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10.04.2018

Overwatch Retribution Patch Notes – April 10

GENERAL UPDATES

General

Players can select to “Avoid as Teammate” with a dropdown menu within the Career Profile

Developer Comments: The addition of the “Avoid as Teammate” choice provides gamers the power to craft their on-line gameplay expertise. Up to 2 gamers could be chosen with this characteristic. If you employ the “Avoid as Teammate” choice on a participant, the matchmaker will now not place you on a group with the prevented participant for one week.

[PS4/XB1] Voice Chat Mode

An choice to toggle Voice Chat Mode has been added underneath Options > Sound

Report Menu

The “Poor Teamwork” dropdown menu choice has been eliminated
The “Griefing” dropdown menu choice has been renamed “Gameplay Sabotage”

Developer Comments: Due to participant confusion about essentially the most applicable class to report gamers for poor or poisonous gameplay, we’re eradicating the Poor Teamwork choice from the reporting system. Players ought to as an alternative use the Gameplay Sabotage choice when gamers actively harass or disrupt their very own group with recreation mechanics or their actions. Players shouldn’t be reported merely for performing poorly, since everybody sometimes has a nasty recreation.

Heroes

Sombra’s “Enemies Hacked” commendation card now additionally shows her offensive assists
Brigitte’s Golden Weapon variant will now additionally give her a golden defend
Changed Mercy’s Valkyrie voice line

HERO UPDATES

Brigitte

Barrier Shield

An choice to “Toggle Barrier” has been added underneath Options > Controls > Brigitte

D.Va

Micro Missiles

Explosive harm diminished from 6 to 4

Boosters

Impact harm diminished from 25 to 10

Developer Comments: D.Va’s burst potential is a bit too excessive, so we’re decreasing the harm of her Micro Missiles and Boosters influence. Prior to this modification, every missile dealt three influence harm and 6 explosive harm. We’re decreasing explosive harm from 6 to Four however leaving the influence harm the identical, the web consequence being 21% harm discount.

McCree

Added extra voice strains for Lifeguard McCree

Mei

Endothermic Blaster

Now pierces by means of enemies

Developer Comments: This change helps Mei fight a number of targets which can be clumped up and makes it simpler for her to maintain freezing a selected goal if one other enemy will get in the best way. This change additionally helps her final extra constantly freeze enemy targets, particularly if they’re close to one another. Note: While her pictures now pierce enemies, they nonetheless don’t pierce obstacles equivalent to Reinhardt’s defend.

Reaper

Death Blossom

Reloads Hellfire Shotguns after use

Wraith Form

Move velocity bonus elevated from 25% to 50%
You can now cancel the power by urgent the Shift or Primary Fire hotkey

Developer Comments: These adjustments assist Reaper use Wraith Form extra constantly as an escape, however additionally they open up new choices, equivalent to chasing down key targets.

Moira

Biotic Grasp

Transparency elevated the nearer you’re to a goal

Coalescence

Now turns into extra clear the nearer its visible results are to a participant’s digital camera

Fade

Transparency elevated the nearer you’re to a goal

Developer’s Comment: Due to points with visibility, we now have made most of Moira’s visible results fade away the nearer they’re to the digital camera. We have additionally made modifications to Coalescence to enormously enhance the power for foes and allies alike to see by means of it when dealing with it.

Zenyatta

Orb of Destruction

Secondary fireplace price of fireside diminished by 15%

Developer Comments: Zenyatta is supposed to have the ability to deal lots of harm, particularly for a help, however his alternate fireplace burst harm was a bit too excessive. This change retains the general harm the identical however lowers the DPS barely and makes it tougher to hit a number of pictures at very lengthy ranges.

GAME BROWSER AND CUSTOM GAMES UPDATES

General

Lockout Elimination playing cards within the Arcade at the moment are simply known as Elimination
Added Ayutthaya to the map rotation in 3v3 Elimination recreation modes

MAP UPDATES

Blizzard World

Moved the primary payload checkpoint (Pylon Terrace) again 10 meters

Developer Comments: We moved the checkpoint again for 2 causes. The authentic location swung the map’s stability too far in a single course (favoring the defenders). Also, as soon as the payload reached the checkpoint, defenders coming back from spawn may get pinned on this space, normally ensuing of their loss of life.

