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One of many unique Overwatch’s most best-known options, loot packing containers, are coming to Overwatch 2 as a part of Season 15 on February 18–though you will not have the ability to purchase them immediately as was initially the case.
As a substitute, loot packing containers will return as a part of Overwatch 2’s seasonal free and premium battle passes, in addition to rewards for weekly and occasion challenges. Blizzard is trying to deliver extra transparency to the system as properly, giving gamers extra data with reference to item-drop probabilities and rarity ensures.
An merchandise of Uncommon or higher high quality has an opportunity to drop from each loot field. After opening 5 loot packing containers, gamers shall be assured an Epic-quality merchandise, and after 20 loot packing containers, a assured Legendary. Legendary loot packing containers, one in all which could be earned by way of the free battle move (and two via the premium battle move), have a 100% likelihood to reward a Legendary merchandise.
Blizzard stated it’s going to launch extra particulars concerning the return of loot packing containers subsequent week, however it’s already a little bit of a full-circle second for Overwatch. Whereas as soon as loot packing containers have been maligned as a microtransaction because of their random rewards, Blizzard is now citing the neighborhood demand as the rationale behind their return.
Overwatch 2 ditched loot packing containers when it remodeled from Overwatch 1 in 2022 and went free-to-play. Since then, followers have complained a couple of lack of rewards in Overwatch 2 in comparison with its predecessor, with the one actual method to earn cosmetics totally free coming from the free model of the sport’s battle move or the occasional occasion. Within the unique Overwatch, gamers usually earned loot packing containers simply by leveling up their account via taking part in, which was executed away with for the sequel.
The return of loot packing containers is simply one of many surprises Blizzard had in retailer as a part of its latest Overwatch 2 Highlight livestream. Additionally coming as a part of Season 15 is the addition of Perks, gameplay-augmenting selections for every Overwatch 2 hero that gamers will get to decide on over the course of a match. Blizzard moreover detailed a brand new third-person, round-based mode coming in Season 16 referred to as Stadium that transforms Overwatch 2 into one thing nearer to Valve’s nonetheless unreleased Impasse and even Counter-Strike.