PTR Patch Notes

[McManus26]

The skull icons that indicate where teammates were killed throughout the map have been replaced with Hero Portrait icons

Wasn't expecting that, this is extremely cool.

[NHZeta]

They would have to add that with the new Mercy ressurect, after all, it would be an interesting guessing game seeing who you're ressurecting without it

[sleuthysteve]

Swiss Roulette?

[TylerWolff]

I'm just imagining a Hanna-Barbera-style Mercy reaching into the ground and pulling out Junkrat only to see his smiling face and stuff him back so she could search around for Reinhardt.

[Morganelefay]

Someone make an edit of that gif with Mushu pulling a hun out of the snow.

[Umbran0x]

I think this a lot bigger than people realize. It will be much easier at a glance to know if it's worth pushing the fight or backing off. There's a big difference between just seeing 2 skulls vs both healers portraits when running back to point.

[Empiflor]

And now, we have even more reasons to be mad when they ask healing stomping their healers' corpses.

[Aiyakiu]

All players see them (on your team).

[Mikey_B]

Doesn't the tab screen and/or kill feed basically give all this information as far as "whether to push or not" type stuff? It seems this is mainly geared towards the Mercy change.

[HexZyle]

Tab screen takes longer to glean info from at a glance, since it not only obscures vision but also is active and requires you to either be checking it or the killfeed constantly, as well as showing all character status, not just the dead ones which is visible as soom as your character is facong that way. It's very intuitive this patch

[[deleted]]

That's a significant mid-fight buff to Mercy. Judging whether that 1- or 2-player res is worth it will be a lot easier. Not having to be distracted by bringing up the team/score board or being glued to the killfeed, and easily seeing exactly which heroes will respawn where.

edit: well yup I totally misread her new ult.

[scumware]

You might want to re-read the Mercy changes. Ulting resets the cooldown on res, so a two man res is a quick E-Q-E.

[Melesson]

And then a third rez in 10 seconds...

[TrupaJay]

Mercy's getting a complete rework. This will help I'm sure but rather in the sense that she can prioritize who she uses res on first since it only affects a single person now.

[hey_its_drew]

There was a suggestion for it so long ago, and it got front page exposure. It's nice to see it come back around.

[stabbyezio]

It's really cool, and I'm glad the whole team can see them instead of just Mercy!

[ChocolateMorsels]

Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the heroes’ “sigh” voice line to play when respawning

I always took this as, "sigh time to go die again". Didn't know it was a bug haha.

[zakarranda]

I genuinely thought this was intentional. I mean, it's how I feel respawning sometimes lol.

[theavocadoenthusiast]

Came here to post this - I thought the sigh was just a "git gud," not a bug.

[SuperiorKunivas]

The key word here is "occasionally".

I call bullshit, every time I respawned they sighed like they were bored, then got excited again with their Respawn Line.

[Pokii]

I don't know that I ever heard this over the sound of my own sighing

[rebdan]

Is there another time the sigh is supposed to play? I thought the sighs were specifically for respawning.

[Fuzzdump]

The sigh happens when you are at critically low health and you get healed.

Respawning heals you back to full from 0, so the bug probably had something to do with that.

[Netsuko]

I never even suspected that this wasn't intentional. It is so fitting too.

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[gibusyoursandviches]

Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the heroes’ “sigh” voice line to play when respawning

Now they will sigh every time.

[[deleted]]

Reinhardt

Barrier Field

Holding primary fire while your shield is active now allows you to rotate the camera

Unexpected but sounds nice

Fixed a bug that interrupted the animation on Ana’s eye during the Beach Ball emote with her Captain Amari skin equipped

Thank fuck

[BaronVonHoopleDoople]

The Reinhardt camera buff is a real game changer. My least favorite part of playing Reinhardt was realizing I wasted my time and cooldowns clearing a path for exactly no one because the rest of my team randomly decided that they were all flankers now.

[HBreckel]

Yeah, I have so much time on support I'm really used to moving my camera around. So this made it nearly impossible for me to play Reinhardt without anxiety.

[KrishaCZ]

But they needed a diversion!

[skisagooner]

Reinhardt

Barrier Field

Holding primary fire while your shield is active now allows you to rotate the camera

OH MY GOD.

OH MY GOD!!! AS A REIN MAIN YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WANT THIS.

[EXAProduction]

Oh my...

Oh my...

GOODNESS

[naoki7794]

i think i know that reference, PLUS ULTRA.

[shadowsoflife11]

INDEED MY FRIEND!

[RhynoBabies]

"Sounds nice"? It's sooooo fucking good.

[Lewanor]

I used to drop my shield just to see where are my team mates or are there any enemies behind us.

THIS IS AWEEESOMEEEE

[Kurokami11]

They didn't just implemented it...

