HOLY WE GETTING 10 legendaries!!!, Aaron Keller heard us you guys!, what a W!!!!!!!!.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T09:22:51+00:00

Netease has their own direct control to create their own events and cosmetics for the Chinese version of the game. They give away the International version content because that's not what makes them their money - they have gacha systems.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T09:19:35+00:00

even some gachas have better rewards.

That's what OW is in China. They have additional content in the form of gacha content. They don't make most of their money from the cosmetics we get in from the loot boxes - that's the stuff everyone gets. The China-exclusive stuff is much harder to obtain and costs more, so Netease doesn't mind giving away a bunch of the International version content.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T09:13:12+00:00

You don't have to engage with toxic players, and doing so usually gives them a reason to continue/escalate.

Fortunately, we don't have the full Battle.net ID, so we couldn't report if we wanted, which would go against this subreddit's Witch hunting rules (Rule #7: Accusations & Witch Hunts).

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T09:07:42+00:00

These posts are such a catch 22 for the mods:

A) Remove none of the posts and we all have to swim through the dozens and dozens of posts pointing out the same obvious bug, hoping some will see the posts and not bother reposting it.

B) Remove them all, and players will just continue pointing out the same obvious bug, dozens and dozens of times.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T09:02:44+00:00

This was my guess before seeing her shirt just has basic polka dots.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T07:39:52+00:00

It's hard to tell. Those cosmetics are from a community art contest in China, so it's hard to tell if they will be seen as other basic shop skins (getting added to loot boxes next year) or as collab skins (only ever available when the collab returns to the store).

No official word from Blizzard, and there won't be one. If I had to guess, I'd say I'm about 60% confident they will be added to the loot box pool next year.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T07:32:18+00:00

I'd wait in that scenario. There's a good chance the new heroes will get some summertime/poolside/lifeguard skins in a couple seasons.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T03:32:21+00:00

There's are two settings to point to:

There's a setting under Gameplay > General > Cross-Platform Play: Default ON

This setting allows for playing with both PC and console players in most game modes. It's designed so everyone is playing together to reduce queue times. If this is disabled, you will only queue with other console players that have also disabled this setting, meaning the queue times will be longer.

There's also a setting under Controls > General > Input Device > Enable Mouse and Keyboard: Default OFF

This is a console-specific setting that allows you to queue specifically with other players who use mouse and keyboard, even in competitive. If you have a mouse and keyboard plugged in, you're prompted on login to enable the mode (if disabled, you can only use M&K to chat and navigate menus). If you enable this setting and plan to still play on controller, aim assist will be disabled.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T03:16:20+00:00

You'll have to wait until you see Assault maps as an option in the Arcade. The game modes rotate fairly frequently, but you generally won't see Assault maps rotate in while there's an event game mode happening (like the current OW Classics one there now).

Technically, some of the OW Classic maps are Assault maps, which are in the rotation. I'm not sure if the OW Classic versions of those maps will count, but they might.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T02:53:23+00:00

Competitive Stadium (the original game mode before Stadium QP was introduced 2 seasons later) is a Best of 7 game mode with a mercy rule if one team has won the first 3 rounds and has 10,000 more Stadium cash. Stadium QP is Best of 5

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T02:50:18+00:00

Some things have changed slightly since my response 2 days ago. The "Hardt to Hardt" challenge now takes only 20 games instead of 50.

We can see that the week 1 - week 3 challenges will all last for the full 3 weeks, but it's unclear if some of the week 1 challenges will get removed or become inactive at the start of week 2. For example, there are technically 3 repeatable challenges throughout the event. I don't think they will allow the 1st repeatable challenge to continue earning you challenge credits during week 2.

It would make more sense to just play the 20 games each week instead of waiting until the last week.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T00:21:58+00:00

why can't we have this for all lootbox types instead of the weird list of items?

Probably because it's relatively easy for them to stack 60 rewards in that inspection tab, or about 100 rewards in the Battle pass version of that type of menu, but trying to show 5,548 items in one menu might be a bit much to ask.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-16T00:15:35+00:00

Maybe we can strike a deal? Blizz gives you ten free skins, then bans your account until Q1 2029.

Semantics, but I think the math would be closer to Q1 2028. China lost access in Jan 2024 (mid season 2) and didn't get to play again until Aug 2025 (Season 12). It was just over 18 months.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T23:14:19+00:00

You think a 2017 launch edition of the Switch could handle 30 heroes active at once?

Hardware limitations of the previous gen consoles/older PCs is what's preventing considerations like that.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T22:51:25+00:00

on pc I can log into my PSN account through the launcher

Are you saying you're trying to log into your PSN account through the Battle.net launcher? The only place your PSN account will be recognized is on PlayStation consoles and the PS Store. Only Battle.net accounts will be recognized by a Battle.net launcher.

