Overwatch 2 was launched yesterday, introducing many adjustments from the unique—together with how gamers unlock new characters. And former Overwatch League professional Seagull desires to verify Blizzard will get it proper.
With the sport’s transfer to free-to-play, it’s making all new characters unlockable by means of the sport’s battle cross function. Whereas gamers can unlock characters instantly by buying the premium version of the battle cross, those that don’t pay get the character after reaching stage 55.
Throughout his play periods yesterday, Seagull tried to loosely maintain tabs on how a lot expertise towards the battle cross he gained throughout every recreation. Whereas he personally had the battle cross, he wished to be sure that getting new characters was affordable for individuals who don’t wish to pay cash.
“The issue is Kiriko, for a free-to-play participant, is put at stage 55, and so will all future new characters,” he stated. “So the choice then is, what number of ranges can I get a day by taking part in at like one to 2 hours a day? Can I feasibly unlock that new character by the point it’s allowed in ranked? I really feel like that’s a query that ought to very simply be potential in my thoughts.”
Whereas he admitted immediately that he isn’t completely certain how tough it’s for free-to-play gamers to unlock new characters, Seagull is hopeful that somebody will do the right math to find out how a lot effort a participant must exert to unlock new characters with out meting out money.
Every stage within the battle cross requires 10,000 XP that may be obtained by means of doing challenges and finishing video games. Which means you’ll want a complete of 550,000 XP to unlock Kiriko this season. Gamers can stand up to 9,000 XP from day by day challenges every day and 55,000 XP per week from weekly challenges. In whole, a participant can get 118,000 XP in per week from simply doing challenges, which equals 11.8 ranges.
