Prior to the big LE SSERAFIM collaboration, Blizzard just launched a midseason Overwatch 2 patch notes. Gamers should buckle in because this is a long one.
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General Overwatch 2 Patch Notes
Endorsements
Endorsement level decay has been reworked to be more forgiving in some circumstances. The endorsement level always decays slightly whenever you finish a match, but that decay is now reduced by the percentage of players who could not have endorsed you. If none of the players in the match could have endorsed you, your Endorsement level would not decay. The following reasons prevent other players from endorsing you:
- The player is your friend.
- The player endorsed you within the past 24 hours.
- Endorsement level decay also no longer occurs when a server shuts down. The most common reason for this is a competitive match shutting down when players leave the match early.
Challenges
- Added Legendary, Mythic, and Ultimate Player Title challenges to each hero’s progression challenges.
Progression
- Victory Pose now shows your Progression Level instead of the Hero Level.
Social Features
- The default option for match text chat is now set to OFF (previously set to ON) for new players. This can be changed in the Social Options.
- The default option for team voice chat is now set to ON (previously set to AUTO-JOIN) for new players. This can be changed in the Social Options.
- Current text or voice chat settings for existing players are not changed.
OW2 Hero Balancing
DVA
Fusion Cannons
- The movement speed penalty was reduced from 40 to 30%.
Micro Missiles
- Projectile speed increased from 40 to 50.
Doomfist
Rocket Punch:
- Minimum wall stun duration decreased from 0.25 to 0.15 seconds.
- Maximum wall stun duration decreased from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds.
Winston
Tesla Cannon:
- The secondary fire range increased from 30 to 40 meters.
Bastion
Assault Configuration:
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
- Weapon spread increased by 10%.
Cassidy
Magnetic Grenade:
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
Mei
Endothermic Blaster:
- The slow effect decreased from 40 to 30%.
Sombra
EMP
- Ultimate cost decreased 10%.
Symmetra
- Base shield health reduced from 125 to 100 (200 HP total)
Widowmaker
Widow’s Kiss:
- Unscoped shots to reach maximum spread increased from 3 to 7.
Infra-Sight:
- Ultimate cost reduced by 10%.
Ana
Biotic Grenade:
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
Baptiste
Immortality Field:
- Health decreased from 150 to 125.
- Cooldown increased from 23 to 25 seconds.
Illari
Solar Rifle:
- Primary fire projectile size was reduced from 0.1 to 0.05 meters.
Healing Pylon:
- Base health reduced from 75 to 50 (total 100 HP).
- Cooldown when destroyed increased from 12 to 15 seconds.
Kiriko
Protection Suzu:
- Cooldown increased from 14 to 15 seconds.
Lifeweaver
Healing Blossom:
- Ammo reduced from 20 to 16.
- Max heal reduced from 75 to 70.
Life Grip:
- Cooldown increased from 16 to 19 seconds.
Zenyatta
- Base health increased from 50 to 75 (225 HP total)
Harmony Orb:
- The time to wear off when not in the line of sight increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
Orb of Discord:
- Can no longer be reapplied to the same target for 7 seconds after the effect has been removed.
- Range increased from 30 to 40 meters.
OW2 Bug Fixes
Audio
- Fixed an issue in the Training Grounds where the Heavy Training Bot’s Shield was playing the incorrect impact effect.
- Adjusted the areas in the training grounds in which the default Training Bot’s weapon fire can be heard. This should provide content creators with some additional quiet areas for capturing their media.
Hero Mastery
- Fixed a bug that could result in a perpetual black screen if you died to enemy damage after a course restart.
- Resolved an issue that resulted in no Hero icon being shown in the Results screen during a Replay.
- Resolved a bug that could result in ‘New Personal Best’ being displayed for any score.
- Fixed a bug that could occur on some platforms that caused the Kill Feed and HUD to vanish if Try Again was selected.
- Resolved an issue for Mercy that resulted in Healing not being displayed in the Scoring Details.
Other Fixes
- Fixed a bug that would disband your group if you selected ‘Leave as Group’ in a Competitive match.
- Fixed a bug in the Hero Gallery that would cause the UI to highlight another cosmetic after equipping one.
- Fixed an issue that caused the achievement ‘The Friend Zone’ to not unlock on some platforms despite requirements being met.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in enemy team Roles being revealed via the scoreboard in Mystery Heroes.
- Fixed a bug that prevented some Player Icons from being equipped.
- Fixed a bug that prevented ‘Random From Favorites’ from working during Hero Select.
- Fixed a bug with AI bots picking heroes excluded in the Custom Game Settings which would result in empty slots in the match.
Overwatch 2 Map Fixes
Antarctic Peninsula
- Fixed some areas of the map that could get players stuck.
New Junk City
- Moved some environment assets from floating in one of the spawn rooms.
Route 66
- Fixed an area of the map that allowed players to stand outside the intended playable space.
Samoa
- Fixed some areas that had gaps that caused unintended sight lines.
- Fixed some areas that allowed players to stand in unintended locations.
- Fixed some areas of the map that allowed turrets to be placed outside the playable space but still attack enemies.
- Fixed some areas of that map that could get players stuck.
- Fixed lighting in some areas of the map.
OW2 Hero Bug Fixes
Illari
- Fixed a bug that resulted in the ‘Daybreak’ skin displaying twice in the Skin Selection while in pre-game Hero Select.
- Resolved an issue with Healing Pylon that could result in players launching out of it.
Lifeweaver
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Petal Platform from falling when Hacked.
Lúcio
- Fixed a bug with the Hermes skin that caused the sounds played during Wallride to be louder than intended.
Mercy
- Fixed an interaction with Sombra that prevented Mercy’s beams not properly fading out when applied to a Stealth Sombra.
Moira
- Fixed a bug with the ‘Be Beautiful’ Highlight Intro not displaying the window behind Moira on all platforms.
Sombra
- Fixed in a previous update – Resolved an issue that caused Sombra to appear untextured after interacting with Random from Favorites.
Zenyatta
- Fixed an issue where sometimes Orbs of Discord and Harmony would not stay attached to the target.
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