As Blizzard implemented a more aggressive monetization model in Overwatch 2 as the game became free-to-play, most of the rare and splendid skins in Overwatch 2 became very expensive.
And it didn't take long before smarter players realized that the cheapest way to get those skins is to farm gold in World of Warcraft and convert them through Blizzard's Battle.net system for Coins in Overwatch 2.
A player named Everdale posted this method on the r/Overwatch subreddit. Everdale said it was hilarious that people could play a different game to unlock Overwatch 2 skins.
The skin shop of Overwatch 2
Basically, Everdale suggested players can purchase a token with in-game gold. After that, they can start the gold-farming process and convert the gold into Battle.net balance at 13 Euros to 1 Token. This isn't an ideal rate, but it was much faster than that in Overwatch 2.
In Overwatch 2's skin store, a Legendary skin can cost 2000 Coins. Free players can earn 60 Coins every week for completing the Weekly Challenges, and this means that players need to work for about 8 months to buy a Legendary skin.
The skin shop of Overwatch 2
But the question of whether Everdale's idea is a feasible way caught the eyes of players. While according to some calculations by players, this approach means earning at least 8,400 gold a week in WoW to outpace the rate of making gold by completing the Weekly Challenges in Overwatch 2.
It will be largely limited by factors such as the fluctuating currency rate in WoW. In addition, if you want to do this, you must first spend money to buy the WoW Token.
This method of earning gold also sacrifices some fun of playing WoW and requires that people who "make money" this way are skilled players.
A player said the Chinese server of WoW does not the converter.
The news caused some discussion among Chinese players too. However, this conversion doesn't work for Chinese players since the Chinese server doesn't support exchanging WoW gold for Blizzard points.
Still, players commented that they "didn't expect that a nearly 20-year-old game can still shine in situations like this" and claim they're "really touched.", probably by how ludicrisly Blizzard is trying to milk their product.
A Chinese player said: "I didn't expect that a nearly 20-year-old game can still give out its residual energy."
Source: Reddit