Blizzard has apologised for Overwatch 2's launch issues and has dropped phone login verification for most players.
, will be removed for the “majority of existing Overwatch players” via an update expected to be released on October 7.
“We remain committed to combating disruptive behavior in Overwatch 2—accounts that were not connected to Battle.net as well as new accounts will still have to meet SMS Protect requirements,” it added. The studio also addressed reports from players whose inventory in-game has been partially or totally reset following the sequel’s launch. Blizzard said the cause for this in about half of reported cases is players having not yet completed the“In the other half of reported cases for this issue, things are just taking longer than expected for items from the original Overwatch to transfer and populate in Overwatch 2,” it said.
Blizzard said other cases of heroes and items being incorrectly locked for existing players is due to a separate issue, although the player experience is the same as with the account merge problem.play 100 matches to unlock all of the original heroes
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