Overwatch

Overwatch Dev Tracker




17 Aug

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Basically, whatever console account is linked to the BattleNet account you confirmed, everything on that console account up to launch of Overwatch 2 is rolled into your BattleNet account when the new game launches.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You do want to confirm in-game, because that tells us those are the accounts you want and we are good to go to merge them when we launch.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You can verify all of your account connections and link them from account.battle.net/connections

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

No, they are still good to confirm. They need to make sure they are linked at account.blizzard.com/connections and then confirm when logging onto the PC version of Overwatch.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

It’s okay, crossplay is not really changing from what we know of it now. Cross-Progression is the big news that came out yesterday and you can get all of the details here:

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Console players will still have their own console pool rank separated from that of PC players (not to mention console players cannot play in the Competitive PC pool anyways).


16 Aug

Comment
    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You get to keep all of it, PC, Xbox, and Switch and will all be access from the same BattleNet account once Overwatch 2 launches.

What players cannot do is merge multiple console accounts from the same console platform. So say if you have two PlayStation accounts, you must pick one of those two PlayStation accounts to link and merge with the BattleNet account of your choice.


Hey everyone. Thanks for all of the questions, and I hope I was able to clarify a lot as we all get closer to Overwatch 2. I have to step away for now as there are many more things I am working on, but I will continue to check in for your questions and feedback.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

There will be a prompt in-game when you log in the next time to confirm you have the correct accounts you want to merge. Clicking confirm will lock the accounts you currently have linked in place.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You simply have that item, and no compensation or extra credits are issued from having the same item across multiple platforms before merging.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Correct. Details can be found in this r/Games AMA response from our system designer.

We do still plan to remove portrait levels for OW2, but we also want to celebrate this legacy accomplishment. The plan is to display your portrait level in your profile once we launch OW2.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Like all duplicate cosmetics, there is no compensation for having two of the exact same item.

EDIT: To clarify, when I say duplicate, I mean if there are duplicate items between the two accounts being merged. Not duplicates that can appear from a opened Loot Box.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You should be fine. Again just check your accounts you have linked to BattleNet at account.battle.net/connections

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

The highest XP level will be pushed through

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

To clarify, if you are already on a platform and then sign into a new platform under the same BattleNet account, you will access the items from that BattleNet on the new platform.

What you won’t be able to do is link a totally separate BattleNet account to another BattleNet account even if each account is on a different platform.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Yes, you should be prompted on PC as long as you already linked your PlayStation account. You can link online at account.battle.net/connections

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

I will put in as much time as I have available. That being said, I will need to pull away here soon.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

You should be good to go then.

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Do the same, Tfast, just verify your accounts at account.battle.net/connections

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    Craig on Forums - Thread - Direct

Thanks CowboyWife,

Go to account.battle.net/connections and see if your PlayStation account is linked to the correct BattleNet account.