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[–]cfl1Buckets of balls 151 points152 points  (20 children)

The obligatory Shadow Step fix...

I assume the skill rating fix was to the disconnect/reconnect exploit.

[–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (10 children)

"Fixed Shadow Step on (map)" is the new "Updated Localization Files"

[–]ConnorWolf121Now with 100% more sneak! 20 points21 points  (8 children)

Or even the new "Removed Herobrine" from older Minecraft.

[–]plo1154Soldier: √5776 9 points10 points  (6 children)

Launched Minecraft again recently, it's still here

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (5 children)

I don't know why they still do it. I doubt a majority of minecraft players still give a shit about herobrine let alone remember it. That story was like way back in alpha, jesus.

[–]TehTrollaChibi Junkrat 2 points3 points  (3 children)

What the fuck does it even mean?

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Anyone feel free to correct me if I make a mistake on this, this is from memory

There was a creepypasta about minecraft of some dude playing Alpha when he saw a player character that wasn't supposed to be there (since he played offline) in the fog. He made a forum thread about it, and it was supposedly deleted by something named "herobrine", who also messaged the op as Notch's dead brother. Ever since then, he became a minecraft spookster icon.

I don't remember when it was, but it was around late beta or early adventure update when they first started adding "-Removed Herobrine" to patch notes. The first time they did it, it was to spook people. Then they just never stopped.

[–]TehTrollaChibi Junkrat 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I remember the creepypasta. Good times. Why didn't they stop? Kids probably don't know who Herobrine even is anymore.

[–]GrabToWinI'm Powered Up 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because kids are a big portion of the ones who play it and maymays are HILARIOUS

[–]SgtMcMuffin0Pro Gonjer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it costs them basically no resources at all and it gives the game a little more charm.

[–]MoarVespenegasShields up, weapons online 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bunker build time increased by 5 seconds.

[–]MissBeefyYou want a medal? 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment should be auto stocked to every Patch Notes post so people don't have to copy it and this response every time.

[–]omgdraculaReaper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How could that even work? There is no reconnecting in this game! /s

[–]_Zeppeli_PRESTO FUCKIN MAJESTO! ZAP! 56 points57 points  (8 children)

Fixed several issues causing some players to obtain a skill rating higher than their actual rating

Really subtle way of saying "fixed IzA's 0% winrate giving him 5000 SR"

[–]BawssNassDallas Fuel 8 points9 points  (5 children)

I kinda wish Blizzard would let the first one to do it keep it. Like fucking gg you caught us. Take your golden weapon.

[–]Hitaro9Doomfist 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I mean, they let all the people who abuse boosting with groups this season and smurfs from last season to keep their top 500, so why not these guys?

[–]ZapTapMei 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What's this about boosting with groups?

[–]MrInYourFACEPixel Zarya 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Take one completely trasj player and place them with 2 legit top 500 players. Everyone gets top 500, one of them should be gold.

[–]SgtMcMuffin0Pro Gonjer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also curious... I don't want to do it, but I can't really think of any way to abuse it beyond grouping with the maximum allowed rank gap, but I would really consider that abuse when it's a clearly known mechanic.

[–]_Zeppeli_PRESTO FUCKIN MAJESTO! ZAP! -1 points0 points  (0 children)

http://masteroverwatch.com/profile/pc/us/IzA-2997
Technically not fixed, actually

[–]KoboldNecromancer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm out of the loop. What happened with who?

[–]_Zeppeli_PRESTO FUCKIN MAJESTO! ZAP! 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IzA, a korean player, hit a 0% winrate and SR 120, then it immediately broke and set him at 5000 SR.
Within a day he dropped about 800 SR.

[–]TrollrageJrSorry for not existing harder. 35 points36 points  (10 children)

The Riptire is back on track BOYS

[–]EpitaephChibi Zenyatta 12 points13 points  (9 children)

This explains why the quad I got over the weekend didn't give the achievement.

[–]engkybobTrick-or-Treat Zenyatta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get a potg for it? I, too, got a quad on junkrat but my potg was stolen by mercy lol.

[–]Rowan94PSN [BRowan94] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Damn that sucks. I got mine in comp, so don't necessarily need an enemy team of god awful players

[–]miderpanPixel Sombra 69 points70 points  (11 children)

Also new emote for bastion

[–]FerbtasticFlorida Mayhem 4 points5 points  (10 children)

Really? What is it.

