I love this. I hope the devs get the financial support they need. If not, I hope they take what they learned and make a clone like Dota did. HotS was the only bright spot in the last 16 years of AB horseshittery, imo.
From 2016-2020, Overwatch was the gold standard for video game community management and developer transparency. The fan community was on fire with artwork. And though it's controversial now, the gameplay up until the release of Brigitte was balanced and fun.
Nah you're right. I totally forgot how good OW1 was in terms of community. OW league was good to. Damn, they really fucked that up. I think I blocked out how good it was because of how poorly it turned out. We'll see if Microsoft can turn it around.