Some Overwatch 2 gamers are nonetheless lacking Overwatch 1 skins
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Overwatch 2 gamers are rising annoyed since a few of their Overwatch 1 skins haven’t transferred over.
Some Overwatch 2 gamers nonetheless don’t have skins they earned and bought within the authentic recreation.
The launch of the long-awaited Overwatch sequel had loads of points — some nonetheless ongoing. First there was the queues with over 30,000 gamers together with some DDoS assaults that bugged out servers. Then there have been disabled heroes and maps resulting from ongoing glitches. And that’s not mentioning some players’ frustration with SMS safety, future heroes being locked behind a battle cross, and assist mains demanding a extra balanced roster for the 5v5 meta.
It’s secure to say that there isn’t a scarcity of points. And now a brand new one is being added to the combination: some gamers by no means obtained their skins from Overwatch 1.
What occurred to the Overwatch 1 skins?
When Overwatch 2 was first introduced, Blizzard acknowledged that there can be cross-play with Overwatch 1. So players had been shocked when it was later revealed that Overwatch 1 servers had been being shut down a couple of days earlier than the launch of the sequel. Devs reassured gamers, nevertheless, that their cosmetics would all be transferred over.
Sadly, that doesn’t appear to be the case for all gamers.
On Reddit, one Overwatch participant mentioned that a couple of of their skins weren’t transferred over. Others urged the annoyed participant to contact buyer assist, however they apparently already had.
“I made a assist ticket with them and instructed them I used to be lacking my Noire pores and skin with proof of preorder and outdated pics I had exhibiting I had the pores and skin. All they mentioned was they’re engaged on it and to examine again later. One month later, nonetheless lacking…” the particular person replied.
This prompted different Overwatch 2 gamers to level out that they’ve been coping with the identical drawback. It was identified that getting a few of these skins again would value $40, making gamers much more annoyed with Blizzard’s assist staff. No person who contacted them was reassured that they’d get their skins again.
Blizzard has but to reply to the continued complaints.