Hollywood

Corrected the spelling on a poster from Thespian 4.Zero to Thespion 4.0

USER INTERFACE UPDATES

General

Heroes can now be chosen by double-clicking the hero icon throughout Hero Select
Added leaderboard info to the aggressive info display screen. This could be accessed by right-clicking the menu on the aggressive card
Simplified Hero Select ideas for roles

BUG FIXES

General

Fixed a bug that triggered digital camera motion to be jittery when gamers ran towards a transferring ramp
Fixed a bug that prevented oxygen tanks and fireplace extinguishers in spawn rooms from propelling after taking harm

Fixed a bug that triggered bots to aim operating exterior of the spawn room earlier than the match started on Assault/Escort maps

Heroes

Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s sidearm from displaying golden coloration from her Golden weapon when Overwatch League skins have been geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented Bastion from firing projectiles instantly after going into Tank configuration
Fixed a bug that prevented Bastion from being knocked again whereas reworking throughout Configuration: Tank
Fixed a bug that triggered Ganymede’s tail feathers to be cropped throughout Bastion’s Toast Victory Pose
Fixed a bug that triggered Bastion’s Gatling gun barrel to vanish if he took harm whereas reloading in Sentry mode
Fixed a bug that triggered Bastion to not animate or play sound results when reworking from Recon to Sentry mode whereas trapped inside Zarya’s Graviton Surge
Fixed a bug that triggered Bastion to emit blood as an alternative of oil visible results when Overwatch League skins have been geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented Brigitte’s influence results from enjoying when hitting the atmosphere
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s intention to be barely offset after utilizing Shield Bash
Fixed a bug that triggered particulars to detach from Brigitte’s Rocket Flail when she swung it
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s hero portrait on voice line icons to have low decision when unlocked from Loot Boxes
Fixed a bug that triggered group names on Brigitte’s armor to distort when Overwatch League skins have been geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s hand to clip by means of her head when her Hilarious emote was used
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s Rocket Flail and melee sound results to cease enjoying after a couple of strikes
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s defend to emit blood visible results
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s Rocket Flail to not solid a shadow when utilizing her Cheer emote
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s flag to vanish and abruptly reappear throughout Rally when utilizing her Rocket Flail
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s High Five spray to have a clear sq. in her torso
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s Excelsior decal to fragment in unintended areas
Fixed a bug that triggered Brigitte’s foot, leg, and defend to clip into the bottom throughout her Defender spotlight
Fixed a bug that triggered a participant’s digital camera to jitter when spectating Doomfist throughout his Meteor Strike
Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Meteor Strike from touchdown the place it was telegraphed when standing near a ledge
Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Meteor Strike to entry unintended places
Fixed a bug that triggered Doomfist’s Meteor Strike to penetrate angled surfaces as he descended
Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from impacting enemies
Fixed a bug that triggered D.Va to face the improper course throughout her default victory pose when posed to the left of her MEKA
Fixed a bug that triggered the glass window of D.Va’s cockpit to distort when her Palanquin pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented the triangle texture on D’Va’s MEKA management stick from glowing when her Officer pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented Genji’s dagger from displaying golden coloration from his Golden weapon when an Overwatch League pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented Junkrat from being knocked again whereas piloting his RIP-Tire
Fixed a bug that triggered Junkrat’s pores and skin textures to have a visual seam
Fixed a bug that triggered Junkrat’s Ornament spray to look at a low decision
Fixed a bug that triggered Lúcio’s shoulder strap to clip into his shoulder when throughout his Medal victory pose
Fixed a bug that triggered McCree’s Peacekeeper to develop considerably in the course of the hero choose display screen when sure skins have been geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered the symmetry of McCree’s collar to distort when the Van Helsing pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to shoot by means of Mei’s Ice Wall when trapped behind it
Fixed a bug that triggered Mercy’s The Witch spray to look at low decision
Fixed a bug that triggered a hero to unavailable to choose within the Hero Select display screen if the useless participant had the Hero Select display screen open after deciding on a brand new hero
Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to drift exterior the Attacker spawn room in Dorado earlier than the start of a match
Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to cross by means of Mei’s Ice Wall
Fixed a bug that allowed Orisa’s Halt! to generally have an effect on enemy targets behind partitions
Fixed a bug that triggered Reinhardt’s Earthshatter visible results to show after it was interrupted by Sombra’s EMP
Fixed a bug that triggered the digital camera to clip by means of the ground throughout Soldier: 76’s Light’s Out spotlight
Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra’s Photon Projector beam to maneuver vegetation erratically on Ayutthaya
Fixed a bug that triggered Symmetra’s non-cybernetic arm to have a niche alongside its seam
Fixed a bug that triggered Torbjörn to wipe his face together with his hammer in his hand throughout his Refreshing spotlight when sure skins have been geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered Torbjörn’s to emit the sounds results of his default pores and skin when his Magni pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered Tracer’s Alliance and Horde emotes to animate at a gradual framerate
Fixed a problem with Tracer’s neck animation throughout her Bomb Spin emote
Fixed a bug that triggered Tracer’s Recall to activate in another way primarily based on the participant’s latency
Fixed a bug that triggered Winston’s wrist twist throughout his Glasses spotlight intro
Fixed a bug that triggered Zarya’s legs to clip into one another throughout her Casual victory pose when her Xuan Wu pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered Zarya’s Particle Cannon would clip into her torso throughout her Check Out This Gun victory pose when her Xuan Wu pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented textures on Zarya’s nails from loading if an Overwatch League pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that prevented the Zarya’s emblem textures to flicker when an Overwatch League pores and skin was geared up
Fixed a bug that triggered Zenyatta’s Orb of Destruction to look it fired from his chest if he used his melee means instantly following a completely charged Orb of Destruction

