Overwatch 2 has not been having time. After present process two assaults by exterior events that made it practically not possible to play, the hero shooter got here beneath hearth for its dangerous cellphone coverage. Then, many had points attempting to play Overwatch 2 with associates. Blizzard labored to ease these pains, axing the cellphone requirement outright and permitting extra gamers to expertise the sequel because the week went on, however not earlier than some prolonged downtime on Thursday night time. By Friday, followers had found a chat bug that randomly spent their real-world cash on the store. Now it’s the night, and to kick the weekend off, Blizzard has one other replace.

In a brand new standing replace publish, Blizzard expressed gratitude that followers have been “patient” by way of this whole saga, and whereas there are some welcome enhancements now, the sport’s bigger standing replace remains to be form of a blended bag.

Effective instantly, console gamers who’ve a linked Battle.internet account since June 9, 2021, together with any PC gamers with tied accounts, gained’t want a cellphone, Blizzard introduced within the standing replace. In an electronic mail, a Blizzard spokesperson clarified that absolutely new gamers to Overwatch 2, nonetheless, would want a cellphone quantity nonetheless, so the requirement isn’t completely gone.

While Blizzard says that it’s making progress on issues like account merging points, together with gamers unable to entry their bought Watchpoint Pack on consoles, the developer states that some should expertise hiccups. There’s nonetheless a queue for the previous drawback, and within the case of the latter subject, PlayStation homeowners specifically might not see the product of their inventories. A repair is reportedly set to roll out later tonight. Some should expertise these pesky login points, too, however Blizzard made it sound like that is now a a lot smaller stumbling block for the sport.

Perhaps probably the most ironic bullet level within the standing replace is what has changed the login subject. Here’s Blizzard, explaining how by bettering one factor, gamers may now see a worse expertise elsewhere:

Now that we’ve elevated capability and have a better participant concurrency, matchmaking programs are being affected, which suggests you might be seeing a wait earlier than being positioned in a match. We are altering configurations inside this technique right now and hope to considerably shorten that wait all through the day. We will proceed wanting into the matchmaking queues by way of the weekend to establish any further enhancements we are able to make.

At least you could be inside the sport whereas ready, although.

Blizzard is aware of that followers is likely to be annoyed after the week that’s simply transpired In the send-off to this replace, after thanking gamers and acknowledging that the sport has undergone a troublesome launch, Blizzard wrote:

We deeply admire your persistence and thanks on your help, and we’re laser centered on bettering the Overwatch 2 expertise for all gamers.

For now, it appears as if Overwatch gamers must dangle tight till subsequent week to see extra significant adjustments past those slated to hit the sport later tonight.