People are not realising that you can try connecting the number right now.
https://account.battle.net/details#battle-tag
If you have a prepaid number, just try it now rather than worrying about it. Most people except for 2 notable prepaid carriers in US have been successful even if they are on a prepaid number.
Hey tcgtms, this is great advice. We're working on clarifying the language in the blog post to be a bit less confusing. Thanks for posting this.
Hiya folks,
When Overwatch 2 launches on October 4th, Workshop development tools will be temporarily unavailable as the team is still putting some finishing touches on this feature. Our goal is to have the scripting interface Workshop tool back up and running in a future game update, date to be announced. Your current valid Workshop and custom game codes from Overwatch will still work, so please be sure to save any custom game modes/codes that you’d like to bring with you to Overwatch 2
Thanks, and we’ll see you on October 4th!
Sorry for the duplicate. Looks like we had our blog system duplicate the comment topics for our news article. Find the current active thread here: Initializing systems! Updating Competitive play for Overwatch 2
Competitive play has been at the heart of the Overwatch community for years, and we have long-term plans to nurture this game mode far into the future. We're excited to share how we’re updating Competitive in Overwatch 2, starting with the goals that guided our decisions.
First, seasons should be exciting and tell their own, individual stories. Each one should take players on a new journey with new heroes, maps, game modes, or balance changes.
Second, we believe losing games shouldn’t be a purely negative experience. Competitive players should feel a sense of progression after games, and we want to provide players with the tools needed to improve and rank-up.
Finally, we need an improved Competitive experience for returning players—for the benefit of both them and their teammates.
Let’s dive deeper into what we’re doing to make Overwatch 2 Competitive feel fun and fair to play.
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Read moreOverwatch 2 is almost here! There are a few things to know ahead of its official launch on October 4. We have a new SMS Protection requirement that’s important to understand in order to play, so please read thoroughly and take the steps listed to ready your account so you can jump in and play right away once the game is live!
Overwatch 2 is anticipated to be live worldwide
at approximately 12:00 p.m. PDT on October 4.
As a reminder, everyone who logs in during Season One will receive heroes Junker Queen and Sojourn automatically, whether they’re new players or returning. Players who own the original Overwatch will also receive Kiriko through their Founder’s Pack, which can be claimed by logging in at any point before the end of Season Two. If you currently have the “Founders” portrait in-game, you’ve already claimed your Founder’s Pack.
... Read moreAudio transcriptions allow us to collect a temporary voice chat recording of a reported player and automatically transcribe it through text to speech programs.
Speech to text, Blizz. You're going from speech, to text.
Whoops. We'll fix this up.
From what they said it sounds like the system records it and converts to text, so no person listens to it.
This is correct, the audio is only used for transcription and then deleted. A human will never listen to the audio.
Read moreUpdate, October 5: We designed Overwatch 2 to be a live service, which enables us to be responsive to a variety of player feedback. We have made the decision to remove phone number requirements for a majority of existing Overwatch players. Any Overwatch player with a connected Battle.net account, which includes all players who have played since June 9, 2021, will not have to provide a phone number to play. We are working to make this change and expect it to go live on Friday, October 7. We will update players once it is in effect.
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, which helps to ensure we’re protecting our community against cheating. If a player is caught engaging in disruptive behavior, their account may be banned whether they have a new account or not.
As a team, we will keep listening t...
PVE is definitely not canceled.
While we are still working on our core PVE modes that we will be releasing later, there will be a taste of what we have in store coming up with our new Halloween Terror event, Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride, that we teased in our Battlepass Trailer.
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