Blizzard knows you haven't been entirely happy with how Overwatch 2 has made the jump to free-to-play, and they're making some changes to progression and implementing more free skins for events.
"I could say a lot here, but I think a good place to start is saying that we aren’t completely satisfied with how everything feels right now," executive producer Jared Neuss says in a blog post. In short, the devs want to give you ways to feel like you're accomplishing something in every play session, and give you "new accomplishments to chase outside of your Competitive Rank and Battle Pass level."
"For Season 3 and beyond, we’re looking at a mix of Battle Pass changes, more interesting Challenges to pursue, and more exciting play-focused progression systems for you all to dig into," Neuss says. "We’ll be able to talk about some of these changes soon, but other changes may take more time to lock-in."
Overwatch 2 currently offers most of its Battle Pass XP through daily and weekly challenges. There's also match completion XP and bonuses you can get from playing with friends or participating in certain events, but the vast majority of progression is tied to completing challenges. That means you might not be making much progress in a session if you're not specifically targeting those challenges. It seems Blizzard is keen to fix that issue in particular.
Overwatch 2's first big balance patch suffered a last-minute delay, but it's finally going live today - which means Mei is back out of Blizzard prison.
