Overwatch’s March 24th PTR Patch Notes
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Overwatch’s March 24th PTR Patch Notes

General, Hero, Map, Report, User Interface Menu Updates

  • Players can choose to “Avoid as Teammate” with a dropdown menu in the Career Profile
  • Sombra’s “Enemies Hacked” end-of-round card now also displays her offensive assists
  • Brigitte’s Golden Weapon variant will now also give her a golden shield
  • Changed Mercy’s Valkyrie voice line
  • The first payload checkpoint in Blizzard World was moved back 10 meters
  • The “Poor Teamwork” menu option has been removed
  • The “Griefing” menu option has been renamed “Gameplay Sabotage”
  • Simplified Hero Select tips for roles
  • Heroes can now be selected by double-clicking the hero icon during Hero Select
  • Added leaderboard information to the competitive information screen. This can be accessed by right-clicking the menu on the competitive card.
  • Lockout Elimination cards in the Arcade are now just referred to as Elimination

Hero Changes

D.Va

  • Micro Missiles‘ Explosive damage was reduced from 6 to 4.
    • This will be a 22% nerf.

Mei

Reaper

Moira

  • Biotic Grasp’s transparency increased the closer you are to a target.
  • Coalescence becomes more transparent the closer its visual effects are to the player’s camera.
  • Fade’s transparency was increased the closer you are to a target.

Zenyatta

Orb of Destruction‘s secondary fire rate of fire was reduced by 15%.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed a bug that prevented Bastion from firing projectiles immediately after going into Tank configuration
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Bastion from being knocked back while transforming during Configuration: Tank
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Brigitte’s impact effects from playing when hitting the environment
  • Fixed a bug that caused Brigitte’s aim to be slightly offset after using Shield Bash
  • Fixed a bug that caused a player’s camera to jitter when spectating Doomfist during his Meteor Strike
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Meteor Strike from landing where it was telegraphed when standing close to a ledge
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Meteor Strike to access unintended locations
  • Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Meteor Strike to penetrate angled surfaces as he descended
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from impacting enemies or
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Junkrat from being knocked back while piloting his RIP-Tire
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Orisa’s Halt! to sometimes affect enemy targets behind walls
  • Fixed a bug that caused McCree’s Peacekeeper to grow substantially during the hero select screen when certain skins were equipped
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through Mei’s Ice Wall
  • Fixed a bug that caused Tracer’s Recall to activate differently based on the player’s latency

Want more Overwatch info? Check out Overwatch Version 2.36 Patch Notes & New Hero Brigitte. You could also read the Which Hero Game to Choose – Paladins, Overwatch, Battleborn or Smite? article.

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