Overwatch 2 has "a number of fixes" for server issues going out today
Overwatch 2 has been plagued with serious server issues since it launched this week, but Blizzard now says it has "a number of fixes" going live today.
If you've tried finding a match in the last couple of days, there's a good chance you're familiar with the issues with the Overwatch 2 servers hopefully being addressed today. A lot of people are being met with unreasonably long queues. My personal experience trying to play the game reflects a pretty common story: the game tells me there are literally tens of thousands of players ahead of me. Other players are being told there are '0 players ahead' of them but are still stuck in the queue. Then there's the 'Unexpected Server Error' causing crashes in and out of games. Some people are missing skins and other items after merging their accounts.
In a tweet shared Thursday, Blizzard says it's working on a few different solutions.
There are a number of fixes going out today to address many of the issues players are experiencing with login and queues. These will take #Overwatch2 offline at the below times:3PM PT, estimated 1 hrApproximately 6PM PT, estimated 3 hrsRead more here: https://t.co/cHTYefw7zmOctober 6, 2022
More information was shared in a post on the Blizzard forums (opens in new tab). Specifically, servers were taken offline between 3pm and 4pm PDT (6pm and 7pm EDT) so that Blizzard could "address some bugs related to account merge, login, and the First Time User Experience."
Later on tonight, the Overwatch 2 servers will be offline once more from 6pm-9pm PDT / 9pm-10pm EDT. Notably, that maintenance period will be used to implement "significant upgrades to our databases to address player queues."
It sounds like it's that second maintenance period that'll be more
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