[2021] You better not have Octane if you want this Octane stuff.

Fixed at about 10am this morning, as soon as we saw this. Basically, there's a functional (internal) difference between old bundles (the ones where you get a discount if you own certain items) and these "bonus" bundles, which are new, and where ownership of any of the "core" items results in a lockout. It was never our intention to lock people out in this way; just a mistake in the way we configured it as it's pretty new for the team.

EDIT: there will still be some of these types of bundles where a "core" item may be something you already own and which will disqualify you from a bundle you'd like. We are watching that feedback and are trying our best to balance how we structure these things.

This was literally a 5min fix. And it was obvious what needed to be done. Store-only fixes usually don't require a client or server update because it's just a web API. They are something we can fix on the fly, unlike most issues. This is a rare case where I can literally "push a button and fix the thing." It has nothing to do with "priorities." I wish more things were so simple and easy to change.

Can you have a "bug" with an "easter egg"? I wonder... But, as to your question, seems like the whole point of easter eggs is to let players find things out for themselves. And that's all I'm gonna say about that. Though you might want to wait a bit (possibly until S11 launch) before testing to see if anything has changed.

For the Loba bundle, that is by design. That bundle is only meant to require that you do not own either the R-301 skin or the Loba skin. I am definitely not the "decider" of such things; only one of several people who can - from a technical capability standpoint - make certain changes / fix things / etc. I can/will make sure feedback is received by the team that does make these decisions.

In the case of the Octane bundle, we did not mean for owning Octane (the character) to prevent purchasing the bundle; in the case of the Loba bundle, the exclusivity was intentional. That was the point of my edit in my OP:

EDIT: there will still be some of these types of bundles where a "core" item may be something you already own and which will disqualify you from a bundle you'd like. We are watching that feedback and are trying our best to balance how we structure these things.

All I will say is that the reason we had to start despawning you in the firing range was absolutely not related to issues with 3P. It had to do with issues around changing characters while still alive and, in some cases, bad things happening as a result. The fact that it broke the 3P easter egg was absolutely not intentional. Even if - hypothetically - the 3P easter egg were fixed, you'd still die when changing characters.

You're welcome. And, uh, "no comment..." or something.