I agree, it may be fun. Touched the v1.0 patch few times, I wasn't interested in the game at first, started to play more often around 2 or 3 years after release. All the OW2 new players will know the DPS instalock ~~nightmare~~, until a team comes to 5 Winton/Genji and 1 Mercy ~~memes~~, Bastion with shield~, Symetra as support (with infamous troll TP) and the most unbalanced version of the game.
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[Blizzard] Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – December 16, 2024 (Hotfix: Hazard, Sojourn nerf)
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[Blizzard] Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – December 10, 2024 [Season 14 + Hazard]
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They reverted Ram nerf in the last patch today. =]
TANK
Orisa
- Base health increased from 125 to 175.
- Base armor reduced from 350 to 300.
Energy Javelin
- Damage reduced from 80 to 70.
Fortify
- No longer reduces Fusion Driver heat generation.
Ramattra
Pummel
- Reverted to pierce barriers again.
- No longer deals critical damage to barriers.
Wrecking Ball
Quad Cannons
- Ammo increased from 80 to 100.
Grappling Claw
- Duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
DAMAGE
Sombra
Hack
- Now exits stealth when hacking an enemy target.
Translocator
- Deleay befor entering stealth reduced from 0.5 to 0.33 seconds.
- Fade in time reduced from 0.3 to 0.15 second.
EMP
- Ultimate cost reduced by 10%.
SUPPORT
Juno
Orbital Ray
- Healing reduced from 100 to 85 health per second.
Probably they will buff her slowly, until players starts complaining about other players exploiting her abilities to solo kill Zen, Ana, or any heroes without mobility skills. The Sombra patching loop.
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General Updates
- Role Queue Mystery Heroes
Competitive Updates
- Competitive Drives
HERO UPDATES
GENERAL
- Armor flat damage reduction decreased from 10 to 7 per impact.
TANK
Tank Role Passive
• Knockback resistance reduced from 40% to 25%.
D.Va
- Mech armor health reduced from 375 to 325.
- Mech base health increased from 200 to 225.
Orisa
Fortify
- Movement speed penalty reduced from 20% to 10%.
Roadhog
Take a Breather
- Resource regeneration rate increased from 8 to 10 per second.
Sigma
Hyperspheres
- Impact damage reduced from 25 to 15.
- Explosion damage increased from 30 to 40.
- No longer deals damage to self.
DAMAGE
Bastion
Configuration: Assault
- Spread reduced from 2.2 to 2 degrees.
Configuration: Artillery
- Ultimate cost reduced 12%.
Cassidy
Flashbang
- Hinder duration reduced from 1.2 to 0.9 seconds.
- Explosion damage increased from 45 to 75.
Deadeye
- Ultimate cost reduced 10%.
Hanzo
Storm Bow
- Normal arrows are no longer affected by global projectile size increases.
- Maximum damage increased from 120 to 125.
- Time to fully charge increased from 0.72 to 0.87 seconds.
Venture
Explorer’s Resolve
- Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30.
SUPPORT
Moira
Coalescence
- Damage per second increased from 70 to 85.
Lifeweaver
Thorn Volley
- Maximum ammo increased from 80 to 100.
Zenyatta
Destruction Orb
- Damage increased from 48 to 50.
Orb of Discord
- Cooldown per target reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
Map Updates
CLASH
- Fast Respawn after a point has been captured has been removed from Clash. We’ll be looking to implement an alternate version of it for Clash in the future.
- Respawn times for defenders get reduced by 2 seconds for each segment the attackers secure in the final capture zone.
FLASHPOINT
- The initial boost of speed heroes receive when leaving the spawn has been increased in duration from 1 second to 2 seconds.
- Increased maximum potential duration of the speed boost effect from 5 to 6 seconds.
Winston
Tesla Cannon
- Damage per second reduced from 75 to 70.
DAMAGE
Ashe
The Viper
- Reload per bullet **increased from 0.2 to 0.25 **seconds.
- Primary fire damage reduced from 40 to 35.
Sombra
Virus
- Damage over time reduced from 90 to 75.
SUPPORT
Juno
Mediblaster
- Fire rate increased from 14.3 to 15.5 (reverted to the 34 shots per second during the projectile volley).
