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Canada13405 Posts
On April 30 2016 11:36 deth2munkies wrote:
Well yeah, they can release the patch at the same time, but they're delaying the PC patch to do so.
That isn't necessarily true. Something as simple as damage values could be managed server side and as a result those changes are trivial to make.
In that sense the SaaS comparison could make sense since Blizzard owns the servers and changes to server side values has zero impact on the code which has to be run on console.
Now skins, and other cosmetic updates, THAT definitely can be delayed by the console patch approval process. But as long as the changes aren't client sided they don't need to worry about patch delays due to console processes.
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Legendary skins change your gun aesthetics btw. The Origins Soldier 76 skin in general looks very lame to me, but his gun animation in first person is sick looking.
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So does anyone got a spare key? :D
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Blizzard doesn't do keys anymore.
Besides, Overwatch will be open beta for a couple days early may
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On May 01 2016 05:42 Disengaged wrote:
Blizzard doesn't do keys anymore.
Besides, Overwatch will be open beta for a couple days early may
Everyone that preordered got a friend code to enter early.
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On May 01 2016 05:45 deth2munkies wrote:Show nested quote +On May 01 2016 05:42 Disengaged wrote:
Blizzard doesn't do keys anymore.
Besides, Overwatch will be open beta for a couple days early may Everyone that preordered got a friend code to enter early.
Oh, didn't know that.
Carry on then 
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open beta for 4 days for those who pre-order plus the friend they invite.
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On May 01 2016 06:03 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
open beta for 4 days for those who pre-order plus the friend they invite.
2 friends iirc
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1 key for the person who pre-ordered. 1 key for a friend.
For some reason they didn't automatically flag every account that pre-ordered.
and its not 4 days. Its 4 days for everyone who wants to try it. Its 6 days with the keys.
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Canada13405 Posts
Quick question:
How many of you preordered, want to give away the friend key? i may be able to figure something out to make it easier to accomplish if you guys want
If someone can start a sign up to give away keys google doc I can mod note the top of this thread with a permalink to it. I'm currently busy with some school work and just popped in to ask 
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Aaron Keller answered "the campaign question" in some kind of reddit Q/A during PAX East. he speaks in the passive voice so much he just makes my bullshit alarm go off.. but here is the answer..
P: We still have a lot of people asking about a campaign, and recently saw it answered as something that could be a part of the IP, but not this game at this time. Is there excitement in the idea of future games within the IP incorporating these wishes people have?
Aaron Keller: I think if you would ask anybody on the Overwatch team, we would love to see something like that. I don’t know if it would happen, but we’re so passionate about the game and the universe that something like that would be great. It’s obviously not our focus right now. Our focus right now is finishing this game, and once it's finished, making the live service of it the best it can possibly be. But I’d love it! laughs Maybe some of the redditors could start making it for us.
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I don't quite get why anyone would be excited about Blizzard-developed stories anymore. Their work on that front has been C grade at best over the past decade.
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It's more that the Overwatch universe is a really cool setting with a ton of potential, which is wasted on storyless PvP.
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On May 01 2016 11:41 WolfintheSheep wrote:
It's more that the Overwatch universe is a really cool setting with a ton of potential, which is wasted on storyless PvP.
It's a good setting, just like how Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft are good settings. What Blizzard has done with those settings, however, has ranged in quality between warm milk and dumpster fire.
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Canada13405 Posts
On May 01 2016 11:41 WolfintheSheep wrote:
It's more that the Overwatch universe is a really cool setting with a ton of potential, which is wasted on storyless PvP.
They are creating a story outside of the game. And its all free. I don't see how it can possibly be bad to have lore be so easily accessible and outside of the game.
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On May 01 2016 11:41 WolfintheSheep wrote:
It's more that the Overwatch universe is a really cool setting with a ton of potential, which is wasted on storyless PvP.
There's plenty of story in the PvP. listen to the pre-match quips, look at the maps and how they're laid out and what's actually going on in said map. From those scraps, you can cobble together plenty of story by yourself, without it being spoonfed to you by exposition and mission briefs. I like it a lot more.
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On May 01 2016 11:46 xDaunt wrote:Show nested quote +On May 01 2016 11:41 WolfintheSheep wrote:
It's more that the Overwatch universe is a really cool setting with a ton of potential, which is wasted on storyless PvP. It's a good setting, just like how Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft are good settings. What Blizzard has done with those settings, however, has ranged in quality between warm milk and dumpster fire.
They're fun stories. They're not award winning but they can be fun.
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They could also want to keep the story reasonably limited so that it is easier to expand on them in future games.
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United Kingdom12026 Posts
I got a preorder code from someone else as where I preordered it didn't give out codes for the early open beta. After the last beta weekend I can't wait to play on the 3rd!
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If u are still looking for the early open beta key, u should try to snag one from reddit, its kinda long shot and requires nerves and fast fingers but i was lucky one to be fast enough
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