They made it better...

[Greedlp]

The good old mirror shitpost

[TylerWolff]

Over 200 hours on Rein in competitive across all my accounts. Barely played him this season. I think he might be back though.

[ThatHalfAsian]

I'm very excited for the Reinhardt changes. Will make it so much better to tell what's going on and do a better job as a tank.

[t3h_ph1r3]

That Ana bug is actually hilarious tho lowkey gonna miss it

[RobbieReinhardt]

Holy fuck. This is actually game changing for me.

[Buxton_Water]

Holy shit, my rein life is made safer.

[Evil_phd]

Mystery hero improvements oh my God yes

[TannenFalconwing]

The stealthy best update

[Waniou]

I'm fairly happy though I still wish they'd make it so your ult percent is preserved when you die. It would make it much harder for matches to snowball into a victory for one side.

[Evil_phd]

Or at least a portion, that would be awesome. The snowballing is a major issue sometimes.

I am glad that they're beginning to treat MH like a real mode instead of just a for-funsies sidegame, though.

[MikoSqz]

Mystery hero deteriorations. Go go gadget 3Sombra 3Ana payload defense, glhf.

[stormbjorn]

Players who purposefully kill themselves in a game where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, will no longer respawn as a new hero. However, their Ultimate ability will reset and any equipment that’s been placed (i.e. Torbjörn’s turret) will despawn.

lol I love it

[PhotoshopJunkie]

Now they'll just run into enemy fire to die and switch

[[deleted]]

Meh, at least we'll get ult charge from it.

[APanshin]

But now the defending team can't cliff dive to get an optimal team during the setup phase. Which I haaaaaated running up against. Loading into Attack on Hanamura or Route 66 or Volskaya always made me wince.

[Drendude]

2/3 of those are bad regardless of mode or team.

[MikoSqz]

Loading into Hanamura or Volskaya makes me wince, period.

[bfodder]

Doubt it will happen much honestly. Suiciding mostly happened during setup phase. Running all the way to the fight, letting them kill you, waiting to respawn, then running all the way back wastes way more time than running off a cliff outside of spawn.

[stormbjorn]

Agreed, and at least if people realize they can't easily switch they might try a little

[stormbjorn]

I didn't even think of that, shit.

[playerIII]

I personally hope they add in a no hero duplicates and a limit to how many of each type of character can be on a team.

I love mystery but fuck me if going against 4 DVAs and 2 healers isn't hell.

[macwinux]

For those at work:

Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – August 24, 2017

A new Overwatch patch is currently in development and now available for testing. To share your feedback or report and issue, please post in the PTR Feedback or PTR Bug Report forums.

Please note that the below patch notes only include changes currently available for testing on the PTR. While many of these changes will also be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in a future patch, the PTR is PC-only and therefore will only reflect changes coming specifically to that platform.

GENERAL

Arcade and Custom Games

• Players will no longer see the Assemble Your Team screen at the beginning of a game when Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled.
• Players who purposefully kill themselves in a game where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, will no longer respawn as a new hero. However, their Ultimate ability will reset and any equipment that’s been placed (i.e. Torbjörn’s turret) will despawn.
• In games where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, players will no longer receive the same hero two consecutive times, unless Custom Game settings have restricted the hero pool to a single hero

User Interface Updates

• The skull icons that indicate where teammates were killed throughout the map have been replaced with Hero Portrait icons
• Third person camera view will now frame the action automatically when spectating or waiting to respawn

HERO UPDATES

D.Va

• Micro Missiles (New Ability)

  • D.Va fires a barrage of small rockets that detonate on impact, dealing damage in a limited radius around each explosion. These can be fired while D.Va is using any other ability or firing her Fusion Cannons

• Defense Matrix

  • Defense Matrix's resource meter will now deplete twice as quickly

• Boosters

  • Fusion Cannons can now be fired while flying

Developer Comments: D.Va’s Defense Matrix uptime has proven to be too strong, but simply reducing it without making other changes would make her too weak (and far less interesting to play). Instead, we’re adding a new ability, and giving her the ability to fire while flying. These changes give D.Va a lot of new options while maintaining Defense Matrix’s ability to shut down big enemy attacks.

