Overwatch Kicks Off Its "Summer Games" Promotion

[Spider RedNight]

Oh cool, new skins and loot that looks really cool, only ... I can't buy them because I have to earn it via random chance through the crates.

Not cool Blizzard, this isn't going to make people excited. Like what if I want that Tracer skin but instead I get a skin for someone I don't main / use? How long would it take before I ever get that bloody skin? See it's pointless so whatever Blizzard i'm not interested.

I share this sentiment. -gets a Legendary skin- Oh boy oh boy oh-- -Zarya weightlifting skin- WHAT. NO. At least it was the first try from one of the two free loot boxes they give you. Not to mention the system was down yesterday because of DDoS crap. There's three hours I coulda spent leveling up and getting more boxes.

Seriously, the ONLY one I want is the highlight intro of Junkrat completely failing at Shot-Put. And the odds of that happening are... dammit, I can only count to ten but I KNOW it's higher than ten to one.

Too bad it's all random - I'd pay money for that Highlight Intro and for it NOT to be completely random (which is the bad part of the whole "like ONE character out of 22 characters the most" thing) but ain't no way I'm gambling like that only to get a buncha sprays I ain't gonna use and a skin for a CHARACTER I ain't ever gonna use.

 

[RaikuFA]

Oh cool, new skins and loot that looks really cool, only ... I can't buy them because I have to earn it via random chance through the crates.

Not cool Blizzard, this isn't going to make people excited. Like what if I want that Tracer skin but instead I get a skin for someone I don't main / use? How long would it take before I ever get that bloody skin? See it's pointless so whatever Blizzard i'm not interested.

I share this sentiment. -gets a Legendary skin- Oh boy oh boy oh-- -Zarya weightlifting skin- WHAT. NO. At least it was the first try from one of the two free loot boxes they give you. Not to mention the system was down yesterday because of DDoS crap. There's three hours I coulda spent leveling up and getting more boxes.

Seriously, the ONLY one I want is the highlight intro of Junkrat completely failing at Shot-Put. And the odds of that happening are... dammit, I can only count to ten but I KNOW it's higher than ten to one.

Too bad it's all random - I'd pay money for that Highlight Intro and for it NOT to be completely random (which is the bad part of the whole "like ONE character out of 22 characters the most" thing) but ain't no way I'm gambling like that only to get a buncha sprays I ain't gonna use and a skin for a CHARACTER I ain't ever gonna use.

Wait I only got one.

 

[bjj hero]

I like the idea of limited time rares. It makes any skin you do drop on with that much more special. More so if they never repeated the event.

I like the idea of themed limited events. It would get sweeter as time goes on as different people dropped on different super rares that are now unavailable.

I guess the complainers see it differently.

Well, it is different when money is involved.

Take the holiday mounts in WoW, for example. You only had a couple of weeks or so to get lucky...but you couldn't buy extra chances to get them like what Overwatch is trying to do.

In WoW, you see someone with a holiday mount and think, "Man, that guy got lucky! Maybe next year I'll get a Headless Horseman's Mount during the event!"

In Overwatch, you see someone with a summer skin and you'll think, "I bet that guy dropped $120 on loot boxes and probably didn't even get the one he wanted. That's shitty, and I'm not gonna let it happen to me".

Basically, being forced to pay for a better chance at getting the cosmetics you want is leaving a sour taste in people's mouths, and understandably so.

But we are not forced to pay. Ive not bought a single one. And we are talking about skins and such, not Game changing weapons we need to compete.

 

[Spider RedNight]

Oh cool, new skins and loot that looks really cool, only ... I can't buy them because I have to earn it via random chance through the crates.

Not cool Blizzard, this isn't going to make people excited. Like what if I want that Tracer skin but instead I get a skin for someone I don't main / use? How long would it take before I ever get that bloody skin? See it's pointless so whatever Blizzard i'm not interested.

I share this sentiment. -gets a Legendary skin- Oh boy oh boy oh-- -Zarya weightlifting skin- WHAT. NO. At least it was the first try from one of the two free loot boxes they give you. Not to mention the system was down yesterday because of DDoS crap. There's three hours I coulda spent leveling up and getting more boxes.

Seriously, the ONLY one I want is the highlight intro of Junkrat completely failing at Shot-Put. And the odds of that happening are... dammit, I can only count to ten but I KNOW it's higher than ten to one.

Too bad it's all random - I'd pay money for that Highlight Intro and for it NOT to be completely random (which is the bad part of the whole "like ONE character out of 22 characters the most" thing) but ain't no way I'm gambling like that only to get a buncha sprays I ain't gonna use and a skin for a CHARACTER I ain't ever gonna use.

Wait I only got one.

Aye? Huh, I thought I got two 'cuz I usually open lootboxes as soon as I get them and I was in the middle of a level when they started the event. Hhhhuh. Ah well, maybe I DID forget

 

[WindKnight]

only one i really want is Symmetras Ribbon emote... thats awesome.

 

[PointlessKnowledge]

-No Tennis Star Mercy.
-No Diving Ace Roadhog.

Also no wrestler Reinhardt, which is also a massive dissapointment.

 

[RJ 17]

-No Tennis Star Mercy.
-No Diving Ace Roadhog.

Also no wrestler Reinhardt, which is also a massive dissapointment.

I would have enjoyed that one too.

 

[RaikuFA]

I got the Zarya skin today. I prefer her like this.

 

[saluraropicrusa]

-No Tennis Star Mercy.
-No Diving Ace Roadhog.

Also no wrestler Reinhardt, which is also a massive dissapointment.

I would have enjoyed that one too.

where the hell is my wrestle grandpa?!
not to mention speedo roadhog and tennis shorts junkrat...
they better make those skins for the next time they do this event (if there is a next time). otherwise that's a serious missed opportunity.

 

[InflatableHippo]

Money grubbing Blizzard is at it again i see. Nothing new really

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Money grubbing Blizzard is at it again i see. Nothing new really

I'm betting this is much more Activision than Blizzard.

 

[Elijin]

Kind of wish flag player icons were not done this way. It would be my preferred player icon to immediately communicate where I'm from. Instead, I'm getting other countries flags, woo.

Also did not realise American Mcree was sought after. Got it in my free 'an event has started' box.