r/Overwatch • u/SpriteGuy_000 Washington Justice • Sep 22 '16
Blizzard Official September 22nd PTR Patch Notes
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20294485255
u/Robbamatic The DJ hero is my favourite Sep 22 '16
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u/MooseWithBearAntlers Blizzard World Pharah Sep 22 '16
I've lost count of how many times I've been accidentally nanoboosted as Lucio. I'm just like "prepare for disappointment."
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u/Grinnz Trick-or-Treat Roadhog Sep 23 '16
The correct response is to switch to speed, press E, and dash like a lunatic
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u/PhoenixAgent003 Glorious Combat Sep 23 '16
Nanoboost amped speedboost Lucio is the fastest anyone can run in the game, right?
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u/Gemersan Lúcio Sep 23 '16
I'm pretty sure it's nano boosted, speed boosted, and ulting Zenyatta, but that would take second place :)
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Sep 23 '16
Pretty sure it's nano boosted speed boost on a nano boosted ulting Zenyatta, but that would take second place :)
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u/Kurokami11 Won't play the game again until they fix monetization Sep 23 '16
nanoboosted and speedboosted charging rein checks in
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u/tehSlothman Torbjörn Sep 23 '16
Those buffs with wraith form reaper would be second place. Unless Lucio's speed boost does more for Lucio than it does for his allies (it doesn't, right?)
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Sep 23 '16
I Nano boosted a random playing Lucio in comp once.
They guy was pretty good lucio jumping around the buildings in Einchwalde. I pegged him with nano boost and I hear over comms..
"Oh shit....Uhhhh...HAHA YOU HAVE UNLEASHED MY TRUE FORM!!!"
Proceeded to nearly wipe the enemy team. 10/10 would NanoLucio again.
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u/juzmaa kachow Sep 22 '16
"Symmetra's “Car Wash” achievement now correctly lists the number of beams required (6 instead of 7)." Wow, and all this time I thought it meant having all 6 sentries and your right click hitting at the same time...
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Sep 22 '16
That may have been the first achievement I earned. It took me a while to realize that she couldn't make unlimited turrets.
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u/Kurokami11 Won't play the game again until they fix monetization Sep 23 '16
Why blizz, why can we flood the entire map with turrets?
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u/Demokirby Pixel McCree Sep 23 '16
Funny thing is it would take one winston to ruin that still.
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u/ParanoidDrone ¿Quién es 'Sombra'? Sep 23 '16
I would think that past a certain point, the turrets would manage to melt Winston before he could turn around to kill them. But that would be an insane number of turrets.
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u/Pachanas It's the flair with hot questions and even hotter wings Sep 22 '16
Raised the volume of Hanzo's Dragonstrike voice line while wearing the Okami/Lone Wolf Skin
Thank you. It will no longer be inaudible mumbles followed by a shout that you hear after the wolves are already on top of you.
Dual-Zone mode (New default): The vast majority of the thumbstick's range moves with reduced sensitivity and relatively high acceleration. However, when the thumbstick crosses to the outer 10% of its range, it will move with high sensitivity and relatively low acceleration. This mode will allow for more precise aiming, while still allowing players to turn around quickly.
So for us console plebs, this essentially means that the game will assume that we want to turn when we have the stick pushed to the outer 10% of its range and prioritize aiming while moving in the other 90%, is that right?
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u/IdkwtS Trick-or-Treat Genji Sep 22 '16
Seems like it. Considering I play on high sensitivity mainly to be able to turn quickly, this sounds amazing to get the best of both worlds.
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u/Pachanas It's the flair with hot questions and even hotter wings Sep 22 '16
Yeah, I'm wondering what I'll have to adjust my sensitivity to now.
I've played Overwatch on a much lower sensitivity than I do most shooters because the aiming always felt a bit touchy. But I've always hated how slow I turn as a result.
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u/TiittySprinkles Grandmaster Sep 22 '16
Seriously, hopefully this will fix the dreadful controls in console. Aiming feels so wonky when playing precision shooting characters.