- Damage reduced from 8 to 7.5.
- Healing reduced from 7 to 6.5.
New Hero – Juno
New Core Game Mode - Clash
New Clash Map - Throne Of Anubis
Hero Mastery Updates
- Hero Mastery Courses for Pharah and Zarya have been added.
General Updates
- Avoid As Teammate
- Avoid List has been updated
- Wave Respawn
- Shop Updates - try out all skins in the practice range
- Competitive Play Updates - Mid-Year Rank (soft) Reset
Hero Updates
Tank
D.Va
Defense Matrix
- Maximum duration reduced from 3.5 to 3 seconds.
Orisa
Energy Javelin
- Impact damage increased from 60 to 80.
Zarya
Particle Cannon
- Secondary fire minimum damage increased from 47 to 55.
- Secondary fire maximum damage increased from 95 to 110.
Damage
Echo
Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Hanzo
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Junkrat
Frag Launcher
- Projectile size is now reduced by half after the second ricochet.
- Projectiles preserve slightly more velocity on ricochet.
Sojourn
Railgun
- Primary fire weapon spread reduced from 2 to 1.6 degrees.
- Critical hits now grant 10 energy.
- Energy degeneration rate reduced from 33 to 15 per second after 7 seconds.
Sombra
Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Virus
Impact damage increased from 25 to 35.
Stealth
Bonus movement speed increased from 45 to 60%.
Torbjörn
Developer Comment: This shift in armor health for Torbjorn is to increase survivability against the heroes which are most affected by armor’s damage reduction, such as Tracer.
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
- Base armor increased from 50 to 75.
Support
Illari
Solar Rifle
- Maximum ammo reduced from 16 to 14.
Captive Sun
Projectile environment collision size reduced from 0.15 to 0 meters.
Juno
- Juno has been added to the lineup.
- Juno is now eligible for Competitive Play.
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Mediblaster
- Burst projectile volley rate of fire reduced from 34 to 28 shots per second.
Pulsar Torpedoes
- Damage and Healing impact increased from 75 to 85.
- Heal-over-time reduced from 60 to 50 health.
Hyper Ring
- Deploy range increased by 3.5 meters.
- Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds.
Orbital Ray
- Beam travel speed increased from 1.9 to 2.25 meters per second.
Kiriko
Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Kunai
- Critical multiplier reduced from 2.5 to 2x.
- Damage increased from 45 to 60.
- Recovery time increased from 0.5 to 0.55 seconds.
Lifeweaver
Healing Blossom
- Healing progress can now charge passively at a reduced rate.
- No longer reduces movement speed when holding a full charge.
Petal Platform
- Duration only counts down while the platform is raised.
- Platform now resets if no one is standing on it for 2 seconds.
- Duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
- Health reduced from 400 to 300.
Rejuvenating Dash
- Healing reduced from 60 to 45.
Mercy
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Caduceus Staff
- Primary fire healing increased from 55 to 60 health per second.
- Secondary fire damage boost increased from 25% to 30%.
Moira
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Biotic Grasp
- Secondary fire damage increased from 60 to 65 damage per second.
Lúcio
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Sonic Amplifier
Primary fire damage increased from 18 to 22.
Hero Quality of Life Updates
Support
Juno
Mediblaster
- The weapon model visuals and firing sounds were updated to indicate when the weapon is at low ammo.
- The heal sounds that play locally to the Juno player were updated to be more noticeable when healing allies closer to full health.
Pulsar Torpedoes
- The cooldown when the ability is canceled after no successful lock-ons has been reduced from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Line of Sight checks were improved to better find targets with hitboxes in view.
- Added range forgiveness of an extra 5 meters on current targets that might move beyond the max 40 meters range.
- The local cancel sound was increased in volume to be more noticeable for the Juno player.
- The ally and enemy impact sounds were updated to be more noticeable for the Juno player.
- Healing torpedoes have new impact visuals when hitting enemy barriers and when clipping near walls.
Glide Boost
- Now adjusts Juno better when she hits level architecture such as doorways.
Hyper Ring
- Juno players will now hear the initial Hyper Ring apply sound when entering their own ring for the first time.
- The sound when re-entering the Hyper Ring was updated to be more noticeable.
