For Overwatch 2, which will be available for free on October 5, Blizzard Entertainment announced that it will launch a new “Protection Field” mechanism to protect the fairness of the “Overwatch 2” game. And in this way, it promotes positive play interaction behavior.
According to the description, “Protection Field” is a general term for many basic systems designed to protect the fairness of the “Battle Strike 2” game and promote positive play interactive behavior. Blizzard Entertainment stated that it was jointly formulated by team members of internal cross-functional departments. , through this mechanism, will ensure that all “Battle Strike 2” players can have a great gaming experience.
The following sets the goals for the new “Protective Field” mechanic:
• Create, develop and maintain programs that ensure a positive experience for all players.
• Quickly find and remove cheaters and players who interfere with the game experience, ensuring that the fairness of the game under different technical levels of the game is not affected.
• Take a firm stance on gameplay that interferes with the experience, and at the same time make positive and constructive players mainstream in the community, so as to jointly create a community that can reassure players both inside and outside the game.
Under the guidance of these core concepts, Blizzard Entertainment stated that the “Protective Force Field” mechanism team will work together to strengthen the security and game experience of “Battle Strike”, so that each hero can play in a fair and safe environment. play games.
The relevant protection mechanism includes binding a mobile phone number to the battle.net account from October 5th, and ensuring that a single mobile phone number can only correspond to a single account usage mode, so as to prevent others from misusing the account, or individuals abusing multiple groups of accounts Behavior.
At the same time, machine learning and voice-to-text methods will also be used during the game to confirm whether the player uses language to influence others’ play during the game, or to detect whether there is cheating. At the same time, all identification data such as audio files will be converted into text. It will be deleted immediately, and the text data will be automatically deleted within 30 days, only as a basis for confirming whether it affects the game.
In addition, Blizzard Entertainment also stated that it will provide a series of guidance and teaching for first-time players. At the same time, it will also strengthen the praise system in the game, as well as a marking system that makes it easier for players to communicate with teammates. Players will no longer be specially marked in the game. level, thereby reducing prejudice among players.