Wow, what a trip down the memory lane! I got DS1 together with my 360 as well, which also was my first console ever. Did thoroughly enjoy it, probably because it was a fairly small selection of games. But at the time the setting and themes were very interesting to me. Got very hyped when 2 was released, maybe hoping for the same high, but it simply did not click with me.

I am with you on that one. I was speaking from the point of view of someone who didnt buy ow1 because I only got into the game after ow2 so I completely forgot it wasnt free before. Its sad how nowadays you cannot ever have “complete” games. Most games just few unpolished and unfinished and they just throw things at it trying to make money. Which for me is so ironic because I think ow has a solid gameplay mechanic - it just gets completely shadowed by all the financial decisions.

I only got into the game after 2 was launched so I only really played the 5x5 mode, but I always thought the 6x6 mode could be fun. Unfortunatelly I am not playing anymore. The core concept of the game is fun, but the matches felt just too unbalanced for me to enjoy. And although I think this change would be fun I don’ think it will fix the balance problem on matchmaking.
IMHO blizzard creates some of the best cinematics, so yeah, I hope they have good work conditions to keep doing that amazing job.