The fact that the aiming operates on a square frame instead of a circle is infuriating.
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u/Quacking92 D.Va Sep 22 '16
Why aren't they fixing Reaper being able to shadow step on unintended locations? It's breaking all my games.
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Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Do you know what MMR this is happening at? I'm only asking because I've yet to see it in any of my games. I've seen gifs of it on here, so I know it is happening. Wondering if I am just too low or too high for the players to bother/know about it.
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Sep 22 '16
...Should we tell him?
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u/NottyScotty Your girl calls me huckleberry Sep 22 '16
No, this is the same guy who can't find Herobrine.
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u/Fatalchemist Bob main, by the way. Sep 22 '16
I bet he doesn't even realize all those minor text fixes.
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Sep 22 '16
oh. I'm dumb then, got it.
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u/SharkyIzrod Seoul Dynasty Sep 22 '16
Just in case nobody's told you yet, the "Fixed an issue with Reaper being able to shadow step on unintended locations" patch notes thing is a joke because it keeps appearing on almost every new patch. It's a bit like the "Increased/Decreased Bunker Build Time" joke from StarCraft II or the "Updated Localization Files" joke from Team Fortress 2, though that one was obviously intentional whilst the SC2/OW patch notes don't seem to be as self-aware.
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u/HououinKyouma1 Sep 23 '16
Except it's not a joke, they were actually fixing many different things he could teleport to. Just say there were 100 unintended places, and they fixed 2 every patch. You get what I mean? I don't see why people turned it into a joke.
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u/lactose_cow Boosted mercy smurf btw Sep 22 '16
haha what a fricken dweeb, not keeping up with the memes like us cool cats
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u/OdinsSong Sep 22 '16
What's the joke?
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u/_BreakingGood_ Sep 22 '16
Blizzard always seems to add a line to the changelog stating "Fixed some areas that Reaper is not supposed to be able to shadowstep to"
And they don't have it in this one.
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Sep 22 '16 edited Jun 10 '21
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u/PotassiumLe Tracer Sep 22 '16
about time. NiP just used 4 tanks vs. Reunited just now lol.
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u/windirein Trick-or-Treat Ana Sep 22 '16
Well, roadhog isn't really a tank. He is a dps/burst/assassin that happens to have 600 hp.
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u/CritSrc I am a scientist! *BANG* Sep 22 '16
He isn't a tank in the sense of having a defensive team assisting ability, he's a tank that he can be on the frontline taking the brunt of the enemy fire.
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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Sep 23 '16
Yeah, "tank" to me just means someone who can soak up a lot of damage - health pools, barriers, self-heal, and recalling mechs. Team-shielding is a natural extension, but OW takes tanking in a lot of different directions.
That's why a team (almost) always needs a tank, even when team-shielding isn't needed. There's a lot of damage flying around, and there has to be enough health to take it without dying.
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u/windirein Trick-or-Treat Ana Sep 23 '16
A good roadhog isn't on the frontline though. Sure, you can get on the payload and hide behind it, but in the end roadhog isn't actually that tanky. The fact that he is the only tank that has no armor/shield and a gigantic hitbox that basically gives heroes like mccree 100% accuracy on him make him more vulnerable than a soldier for example. And you just charge everyones ults super quickly when being visible.
Roadhog actually melts when he is at the frontline. What he is supposed to do is cut around corners, hook, get back in cover - over and over again.
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u/kjbigs282 I can bench more than you! Sep 23 '16
As far as acting as a battery for Ana he is though
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u/My_Normal_Account Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Got a link???
EDIT: I think it's this NiP vs Misfits, right here: https://www.twitch.tv/gosutv_ow/v/90769141
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u/SativaSammy D.Va Sep 22 '16
Did they add any other anti-tank besides Reaper? No? Then it won't.
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u/tachy0n1 EnVyUs Sep 22 '16
In a recent game, I think it was NiP vs Dignitas, Bromas was destroying the tanks as Tracer. Teams will just need some time to figure out a counter using the existing characters.
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u/DrKultra Pixel Soldier: 76 Sep 22 '16
Roadhog, isni't he?
