Along with the Year of the Rooster event kicking off, a patch has gone stay for Overwatch.
As traditional, it comprises basic updates and bug fixes. Also, balancing has been utilized to Overwatch characters Ana, D.Va, Lucio, Roadhog and Sombra.
Full notes are under together with developer feedback on the hero adjustments the place relevant.
Those who take a look at issues out on the PTR will discover not a complete lot has modified, and for many who don’t use the PTR, you’ll be able to look over the previous notes through here for comparability.
Overwatch Patch Notes
Hero Balance Updates
Ana
- Biotic Grenade – Effect period has been lowered from 5 seconds to four seconds
- Healing increase on allies has been decreased by 50%
Developer Comments: The therapeutic increase from Ana’s Biotic Grenade was offering an excessive amount of therapeutic, particularly when used on targets with massive well being swimming pools.
D.Va
- Health elevated from 200 to 400
- Armor decreased from 400 to 200
- Fusion Cannons – Bullet harm decreased from three to 2; Number of bullets per shot has been elevated from eight to 11
Developer Comments: D.Va’s armor usually made her really feel like she had no weaknesses, even in opposition to heroes which might be sometimes efficient in opposition to greater targets (like Reaper). The adjustments to her major fireplace will lead to a small total lower in harm, however her Fusion Cannons ought to really feel extra constant now.
Lucio: New Hero Option: Allow Backwards Wall Ride – When enabled, permits Lucio to start out wall using whereas shifting backwards.
Roadhog (Chain Hook)
- Targets are actually pulled immediately in entrance of Roadhog (moderately than straight to him), besides in instances the place Roadhog drastically rotates
- Hooked targets are actually launched in the event that they go away Roadhog’s line of sight earlier than being pulled
- Line of sight checks (which determines if targets are hit by the hook) are actually carried out from Roadhog’s place, moderately than the hook’s place
Developer Comments: The hook ought to now really feel extra constant for Roadhog gamers, however it also needs to really feel extra cheap to his enemies, as they can’t be hooked or pulled round corners anymore.
Sombra (Hack):
- Cooldown has been lowered from 12 seconds to eight seconds
- Time it takes to hack a goal has been decreased from 1 second to zero.eight seconds
Developer Comments: Sombra usually had problem hacking enemies, even when she shocked the goal. This change ought to assist her execute hacks extra simply.
General
- The “Stay as Team” button now lights up when anybody in your group clicks it
- Players can now be part of Team Chat from the Hero Select display screen (Push “RB” on the Xbox One controller and push “R1” on the PlayStation four controller)
Communication Wheel
- Players can now equip as much as four emotes, sprays, and voice strains from inside the hero gallery
- Voice line and emote submenus might be accessed from inside the Communication wheel
- Players can now bind particular person sprays, emotes, and voice strains to mouse buttons, distinctive keys, or controller buttons
Kill Feed
- Hero capability icons are actually displayed within the Kill Feed
- Headshot eliminations are actually indicated with a pink icon
- Crouch now has a really small cooldown between makes use of
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a bug permitting spectators to make the most of the “Stay as Team” button throughout the finish of a recreation
- Fixed a bug that prompted the “Stay as Team” button to overlap with the Back button on the Social menu
- Fixed a bug stopping the Social menu from not accurately displaying World of Warcraft zones which have an apostrophe within the title
- Fixed a bug inflicting heroes to show a T-pose on the victory display screen after a Mystery Heroes brawl
- Fixed a bug stopping Simple Checkout from being navigated by a controller on PC
- Fixed a bug stopping Alt+Tab from correctly minimizing the sport consumer whereas in fullscreen mode
- Fixed a bug stopping the Kill Feed from displaying the destruction of Teleporters, Shield Generators, and Turrets
AI
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Roadhog bot from with the ability to hook gamers by Reinhardt’s protect
- Fixed a bug that allowed the Sombra bot to hack by boundaries
- Fixed a bug that made the Torbjörn bot unresponsive after inserting a turret
Competitive Play: Fixed a bug stopping gamers from receiving XP for enjoying offseason video games
Heroes
- Fixed a visible bug with Ana’s “Toast” victory pose, inflicting her cup to look blurry on the appropriate aspect of the display screen
- Fixed a bug inflicting a graphics subject with McCree’s “Hat Trick” emote
- Fixed a bug stopping the countdown timer from showing on Mei’s Cryo-Freeze capability
- Fixed a bug with the position of Mercy’s wings on her Valkyrie and Sigrún skins
- Fixed a bug stopping Symmetra’s Photon Barrier from taking part in its destruction sound impact when it’s destroyed
- Fixed a bug inflicting Tracer’s “You Got It” voice line to play an incorrect line
- Fixed a bug stopping Widowmaker’s Venom Mine from attaching to partitions
- Fixed a bug stopping Zenyatta’s Nutcracker pores and skin from receiving a golden glow whereas utilizing his Transcendence final capability
Maps
- Fixed a bug stopping Pharah from with the ability to refuel whereas standing in some planters in Oasis
- Fixed a bug that prompted Sombra to get caught beneath the bridge in Eichenwalde
- Fixed a bug that prompted Sombra to get caught behind rocks in Route 66
- Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to put her Shield Generator in unintended places in Watchpoint: Gibraltar
- Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to perch on an unintended location in Eichenwalde
- Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to achieve unintended places in Ecopoint: Antarctica
- Fixed a number of visible artifacts on the Practice Range
- Fixed a bug stopping some projectiles from destroying the piñatas in Dorado
- Fixed a bug with the dimensions of the seize level on the backyard tier in Oasis
- Fixed a difficulty stopping the glass railings in Oasis from being simply damaged by a melee assault
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