Overwatch

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

Apparently the patch is live on Xbox

Not yet on ps4

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745755041

Aim assist slider and improved dead zone sensitivity YES. FINALLY. TIME TO MELTTTT LEGGGOOO

Spoiler

New Feature: Competitive Play
Overwatch is raising the bar for competitive players, giving them the perfect arena to sharpen their skills and hone their strategies. Introducing Competitive Play.

Competitive Play is designed for players who truly want to put their skills to the test, and offers a more serious experience than our Quick Play or Weekly Brawl! modes. To make sure everyone playing the mode has a solid understanding of the game’s mechanics, maps, and heroes, Competitive Play will be locked until you hit level 25.

Once you reach level 25, the mode will become available under the “Play” button in the main menu. Simply select "Competitive Play" from the submenu, and you’re ready to enter a match. You can join on your own or in a group, and Overwatch’s matchmaking system will automatically find the best game possible for your (or your group's) skill level.

Competitive Play is live right now! To learn more about this new feature, click here.

GENERAL UPDATES

Gamepad Controls
Players can now swap the left and right sticks on a control pad
"Legacy" controls option has been added:
Left stick up/down moves forward/backward
Left stick left/right turns left/right
Right stick up/down aims up/down (these can be inverted)
Right stick left/right strafes left/right
Sticks can also be switched
Improved dead-zone controls, giving players increased accuracy during off-center and diagonal stick movement
Added an option to adjust Aim Assist strength (defaults to full strength)
Players can now configure the user interface display area (Go to Options > Video > Display Margin)


Miscellaneous
"Weapons" section added to the Hero Gallery
Added McCree as an AI hero in Practice vs. AI, Play vs. AI, and Custom Game modes
Disabled "Avoid This Player" functionality and removed option from the game UI

HERO BALANCE CHANGES

McCree
Peacekeeper
Alternate Fire
Recovery time (i.e. the amount of time before McCree starts reloading) decreased from 0.75 seconds to 0.3 seconds
Bullet damage decreased from 70 to 45

Developer Comments: McCree was performing too well against all targets, making him feel like a must-pick in many situations. By reducing the damage of his alternate fire, McCree is now significantly weaker against tanks like Roadhog and Reinhardt, but still maintains his lethality against smaller targets like Tracer and Genji.

Widowmaker
Widow’s Kiss
Alternate Fire (Scoped Shot)
Base damage decreased from 15 to 12
Note: Scoped shot damage multiplier remains unchanged
Headshot damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x
Players must now wait for the unscoping animation to completely finish before scoping

Infra-Sight
Ultimate cost increased by 10%
When activating Infra-Sight, Widowmaker's voice line will now be audible map-wide


Lylirra
Community Manager
3328 posts
2 days ago

BUG FIXES

General
Fixed a bug preventing players from being able to leave as a group
Fixed a bug that would cause players’ weapons to auto-snap straight up or down when the crosshair was aimed between 85 and 90 degrees
Fixed a bug that caused players who backfilled and then completed a game to sometimes receive a loss on their Career Profile and not receive their XP bonus for backfilling
Fixed a bug that would move players toward the source of a knockback rather than away from it
Fixed a bug that caused Hearthstone-themed sprays to ignore localization
Fixed several framerate issues that could occur when cycling through the hero selection menu
Fixed a variety of issues with and made several improvements to ambient lighting
Made some improvements to how AI heroes respond to one another
Made a variety of performance and optimization improvements across the game


Maps
Players can no longer be resurrected in out-of-play areas on Ilios
Fixed an issue with collision on certain areas of Dorado not blocking line of sight


Heroes
Fixed a bug with the "Junkrat RIP-Tire Kills—Average" lifetime statistic
Fixed a bug that allowed Mercy to gain Ultimate charge whenever damage boosting an ally who was attacking a barrier or Ice Wall
Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on certain maps
Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause projectiles to hit Reinhardt instead of his Barrier Field
Fixed a bug that allowed Torbjörn to pick up Scrap while dead

Patch notes spoilered for length

[Candyman5]

Re: Overwatch

No Torb nerf in this one but others are welcome change.

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[sportsdude]

Re: Overwatch

Symmetra is very strong at defending choke points. I love playing her on defense, especially in the first sections of Hanamura, Anubis, and Volskaya. Don't throw your turrets just anywhere, be smart about where you place them. The more turrets you have hitting somebody, the more damage there is and the bigger the slow. Find a smart place to put the teleporter and your team will have no problem defending the point.

Her right click (the slow orb) is a great option to spam in tight corridors, but it also goes through all shields. This is especially useful when the entire enemy team is behind Reinhardt's shield. I get a surprising amount of kills with it on Hanamura. Her regular attack isn't blocked by anything, and is especially great at killing Reinhardt and Genji. Genji cannot deflect her regular attack (though I think he can deflect the orb) so you melt Genjis.

Lastly, be sure you put up all six turrets. It's a bit shocking, but I've encountered a lot of people that thought she only had three turrets to use, not realizing they replenish after using them.

[kingkilla56]

Overwatch

Hopefully they add a solo queue ladder in competitive. Reading PC impressions make current competitive sound like a nightmare for me as a solo queue majority guy.


Also think the widow nerf was unneeded on console, imo of course. Rarely see a good widow on there.

[Tsuki]

Re: Overwatch

once again those on xbox are welcome to add me:
GT: YouSeeThisCoat

with competitive out now i play a mean D'va.

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

Patch is up on ps4, downloading now. Looks to be about 1.3 gigs

[Phobia]

Re: Overwatch

Any of you PC boys hit me up, running some matches tonight.

PhobiaOS#1314

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

Competetive Mode is awesome. Awesome.

Wish it had launched with this. Few of my friends would still be playing.

[Candyman5]

Re: Overwatch

*** **** the Reaper Ult is so ****ing broken.

The most hated thing in this damn game.

The press Q/Y/Triangle to win is ridiculous.

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[brent3419]

Re: Overwatch

competitive play is soo much fun. played 2 matches the first went to 5 rounds as we stayed in ot and i mean stayed in the first round we had a 5-8 minute ot. was down 0-2 and came back to tie 2-2 but we lost. second match the randoms i played with we just slaughtered sweeping 3-0. i can see myself playing this alot

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[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

Most fun I've had in a long time, also most frustration I've had in a long time. If you're up against a team coordinated and working together, it's even rougher than before in quick play. There were times when the other team literally never stopped pushing the payload once it started moving and another time when we literally could barely leave our spawn the entire match.

[kingkilla56]

Overwatch

Feel like there is too much RNG in competitive if you're not running with a full squad of your guys. System is supposed to rate individual skill as you climb a ladder, but seems to put enormous weight on having not-garbage teammates in this team based shooter. Turns the game into a Rambo simulator for solo players and a rage quit fest when things aren't going well.

Mode still needs work imo.

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

Yeah honestly I can't get on a winning team to save my life

The lack of communication on console is the downfall

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

I'm actually getting really frustrated.


It becomes one team is coordinated and the other is just 6 lone wolves charging in one at a time to die

[Speedy]

Re: Overwatch

Competetive Mode is awesome. Awesome.

Wish it had launched with this. Few of my friends would still be playing.

They need to tone down the length though...these matches last way too long sometimes.