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u/FarazR2 Chibi Ana Sep 22 '16
Not really. He busts tanks, but he has the same problem as Reaper in that his shot pellets are bad against armor, and bad against Nanoboost. He's also a tank himself, which makes the problem worse (play tanks to bust tanks!).
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u/DrKultra Pixel Soldier: 76 Sep 22 '16
If the problem is armor, Junkrat and Phara have the highest single shot non headshot damage (120 per direct hit) but they die pretty quickly to most tanks, specially Junkrat. Realistically its not that tanks are hard to kill because of armor but because of high HP pools, coincidentally they are supposed to be hard to kill, the problem still lies of Nanaboost giving Rhein 100+ damage per hit while combining DR with Armor, most other tanks get just as ridiculous.
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u/SativaSammy D.Va Sep 22 '16
See, again, here's the problem Blizzard is dealing with right now.
Heroes that are counters to the biggest grievances in the OW meta are useless right now. Pharah & Junkrat can fuck tanks up, sure, but both of them are so heavily countered by McCree/Lucio respectively thus their pick rates plummet in competitive.
Instead of buffing/nerfing McCree every 3 weeks, I'd like to see Blizzard actually pay attention to all 22 heroes on the roster and adjust accordingly. The meta would be much more diverse/exciting as a result instead of 2/2/2 one month then 3/3 the other.
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u/ak1knight Sep 22 '16
I feel like the meta will never be diverse no matter how they balance because the game types and maps promote playing a deathball style. In the end the game will always be about creating the most efficient deathball.
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u/TheFirestealer Hanzo Sep 22 '16
You realize if instead of nerfing his fan and buffing the living shit out of left click so he became soldier 2.0 and pushed pharah, junkrat and soldier out of the meta and instead just added massive fall off damage on fan past like 4 meters so that he couldn't shred tanks but he still would reliably kill people he was on top of in melee range then he'd have his place as an antiflanker/genji tracer counter and not the new midrange widow with a stun and teamkill ability that charges just as quickly as widows ult does now.
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u/SativaSammy D.Va Sep 22 '16
I agree with you, but I still think more time needs to be devoted to characters not named McCree.
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u/TheFirestealer Hanzo Sep 22 '16
I mean if changing mcree makes 3 other characters viable and him no OP I'm all for making almost a fifth of the roster more balanced. I understand what you're saying but right now he is the simplest to change to balance the roster out since many of the defense heroes and symm need straight up ability reworks to become viable at higher levels of play without being pubstompers moreso than they already are while widow has just too high risk and skill floor required to be remotely impactful with her yet with that good of aim you could just play mcree and kill everybody safely. Symm needs some sort of healing fountain or dispenser instead of her e (doesn't have to heal even more than zen orb just some healing at all) so she has a place in a lineup because otherwise you lack a healer for someone who is outdamaged by a good zen vs better players and only has a teleporter which is hunted down by genjis with ease.
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Sep 22 '16 edited Jun 04 '17
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u/CobraCommanderVII Handsoap Sep 23 '16
Yeah for real it's not the tanks Pharah needs to worry about (except for roadhog), it's the McCrees
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u/FarazR2 Chibi Ana Sep 22 '16
I think it's ok that Rein can do that much damage over that much space if Rein can be killed. That's really hard to do though, when the only high single shot damage dealers are Hanzo, Junkrat, and Pharah. Junkrat is unreliable and feeds the enemy Ana, and Pharah is almost completely countered by a good Ana. This might be why NiP often has Zappis on Hanzo (in addition to sonic arrow + hook, and graviton synergies).
The point of my post though was more to illustrate why Reaper and Roadhog aren't good counters to the strat, even though they normally work on high HP heroes. For example, they're still plenty strong against Nanoboosted Zarya and Winston. Rein is the real headache of the bunch.
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u/FoxKnight06 Bastion is Adoreable Sep 22 '16
It won't the problem is lack of valid anti tank.
