{"id":8598,"date":"2022-10-17T22:14:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T22:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/overwatch-2s-weekly-coin-rewards-are-insultingly-low\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T22:14:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T22:14:17","slug":"overwatch-2s-weekly-coin-rewards-are-insultingly-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/overwatch-2s-weekly-coin-rewards-are-insultingly-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2’s weekly coin rewards are insultingly low"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blizzard has completely upended how buying stuff works in Overwatch 2<\/a>, and the transition has not been smooth. The hero shooter’s switch to free-to-play coincides with its move away from loot boxes to battle passes and a cosmetic shop that only accepts a new paid currency: Overwatch Coins. For a studio that used to give away loot boxes at a breezy pace, Blizzard is being incredibly stingy with its premium currency.<\/p>\n

Overwatch Coins are the new way to unlock just about everything in Overwatch 2. You can buy Overwatch Coins in bundles starting at $5 for 500 coins or buy more at once to get a better value. It’s a nearly identical setup to a bunch of other live service games, but what’s less common is how Overwatch Coins can also be earned.<\/p>\n

The only way to get Overwatch Coins without simply buying them is to complete weekly challenges. That sounded neat when I first heard about it, but then I realized how hilariously low the payouts are. Here’s how it breaks down:<\/p>\n

Complete 4 weekly challenges: 30 Overwatch CoinsComplete 8 weekly challenges: 20 Overwatch CoinsComplete 11 weekly challenges: 10 Overwatch Coins<\/p>\n

That’s a total of 60 possible Overwatch Coins you can earn in a week, equivalent to exactly $0.60<\/strong>. To give you a sense of exactly how little 60 cents is worth in Overwatch 2, legendary skin bundles go for around 2,000 coins, or $20. If I were determined to unlock Sojourn’s cool detective outfit with only weekly Overwatch Coins, I’d have to complete every challenge, every week, for about nine months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A guy can only play so much Arcade in a week, OK.\u00a0 <\/span>(Image credit: Blizzard)<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s an insulting earn rate, right? 60 coins is a borderline useless number of coins. It’s pocket change\u2014I could find more money diving between my couch cushions than by playing Overwatch 2 for a week. The math is so unfavorable to players that I have to believe nobody at Blizzard crunched the numbers and determined that 60 coins is a cool and gracious reward for playing a lot of Overwatch.<\/p>\n

I do mean a lot<\/em> of Overwatch. I’ve averaged 2-3 hours of Overwatch per night and I’ve yet to earn all 60 coins in a week. Most challenges are doable, but there’s typically one I’m not willing to grind for, like winning a bunch of Arcade games (snooze) or Competitive matches (no thanks), so I’m locked out of the final 10 coins. Another 40 weeks or so and that Sojourn skin is mine!<\/p>\n

Seems like I’m not alone in my bewilderment, either. “This is appalling. I get they have to rework their payment model to better support the game, but this is garbage,” wrote Reddit user BlynxInx<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The battle pass is fine. The fact that buying a single skin costs double the amount of a battle pass is crazy,” added Specific-Moose8094.<\/p>\n

Overwatch 2’s weekly coins compare even less favorably to other battle passes. In every other shooter I play, a substantial chunk of premium currency can be earned back by progressing through the $10 premium battle pass. In Fortnite, Apex Legends, and even Overwatch’s corporate cousin Call of Duty: Warzone, it’s possible to earn enough credits over a season to pay for your next battle pass (or buy a bundle or two in the store). Overwatch 2’s battle pass includes zero Overwatch Coins.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Blizzard)<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s weird how bad Overwatch 2 is where it concerns currency, because the battle pass itself is reasonably paced. After a few weeks of nightly sessions, I’m at tier 48 out of 80. It helps that Overwatch 2 has some of the easiest daily challenges I’ve ever seen (I’ve had one that simply asked me to wave to a support hero), and the 20% XP boost for having the premium pass helps a lot too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Throwing some currency into the battle pass progression as most other games do would probably go a long way, but barring his, I think I’d actually be less annoyed earning zero coins (or some extra battle pass XP) than a measly 60 cents.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Overwatch 2’s weekly coin rewards are insultingly low<\/p>\n