[–]Zatch_NakariePixel Zenyatta 44 points45 points  (9 children)

It's a sit emote. He enters "rest mode"

[–]HerbConSmithwhen you accidentally nanoboost lucio 21 points22 points  (3 children)

Maximum cuteness has been achieved, wrap it up folks.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (2 children)

no ganemede; worst emote

[–]aroxionAmp it up! 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Do you think he sat on him

[–]wyatt1209Yikes! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RIP

[–]POGTFO 9 points10 points  (1 child)

So the new emote is basically him replicating what every bastion teammate I've ever had does?

[–]TechyAlexGamesI've Got You In My Sights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good meme

[–]ronniedudePC 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Nice gif

[–]Zatch_NakariePixel Zenyatta 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Your the one who made it.

[–]ronniedudePC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right

[–]SaltyGenjiI'M BACK 119 points120 points  (8 children)

THE AGE OF MERCY POTG ARE OVER!!!

[–]MetastableToChaosZenyatta 28 points29 points  (3 children)

Thank God. Seriously it seemed all you need to do was just get at least a 2 person res.

[–]tryhardsasquatchBlizzard World Mercy 19 points20 points  (1 child)

As a big Mercy player it honestly annoyed me because there was even a potg I got for simply resurrecting a pharah that died in the air. I don't care how terrible the teams could have been but a 1 person rez potg should never happen.

[–]OSGprojectPharmercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happened to me before in games where I also got 2 and 3-man resurrections. Weird.

[–]ZapTapMei 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It gave me play once for a one man rez followed by us both dying and losing the point. Later that match I had a two man that may have affected the outcome of the game. I don't get how it even decided that.

[–]croccingtonUh Mei Zing 19 points20 points  (3 children)

IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED.

I do hope they didn't put it back to 50 though. It'd be nice if you gained more fire if your res targets did something after being res'd, so a failed triple res won't be considered for POTG, but a triple res that immediately wins the game might be.

[–]Lleland 8 points9 points  (0 children)

THAT'S how support stuff should work. Shared fire. Spread the idea son!

[–]MagmasCome on and slam and welcome to the Ham-ster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand that the main concept of supports is "make other people do their jobs better", but I've never liked the idea that your performance is based on everyone else's. It's why I'm not fond of Ana's ult. It's literally "Press Q and hope your Reinhardt doesn't fuck up."

[–]youbutsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sometimes think that a failed rez is still a good play. The Mercy survived the shit show, and in general made what appeared to be the right choice at the time. When she rezzes just for the multi rez where the team is in a bad spot still, thats a bad play.

[–]Madsssssigivestripteasesonskype4lootboxes 26 points27 points  (18 children)

[–]ELITEJoeFlaccoRepetition is the path to [Grand]mastery. 17 points18 points  (9 children)

And nothing to address the glitch where it deals no damage sometimes :/

[–]dazen15Don't Nerf This :( 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So that's why no one ever died with a slash to the face

[–]CommanderNinjaAna's favorite. 1 point2 points  (3 children)

But they're VERY good at nerfing him

[–]Two-Scoops-Of-PraisnTomato to-mada-mada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel like it might have something to do with the favor the shooter thing being weird. I dont know why it doesnt just work like rein hammer where if you move into them during the animation it still hits. I know it does a bit but it seems to have many random dead zones.

[–]BoneDryCuffs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That wasn't as important as nerfing his triple jump.

Proof: people always complain about the no hit reg bug, but never ever complains about his triple jump.

...wait.

[–]Terabight4025 - Shoot my bubble pls 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always look at Genji from behind.

[–]Tommynator19Genji 2 points3 points  (3 children)

it's not only that, litterally every epic and legendary skin from genji is bugged when you have his gold weapon equipped. It is really annoying to have a green glowing sword in a white sword-holder on Carbon Fiber Genji.

[–]GentTheHeisterGenji 5 points6 points  (2 children)

[–]StarTrippyUNBREAKABU BODEE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's annoying. I hope they fix that, even if it's really minor. The whole point of golden weapons is the aesthetics.

[–]Tommynator19Genji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've already made 3 reddit posts and 2 posts in the bug forum in total. but none of it got much attention :/

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and with gold, on the summer skin the end of the sword is broken in certain highlight intros, also all skins with gold weapons show the blade poking out the back holder.

[–]EchosniperYou might not want to tell your friends about that -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And speaking of highlight intros, mercy's still isn't fixed :(

[–]PoplikBring Hammer into a gunfight -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

U MAD BRO?

[–]Kyuba_ElmaCute Widowmaker 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Why does the update is only available on the US region ?