Orbital Ray
- The Ultimate enemy voice line was updated in tone to better contrast the ally version.
- The enemy version of the ray’s start sound was updated to be more noticeable.
Map Updates
Flashpoint
- Passing through the spawn door barrier of your own spawn will apply a temporary speed boost to get to the capture point faster.
- The speed boost is removed when taking or dealing damage.
- The speed boost is applied by both the default and forward spawns.
- The speed boost counts toward the existing movement speed bonus cap of 75%.
Push
- The Push bot collision has been updated so players cannot contest from certain high ground positions.
General map & Mode updates
- Updates to our map recency system to increase the frequency of new maps and modes at the start of each season.
- Capture point outlines can now be seen through walls on Clash and Flashpoint when the capture point is unlocked.
- Lighting scenarios are now randomized in Quick Play and Competitive Game Mode.
We’ll be running at least one Quick Play: Hacked based on this idea in Season 13
Hero Updates
Tank
Ramattra
Nemesis Form
- Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
- Base armor reduced from 100 to 75.
- Base health reduced from 275 to 250.
Zarya
Particle Barrier
- Shared cooldown increased from 10 to 11 seconds.
- Duration reduced from 2.5 to 2.25 seconds.
Projected Barrier
- Shared cooldown increased from 10 to 11 seconds.
- Duration reduced from 2.5 to 2.25 seconds.
Damage
Pharah
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225
Support
Illari
Healing Pylon
- Cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds
Captive Sun
- Ultimate cost increased 12%
Lúcio
Sonic Amplifier
- Knockback reduced by 10%
New Map: Runasapi
- Push map
Hero Updates
General
- Knockdown time when two charging abilities collide reduced from 2 to 1.7 seconds.
Developer Comments: This stun time reduction applies to the knockdown that happens when two charging abilities collide and result in a tie (with Reinhardt, Doomfist, Brigitte, Mauga, Bob). The counterplay and interaction of two charging abilities impacting each other is great, but it took both players out of the fight a little too long.
Tank
D.Va
Developer Comments: These changes will improve D.Va’s effectiveness against smaller targets as she became less effective against armored enemies in the previous patch.
Fusion Cannons
- Weapon spread reduced from 3.75 to 3.375 degrees.
Boosters
- Impact damage increased from 15 to 25.
Junker Queen
Developer Comments: The Tank knockback resistance passive was affecting Junker Queen’s pull effect more than intended. The distance can be affected by their movement, but Tanks are now pulled in about 5-6 meters instead of only 3 meters or so.
Jagged Blade
- Now pulls tanks further.
Rampage
- Startup time reduced from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds.
Orisa
Developer Comments: Orisa’s survivability was reduced more than necessary in her last round of changes so we’re partially reverting the cooldown increase to Javelin Spin.
Javelin Spin
- Cooldown reduced from 9 to 8 seconds.
Roadhog
Developer Comments: Roadhog’s already-powerful survivability increased significantly with the headshot damage reduction from the tank role passive so these changes are to help bring that back in line.
- Base health reduced from 650 to 600.
Take a Breather
- Damage reduction reduced from 50 to 40%.
Damage
Cassidy
Developer Comments: We’re reverting the Magnetic Grenade ability to be deployed like Cassidy’s previous Flashbang ability, but it will keep the Hinder effect instead of a full stun. We’ve heard feedback surrounding the Magnetic Grenade ability and agree that while the fantasy of a homing grenade was fun, the moment-to-moment gameplay of it often felt too unpredictable as to whether it would land or not. The Hinder effect has been a useful tool to act as a counter to highly mobile heroes without going back to a full stun and the enemy player losing the ability to fight back.
The Deadeye ultimate is getting an adjustment to increase its flexibility toward the end of its duration, enabling it to get value outside of buying time for Cassidy or his allies, though it may be riskier to hold it for a long time as the damage reduction will fade away along with the movement speed penalty.
Peacekeeper
- Secondary fire “Fan the Hammer” damage reduced from 50 to 45.
Combat Roll
- Damage reduction reduced from 75 to 50%.
Flashbang
- Magnetic Grenade ability is now Flashbang.
- Hinders enemies instead of Stunning them for 1.2 seconds.
- Movement speed reduction increased from 30% to 50%.
