Overwatch

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

The last thing we heard about console patch is the Torbjorn nerf would be mid-late July.

That's all I ever saw. I have no idea if they were able to add anything else that patch before submitting it for certification.

[Speedy]

Re: Overwatch

I already feel pretty dominant with D.Va most of the time due to having basically two lives. At least at my unimpressive skill level.

Which annoys me, by the way.

She's effectively got 650 health.

[KSUowls]

Re: Overwatch

New patch... Wow mcree is strong. In some ways I think mcree is better now then he was before the fth nerf. The lack of damage fall off is huge.
Dva feels too good now. I like the new barrier mechanics a lot. The shortened delay on her ult is actually pretty nice. More than anything though is the ability to now really control where your mech goes off. I can park myself in the enemy line, ult when I'm about to die or if there are a lot of people around, then start picking people off as they run for cover since it won't kill me. And I'm almost guaranteed to get a new mech immediately so now I'm 100%back in action by the time the survivors get back around the corner

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

New patch... Wow mcree is strong. In some ways I think mcree is better now then he was before the fth nerf. The lack of damage fall off is huge.
Dva feels too good now. I like the new barrier mechanics a lot. The shortened delay on her ult is actually pretty nice. More than anything though is the ability to now really control where your mech goes off. I can park myself in the enemy line, ult when I'm about to die or if there are a lot of people around, then start picking people off as they run for cover since it won't kill me. And I'm almost guaranteed to get a new mech immediately so now I'm 100%back in action by the time the survivors get back around the corner

A lot of people who were having no issues with Dva before are definitely going off with her now

[Candyman5]

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Yeah the D.VA buff is great but in my oppinion wasnt needed. Lol. I loved her before and did really well.

And Jare, when the soldier thing happened and we held them off, I went Reaper and kept flanking them. We also had a D.VA and Bastion get switched too with Reinharts.

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[Phobia]

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We faced a squad of 4 D.Va's, Junkrat, and Reinhardt, while the combo was very frustrating we managed to stop it. Zenyatta started hitting with Orb of discord on them while we kept dealing big damage with Reaper, Pharah, and Mei. The only big frustration point of the whole team composition was how often they were throwing out exploding mechs. It was constant and ducking on the side lanes was required none stop. Luckily for me, I just hung out overhead with Pharah raining down rockets. They had no true counter to me and if our team would of switched to 2 or 3 Pharah's it would of been even worse for them.

[DocHolliday]

Overwatch

I had a squad roll 5 DVAs with a pharah the other day. It was rather annoying considering they just kept flying in, but we did stop them.

It was not very fun though. Can't wait for the 1 hero limit.


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[rudyjuly2]

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Console patches out on both systems.

[CC]

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2 gigs, wow. Is the new character in this at least?

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

It's Ana, the Torb nerf, one hero limit per team in comp

I will link to the patch notes in a sec

Patch notes, spoiler'd for length

Spoiler

PATCH FEATURES

New Hero: Ana (Support)
After being out of the fight for several years, one of Overwatch's founding members is returning. Introducing Ana—a battle-scarred veteran who supports her teammates from a distance using a unique and highly specialized collection of weapons.

Ana’s primary weapon is her Biotic Rifle, which fires long-range darts that can restore the health of her allies or deal ongoing damage to her enemies. Meanwhile, her Biotic Grenade is perfect for a close-quarters clash, simultaneously healing teammates and injuring foes caught in its small area of effect. (Affected allies will also receive a temporary increase to all incoming healing, while affected enemies can’t be healed for a few moments.) And if the battle starts to get out of hand, Ana's sidearm can fire a Sleep Dart, knocking her adversaries unconscious.

Plus, Ana's ultimate ability, Nano Boost, empowers one of her teammates, granting faster movement, increased damage, and resistance to enemy attacks.

To learn more about Ana, click here.