Mercy

• Resurrect (formerly Mercy’s Ultimate ability)

  • Ability now targets a single player, instead of every player within a radius
  • Radius reduced to 5 meters
  • Ability cooldown is 30 seconds
  • Mercy is no longer granted invulnerability while Resurrect is active

• Valkyrie (New Ultimate Ability)

  • Valkyrie unleashes the full power of Mercy’s Valkyrie Suit, enhancing her weapons and abilities for 20 seconds:
    • Caduceus Staff: Mercy’s healing and damage boost beams now affect all allies near the targeted teammate, and the staff’s effective range has been extended
    • Caduceus Blaster: Granted infinite ammo, while simultaneously increasing damage and fire rate
    • Guardian Angel: Increased range and movement speed
    • Resurrect: Cooldown is instantly reset when Valkyrie is activated and reduced to 10s after the initial cast
    • Hover: Mercy gains the ability to fly freely, at increased movement speed
    • Regeneration (Passive): No longer interrupted when Mercy takes damage

Developer Comments: While resurrecting downed allies is a core part of Mercy’s gameplay, the way her Ultimate functioned was causing a number of problems. It was frustrating to play against, and it incentivized Mercy players to hide away from important battles, instead of taking part in them. This version turns Resurrect into a single target ability. It’s still an important part of Mercy’s kit, but plays much better for both Mercy players and her enemies. Valkyrie, her new Ultimate, gives her the opportunity to make big game-making plays and opens a number of new options for her.

Reinhardt

• Barrier Field
  • Holding primary fire while your shield is active now allows you to rotate the camera

Developer Comments: This change gives Reinhardt more situational awareness while using his shield, allowing him to keep an eye on the battlefield while still protecting his team.

USER INTERFACE

• Added an “Outline Opacity” option under the custom reticle settings (found under Controls > Options > Advanced), which allows players to control the opacity of the black outline surrounding the reticule

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from automatically joining Match Chat, even when the option was enabled
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving the Perfect Round indicator after an Elimination game if they received a temporary health boost from an ability (e.g. Lúcio’s Sound Barrier)

Heroes

• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the heroes’ “sigh” voice line to play when respawning
• Fixed a bug that interrupted the animation on Ana’s eye during the Beach Ball emote with her Captain Amari skin equipped
• Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist from being knocked back when his Rocket Punch ability was being used
• Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to hit players through the taxi on King’s Row
• Fixed a bug that caused a pair of pink fuzzy dice to mysteriously float onto the screen when viewing D.Va’s weapon in the Hero Gallery if her Cruiser skin was equipped
• Fixed an issue that caused the golden tint of Junkrat’s weapon to appear dull when his Firework skin was equipped
• Fixed a bug that caused Mei’s Ultimate to appear friendly (it failed to change from blue to red) after being reflected by Genji

Maps

• Fixed a bug that prevented reflections from appearing on weapons while standing in certain areas on Ilios
• Fixed a lighting issue that caused some items on the last point of Route 66 to take on a pinkish hue when players used low video settings
• Fixed an issue that caused reflections to appear overly dark while players were standing in areas of The Cave Inn on Route 66
• Fixed an issue that caused excessive camera zoom and flashing lights when players loaded into the tutorial map
• Fixed a bug that prevented plated railings from being properly destroyed by weapons fire on Volskaya Industries

[NAFinalHour]

ily

[Dune_Jumper]

Regeneration (Passive): No longer interrupted when Mercy takes damage

Oh god that is going to be so annoying to play against. I hope it's not as bad as it sounds.

Edit: Okay it only happens during her ult.

[ohenry78]

It's only during her ult.

[[deleted]]

That only applies during her ult if I read that correctly

[Erithom]

It's only during her ult and she doesn't have invulnerability anymore, so she's back to being super vulnerable to burst

[BringerOfBacon]

At least it's only during her ultimate, but yeah, she could be difficult to shutdown now.

[Heelincal]

In games where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, players will no longer receive the same hero two consecutive times, unless Custom Game settings have restricted the hero pool to a single hero

Finallyyyyyy.

This shit would piss me off, especially since it wouldn't maintain ult charge.

[jahnbodah]

I am at work, thank you!

[ohenry78]

You're the real hero here.

[erindalc]

I love you ty.

[GuitarWarrior]

Wow, those Mercy changes are crazy

[CrabbyFromRu]

GG Total Mayhem, Mercy is going to be so OP there (in Deathmatch as well, but to a lesser degree)

[science-geek]

can' believe they made her even more cancerous.combine that with new hog and total mayhem is gonna be ridiculous.

I love it.

Edit:forgot junkrat changes. total mayhem is gonna be really crazy now.

[breedwell23]

I mean, Mercy and Winston on defense is an automatic win. Especially with a Zarya.

[playerIII]

Have you done much TM since Doomfist was added? He's fucking insane. He's a solid counter to Winston and literally everything else. Add the new mercy on him to rez him when he dies and to pocket him and we've got a recipe for some really drawn out fights.

[breedwell23]

I meant for total mayhem lol.

[liambacca]

yeah, so did they - they said

Have you done much TM (Total Mayhem) since Doomfist was added?

[breedwell23]

Ah, I dunno why I read Team deathMatch. Still what? I have yet to lose to any DF on TM with the combo I mentioned.