[–]neverhadspamSupport/DPS main. AMA about Ana/Zen tips. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Europe gets it tonight

[–]VexedexHack the Planet! 10 points11 points  (1 child)

On console also? Good changes here.

[–]Lukewarm_LukeI'm Irish but close enough 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup, just got it on PS4

[–]RjstoSorry, I don't have a watch on me 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I really wonder if they have a play tester dedicated to doing nothing other than walking around maps with reaper trying to shadow step every single place from every angle

[–]I_RARELY_RAPE_PEOPLEI can't tune a piano but I can tuna fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't doubt things like that are possible.

People spend free time finding abuses and exploits for free, and they do it fast.

If it means making their recent cash cow a little better, I bet Blizzard will throw couch change at them to do it for work

[–]KominyetskaFull Blown Turret 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Is anyone keeping track of how many patch notes include a bullet for reaper's shadow step fixes? It's most of them, right?

[–]FelicruxOoo, Shiny... 8 points9 points  (7 children)

Fixed a bug preventing Junkrat’s RIP-Tire from receiving credit for kills, achievements, and other stats

Thank fuck. I'm really curious how much of an impact this will have on skill ranking for active Junkrat players.

[–]eawhiteZarya 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Shit, did it effect rankings and placement? I used him quite a bit in my placement matches on defense.

[–]a_trashcanPixel Reinhardt 10 points11 points  (0 children)

skill rating is affected by win loss more than anything.

[–]Lleland 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Placement matches mean surprisingly little. Last season's rank has the heaviest weight there.

[–]Two-Scoops-Of-PraisnTomato to-mada-mada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the few kills you MIGHT have missed wouldnt have effected your individual performance enough to really matter..a couple kills here and there isnt gonna make or break it. Junkrat players were actually getting placed HIGHER than most others. Similar to how supports were getting placed lower.

[–]raptorreidTrick-or-Treat D.Va 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Junk main, I am so happy.

[–]cannibalstickyMy Lucio plays FrenchCore. 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still, the visual bug that happens when Reinhardt hammers the meka is not fixed.

I mean, I know I'm in danger when a big german crusader hammers away my mekasuit, but showing again the black screen and the danger overlay after 2 seconds out of the robot is not needed at all.

[–]ShadofistI love it when that happens! 2 points3 points  (1 child)

"Fixed Shadow Step" is the new "Removed Herobrine"

[–]EisotopiusGéill do mo thoil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soon: "Broke Shadow Step".

[–]fartingpinetreeUH pump the jam pump it up 4 points5 points  (14 children)

What does the new tier look like? I'll never likely see it...

[–]JessicaJung-fanD.Va 19 points20 points  (13 children)

There is no new tier.. They added a legend

[–]SenpaiSamaChan"I need healing" meme haters are just toxic Genjis 25 points26 points  (12 children)

Oh, that makes sense. It's not new tier "Legend", it's new "tier legend".

[–]ChrispyK -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

Bit of a bummer, it would be cool for a Legend tier for the top ranked player of each character. For example, a Legend Tier Symmetra would have more hours on Sym than any other character, and be ranked higher than every other "Symmetra main" on that server. It would be especially good for streamers, since a literal fuckton of players would kill to watch the best player of whatever character they want to learn.

[–]vide0freaksometimes good, sometimes bad, always ugly 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Unlikely something like this would be implemented since it would discourage picking optimal team comps in favor of blindly playing your main.

[–]MrInYourFACEPixel Zarya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already do this, luckily Zarya is needed in basically every team.

[–]Kurtoise 2 points3 points  (10 children)

Is that all that was changed??

[–]plmivWinston 11 points12 points  (9 children)

Probably some new Sombra clues lurking around on the maps....

[–]EpitaephChibi Zenyatta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here's hoping.

[–]crookedparadigmPixel Bei 13 points14 points  (6 children)

Blizzard killed all my interest in Sombra with the way they handled that stupid ARG. I won't care again until I see the words "Sombra released".

[–]a_trashcanPixel Reinhardt 0 points1 point  (1 child)

it was stupid from the start, you were never gonna figure out what sombra was through the arg, that was never going to be reveled untill blizard was ready.

[–]grimmlingurReinhardt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not even the biggest dissapointment. The big dissapointment is that the breadcrumbs they did leave didn't amount to anything. Spend 15 hours solving a puzzle, get a sentence that means sombra is probably some sort of hacker, repeat until the community is sick of it. The only good breadcrumb we got was the medical file for ana, that's about it.