Lylirra
Community Manager
3368 posts
19 hours ago
(Edited)

GENERAL UPDATES

Gameplay
If a match goes into Overtime for more than 20 seconds, the fuse will now start to "burn down" more quickly
Players now respawn more slowly during Overtime (increased spawn time by 2 seconds)

Competitive Play
Competitive Play matches can now only have one of each hero per team.
For more info, click here.

Miscellaneous
Added Ana as an AI-controlled hero in Practice vs. AI, Play vs. AI, and Custom Game modes
Timing on Zenyatta's Rapid Discord achievement is more lenient
Targeted teammates now respond by saying "I'm with you," when players use the “Group Up” communication
Renamed five sprays to avoid duplicate titles

Lylirra
Community Manager
3368 posts
19 hours ago

HERO BALANCE UPDATES

General
Self-healing abilities now charge ultimate abilities. As a result, some heroes’ ultimate costs have been adjusted (see below).

Bastion
Configuration: Tank
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

D.Va
Defense Matrix
Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 1 second
A new resource meter has been added. This meter will deplete while Defense Matrix is active and then recharge when it’s not in use.
Defense Matrix takes 10 seconds to reach full charge from empty
At a full charge, Defense Matrix will last for 4 seconds
Defense Matrix will now remain active as long as its assigned hotkey is held
Defense Matrix has been reclassified as an alternate fire and is now bound to secondary fire (by default)
An option to “Toggle Defense Matrix” has been added under Options > Controls > D.Va
Self-Destruct
Ultimate cost decreased by 15%
Explosion delay reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
Explosion no longer damages D.Va (the player who activates it)

Developer Notes: D.Va isn't being selected as often as our other tanks, and we feel a lot of that stems from the underperformance of her damage absorption abilities. So, we've reconfigured her Defensive Matrix, making it more flexible and giving players the ability to use it more often. We’ve also given Self-Destruct a little more oomph, because it felt slightly underwhelming when compared to many of Overwatch's other ultimate abilities.

Lúcio
Sound Barrier
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

McCree
Peacekeeper
Now maintains full damage at longer distances, but will deal less damage at extreme ranges

Developer Notes: While the game does feel better following the nerf to McCree’s close-range damage in a previous patch, it left him a little too weak. So, we're increasing his effective distance, making his range similar to Soldier: 76’s. This should hopefully give players another option for dealing with pesky long-range damage dealing heroes like Pharah and Hanzo.

Mercy
Caduceus Staff
Damage Boost
Effect will no longer stacks with bonus damage provided by another Mercy
Resurrect
Ultimate charge cost increased by 30%
Movement is no longer prevented during activation
Guardian Angel instantly resets upon use

Developer Notes: Mercy's ultimate is one of the most powerful abilities in the game; however, players would often fly into the fray and die while using it. With this update, Resurrect will now take a bit longer to charge, but Mercy will be a lot safer when activating the ability in the middle of combat.

Roadhog
Whole Hog
Ultimate cost increased by 45%

Soldier: 76
Heavy Pulse Rifle
Spread recovery will begin after a short delay (rather than instantly)
Tactical Visor
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

Symmetra
Turret damage reduced by 30%

Torbjörn
Turret damage reduced by 30%

Zenyatta
Base shields increased by 50 (now 50 Health/150 Shield)
Primary fire weapon damage decreased from 45 to 40
Alternate fire weapon damage increased from 35 to 40
Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony
Projectile speed has been increased from 30 to 120
Transcendence
Movement speed is now doubled upon activation
Healing amount increased from 200 to 300 health per second

Developer Notes: While Zenyatta has never had the healing abilities of Lúcio or Mercy, he made up for it by dealing more damage. However, his lack of mobility and low health has meant he’s struggled to find a place in many games. To increase his effectiveness, we've made several changes, the biggest of which is an increased shield pool. This will allow him to go head-to-head with more enemies. The Orb of Harmony and Discord changes are also a quality of life change, helping Zenyatta move his orbs around and apply their effects more quickly. And lastly, we’ve increased Transcendence’s healing throughput. This ultimate was designed to be the most effective against sustained, high-damage fire and least effective against short, high-damage bursts (like D.Va’s or Junkrat's ultimates). But, due to the amount of healing it provided, there were times when it was possible for even sustained fire to overcome Transcendence’s output. We’ve made the heal powerful and also allowed Zenyatta to move around more quickly while it’s active.

