs/buffs >tfw they'll probably say "fuck it" and just take him out so the nerf babies will shut up and they don't have to work hard.
Austin Brown
Has there been a game where its detractors have been more BTFO? >y-y-you'll have to buy new characters everything is free >i-i-it's going to be dead on arrival one of the most successful blizzard launches to date >i-i-it's going to be dead in a month is the most popular online game in a lot of places and has even overtaken LoL in Korea and China
Even the only legitimate complaint of 20 tick rate servers is being fixed. But assblasted Sup Forumsirgins who want their next tortanic just move the goalposts everytime they are proven wrong.
Hunter Green
>one of the most successful blizzard launches to date
But I wanted Lost vikings 3.
Joseph Butler
Tfw you are making profit out of nerds.
Parker Cook
this happened since forever with LoL and Dota "reworks" or "kit updates" where they basically replaced characters completely changing their mechanics while keeping the name and visuals, but now that blizzard does it withot trying to hide it it's REEEEEE time
Jack Sullivan
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Blake Ortiz
>free
I PAID 40 TO 60 BUCKS FOR THIS "FREE" GAME
Its not free assholes
Isaiah Jones
leaving the door open means that there s a possibility for that in the future, contradicting what he just said here.
Sebastian Morris
There is no contradiction. He's saying they have no plans now or in the forseeable future. So you can all stop whining about your favorite hero suddenly disappearing tomorrow or Saturday of in five years.
