The Overwatch replace which brings and overhaul to Bastion and smaller adjustments to Winston and Roadhog has gone reside. But adjustments have been made to different heroes and Capture the Flag changing into everlasting has additionally been added. Head beneath for the patch notes.
As beforehand reported, adjustments had been made to Bastion’s Sentry, Tank and Recon configurations and he has a brand new passive known as Ironclad. Today’s Overwatch patch notes on the character haven’t modified for the reason that Bastion’s replace hit the PTR, so we’ve not included these to avoid wasting you from selecting by way of the wall of textual content. You can look over those through our previous post.
A couple of weeks ago, small adjustments had been made to Roadhog and Winston. The former has his Scrap Gun Spread decreased by 20% and his Chain Hook targets at the moment are pulled to a location three.5 meters away, up from 2 meters. The cooldown was additionally elevated from six to eight. Meanwhile, Winston has his important hit quantity diminished by 15%.
A change to Competitive Play was additionally made. After making use of the replace, ability rankings beneath 500 will now not be displayed. Blizzard mentioned it observed gamers have been “deliberately throwing their matches” in an effort to succeed in the bottom attainable ability score. Because of this, Blizzard made the change, stating it doesn’t wish to “incentivize such behavior, because Competitive Play works best when everybody is trying.”
Earlier this month, Blizzard mentioned Capture the Flag (CTF), introduced with the Year of the Rooster event, would become a permanent fixture. With as we speak’s replace, it’s now obtainable within the Arcade as an ongoing sport mode, beginning as we speak with Nepal, Lijiang Tower, Ilios, and Oasis. This offers the participant 12 maps to strive when making a Custom Game.
Today’s replace also includes the Game Browser which permits gamers to regulate the settings on numerous maps, modes, and heroes to create a tailored match.
Game Browser is an extension of Overwatch’s Custom Game mode, and as soon as the participant has created their settings, they simply must arrange permissions. They may even restrict the quantity of people that can be part of the sport by toggling “Friends Only” or “Invite Only” choices. The server may also be set to “Public” by clicking the launch button.
Below you can find a the remainder of the patch notes specializing in Hero updates, map balancing and massive fixes. Again, you’ll find the adjustments made to Bastion on the high of the submit.
Hero Updates
Ana
- New Hero Option: Nano Boost Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Nano Boost’s concentrating on sensitivity.
D.Va
- Defense Matrix – Enemy pictures now not must journey a minimal distance earlier than they are often blocked.
Developer Comments: Previously, there was a minimal distance a projectile needed to journey earlier than it may very well be destroyed by Defense Matrix. This made it practically nugatory in conditions the place an enemy was proper subsequent to your teammate, corresponding to when Roadhog hooks your ally. This change removes that restriction so Defense Matrix ought to now reliably destroy projectiles no matter how far they’ve traveled.
Mei
- Cryo-Freeze – Mei can now be focused by allies whereas in Cryo-Freeze.
Mercy
- Resurrect – While performing a resurrection, Mercy now turns into quickly invulnerable together with the allies being revived.
- Caduceus Staff – Zenyatta can now not be focused when Transcendence is lively.
- New Hero Option: Guardian Angel Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Guardian Angel’s concentrating on sensitivity.
- New Hero Option: Beam Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate concentrating on sensitivity on Mercy’s Caduceus Staff beams.
Developer Comments: Mercy’s Resurrect has all the time been very highly effective, however it usually forces her to sacrifice herself to make use of it effectively. There have been adjustments up to now that tried to assist her on this space, however haven’t performed sufficient to unravel it. This change signifies that as soon as she makes use of the power, she’s going to all the time survive lengthy sufficient to be along with her workforce once more.
Sombra
- New Hero Option: Hack Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate the concentrating on sensitivity on Sombra’s Hack skill
Symmetra
- Sentry Turret – [CONSOLE] Damage per second elevated from 21 to 25.5
Developer Comments: Back in July, the injury per second from Symmetra’s turrets was diminished by 30 %. We’ve been maintaining a tally of her over the previous few months and determined to revive about 15 % of that injury. On PC, her injury remains to be 30.
Torbjorn
- Rivet Gun – Ammo is now loaded earlier within the reload animation
- Build Turret – [CONSOLE] Damage elevated from 10 to 12
Developer Comments: Like Symmetra, the injury from Torbjörn’s turrets was additionally diminished by 30 % in July. After monitoring his effectiveness, we’ve determined to offer his turret a small increase, restoring about 15 % of the injury. By distinction, the injury from Torbjörn’s turret on PC remains to be 14.
Widowmaker
- New Hero Option: Grappling Hook Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Grappling Hook’s concentrating on sensitivity
Zarya
- New Hero Option: Projected Barrier Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Projected Barrier’s concentrating on sensitivity
Zenyatta
- New Hero Option: Harmony Orb Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Harmony Orb’s concentrating on sensitivity
- New Hero Option: Discord Orb Sensitivity – Allows gamers to regulate Discord Orb’s concentrating on sensitivity
Map Balance Changes
General
Respawn Delay
- When attackers outnumber defenders whereas taking a management level on Assault, Escort and Assault/Escort maps, the defenders’ respawn time will slowly enhance till it hits a most worth or the protection manages to achieve the higher hand.
Developer Comments: Until now, stalling an assault by repeatedly throwing your self on the level has been a typical defensive technique on Assault, Escort and Assault/Escort maps—even when the attackers have a decisive benefit. Typically, this tactic doesn’t change the end result of battle; it merely delays the attackers’ progress.
Eichenwalde
- A second gate now not closes after the payload passes by way of the fort doorways. Instead, rubble from the broken doorway partially blocks the doorway.
Developer Comments: Once the offensive workforce will get by way of the fort entrance, the map turns into very closely stacked within the protection’s favor. This change will give the offense extra entrance choices, which ought to enhance the map’s total steadiness.
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed an audio bug that prevented the purpose seize sound from growing in pitch because the seize progressed
- Fixed a problem stopping key bindings on the communication wheel from displaying correctly
- Fixed a bug inflicting some key bindings to revert to default after the primary spherical of a Control map
- Fixed a bug that allowed commendation playing cards to be recalculated and transferred to a brand new participant after the earlier recipient left on the finish of a spherical
- Fixed a bug that prompted the “experience gained” audio results to proceed taking part in, even after the gamers left the sport foyer
- Environmental injury to obstacles now not counts towards the “Damage Blocked” statistic
A.I. – Fixed a bug that prompted Roadhog bot to spin round after hooking a goal
Competitive Play
- Fixed a bug stopping “60 seconds remaining” and “30 seconds remaining” voice strains from taking part in in the course of the second spherical of a match
- Heroes
- Fixed a bug stopping Lucio’s “Sound Barriers Provided” statistic from being correctly calculated
- Fixed a bug stopping Reinhardt’s Charge from correctly pinning targets
- Fixed a bug stopping Reinhardt’s defend from displaying cracks at low well being with the Wujing pores and skin geared up
- Fixed a bug that allowed Roadhog to show freely whereas pulling a hooked goal
- Fixed a problem that allowed Sombra’s Translocator to change into caught within the air
- Fixed a bug stopping Tracer’s ”Clock’s Tickin’’ spray from matching the thumbnail within the Hero Gallery
Maps
- Adjusted the collision within the attacker spawn room on Eichenwalde to stop gamers from getting caught within the pipes
- Torbjorn can now assemble turrets on the steps in Oasis
- Fixed a problem that prompted Highlight Intros to clip into the roof of a constructing on Lijang Tower