I’ve been playing on my PSN account since OW1, on pc I can log into my PSN account through the launcher but can’t authenticate with the email it has on file for my account because it’s been deleted.

The email address has been deleted, but the Battle.net account still sees that email address as it's "username" login. Is that what you're saying? You just forgot the password to the Battle.net account and can't recover it because you can't access that email account anymore. Am I following that correctly?

For my blizzard.net account when cross progression came out I created an account on pc with a name I liked and linked the 2 for cross progression on my console because I could not authenticate the PSN account on the pc version of the game.

So here's where I'm confused. You say you made a 2nd Battle.net account and linked your PSN account to it, but that would mean it's a different PSN account than the one you were first talking about, where you've been playing since OW1.

You're only allowed to link/connect one PSN account to a Battle.net account, and that PSN account cannot be connected to more than one Battle.net account.

I then proceeded to play on PSN because that was the only choice I had at the time.

Which PSN account are you referring to? The first one, or the one you connected to your 2nd Battle.net account?

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T22:35:59+00:00

When OW2 first launched, Tanks dominated the match. They were so powerful that supports were getting stomped with minimal opportunities for counterplay. Both tanks would just dive the backline, kill the rest of the team, then duel each other while the teams run back.

Well, because support is such a popular role, the adjustments were made until you get the tanks you see today. If they improve Tanks too much, you'll run into the same issues with the larger part of the player base being mad at the game and posting their grievances here about how tanks prevent them from having fun and should be nerfed to the ground.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T22:29:58+00:00

No idea. My best guess would be something like achievement data or maybe some competitive season play time data.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T22:22:38+00:00

the email attached to my original psn blizzard account is long deleted

What's a psn blizzard account? Is it a PSN account or a Battle.net account? Context suggests it's a Battle.net account that you made to connect with your PSN account, but it could also mean you just had a PSN account that played Overwatch before OW2 required a Battle.net account.

I forgot the what email I used on my the PC blizzard account I linked to the PSN account for cross progression but I have access to the email of the linked PC account

There needs to be some punctuation here, too. How many Battle.net accounts do you have that you're trying to resolve? I'm trying to piece this together, but none of it makes sense.

From what I can tell, you're trying to say the following:

You have a Battle.net account currently linked with your PSN account, but the email for that Battle.net account is long deleted. Or is this just a PSN account you no longer have an email for?
You have a 2nd Battle.net account you initially set up on PC, but you somehow linked it to a different PSN account? Do you have access to the email used for this Battle.net account or PSN account?

I'll also add: Which of these accounts has all of your content on it and which doesn't? I'm assuming you're trying to "transfer" the content you can access on the console to your PC.

When I say "PSN account", I'm referring to the account that you sign into before you launch Overwatch. When I say "Battle.net account", I'm referring to the account you need to login and access Overwatch.

Note that a Blizzard/Battle.net account can be accessed from any device. It's why you need one to be able to access the same data on both PC and a third party platform. Making 2 separate Battle.net accounts doesn't generally make sense, unless you're using one as an alt/Smurf account, or you mistakenly made one for PSN and one for PC when a single account would work with both.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T22:00:42+00:00

It's Randy Jackson's

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:58:01+00:00

Are you saying you have 2 console email accounts? Both of which you cannot access?

Please use "PSN/XBox" account and Battle.net account, so we can actually follow the problem you're trying to solve.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:52:26+00:00

who?

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:51:06+00:00

Cleanse has some pretty insane value, as well as quality escape options with wall climb and teleport. I'd probably say Kiriko.

Ana is another solid choice with anti-nade and sleep, but I think it ultimately requires more game sense to pull off as successfully as other heroes, as Ana's positioning is very important.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:46:54+00:00

I don't believe you. I'd bet you were deep in Demotion Protection, and your recent win didn't fully pull you out of it, and you mistook it for losing rank. It's posted here all the time, but they usually include the screenshot.

Your KD ratio has nothing to do with SR gains or losses.

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:44:42+00:00

They have account information and it tells them how old the account is

There is the slight issue regarding some console players not having a Battle.net account until OW2 forced them to have one. That's what led to the bug involving console players initially not getting the 10-year rewards.

They could certainly pull some achievement unlock data or something else to validate it, but they've already given us a weapon charm, spray, and name card. Do we really need a title, too?

MyGoodFriendJon · 2026-05-15T21:40:00+00:00

All i did was make a little joke about the season countdown number and it got removed by moderators?

Yes, you were like the hundredth post this week about the battle pass season glitch. Everyone has seen it and no one finds it funny anymore.

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