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Overwatch 2’sthird season releasedlast weekwith a new Antarctic-themed map, a promised Valentine’s dating sim, and, of course, another battle pass featuring various in-game cosmetics. Blizzard had already announced that this battle pass would have in-game currency for the first time, allowing players to buy their choice of cosmetics, rather than just the passes’ selection of skins and souvenirs. But fans onReddithave accused Blizzard of deliberately misleading players with these rewards.
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Overwatch 2 has a number of Legacy Credits included in its most recent battle pass, although you’d be forgiven for missing that since they’re all masquerading in gold and look more like the premium coins. This led toaccussationsthat Blizzard were complicating rewards in order to sell more battle passes. In fairness, most of the currency payouts are available on the battle passes’ free track. Regardless, changing currency colours for only this occasion is odd, and muddies OW’s already confusing monetisation even more.
Overall, Overwatch 2’s monetisation can be endlessly foggy. You have one currency for skins, another currency for league themed skins, then a different currency for the other not-league-themed skins. It’s hard to say whether or not Season 3’s battle pass is intentionally obfuscating rewards, but if the game’s monetisation was more streamlined, would this even be a problem?
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