Overwatch 2, much to the surprise of nobody, isn’t having the smoothest launch.
It’s unfortunate, sure, but anyone that’s lived through a big multiplayer game’s release is already familiar with this song and dance: the servers are buckling under pressure. There are errors galore, rampant disconnects, and instances of astoundingly long login queues — we’re talking waits upwards of six hours by some accounts.
Some of Overwatch 2‘s stability woes are due to overwhelming demand, while an unknown third party is also trying to take the servers down.
“Unfortunately we are experiencing a mass DDoS attack on our servers,” Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard, said on Twitter. “Teams are working hard to mitigate/manage. This is causing a lot of drop/connection issues.”
Why would someone do this? Because people are jerks, it’s that simple.
If nothing else, all Overwatch 2‘s connection problems are producing some truly knee-slap-worthy memes. We’ve put together some of the best reactions and meltdowns below.
It'll be worth the wait, alright?
How many players are ahead of you in the Overwatch 2 queue? pic.twitter.com/0tnnY1cON1
— Shane (@Gvtties) October 4, 2022
sat here watching people get into overwatch 2 while i get a server error for the 95th time pic.twitter.com/fQIAIFQoyX
— Adam (@___Chaotic) October 4, 2022
The World of Warcraft community watching Overwatch 2 players sit in a queue for 6 hours pic.twitter.com/4118idNUb1
— OTK YUNG JEFF (@YUNGJEFF) October 4, 2022
Those errors sure are unexpected.
Overwatch 2 is awesome!! I’ve already played 5 rounds of “game server connection failed.” Such a good mode.
— Kevin Wammer (@cliophate) October 4, 2022
Overwatch 2:
20,000 players ahead of you
0 players ahead of you
*Unexpected server error has occurred*
20,000 players ahead of you— Andrew (@WatchPartyOn) October 4, 2022
OVERWATCH 2 PLAYERS PLEASE LEAVE QUEUE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WHERE I CAN’T GET IN THE SERVER BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY OF YOU TRYING TO LOG IN AT THE SAME TIME AS ME. THANK YOU!
— nika (@malvadaism) October 4, 2022
Searching for game server……….
Game server connection failed… retrying.
Searching for game server……….
Game server connection failed… retrying.
Searching for game server……….
Game server connection failed… retrying.#Overwatch2 pic.twitter.com/0WbWRsODpU— the ChooK / Faija76 (@ttheChooK) October 4, 2022
Don't worry, we'll sort this out...
overwatch 2 servers trying to manage the 1 million ppl in queue rn pic.twitter.com/XX8SFUuyTe
— alex 🦈 (@RotNRoII) October 4, 2022
Overwatch 2? You mean Overwatch QUEUE? pic.twitter.com/WVdXi7TqoE
— craig (deceased) (@kwaig) October 4, 2022
OVERWATCH 2 RELEASE pic.twitter.com/jnBXjKEqbp
— Apply (@Apply) October 4, 2022
While you’re waiting in queue, it might be worth checking out our write-up on the differences between Overwatch and Overwatch 2.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
