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.*
They unlock pretty quickly. It’s not really a long grind. I unlocked Rammatra, Sojourn, J-Queen, Kiriko, Lifeweaver, and Illari via the hero unlock challenges, and there’s definitely enough other heroes to thoroughly try out while you get that done.
New heroes definitely are fun to try though! I’ve familiarized myself with how to play every hero in the game, but new heroes do have a certain pop to them that make doing all the grinding for them worth it even if you don’t end up favoring them in the long run. For me, Rammatra became my favorite tank hero in the game, I play as Sojourn sometimes, Kiriko is probably my second favorite support hero now, with Lifeweaver being my third favorite. Unlocking them all was so worth it.