BlizzConline 2021 - Behind the Scenes of Overwatch 2 Panel

[Stoy]

BlizzConline 2021 - Behind the Scenes of Overwatch 2 Panel
Jeff Kaplan discussed updates on Overwatch 2!

• PvP
  
  • New Map - Rome
  • New Map - New York City
  • Role Passives
    
    • Tanks - Knockback reduction and less ultimate charge for opponents attacking them
    • DPS - Movement speed bonus
    • Healers - Passive Healing after being out of combat for a specific amount of time
  • Change to tank role entirely - more toe to toe brawlers and less about protecting others
    
    • Examples include 2 charges for Reinhardt's Fire Strike and the ability to cancel his charge.
    • These changes aren't final
  • Combat Upgrades
    
    • New Sounds for weapons and effects
    • Sounds change as ammo runs low
    • Combat reverb acoustics
  • Sojourn
    
    • Based around her railgun
    • Success is revolved around aim skill
• Hero Missions
  
  • PvE Co-Op Missions
  • Includes hero personalities and story elements
  • Hundreds of missions
  • Different enemy sets and types of missions
  • Can take place in any multiplayer map and includes new spaces in the maps
  • Certain missions can include heavy weather such as sandstorms
  • Missions can also take place in day or night.
  • Characters like Hanzo and Widowmaker become more valuable in weather effects because they can see through the obstructions.
• New Objective Types
  
  • Gather and Return - Collect items and return to a point while protecting them
  • "Wall of Death"
  • Scavenger Hunt
• Progression
  
  • Level up your heroes as you play Hero missions
  • Skill trees that are customizable
  • Examples include Soldier 76's biotic heal traveling with him or repulses enemies
  • Junkrat duel wielding grenade launchers
  • Mercy area of effect ressing at super long range
  • Shooting through walls
  • Freeze damage or electrical damage on guns
• Enemy Units
  
  • Major focus of 2020 was to vary the enemy Null Sector combat to include new units and more exciting gameplay.
  • Breacher - Bomb with legs that heads towards objectives that needs to be killed before it explodes.
  • Flying units with deadly smoke fields
  • Puller has a scary spawn sound and can suck players in
  • Elite units have different behaviors and attacks
  • Chain Hit reactions - enemies that fall knock over their allies
• New Looks for Heroes
  
  • McCree, Pharah, Reaper and Widowmaker have updated looks.
  • Face rigs have been improved
• Story
  
  • Second onmic uprising - who is behind it?
  • In-game cinematic intros and outros for every mission
  • All available heroes get dialogue for missions
  • How to implement story with gameplay
  • Each story mission has its own map
  • India is one map in story
  • Torbjorn's workspace is also a map
  • Toronto is a map with a dynamic snowstorm
  • Branching dialogue system based on which characters take part in the mission

[tangers58]

I didn't expect much but certainly didn't expect OW2 to look so very far away over a year after being announced.

[Xeenith]

when they announced it last blizzcon Jeff said it wouldn't be soon, not even Blizzard's Soon™
I really dont understand how people can think it was "only a year away" or something like that

as a pure pve player, I like many things about overwatch but I can't bear to play it, I really hate everything pvp related
so am I waiting for OW2 to play in that universe? yep! but I understand it's still far from release, sad but nothing we can do about it

[KainneAbsolute]

I think this panel was more interesting than the ones from others games.