Level 55 of the Free Battle Pass Will Unlock New Overwatch 2 Heroes. Alternatively, players can instantly pay $10 on the premium battle pass to unlock them.
Cyberpunk-styled Kiriko, Roadhog, Widowmaker, Zenyatta, Hanzo, and Sojourn Overwatch 2’s first season will have a cyberpunk motif.
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Less than three weeks remain until the debut of Overwatch 2, and Blizzard has recently revealed new information regarding the game’s monetization and battle pass systems. The biggest news? The free battle pass will unlock new heroes, such as the upcoming support hero Kiriko, but not until level 55.
This represents a substantial change from the original Overwatch model, where players had immediate access to all newly released heroes. The modification results from Overwatch 2 switching to a live-service, free-to-play business model. Changing the team size from five to six players, it’s one of the most significant differences between Overwatch and Overwatch 2. By claiming the free Founder’s Pack, returning Overwatch players will gain immediate access to all three new characters: Sojourn, Junker Queen, and Kiriko; however, later heroes will need to be unlocked.
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picture of the first-season battle pass
Battle passes for Overwatch 2 will offer rewards on both free and paid tracks. Paid users must reach tier 55 to unlock the hero, while premium track buyers receive new heroes immediately.
Overwatch 2 has two tracks in its battle pass, similar to many live-service games: a free track with fewer unlocked goods and a premium track with more (and arguably more desirable) cosmetics than the free track. Any new heroes released that season can be accessed immediately by purchasing the premium battle pass. Every other season (and consecutive seasons for the first two), Blizzard intends to release new heroes, with seasons without new heroes seeing the addition of new maps to the game.
Overwatch 2’s Aaron Keller states that new heroes will be excluded from competitive modes for several weeks. He claimed that the timeframe was created with two goals: to offer players time to unlock new heroes and to give developers a chance to balance them before they are used in competitive settings. It’s unknown how long it will take to level up in the battle pass or how many weeks new heroes won’t be playable in competition. It appears to take a lot of time for players to unlock new heroes without spending money, given that 80 levels are meant to last them a nine-week season.
Exclusive goodies will be included with the premium battle pass.
Time vs. money: how much do new heroes cost?
Players will see about six battle passes annually because the seasons are nine weeks long, and heroes are revealed after the first two. If each battle pass costs $10, like in season one, that comes to $60 annually, or $30 annually if you only purchase battle passes with new heroes. That aligns with shooters like Valorant, which lets you instantly acquire new heroes by spending $10 worth of in-game currency or unlock new heroes for free by playing the game.
The Overwatch 2 Commercial would take about two seasons of consistent play to unlock a premium battle pass, which would theoretically allow players to earn all-new heroes with immediate unlock for free, but only with consistent playtime. Players can earn that currency for free through daily and weekly challenges.
Picture the weekly challenges that award battle pass advancement and coins.
Coins, which can be used to buy premium battle passes and other shop products, will be awarded for completing the daily and weekly tasks.
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There are two ways for players who join the game later or who don’t acquire additional heroes in the battle pass to do so. There will be challenges for new heroes that you can complete during regular gameplay to unlock them. However, the specific requirements haven’t been made public. By paying a price Spector predicted would be pretty close to the cost of an entire battle pass, players can also access any heroes they have yet to unlock through the shop.
The Overwatch community has expressed opposition to the idea that new characters must be unlocked, sparking several conversations regarding the value of switching heroes mid-match and the new model’s limitations on that system. When questioned about this discrepancy, the Overwatch team offered the possibility that player behaviour might not be consistent with how hero swapping is perceived and expected to work.
“When you look at the data of how often people switch heroes and how many heroes they typically play at one time, the majority of our players play a relatively small number of heroes,” Keller said. He added that the developers have tried to soften hard counters in the game and lessen some of the rock-paper-scissors interactions to let people play the heroes they want to play rather than being forced to switch to a counter. Ultimately, Keller said the team expects Overwatch 2 to remain highly competitive even though the requirement for new heroes to be unlocked imposes additional gameplay constraints.
An image of the coin shop. Five dollars’ worth of 500 coins can be purchased in bundles for 10, 20, 50, or 100 dollars.
A premium battle pass is 1,000 coins, which can be purchased for $10.
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However, the new design appears to push people toward the battle pass. According to Spector, the pass should provide players with an overwhelmingly clear benefit. According to Spector, “We really want players to view that system as rewarding, kind, and deserving of their time and, for some of them, financial commitment.”
Blizzard is making a significant wager that gamers will prefer to make ongoing, recurring payments throughout playing the game. When the Oct. 4 release of Overwatch 2 comes along, we’ll see if that wager pays off.
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