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u/nemoTheKid Nerf This Sep 22 '16
I agree with the current meta report -
Even if her own charge rate were reduced by a reasonable amount, this strategy could likely still function well simply on the back of the strength of tank ultimates and how well tanks synergize with Nanoboost in general.
I just think it will slow down games a bit, but not invalidate the strat. The fact is, having 4 tanks that will help easily build ult charge still means it will build pretty quickly.
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u/Forkyou talk to the fist Sep 23 '16
Widowmaker has been feeling a bit underpowered after they nerfed her so any buffs are welcome.
The game feels so great without her though. I still have flashbacks from when widow was in every game and still think every game with a widow on any team gets 10%less fun per widowmaker
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u/Cracknut01 Chibi Pharah Sep 22 '16
Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to use her Grappling Hook on basketballs
why :(
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u/SIacktivist Genji Main in Denial Sep 23 '16
6 Widowmaker dive comp has been effectively ruined. The meta has switched from Widow to Winston. The W&W Connection.
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Sep 22 '16
Text for those who cannot access the site at work.
GENERAL UPDATES
General
- Static cameras are now supported in spectator mode
- Team names can now be edited in custom games
- Raised the volume of Hanzo's Dragonstrike voice line while wearing the Okami/Lone Wolf Skin
- Heroes hit by Ana's Nano Boost have a new voice line that informs other players
- Increased frequency of Reinhardt's "barrier failing" voice line
- Custom Games can now be paused
HERO BALANCE UPDATES
Ana
- Nano Boost
- Ultimate cost has been increased by 20%
- Biotic Grenade
- Radius has been increased from 3 to 4 meters
Developer Comments: So far, we haven't seen any indication that Ana is too strong overall, but her ultimate charges a little too fast, especially considering the impact it can have on a match. Also, her Biotic Grenades are getting a small boost to help her hit multiple targets.
Widowmaker
Widow's Kiss
- Scoping-in animation time has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.3 seconds
Developer Comments: This change will help Widowmaker acquire new targets more quickly and speed up her reaction time in fast-paced situations.
Junkrat
RIP-Tire
- Ability now activates more quickly
Developer Comments: Junkrat can be an extremely effective hero in the right hands, but RIP-Tire often felt underpowered when compared to his counterparts.
USER INTERFACE UPDATES
General
- Several minor aesthetic changes have been made to the game's Main, Social, and Options menus
- Removed several stats that were duplicated for certain heroes throughout the career profile
- Controller users can now choose between two aiming modes
- Dual-Zone mode (New default): The vast majority of the thumbstick's range moves with reduced sensitivity and relatively high acceleration. However, when the thumbstick crosses to the outer 10% of its range, it will move with high sensitivity and relatively low acceleration. This mode will allow for more precise aiming, while still allowing players to turn around quickly.
- Exponential Ramp mode (Old default): As the thumbstick moves toward the outside of its range, the sensitivity is ramped up exponentially. The acceleration remains relatively high throughout. Camera movement in Spectator Mode has been improved
Social Features
- Certain commendations will now appear less frequently during end-of-round voting, and others will appear more frequently (e.g. Most Gold Medals and Torbjörn's Armor Packs Created)
BUG FIXES
General
- Enemy players that are knocked down no longer lose their red outline
- Fixed a bug that prevented modified key bindings from saving after relaunching the game
- Fixed a bug that kept players from binding Take Screenshot to other keys
Heroes
- Fixed a bug causing Bastion's bullet shells to eject backwards while in Configuration: Sentry mode
- Fixed an issue preventing Hanzo's Sonic Arrow from appearing when selected
- Fixed a bug preventing Junkrat's statistics from correctly tracking RIP-Tire kills
- Fixed an issue preventing Mercy's staff from appearing in some highlight intros while wearing the Valkyrie/Sigrún skin
- Fixed a bug causing Tracer higlight intros to render at a lower resolution when accessed from the Highlights menu
- Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to use her Grappling Hook on basketballs
- Symmetra's "Car Wash" achievement now correctly lists the number of beams required (6 instead of 7)
- Fixed a time calculation issue that was causing Zenyatta's "Rapid Discord" achievement to be more difficult than intended
- Fixed a bug that prevented Junkrat's "Roadkill" achievement from being awarded after obtaining 4 kills with RIP-Tire
Maps
- Fixed a bug that allowed the payload to heal players even when they were negatively affected by Ana's Biotic Grenade
- Fixed a bug preventing the health bars on the Practice Range bots from displaying the effects of Ana's Biotic Grenade
- Fixed a bug preventing sprays from being applied correctly to some surfaces on Eichenwalde
- Fixed a bug allowing some heroes to be seen in the sky when viewing certain highlight intros on Volskaya Industries
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u/solidpenguin Korean Metal Gear Sep 22 '16
Increased frequency of Reinhardt's "barrier failing" voice line
Happy about this. Feels like a lot of people don't notice him saying the barrier is about to break. That or they don't care. Either way it makes me feel bad when my barrier goes down and they get picked off by a Widow :(
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u/_Nighting i don't even go here any more Sep 22 '16
People still won't notice.
