anyway Monitor 2Wait times seem to have improved after maintenance on the game’s servers last night, you may still want to wait a bit if you’re looking for a completely bug-free experience – especially if you don’t like bugs that might spend premium coins on hero skins without your consent while Use in-game chat.
Although it is not clear how common the problem is, it appears that it has been infecting users since launch, if not before. The main issue seems to be that while chatting is in a menu, your game keystrokes are still registered by the other menu options, which means you can navigate your way to the store and end up buying a theme while texting with friends. Posts about it on the game’s Bug Report forum date back to May, drawing attention to it During the trial version. Other jobs You have rose Since the game’s official release, the A rising post on Reddit You see others chime in with their accounts tales also inadvertently buying premium hero skins.
With 1,000 upvotes on Reddit approaching, user Dracyoshi’s post directly illustrates the issue. They said, “I was chatting with some friends while browsing the Hero Gallery when the game unexpectedly started opening the Junker Coin plutonium skin.” They go on to speculate that the text written in the chat is “sometimes misinterpreted by the game [as] Entry to navigate the menu.
Although they have followed up with Blizzard Support regarding this issue, there is no indication that refunds or changes are on the way. Drasushi said Kotaku That since publication, Blizzard still has not resolved the issue and confirms that it will not issue refunds for purchases made with in-game currency as far as this case is concerned.
Scrolling through the thread in Dracyoshi’s post reveals other players have been echoing the same issue. “My friend was a victim of this mistake,” read one commentI accidentally bought the legendary Kirkos for 1,900 credits while trying to chat. “Oh my God this happened to me twice,” Read another“I thought I was going crazy.”
For now, the best practice seems to be to follow Darushi’s advice and not “use in-game chat while you’re in the hero gallery until it’s fixed”.
Kotaku I reached out to Blizzard for comment.
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