Competitive Play

Fixed a bug that prevented the two-minute leaver warning from showing in chat throughout low season video games
Fixed a bug that triggered ungrouped gamers underneath stage 25 that clicked on the Competitive Play choice to obtain the error message, “All Group Members Must Be Level 25”

Ayutthaya

Fixed a bug that triggered sure hero talents to glow blindingly vivid
Fixed a bug that triggered sure textures to not load
Fixed a bug that triggered shadows to look the place they shouldn’t on the terrain
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on high of doorways
Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to shoot enemies exiting their spawn room

Blizzard World

Fixed a bug that allowed Pharah to fly indefinitely when falling towards the Pylon within the StarCraft II space
Fixed a bug that allowed turrets to be constructed and hidden inside vines
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers may stand on a ledge above the spawn room exterior the Diablo space
Fixed a bug that triggered gamers to get caught between a column and bush within the StarCraft II space

Dorado

Fixed a bug that triggered Doomfist to get caught between a desk and nook inside a constructing whereas utilizing Seismic Slam
Fixed a bug that prevented an inside home windows on the final level from blocking talents (e.g. D.Va’s Self Destruct)
Fixed a bug that allowed small heroes to make use of ornamental pipes and keep away from taking harm

Eichenwalde

Fixed a bug that allowed sprays to be utilized to the spawn door behind partitions

Hanamura

Fixed a bug that allowed Mei’s Ice Wall to succeed in unintended places
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on a doorway ledge
Fixed a bug that allowed Pharah to regain Jump Jet gas at an elevated price on the second level

Hollywood

Fixed a bug that triggered Pharah’s wingtips to poke by means of partitions

Ilios

Fixed a bug that allowed projectiles to cross by means of rubble

Junkertown

Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to put her turrets inside a wall
Fixed a bug that prevented turrets from being constructed on a tv if it was broken

Lijiang Tower

Fixed a bug that triggered Winston to clip by means of outside partitions and take harm

Nepal

Fixed a bug that triggered some textures to not load
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on a rock in an unintended space
Fixed a bug that prevented a management level hologram from activating after the beginning of a match
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on a ledge in an unintended space
Fixed a bug that triggered the bell tower to hover

Numbani

Fixed a bug that allowed Junkrat to shoot grenades by means of a closed spawn door
Fixed a bug that triggered giant heroes to get caught between chairs within the spawn room

Oasis

Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on library archways

Volskaya

Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on some ledges
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to shoot projectiles by means of the ceiling
Fixed a bug that allowed the Custom Game spectator digital camera to flee the meant play space
Fixed a bug that allowed gamers to face on an invisible ledge

Watchpoint: Gibralter

Fixed a bug that triggered a rock pile within the atmosphere to look off-color
Fixed a bug that triggered Genji to get caught in a spawn room wall

Practice Range

Fixed a bug that triggered goal dummy arms to jitter once they have been destroyed
Fixed a bug that triggered the weights to defy the legal guidelines of physics