Overwatch 2 Servers Hit By "Mass DDoS Attack" On Launch Day

How dare they, i was gonna play with the one new character but they just HAD to ruin It with a DDoS attack

Thanks other people.

Lol serves them right.

Honestly didn't even realize they went live. Usually hear about their big releases.

Ironically, been playing Paladins this week.

Blizzard is at the point as a company where they just need to admit they had a good run but its time to cut thier losses and close thier doors.

Very disappointing. Was really excited to play today. Oh well, the weekend it is.

@invictus4000 so what you are saying is you wish people will lose their job and be unable to support their families oof not cool dude

@invictus4000 Do you have any how much money Blizzard makes? Get educated, the numbers are insane.

I’m sure when I get the chance, the gameplay will be great. But you know what I know won’t be, the BP, and this comment section.

@CodyMKW Please, as if. The job market for programmers, QA testers, etc is ridiculously in favor of job seekers at the moment. Heck, even janitors are in high demand. Even if Blizzard shut down (which, I'm not advocating either way about atm), I'd bet 99% of employees would have a new job within a month.

I had a feeling something like this would (did) happen.

@link3710 Just because something is in high demand doesn’t mean it pays well or provides a meaningful work-life balance.

@link3710 it’s not as simple as you think. People can lose pensions for their retirement, will now have to compete for job positions that may or may not pay the same, they may have to relocate, etc. Some will be fine of course, but will definitely be a struggle for others.

If only it were possible to travel back to pre-Bridget era OW 1... but we can't, because Blizzard does not care about preservation nor what the players think. Or what their own employees think, either.

@Tasuki they did say that didn’t they? Wow blizzard, but not surprised.

@Paraka I had a much better time playing Paladins vs Overwatch. I miss 3rd person view.

@invictus4000 Eh I dunno. Hearthstone is still supported, right?

Keep getting kicked out of the que. Hope I can get in at least a couple of rounds tonight.

Oh no!

Anyway…

Bad press or not, there are employees in that company that worked hard to get there, and work hard to keep the culture of the workplace positive. Really easy to s*** on Blizzard while you sit on the toilet and write a mean comment.

Are we sure it's a DDOS? Being fully unprepared for launch day just seems like par from the course from Blizzard.

Definitely possible it's an excuse, but clearly there's an army of folk with daggers out for Blizzard. Hardly seems far fetched that they'd be with with a DDoS.

Well having now actually played a couple of rounds; Switch version is a massive downgrade. Both lower frame rate and grainier visuals.

Doesn't feel like a sequel at all. It's the same game but with a few extra maps and characters and, on switch at least, degraded performance. Huge disappointment.

I literally just loaded it up to see if they actually went ahead with demanding for people's mobile numbers to play, can't believe they did and that people are happy to oblige

Am I the only one that has had their account reset to as if am a new player. All my account unlocks are gone and I have nothing not happy 😡😡

@Outerdragon You probably made a new account. Go to the website and troubleshoot.

@Big_Fudge 2 factor authentication is bad, right?

I at least got to play the training mode lol

@ketrac nope it’s exactly the same one I used for OW1 on switch. Seems a lot of people are having this problem.

Reminder #37648 that people suck.

@Xiovanni It’s easy to be critical from the outside, but you nor I can relate to what keeps people working for Blizzard.

@Outerdragon Here you go https://www.gamesradar.com/overwatch-2-cross-progression-account-merge/

@ketrac They already have 2 factor authentication. You've got to use the blizzard authenticator app to login to any blizzard stuff.

@Riderkicker - I do too, but I understood the change as to why. Still a fun game though, play it in sporadic sessions. Something I can't say about Overwatch after the first year.

Got some games in last night with the bois, despite everything. Game is still fun as heck, as it was in the betas. Kiriko is a lot of fun, definitely difficult to use well but in a fun challenge sort of way.

Speaking of challenges, the Battle Pass fears have been drastically overblown. I'm already level 9 after a single short night of play - my brother was level 12. You could literally play a single couple-hour session of Overwatch per week and still unlock the new hero in half the duration of the battle pass. And people seem to be forgetting you can still get new heroes for free after the BP as well.

As for anyone wishing for this game to fail or saying the DDOS is deserved because it's Blizzard - tell me what anyone on Team 4 (The OW team) did to warrant your disgusting comments.

@BLD Division logic doesn't apply to vindictiveness. Boycotting is also a dumb practice that doesn't really address the actual reasons a company may be hated, but who cares as long as we can pretend to hurt our target in a manner most convenient for our wallets, huh?

Also, isn't Blizzard about to be going through a pretty massive change with that Microsoft buyout? The way people act makes it sound like bad companies stay bad forever, but I can remember a time in the 2010s when Capcom was the go-to company to hate and nowadays are doing pretty well in the fan's eyes.

@Xiovanni The President of WoW would have a no-compete clause, but the artist painting for Overwatch would not. No-compete clauses are typically regional and timely. Two year clauses are typically struck down by courts for being too restrictive, general rule of thumb is 6-months. Another complicating matter is that many of the people you’re criticizing are contracted labor and not employees of Blizzard who wouldn’t be under a no-compete because they don’t have access to confidential information. There is a clause in Blizzard contracts for employees that is intended to prevent the poaching of talent for 2-years after one’s departure.

"Game is live" is a bit of a misnomer. It's more like the game is on life support at this point.

My problem is that like many of you, I "paid" for Overwatch. Now I can't play a game I paid for because the free to play sequel has replaced the first game. I think they should have not released the sequel until they were ready. I've tried multiple times to play and I receive errors or I'm put on a huge waiting list.

I find it quite hilarious and deserved that they were attacked.