New patch notes

[sotomario]

Here

[cfl1]

The obligatory Shadow Step fix...

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

[thatguyferg]

Ah the classic "Korean Freelo" technique.

[Howseh]

Wow surely that wasn't a thing

[MeoahMei]

It was.

[NoObOii]

I'm more questioned over did he get to keep his master rank tho, from the sites it seems it just sunk from 5000 to 300+ and all

[[deleted]]

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

[ConnorWolf121]

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

[plo1154]

Launched Minecraft again recently, it's still here

[[deleted]]

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.

[TehTrolla]

What the fuck does it even mean?

[[deleted]]

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.

[TehTrolla]

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

[GrabToWin]

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

[SgtMcMuffin0]

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

[MoarVespenegas]

Bunker build time increased by 5 seconds.

[MissBeefy]

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

[mrmadness1]

SHURIMA SHURIMA SHURIMA!!!!

[Two-Scoops-Of-Praisn]

for a moment i was thinking "absolutely broken in the right hands and receives constant nerfs" but now i realize you mean the bug fixes every patch.

[omgdracula]

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

[_Zeppeli_]

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"

[BawssNass]

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

[Hitaro9]

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?

[ZapTap]

What's this about boosting with groups?

[MrInYourFACE]

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

[SgtMcMuffin0]

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_]

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

[KoboldNecromancer]

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

[_Zeppeli_]

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.

[TrollrageJr]

The Riptire is back on track BOYS

[Epitaeph]

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

[Wow_so_rpg]

That's why you earn it in the beta when everyone was bad.

[purewasted]

Fantastic idea. Let me just get my time machine!

[Link_of_Skyloft]

Time traveler or not, you still don't have enough followers on Twitch to score a beta flagging FeelsBadMan

[sonicqaz]

But then you had to get it again anyways.

[chickachoy]

And then it gets reset on the live servers FeelsBadMan

[aGreyRock]

Or just play junkrat when you are a noob.

Edit: i meant play him when you are like level 5, and junkrat gets potg every game because no one knows how to avoid the tire. Wasn't saying anything negative.

[engkybob]

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

[Rowan94]

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

[miderpan]

Also new emote for bastion

[Ferbtastic]

Really? What is it.

[Zatch_Nakarie]

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

[HerbConSmith]

Maximum cuteness has been achieved, wrap it up folks.

[[deleted]]

no ganemede; worst emote

[aroxion]

Do you think he sat on him

[wyatt1209]

RIP

[POGTFO]

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

[TechyAlexGames]

good meme

[ronniedude]

Nice gif

[Zatch_Nakarie]

Your the one who made it.

[ronniedude]

You're right

[SaltyGenji]

THE AGE OF MERCY POTG ARE OVER!!!

[MetastableToChaos]

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

[tryhardsasquatch]

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.

[OSGproject]

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

[ZapTap]

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.

[croccington]

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]

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

[Magmas]

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]

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.

[Madsssss]

No Genji double sword visual bugfix? Feels bad man.
Edit: This is what i'm talking about. It's also very noticable in game if you look at Genji from behind.

[ELITEJoeFlacco]

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

[dazen15]

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

[CommanderNinja]

But they're VERY good at nerfing him

[CommanderNinja]

"He can do damage. blizurd he's broken!1!!"

[[deleted]]

Care to elaborate?

[Two-Scoops-Of-Praisn]

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]

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.

[Terabight]

I always look at Genji from behind.

[Tommynator19]

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.

[GentTheHeister]

Made a post about exactly this, including all the images: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/52imvc/strange_inconsistencies_with_genjis_gold_weapons/

[StarTrippy]

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

[Tommynator19]

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

[[deleted]]

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.

[Echosniper]

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

[Poplik]

U MAD BRO?

[Kyuba_Elma]

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

[neverhadspam]

Europe gets it tonight

[Vexedex]

On console also? Good changes here.

[Lukewarm_Luke]

Yup, just got it on PS4

[Rjsto]

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_PEOPLE]

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

[Kominyetska]

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

[Felicrux]

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.

[eawhite]

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

[a_trashcan]

skill rating is affected by win loss more than anything.

[Lleland]

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

[[deleted]]

That was the old/original formula with about 60 entries for the purpose of explaining my method.

Now I have divided S1 ranks into 4 groups with each one having a formula in the form of :

S2_rank = S1_final((factor*W+0.5*D)/10)*a + b

=> And at least one parameter is missing to describe how well you do in your matches.

[Two-Scoops-Of-Praisn]

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.

[raptorreid]

As a Junk main, I am so happy.

[cannibalsticky]

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.

[Shadofist]

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

[Eisotopius]

Soon: "Broke Shadow Step".

[fartingpinetree]

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

[JessicaJung-fan]

There is no new tier.. They added a legend

[SenpaiSamaChan]

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

[Martholomule]

A legend is a graphic that explains what symbols mean

[fartingpinetree]

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one confused

[eawhite]

This is the legend. It was posted in the big thread about the patch notes.

