If you could have by no means performed Overwatch, and plan on leaping into Overwatch 2, you’ll have some work to do if you wish to add heroes from the unique sport to your roster.

In a weblog put up on the Overwatch web site, Blizzard revealed new gamers might want to full round 100 matches with the intention to unlock characters from the unique sport.

According to Blizzard, it’s a part of what it is calling the First Time User Experience (FTUE), which is an introduction to Overwatch 2 particularly designed for brand-new gamers.

The studio stated it desires to welcome gamers “extra steadily” to Overwatch 2, so they don’t really feel overwhelmed because of the variety of sport modes and heroes.

To that finish, new gamers will begin the sport with entry to a restricted set of sport modes, heroes, and different restrictions to “onboard them extra steadily.” The first section quickly unlocks all the sport modes and the flexibility to speak in-game, and the second section unlocks all the unique Overwatch heroes after roughly 100 matches.

“This targeted expertise eases new gamers into the world of Overwatch by educating them about completely different modes, guidelines, and different high-level points of the sport in an approachable manner,” stated Blizzard.

Most restrictions are lifted whereas in a gaggle, thus permitting new gamers to workforce up with pals at any time to play virtually any sport modes. Competitive is the exception to this rule as a result of new gamers should full a selected problem to entry this sport mode.

Blizzard stated the necessities to enter Competitive mode in Overwatch 2 are altering. Because the workforce is eradicating participant ranges in-game, as a substitute of getting to succeed in a sure degree, new gamers at the moment are challenged to win 50 Quick Play matches earlier than Competitive unlocks.

This will present newbies with sufficient time to arrange for the “increased expectations that include Competitive,” and it’ll maintain long-term gamers from feeling discouraged by teammates with much less expertise.

“While this course of helps new gamers be a part of the enjoyable, it’s additionally an efficient option to discourage disruptive conduct and dishonest,” stated Blizzard. “FTUE is an funding to finish as a result of it takes time to unlock sport options. Competitive, particularly, can’t be accessed with out successful matches. Disruptive gamers are unable to right away have an effect on the bigger neighborhood, with issues like voice chat and match chat unlocking later in FTUE.

“Brand-new accounts made by cheaters or disruptive gamers will all must play by way of this expertise, giving us the possibility to determine suspicious accounts earlier than they enter different sport modes.”

The First Time User Experience will solely have an effect on accounts made on or after the October 4 launch date.

Anyone who performed prior, in addition to Watchpoint Pack house owners, won’t must play by way of the First Time User Experience.