@postal_pat: I re-subscribed to both podcasts in Pocket Casts. Now I've got two icons for each. The newly-added subscriptions show the new episodes. Album art was missing, but eventually showed up.
@postal_pat: Same here. Pocket Casts (android) isn't listing this week's premium bombcast or beastcast. Or the "Seasons Greetings" ep, which I guess is supposed to also be in the bombcast feed.
This is quite possibly the dumbest/best idea for a stream I've seen. It's up there with the coin appraisal/guitar hero stream from earlier this year in terms of a creative idea that shouldn't have worked.
I couldn't remember a coin appraisal stream, so I went looking. I must have missed this one. Here's a link to said stream.
I'm okay with Overwatch's loot box implementation, for many of the same reasons mentioned here.
All loot box items are cosmetic. They don't affect gameplay in any way.
All loot box items can be purchased with in-game currency.
This wasn't the case for the very first event, Summer Games 2016, but has been for all subsequent events.
Event loot boxes are guaranteed to contain at least one event item. And the rate of duplicates has been adjusted somewhat since launch.
There's no dual-currency system - a concept popularized in mobile free-to-play games that's made its way into more and more PC/console games.
There are additional ways to get loot boxes beyond purchasing them or grinding XP.
One free loot box is given out at the start of events. (You probably have to log in during the event to get it. I haven't missed an event yet, so not sure.)
Each week, 3 arcade wins earn 1 loot box, up to 3 boxes per week.
Individual arcade mode wins can earn 1 loot box, the first time they're played.
Blizzard continues to add new content to the game, both big (new heroes, maps, and modes) and small (new skins, voice lines, etc.). And new features like highlight capture and recording.
I've bought loot boxes a couple times, but I've put a lot of hours into the game, so buying boxes isn't as much of a draw now as it was early on. But I may still buy some in the future, if there's a great skin and I'm short on time and in-game currency.
I love the game, and would still play it even if there weren't new loot box items to earn. But I like these little touches. Overwatch is all about variety, as evidenced by the roster which will soon have 26 heroes. I like being able to choose skins and voice lines and highlight intros for the heroes I play.
Glad that Manfred's My Friendgot highlighted this time, it's so good! The facial expressions on the undead character matches Vinny's voice-over really well.
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