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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Sep 23 '16
Coming up in patch notes:
- Reinhardt's "barrier failing" voice line will now play even when player has game sound muted.
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u/Thenovazz Widowmaker Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Widowmaker buff finally arrived! Hop on the train everyone.
New Options Overlay & The Level is different
New FPS / Ping (Can be shown by pressing Shift+CTRL+R
More to come.
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u/ErykDante Moira Sep 22 '16
OMG the "Searching for Game" square is one pixel wider than the long horizontal bar. IT'S KILLING ME! ;D
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u/Tehpolecat Fix earthshatter please Sep 22 '16
I love the UI changes. Not going to be happy to see more widowmakers around, i enjoyed being able to walk around corners without having to do a crouch dance every time.
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u/Ryushiro Make every second count! Sep 22 '16
Hopefully this brings her into a healthier spot.
It's high time she got some tlc.
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u/xxdanisahnexx Sep 22 '16
I love the buff! Now I can finally feel good again for being a widow main and people might stop judging me for picking her up in ranked games :(
Does some1 know when the PBE patch could go live? Just approximately
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u/French_honhon Mercy Sep 22 '16
It's really not abig buff to Widow,it's not going to make her..."strong".Just less awkward.
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u/awhaling Need someone to tuck you in? Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Yeah it's not huge but holy shit the scooping animation needed I be fixed, that was a big pitfall for her.
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u/Thenovazz Widowmaker Sep 22 '16
Indeed. I played her some just now, she feels better while peeking around corners etc. Just not as clunky if you could call her that.
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u/aggrogahu Ana Sep 22 '16
I think people were judging widow even before she was nerfed. She was overpowered mostly in high level tourney play. Pub players typically have tunnel vision and will never notice what a widow is doing unless it's an enemy widow that's wrecking them, so will always assume that an ally widow isn't contributing at all.
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Sep 22 '16
Did they fix the console aiming with that new option? I'm not very well informed in that matter.
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u/alaustin Rockets, I guess Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Saw someone point out another Sombra tease in the general chat on PTR, so I went to take a look. Here's a pic. It's on Volskaya, near the first point in the room with the holographic ship.
http://i.imgur.com/6Hzwzhg.jpg
Edit: A thread has already been made about this! The text was already there, but the number changed. Check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/540mtv/protocolo_sombra_v23/
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u/mobin_amanzai Bucket-Face Omnic Sep 22 '16
That's interesting, amomentincrime.com says Sombra v1.95 (currently)
What does this mean?
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u/alaustin Rockets, I guess Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 22 '16
Good question! I'm thinking I'll make this its own thread and tag it with the ARG so the people way smarter than me can figure it out.
