Blizzard gives most Overwatch 1 players a pass on verifying phone numbers to play Overwatch 2

By way of the connection points and lengthy queues for entry which might be preserving many people caught on the loading display (Login queues, server crashes, and stability issues), a crucial login server has been patched to assist it maintain up beneath the load. Blizzard says it’s additionally slowly scaling up the nodes in its participant databases to assist them deal with the onrush of gamers diving in.

Past the flexibility to connect with the servers is situation primary for a recreation that takes place fully on-line, however there are different main complications for Overwatch followers, and Blizzard mentioned these too. For the SMS Shield system, which required all Overwatch 2 participant accounts to have a registered postpaid cellphone quantity (blocking some pay as you go companies like Cricket Wi-fi and VOIP setups like Google Voice in an try to chop off smurfs, trolls, and hackers), it’s enjoyable that requirement for any individuals who’ve each performed Overwatch 1 and have a linked Battle.internet account.

In case you ever performed the primary recreation on PC then that positively consists of you, whereas anybody who performed the console editions since June ninth, 2021, can be positively in that group. The change received’t happen instantly however is anticipated to roll out on Friday.

Hopefully, it ought to tackle gamers who discovered themselves lower off from the sport, in addition to accounts they’d poured money and time into when Overwatch 2 launched on Tuesday. It’s unlikely to repair all the pieces for everybody, nonetheless, and limiting the sport to solely individuals who have accredited postpaid cellphone service continues to be going to be a problem for many individuals within the US and all over the world who both share a cellphone quantity, don’t have one in any respect, or just use a supplier Blizzard doesn’t approve of.

Final however not least, for these of us who’ve overcome all of these hurdles and logged in solely to search out our accounts lacking many gadgets, play historical past, and different related knowledge, Blizzard says there are a couple of issues it’s working to repair, with about half of the stories regarding accounts that haven’t been merged, and the opposite half are accounts which have merged, however the knowledge hasn’t populated inside Overwatch 2 but.

In keeping with the publish, “In all instances, no participant knowledge has been wiped or misplaced. We now have a client-side repair for this that can’t be deployed till subsequent week, so we’re exploring server-side fixes and can present updates as extra info turns into obtainable.”

It’s additionally already rolled out one UI repair to assist console gamers get their immediate to merge accounts if crucial, however the primary particulars on cross-progression and account mergers are listed right here. In case you’re nonetheless not getting the immediate, Blizzard mentioned there are extra fixes on the best way. It’s additionally resolved a bug that stopped many individuals with correctly merged accounts from logging in in any respect. For people who find themselves lacking characters that needs to be unlocked, logging again in ought to repair it, and if it doesn’t, then they’re inspired to open a ticket with assist.