Collectors’ friends will soon get new content in Overwatch. A “lot of stuff” is planned for the regular loot boxes!
In Overwatch, there is a primary reward system: loot boxes. You receive them for leveling up your account, for weekly missions in the arcade, or for direct purchase with real euros.
Inside the loot boxes await various cosmetic upgrades: skins for heroes, voicelines, emotes, victory poses, display pictures, spray logos, and more.
The problem: those who have been active since the beginning and play regularly might now own all items from the classic loot boxes. Players with an account level above 400 likely possess all items available outside of special events.
“The “fault” lies with a change in the past that made loot boxes contain duplicates much less often. This allowed many players to obtain all hero poses, skins, emotes, and other visual trifles through conventional means.
Standard loot boxes to get “many new items”
Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch, has now explained that loot boxes will soon become exciting again. According to his statements in the official forum, they have “very many new items that will be included in regular loot boxes.”
No exact date has been given yet. However, Kaplan has added that you “won’t have to wait long” and it will be “early next year.”
Fans can start farming loot boxes again in a few weeks – January 2018 seems to be a realistic date.
Some of these new items have already been revealed at BlizzCon 2017. These mostly included “crossover” skins from the various Blizzard universes. For example, a “Nova” skin for Widowmaker.
Are you excited for the new things in the loot boxes? Or have you not even completed the old collection?
Have you seen Dinoflask? He trolled Jeff Kaplan so well that he was invited to Blizzard!