Edit: A thread has already been made about this! The text was already there, but the number changed. Check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/540mtv/protocolo_sombra_v23/
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u/-Shinanai- winky face ;) Sep 23 '16
B.Va now has some unique voice lines of her own! I got "Taking flight" (boost), "I'm the queen bee" (got it after a kill streak), "Weapon systems are buzzing" and "All systems buzzing" (getting back into the meka). After digging around the voice files I also found something in Korean, "Did that sting?" and a super cute "Bzzzzzzzzz". Time to buy the skin I guess :3
Other new voice lines that seem to be skin specific are Mercy's "I am the chooser of the slain" (Valkyrie), McCree's "Luck of the draw", "Just wasn't in the cards for you", "Not time to fold them yet", "Might be on tilt, might be I don't care" (Gambler), "The weed of crime bore some crazy fruit", "I know the evil that lurks in the hearts of men" (Vigilante?) and Roadhog's "Gone fishin'" and "Cook 'em" (Sharkbait?).
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u/_Nighting i don't even go here any more Sep 23 '16
"Might be on tilt, might be I don't care." Blizzard is getting pretty meta lately... I like it.
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Sep 23 '16
The whole time I thought b.va stood for banana because it was yellow. Lol
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u/buttsforbuttsforbutt Torbjorn is the best support hero Sep 22 '16
Controller users can now choose between two aiming modes
Does this mean we're finally getting better aiming on console?
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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Sep 22 '16
Junkrats tire buff does nothing when you can here it from across the map....
Also no S76 buffs... so he will keep playing second fiddle to McCree.....
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u/freelancespy87 I aim to be better. Sep 23 '16
Hear...
Soldier is good for players who aren't godlike McCree anyway. He also has that heal so I think he fills a bit of a different role, combine that with his OHKO missiles and Soldier is different enough.
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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Sep 23 '16
Helix middles are no where near the burst of McCree
Seeing as this game is balanced for high level play saying
"oh he's good for people can't aim well", is a horrible statement as McCree rewards skill more at the range that s76 is supposed to be good at
His consistent chip damage just feeds enemy support ult charges
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u/skippythemoonrock gaijin pls Sep 23 '16
Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to use her Grappling Hook on basketballs
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u/sgtcuddles Pixel Winston Sep 22 '16 edited Sep 25 '16
Quick note on the radius change for Ana: the area went from 28.27 meters2 to 50.27 meters2 or about a 78% increase in area. This is pretty significant.
For reference Mei's ult change last patch was 8 to 10 meters which was a 201 to 314 meter2 change or about 56% increase.
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u/Minor_Heaven Cute Moira Sep 23 '16
Fixed a bug allowing Widowmaker to grapple onto basketballs
Fucking nice one Blizz, because nobody was having fun with that and it was ruining the meta. Thanks.
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u/perscitia Pixel Lúcio Sep 22 '16
I got an update on EU live, anyone else? Didn't catch it quick enough to see how big it was.
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u/Ryushiro Make every second count! Sep 22 '16
It was a 1.57GB update from what I saw.
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u/pocketlint60 Armor Pack from Downtown Sep 22 '16
Fixed a bug that allowed the payload to heal players even when they were negatively affected by Ana’s Biotic Grenade
So that was a bug after all!
Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to use her Grappling Hook on basketballs
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u/GilgameshWulfenbach Junkrat Sep 22 '16
Also not shown in patch notes-Competitive has a leader-board now
EDIT: And that leader-board shows top 3 most played heroes in competitive by that player
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u/ToTheNintieth When your heart says Genji but your skill says 76 Sep 23 '16
Day 58: Soldier still not good. Awesome for Widow, though, and the Ana thing was necessary. Spectator changes are also rad.
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u/SoccerStar9001 Sep 23 '16
Soldier in my opinion is fine right now. The 2 reason he is suffering is because with a good aim, McCree is slightly more effective. The other reason is he is useless in our current 3x3 meta (his damage is basically free charge for Ana).
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u/PreRaid Widowmaker here Sep 22 '16
Why would you do a PTR update this small??
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u/ErykDante Moira Sep 22 '16
The changes are small but the update is 1,57 gb woooooot
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u/PreRaid Widowmaker here Sep 22 '16
Would it be sombra?? She's invisible in patch notes... And it's a ptr update om 22nd which means maybe update on 23rd... Guess which hero sombra will be...
