Overwatch Director On Loot Boxes -- "We Are Listening"

This is why they need to make the competitive currency being able to buy past events cosmetic, so you can work toward something more than a gold weapon you already own.

Honestly with all the events combined, I think I got as many event loot boxes as I did regular loot boxes, and I've gotten so much better loot from the regular ones. I don't know, I really feel they make the loot drop rates of event loot boxes much worse just so they can push microtransactions.

It's an ok game but I think Teamfortress 2 is better. The games last a lot longer on TF 2.

omg..im playing free weekend right now and i have about 6 hours left to play this fantastic game...i realy want the whole game but its realy realy realy expensive over here..i mean the last price for the game to be on my hands would be like 150$ for u guys at USA...so if anybody feels kind enough to buy me this beutiful game that would be great...these are my account name and password on playoverwatch.com or battle.net username: <Removed> password: <Removed> im on pc BTW

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"We are listening.... to the sound of CHA-CHING!!"

The randomness is total BS. If you are paying money in MT, you should be able to get what you want, even Ubisoft understands that.

That's silly. You totally don't need any of those cosmetic items. The only useful ones are the lines that suggest things that could be interpreted as instructions in game such as Torb's "No! No! NO!" or Ana's "Children! Behave!".

Okay, reading over more of the comments and I now see the problem. Overwatch players believe the cosmetic items are "content". It's not. Well, technically yes, but not really meaningful content. It's entirely optional and in no way entitled. If someone is playing Overwatch JUST for the skins, then clearly they don't really like the game all that much in the first place and was gonna complain about SOMETHING eventually.

Blizzard introducing gambling to games not rated M ;)
They will burn in hell, all of them!

That's why I don't play Overwatch anymore. It takes forever to get a loot box, and 9/10 you get duplicates and skins for characters that you never use. You can choose to buy the skins.....IF YOU HAVE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CURRENCY.

I'm sick of Pay2Play bullshit.

IT IS RUINING GAMING
SAVE THAT SHIT FOR MOBILE GAMES

It's optional. If you want to pay then pay. If you don't want to then don't. I don't buy microtransactions no matter how good the game is so it's whatever to me. However if you like the game and don't care about money and really want to pay for digital items that make no difference in the game then go ahead and enjoy. Regardless of what the hardcore here think, this type of DLC sells. The casuals gobble it up. If it didn't sell it wouldn't be in the game. So what does that tell you? Yes, people(most) want DLC.

I never get anything good from loot boxes, it's usually crap or duplicates, with my luck, if I bought 50, I wouldn't get any epic loot

Spending money and getting a different colour costume, spray, user icon, emote, what a waste of money

RNG unlocks in a full priced game are so tacky. It's like they don't want the stigma of having "premium" skins, but still want the money.

Skins mean nothing....who cares?? just play the game..

"I just wanted to say that we are surprised that the cows finally realized how badly we were milking them. Were listening. But we dont really care. Keep giving milk. Cows. " -Jeff Kaplan

This game is a joke. The most greedy unethical practices I have ever seen in a game. Anniversary event with no reward whatsoever and instead, locked emotes and skins that are GENERIC that should have been added to the regular item list but locked behind time restricted "event" . no reward for beta players....i never seen any company do that before Blizz. Its just gross. DONT SUPPORT THAT SCAM COMPANY

Look boxes earned through playing should have a scaling % on receiving legendary or rare rewards. Every loot box that doesn't reward a rare increases your chance of getting a rare on the next box by x% and resets when you get one. Xmas and halloween events, I cleaned up and got all the skins within 20-30 boxes, but this current event and the last one I've got nothing in the same amount.

As for purchased loot boxes, perhaps the % could be higher or make it a guarantee but charge more for the box, or make duplicates give more rewards.

My main is Pharrah and I got her anniversary skin on my second of three loot boxes. I also got the cyborg anniversary skin for Soldier on my first attempt.

I've found the loot system to be perfectly fair and it's also cosmetic so there is no impact on the game.

Edit: I think it would be fair to remove the lock from event items and add a separate "event" box purchasable with in game currency. That would keep the rarity but also let you still have a chance at gear for your favorite character.

I also agree with the below in that dupes need a higher return on coins.

I just got into Overwatch and already find the Lootboxes a really bad design choice. For a F2P game these randomized boxes make sense, but in a full price game they are atrocious. I want items, emotes and so on for the characters I actually play!

what they need to do is not lock the items out of the game after an event, just make it so players can no longer get them in regular loot boxes and have to use gold to buy the items.

Such garbage loot boxes out of i dunno 100 i got one skin i could use so many voice lines and stances and SPRAYS!?!?who thought up that shit?

you honestly aren't. If you were listening, events like Uprising wouldn't be temporary since its a story event. We should be allowed to buy these skins at the very least after the event is over. Even if they are 3000 credits.