- Hinder now prevents crouching movement.
- 45 explosive damage.
- 12 second cooldown.
Deadeye
- Movement speed penalty now scales down over time, from 70% to 35%.
- Damage reduction now scales down over time, from 40% to 0%.
Mei
Developer Comments: Mei’s damage output over time is intended to be on the low end for a Damage hero, as she offers strong utility and survivability through her ability kit, but we would like to make the secondary fire icicle more rewarding by increasing the damage and slightly more difficult to land consistently.
Endothermic Blaster
- Secondary fire base projectile size reduced from 0.15 to 0.12 meters.
- Secondary fire damage increased from 75 to 85.
Reaper
Developer Comments: With the previous patch change to how armor reduces damage, shotgun weapon heroes like Reaper lost some value since much of their gameplan revolved around pressuring large tank heroes. To help shift Reaper toward being more effective against smaller targets we’re tightening the weapon spread on the Hellfire Shotguns and reducing the amount of time enemies have to react to his Shadow Step teleport.
Hellfire Shotguns
- Weapon spread reduced from 6.5 to 6 degrees.
Shadow Step
- Cast time reduced from 1.5 to 1.2 seconds.
Sojourn
Developer Comments: This change is reducing the burst damage potential of the secondary fire Railgun shot to both lessen frustration from playing against that burst damage, and to shift power into her sustained primary fire damage. This should smooth out the feast-or-famine nature of Sojourn consistently hitting the secondary fire shots.
Railgun
- Secondary fire damage scaling reduced from 30-130 damage down to 1-100 damage.
- Secondary fire projectile no longer requires Overclock to pierce enemy players.
- Primary fire shots per second increased from 14 to 16.
Overclock
- Energy charge rate increased from 100 to 120 per second.
Symmetra
Developer Comments: To help solidify Symmetra as a close-range threat, we’re increasing her health to better survive in that range, along with how quickly her primary fire beam damage ramps up.
- Base health increased from 100 to 125 (Total health increased from 250 to 275).
Photon Projector
- Primary fire charge rate increased 25%.
Support
Illari
Developer Comments: Illari’s Healing Pylon is intended to be useful for healing her team in relatively safe positions without much focus required, which enables her to either apply pressure with her primary fire or spot heal in bursts from her more limited secondary fire healing beam. To encourage this, it now has improved health and healing output, but is less effective when Illari uses it to heal herself.
Outburst
- Damage increased from 10 to 25.
Healing Pylon
- Healing per projectile increased from 30 to 40.
- Pylon healing is now only half as effective when targeting Illari.
- Max health increased from 100 to 125.
Kiriko
Developer Comments: “Hard knockdown stuns” refer to most all of the existing knockdowns where the player is stunned and laying on the ground (such as Reinhardt’s Earthshatter), with the exception of Ana’s Sleep Dart effect, which is removed upon taking damage or Protection Suzu’s cleanse.
Swift Step
- Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
Protection Suzu
- No longer cleanses hard knockdown stuns.
Map Updates
Colosseo
- no glass
Roadhog
Developer comments: Roadhog benefitted greatly from the recent headshot reduction passive for Tanks so we are nerfing his survivability. This change to Take a Breather is aimed at encouraging more mindful resource management. The change to Whole Hog will make the ultimate more of a zoning tool while lowering its lethality, especially against tanks with their recently increased knockback resistance.
Take a Breather
- Resource regeneration rate reduced from 10 to 8 per second.
- Maximum healing reduced from 450 to 400.
- Cooldown reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds.
Whole Hog
- Knockback increased from 14 to 16.
- Damage per pellet reduced from 7 to 6.
Sigma
Developer comments: Our last patch aimed to make some Tank ultimates more forgiving to use during combat. Sigma’s Gravitic Flux can suffer from missing due to slight line of sight checks but we don’t believe this change had proper communication for all instances. We may return to this change for Sigma down the line with updated visuals.
Gravitic Flux
- Gravitic Flux now requires line-of-sight to lift targets again.
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Yeah you are right. So few days of meme comps and then instalock comps with 5 DPS and 1 SUP. People will notice the "real" OW Classic. Gonna play anyways, just for the nostalgic feelings. lol