I’ve tried to get a lot of friends into Overwatch but the main thing that puts them off wanting to play is not being able to play some of the heroes without grinding heaps/paying to unlock them.
In a game like Overwatch where team compositions/certain picks are sometimes crucial to winning games, *no* heroes should be locked. It is straight up not fair.
One team could lose a game for no other reason than they weren’t able to pick a certain hero when the other team was able to pick that hero.
Also, a bunch of heroes that I consider to be the best/crucial picks are locked. Kiriko for cleanse. Lifeweaver for mass heals. Rammatra for smashing through shields. *All* of these are locked.
With all of the major announcements they made at Blizzcon, it is insane that one of them wasn’t the removal of the locks on heroes.
*All heroes should be unlocked from the get-go, full stop.*
I think locking them in the battlepasses is okay, as you just get them early for paying
But once the pass is up, you should get them regardless of if you did it or not