On October 4, the highly anticipated Overwatch 2 was finally launched, and since then, players from all around the world have been playing the well-liked first-person shooter from Blizzard Entertainment.
Again, Overwatch 2’s servers will be shut down unexpectedly for maintenance, according to Blizzard. This comes after Overwatch 2 had a very difficult launch, during which the online team shooter saw several technical difficulties and two DDOS assaults on its servers. The issues with Overwatch 2 have persisted through Friday, despite expectations that prolonged maintenance on Thursday would significantly alleviate them. As a result, Blizzard is now forced to shut down the servers once more.
What Are The Issues?
As mentioned in the last articles related to the Overwatch 2 “speedrunning” trends and situations, players of Overwatch 2 are probably already well aware of the current issues. In addition to long lines that may last hours just to get into Overwatch 2, the lines are prone to interruption, which keeps people waiting without progress uninformed.
Cross-platform account merges in Overwatch 2, the non-appearance of digital purchases and unlocks, and other significant technical flaws are also problematic.
What Will Be The Maintenance Time?
Earlier on Thursday, Blizzard published a detailed list of the things Overwatch 2 still has to do to go better. Beginning at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET, Blizzard will shut down the Overwatch 2 servers, which are expected to be down for 60 minutes.
It’s possible that the downtime will last less or more time than anticipated. Although the warning was issued barely two hours before the servers went down, no justification for the outage has yet been given.
There are a few plausible arguments as to why Blizzard chose to execute Overwatch 2 server maintenance in peak hours. It most likely suits its development timeline first and foremost.
It’s best to provide an update later so that developers may go home, get some rest, or check for new bugs before it suddenly becomes midnight. Second, Blizzard may give other areas, like Europe and Japan, priority over North America during their peak playtimes. It’s reasonable to conclude that this isn’t Blizzard’s ideal maintenance schedule at the very least.
There is a possibility that Blizzard has identified an urgent problem that has to be fixed right now, or it could just be that the company decided at the last minute to provide repairs Friday night before the weekend starts. Note that while today’s maintenance notification makes no mention of being planned, Blizzard customer support staff referred to yesterday’s Overwatch 2 maintenance as such.
What’s The Release Date Of The Next Season?
Overwatch 2’s Season 2 will be released on December 6th, with the following elements:
- New Tank hero
- New map
- 30+ new skins
- New Battle Pass
- New Mythic skin
There are currently 4 main game modes for Overwatch 2: Hybrid, Push, Escort, and Control.
Regardless of the cause of the repair, Blizzard will hopefully solve the problems with Overwatch 2 soon so that everyone can play the game without any further annoyance. A one-hour break from playing will be required tonight by the players.
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