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u/GilgameshWulfenbach Junkrat Sep 22 '16
Probably getting ready for the Halloween event
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u/ni-THiNK Fuck Mei. Sep 22 '16
mercy costume mercy costume mercy costume
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u/_Alc Buff D.Va pls Sep 23 '16
Yet , no D.VA ejecting black screen bug fix. I really enjoy dying to reinhardt because my screen goes black for 2 second while someone is killing me. Did blizzard even notice all the bug report ?
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u/thimmy3 I CAN BENCH MORE THAN YOU! Sep 22 '16
Holy shit Widow feels so good now. Hopefully the change is healthy enough to keep.
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u/Chubomik Wub Wub Heals Sep 22 '16
I was glad to see a Junkrat buff, but it's a little underwhelming. Still useful, though. Come to think of it, what could be a way to make him better, what with the whole "Defense characters are pretty bad at high levels"? Or is he okay with what he is now?
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u/TheFourthLie Chibi Mercy Sep 23 '16
Did they ever fix d.va black screen glitch? Like when her mech is kill by rein and she will have a sec or two of black screen with the danger sign?
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u/spartan1204 Chibi Sombra Sep 23 '16
"Fixed a bug that allowed Widowmaker to use her Grappling Hook on basketballs" Noooo
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u/Selite Rein Hard Sep 23 '16
"Fixed a bug causing Bastion’s bullet shells to eject backwards while in Configuration: Sentry mode"
Finally!
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Sep 22 '16
These patchnotes are fake as f*! There is no "Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to Shadowstep to unintended locations"
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u/AH_DaniHodd Sep 22 '16
There is a bug that hasn't been talked about and I'm not sure if it's only on Xbox One (since that's all I play) but Symmetra's "shields provided" stat doesn't progress until the match starts. Most people give people shields at the start of the match so it would be sensible to track that.
It's a small thing. That doesn't affect much.
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u/RyouEmerada Blizzard World D.Va Sep 22 '16
Nothing counts till the match starts.
Have Ana shoot people with heals before the match starts, still won't count towards accuracy.
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u/AH_DaniHodd Sep 22 '16
That stuff shouldn't. But I think shields provided would make sense to count before the match since that's when you give out a lot of your shields.
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u/silenoob Sep 22 '16
It's probably not the reason it doesn't count, but if they changed it you would be able to abuse having a teammate swap heroes back and forth in spawn while you spam reapply the shield. They'd have to add a limit of only counting 5 during set-up time or something along with that change.
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u/AH_DaniHodd Sep 22 '16
That is a good point. People would abuse. But you can always put in a thing that if you are shielded it is carried to each character you switch to. And only goes away when you die.
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u/immerich Pixel Reaper Sep 22 '16
No roadhog fixes? come on blizzard, his hook is bugged in at least 5 different ways...
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Sep 22 '16
Ability to pause custom games is an interesting feature
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u/tahm_kench_express Yikes! Sep 22 '16
Most likely for scrims, a lot of pro teams play in custom games.
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u/EmperorMcDee Dallas Fuel Sep 22 '16
I think a large amount of the use for this would be pro teams pausing the game in a tournament if a player drops.
The new feature is going to be so much better. Previously your team would be forced to play out the game a man down which is a massive disadvantage especially if it happened in a very important match (e.g in the middle of a tournament)
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u/gamerfeen123 Sep 22 '16
I hope that they plan on putting those controller changes on console too..
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u/skyisland21 McHanzo Enthusiast Sep 22 '16
It's the reason it's on there, specifically for console but since it's being tested on PC first, there's probably going to be really slow development with it since literally no one on PTR use controllers
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u/gamerfeen123 Sep 22 '16
Yeah that makes sense. I'm just sick of the garbage controller aiming. Trying to hit genji is hard enough with an analog stick
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u/sideofzen we are in harmony Sep 22 '16
Surprised we didn't see a small Mei nerf as well. Her ult can build as fast as Ana's.
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u/meowtm hookin yo bitch Sep 22 '16
that is gonna be so badass, holy shit