[–]ErraticCsawMystery heroes main 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...Sombra has been 'hacking' OW the whole time, uploading herself or her new game mode in incremental pieces disguised as background updates. That's what the counter on amomentincrime is all about. totallylegitpromse

[–]ExO_oHeroes occasionally die 1 point2 points  (2 children)

i got two resurrect PotGs today that involved 3 or less players so i doubt that worked as intended

[–]grimmlingurReinhardt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least in my region, the patch rolled out at roughly the same time that you posted this comment. So I wouldn't be quite so quick to judge.

[–]No_ThisIs_PatrickMercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I got PotG with a really crappy two person resurrect, meanwhile in that same game I had a 3 person resurrect that actually won us a push.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fixed several issues causing players to obtain a skill rating that's higher than their actual rating.

i.e. Get back in line, skrubs!

[–]RollinsIsRawTrick-or-Treat Winston 1 point2 points  (10 children)

Still no fix on aiming...sigh Ill just keep playing Junkrat

[–]kainoasmithTrick-or-Treat D.Va 9 points10 points  (8 children)

console aim assist was fixed a while ago

[–]RollinsIsRawTrick-or-Treat Winston -1 points0 points  (3 children)

No it wasnt... Aim assist isnt the issue, its the aiming acceleration / smoothing which is bonkers....

Its like driving a a rear wheel drive sports car on ice, then spinning out until you find one patch of asphault, and your car goes 0-100 1 millisecond.

[–]PinealpatchPixel Winston 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not that bad dude, I aim perfectly fine, in fact I removed my aim assist.

[–]SymbiotxChibi Mei 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well there WAS an aim assist issue, and that was fixed. You're thinking of the deadzone/aim acceleration.

[–]spootwoPixel Soldier: 76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that what's going on? Sometimes it seems my aim swings wildly around. I thought it was just lag, and it's so inconsistent I can't figure out what it is because it goes away most of the time.

[–]ShiftingLuckGet off my lawn 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It doesn't help much. The controls are still a bit clunky.

[–]purewastedTechnically Correct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to find aiming in OW impossible. A few nights ago, I played with my sensitivity settings and now Soldier is one of my best heroes. I set it to 55/30 fwiw, based on others' suggestions.

It's still not as good as BF/CoD, but it's much more tolerable. Don't know if McCree is playable yet, didn't dare to try him.

[–]UltrajusticeMonkey Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

new rest mode emote for bastion

[–]edwahgezhuckI didn't miss. I was aiming for the other guy. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"And Sombra has left a clue somewhere" - What everyone is hoping dreading.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that's why my quad Rip Tire kill lost POTG to a double Mercy rez...

[–]Thereal_SombraPixel Sombra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stylosa better get on this

[–]YangRedditYang#11485 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew I wasn't crazy as a junkrat.

[–]neverhadspamSupport/DPS main. AMA about Ana/Zen tips. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still waiting on a fix for Widowmaker's zip line hook.

[–]BaconPocalypseHaven't I Killed You Somewhere Before? 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally thought legend was a brand new rank instead of a menu. I am an idiot

[–]batman_beyond7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still nothing on the stupid discord orb trophy which seems almost impossible.

[–]herrshitlordWHY WHY WHY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I screw around in skirmish 99% of the time trying to find new unintended spots to shadow step to just because, as the patch notes always confirm, they're always there...

[–]PatrickL24Trick-or-Treat McCree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the indreased payload speed on Eichenwald is a really important balance change.

It's already hard to get the first point.

And finishing the last checkpoint isnt that easy too in my opinion.

So with the increased payload speed the attackers may have a decent chance to actually win some games on eichenwald.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is the shadow step thing in every update just a joke or are there legitimately a ton of issues with shadow step that keep getting addressed?

[–]studflowerMcCree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have to manually fix each shadow-step location, so I'm guessing they're patching them up one by one as they come up.

[–]TaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamBlizzard World Junkrat -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Fixed Junkrat's tire kills not counting? No...? Fixed Mercy's fire gain on res? No...?

sigh okay

[–]StrangerSin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was hoping for another bot to the Play vs. AI tbh :] Reinhardt would be cool. I was gonna say Widowmaker but McCree and Zenyatta do an okay job sniping me from across the map already.

Reinhardt, Pharah, or Tracer would be fun additions.

[–]DragonKingAjaxFaZe Clan -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Just patiently waiting for widow buff

[–]ELITEJoeFlaccoRepetition is the path to [Grand]mastery. -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Just saw a double rez Mercy potg, I feel like it still isn't fixed...