Lylirra
Community Manager
3368 posts
19 hours ago

USER INTERFACE UPDATES

Game Options
Gameplay
Mid-match tips can now be toggled on or off (this will enable/disable tips that pop up after a player dies)

Social Features
Certain commendations will now appear less frequently during end-of-round voting (e.g. Zenyatta’s Transcendence Healing and Zarya’s Projected Barriers Applied)

Lylirra
Community Manager
3368 posts
19 hours ago

BUG FIXES

General
The Hero Gallery now remembers the last hero you were looking at and will properly highlight that hero whenever returning to the gallery
Reduced the chance for larger projectiles (i.e. Hanzo's arrows, Zenyatta's orbs) to hit targets around corners
Fixed a bug that prevented Overtime music from playing on Escort and Assault/Escort maps, if the payload was nearing the final checkpoint
Fixed a bug that caused the “payload is nearing its final destination” music to continue playing even after the match was over
Fixed a bug where display settings weren’t always saved after restarting the client
Fixed a bug where sometimes the wrong player level would appear in the Social menu
Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause visual healing effects to appear on the wrong hero whenever multiple players attempted to pick up a Health Pack
Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause different heroes’ victory poses to clip into each other
Fixed several lighting issues with the killcam

Maps
The payload on King’s Row will no longer retreat back inside its starting location if the attacking team fails to push it
Adjusted the Hero Select screen volume for the attacking team on Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Added Spectator camera collision to most maps
Fixed an issue with collision not blocking line of sight on certain areas of Nepal
Fixed issues with player collision across multiple maps
Fixed issues with ambient lighting and shadows across multiple maps

Heroes
Fixed a bug that was preventing friendly hero dialogue not being audible over long distances as intended
Fixed a bug that caused D.Va to sometimes ignore player collision when summoning her mech
Fixed several bugs where Mei’s Ice Wall would persist in the game world even after the player switched heroes or left the game
Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Staff beam to disconnect from its target if the player a) quickly switched between healing and damage beams and/or b) was facing away from the target at the time of the switch
Fixed even more bugs that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Reinhardt’s Barrier Field to get stuck in the “on” position if the player used the “Toggle Barrier” setting
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Roadhog to accidentally Chain Hook targets standing behind him
Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s Barrier Projector shield to ignore the “Sound Effects Volume” setting
Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s melee attack during Primal Rage to inconsistently hit targets in range
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Zarya’s alternate fire to scale incorrectly with her damage boost modifier

Competitive Play
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players not to be able to rejoin games
Fixed a bug that caused the “Top 500” icon to incorrectly display for certain players in various places throughout the game UI

[Speedy]

Re: Overwatch

2 gigs, wow. Is the new character in this at least?

Yah man! I figured it'd take way much longer than this.

XB1: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overw...ic/20747664736

PS4: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overw...ic/20747634650

[The JareBear]

Re: Overwatch

I am not gonna be able to play on console for awhile, for you console guys feel free to give me your impressions on Torb after the nerf. I feel good teams were already wrecking him in comp. Curious to see if he is seen much at all anymore with the 1 hero limit

Thanks in advance for any feedback

[Speedy]

Re: Overwatch

Also...

Zenyatta is a BEAST.

[CC]

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2 of my 3 most played characters got pretty major boosts (Dva and Zenyatta).

[zanner]

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I just don't feel like dva ultimate needed improvement. It's about the only ultimate I already felt was too powerful. I think I've survived on time out of all of my playing when she pops ultimate. No matter what I do I can't ever get away fast enough no matter the case.

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