Blizzard has completely upended how buying stuff works in Overwatch 2<\/a>, and the transition has not been smooth. The hero shooter’s switch to free-to-play coincides with its move away from loot boxes to battle passes and a cosmetic shop that only accepts a new paid currency: Overwatch Coins. For a studio that used to give away loot boxes at a breezy pace, Blizzard is being incredibly stingy with its premium currency.<\/p>\n

Overwatch Coins are the new way to unlock just about everything in Overwatch 2. You can buy Overwatch Coins in bundles starting at $5 for 500 coins or buy more at once to get a better value. It’s a nearly identical setup to a bunch of other live service games, but what’s less common is how Overwatch Coins can also be earned.<\/p>\n

The only way to get Overwatch Coins without simply buying them is to complete weekly challenges. That sounded neat when I first heard about it, but then I realized how hilariously low the payouts are. Here’s how it breaks down:<\/p>\n

Complete 4 weekly challenges: 30 Overwatch CoinsComplete 8 weekly challenges: 20 Overwatch CoinsComplete 11 weekly challenges: 10 Overwatch Coins<\/p>\n

That’s a total of 60 possible Overwatch Coins you can earn in a week, equivalent to exactly $0.60<\/strong>. To give you a sense of exactly how little 60 cents is worth in Overwatch 2, legendary skin bundles go for around 2,000 coins, or $20. If I were determined to unlock Sojourn’s cool detective outfit with only weekly Overwatch Coins, I’d have to complete every challenge, every week, for about nine months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A guy can only play so much Arcade in a week, OK.\u00a0 <\/span>(Image credit: Blizzard)<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s an insulting earn rate, right? 60 coins is a borderline useless number of coins. It’s pocket change\u2014I could find more money diving between my couch cushions than by playing Overwatch 2 for a week. The math is so unfavorable to players that I have to believe nobody at Blizzard crunched the numbers and determined that 60 coins is a cool and gracious reward for playing a lot of Overwatch.<\/p>\n

I do mean a lot<\/em> of Overwatch. I’ve averaged 2-3 hours of Overwatch per night and I’ve yet to earn all 60 coins in a week. Most challenges are doable, but there’s typically one I’m not willing to grind for, like winning a bunch of Arcade games (snooze) or Competitive matches (no thanks), so I’m locked out of the final 10 coins. Another 40 weeks or so and that Sojourn skin is mine!<\/p>\n

Seems like I’m not alone in my bewilderment, either. “This is appalling. I get they have to rework their payment model to better support the game, but this is garbage,” wrote Reddit user BlynxInx<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The battle pass is fine. The fact that buying a single skin costs double the amount of a battle pass is crazy,” added Specific-Moose8094.<\/p>\n

Overwatch 2’s weekly coins compare even less favorably to other battle passes. In every other shooter I play, a substantial chunk of premium currency can be earned back by progressing through the $10 premium battle pass. In Fortnite, Apex Legends, and even Overwatch’s corporate cousin Call of Duty: Warzone, it’s possible to earn enough credits over a season to pay for your next battle pass (or buy a bundle or two in the store). Overwatch 2’s battle pass includes zero Overwatch Coins.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Blizzard)<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s weird how bad Overwatch 2 is where it concerns currency, because the battle pass itself is reasonably paced. After a few weeks of nightly sessions, I’m at tier 48 out of 80. It helps that Overwatch 2 has some of the easiest daily challenges I’ve ever seen (I’ve had one that simply asked me to wave to a support hero), and the 20% XP boost for having the premium pass helps a lot too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Throwing some currency into the battle pass progression as most other games do would probably go a long way, but barring his, I think I’d actually be less annoyed earning zero coins (or some extra battle pass XP) than a measly 60 cents.<\/p>\n

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