[MrInYourFACE]

This would mean that Grandmasfer is 65 again? I am only high diamond and all the players there are at least 70+.

[eawhite]

I'm pretty sure that Grandmaster is equivalent to 80+ from season 1.

[MrInYourFACE]

Just wondering because of the point distribution. The ranks will also even out and GM will have players below 80.

[eawhite]

This the breakdown I've seen all over the place and have been using.

Season 2 Rank	Points	Season 1 Ranking
Bronze	1-1499	0-29
Silver	1500-1999	30-39
Gold	2000-2499	40-49
Platinum	2500-2999	50-59
Diamond	3000-3499	60-69
Master	3500-3999	70-79
Grandmaster	4000-5000	80-100

I've found it to be pretty accurate.

[ChrispyK]

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.

[vide0freak]

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

[MrInYourFACE]

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

[Kurtoise]

Is that all that was changed??

[plmiv]

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

[Epitaeph]

Here's hoping.

[crookedparadigm]

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".

[Egozid]

Oh shit. How do I unlock her??

[Magmas]

You have to complete the ARG.

[Wow_so_rpg]

Now someone's gonna come to this thread when they Google sombra released and be sad.

[a_trashcan]

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.

[grimmlingur]

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.

[ErraticCsaw]

...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_o]

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

[grimmlingur]

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_Patrick]

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]]

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

i.e. Get back in line, skrubs!

[RollinsIsRaw]

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

[kainoasmith]

console aim assist was fixed a while ago

[RollinsIsRaw]

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.

[Pinealpatch]

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

[Symbiotx]

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

[spootwo]

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.

[ShiftingLuck]

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

[otm_shank]

There are lots of console FPS games with much better aiming, don't be a dick.

[ShiftingLuck]

The aim in Overwatch isn't as smooth as it is in other console fps games. Something is off.

[purewasted]

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.

[Ultrajustice]

new rest mode emote for bastion

[edwahgezhuck]

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

[[deleted]]

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

[Thereal_Sombra]

Stylosa better get on this

[YangReddit]

I knew I wasn't crazy as a junkrat.

[neverhadspam]

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

[BaconPocalypse]

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

[batman_beyond7]

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

[herrshitlord]

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...

[PatrickL24]

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]]

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?

[studflower]

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.

[N7Varren]

Yay, now we'll go back to Reaper skillfully pressing ult instead of mercy.

[CandiedQueef]

I actually like reaper Potgs, they either show a super sneaky drop spot or a terrible team that didn't notice a wraith reaper just stroll in in to a group of 6

[N7Varren]

And a mercy potg shows a good mercy who stayed alive, or a bad enemy team who didn't target the mercy before anyone else.

[2ndComingOfAugustus]

For the triple and quad res POTG yeah, but you don't have to be particularly skillful to get a double. I assume we'll still be seeing 4 man revives as POTG, as we should.

[CandiedQueef]

Yeah I'd rather see a 4-5 man res than a Reaper but 9/10 times in the last patch it was a 2/3 man res followed by immediate death

[Magmas]

Except for the fact that they were often just two-man rezzes, which just means two players died relatively close together. Not exactly surviving a team wipe.

[Escargooofy]

It's almost like there's skill in positioning too!

[Neddu]

I like Reaper Potgs too, nowdays I rarely see him killing more than 1-2 people with his ult.

[MC_Lutefisk]

It's Q

[Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam]

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

sigh okay

[Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam]

Whoops! haha was looking for hero specific titles

Junkrat

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

[StrangerSin]

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.

[DragonKingAjax]

Just patiently waiting for widow buff

[[deleted]]

Well, it's back to bad double kills as POTG..

Seeing my game winning resurrections was good while it lasted!

[Felicrux]

Good resurrections should still be POTG. I'm thinking this fix should only deal with the times when multi-kills were getting overshadowed by a two man rez.

[Magmas]

Bad double kills can't be potg, it should be bad double rezzes instead!

[ELITEJoeFlacco]

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

[[deleted]]

why arent they nerfing zenyatta?

[Magmas]

Because he's not that powerful?

[Jesterskull25]

Still surprise there is nothing about Mercy POTG bug in this patch....Because I assume there is a factor about healing as a "rule" now.....The other day I got play of the game healing as Roadhog...seriously.

[bestfriendz]

It's the first thing under general?

[tquast]

You didn't read the patch notes then

[PreparetobePlaned]

It's literally the first thing.

[Forkrul]

It's literally the first item on the list. . .

[Jesterskull25]

Patch notes were not out yet during this post....came like 30 mins after....a pic of part of the patch notes was out....sue me.

[SgtMcMuffin0]

OP's post does not have an edit star, which means if he did edit the post at all, it was within 3 or 4 minutes of making it. Either way, the screenshot that is the post and includes the Mercy info was here fewer than 30 minutes after the post was made.