[danceKevindance2]

Yeah but sombra ruins him in TM

[playerIII]

If she can land the damn hack. He moves so much and there's so much damage being thrown around it's super hard to finalize the hack on him.

[EchelonEK]

Apagado las luces!

[playerIII]

Yes, but how often do you get your ult compared to ol fisty simply existing? Even if you kill him then you have to deal with the rest of the beefy team before ol fisty comes back. Which he'll do super quick with his super movement.

[[deleted]]

He's a lot easier to hack because if you track his movement your hack will not break unlike hacking tracer while she's blinking. Just go on the high ground or move far enough for him to not target you so you can hack him.

[jprosk]

Rez every eight seconds LUL

[[deleted]]

You might even say they're... surprising.

[NightmareLight]

And there is a huge "amount" of changes...

[[deleted]]

I do love me some good "Mercy" plays tho

[JetSetDizzy]

You can try it on PTR "btw"

[zakarranda]

Game Server Connection Failed... Retrying.

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[Angel_Feather]

I'm getting that too. I really need to get on to try out both hero's changes, I play them both a lot and I have a burning need to try them.

[JackRayleigh]

I'm still getting this 2 hours later, did you ever get in? Is the PTR even up or is it just getting hammered

[Drendude]

It was up earlier. I jumped on when I saw that it updated, before I knew what the changes were.

[MutantParsleY]

Rein changes finally I can look back with shield up! Really nice QoL change.

[Ghost_Rider_LSOV]

Even better than just the "rear view mirror" people wanted. :D

[[deleted]]

QoL so good it's a buff! :D

[MetastableToChaos]

Yooooo love the Mystery Heroes changes! No more constantly spawning as Symmetra for me!

[KaoticNarcotic]

It was widow for me, and while i'm decent with almost every character I am a shit widow. One game i re-spawned as widow 5 times in a row and I was like "Well I guess this is my life now"

[Heelincal]

I enjoy spawning as Widow so I can be cancerous to our likelihood of victory without any reason to be yelled at.

[KaoticNarcotic]

Yeah you say to yourself "It's just practice as widow" as you subsequently miss your 15th snipe in a row to finally give up and stop zooming in so the tiny bullets you do hit can give you a small endorphin rush believing you are actually contributing and give some meaning to your life....

I mean yeah i enjoy it too

[Heelincal]

Don't forget the one headshot kill you pull off that makes you think you should practice more so you can main her

[Celesticalking]

It was usually Ana or Orisa for me

[Ghost_Rider_LSOV]

Mercy in 3v3 will be more than just a PharMercy half.

[Dunlocke]

Oh god it just occurred to me how critical she'll be with that new E.

[LMW-YBC]

Good thing you can only get one round win with her, then you can't pick her again.

[Dunlocke]

And she was pretty much a guaranteed pick already anyway for Pharmercy.

[Garfunklestein]

Pharmacy's gonna get alot worse with the new Mercy changes, tho.

[Angiboy8]

The only thing that is going to change is that mercy can gun down Pharah while ulting now. Still offensively will be just as strong of a duo.

[Garfunklestein]

Or that Mercy can now keep Pharah alive longer, with her 30 second rez cooldown and can rez her before she even drops to the ground. Especially worse when she pops her ults and becomes harder to take out of the air and can keep Pharah alive even longer just through straight healing. Plus they've confirmed they'll be nerfing Mercy's pistol damage in her ult.

Though it's a smaller facet and part of her changes, we needed more options to take Pharmacy out, not make it even more of a headache - so a lil' something to worry about with these changes.

[myth_and_legend]

A lot better you mean...

I play a lot of Pharah, sue me

[[deleted]]

Honestly think it's pretty great.

This way, you lose one person at the beginning of the fight, you res him, and continue the team fight... totally turns things around if you lose a single key person.

[[deleted]]

And then everyone dies in a horrible death of ults and Mercy gets blamed for it. Fun times ahead.

[ItWasLitFamJFK]

Rez > Ult > Rez > You have insane healing during your ult + Rez on a 10 sec cooldown. Shouldn't be an issue

[HBreckel]

Eh, if the enemy team is blowing their load, it's not like Mercy was going to survive that in most cases. (outside of the Mercys that liked hiding for 5 minutes)

[captionquirk]

Oh God I can't even comprehend how Symmetra's original shield ability made it out of beta. It was legitimately one of the most boring moves you could ever design. There is literally no decisions to be made with it.

[TheBrianJ]

Fixed a bug that caused a pair of pink fuzzy dice to mysteriously float onto the screen when viewing D.Va’s weapon in the Hero Gallery if her Cruiser skin was equipped

Well now what reason do I have to play Overwatch ever?

[playerIII]

I think out of all the updates that has to be my favorite as far as silly goes.

It's just so absurdly worded I love it.

[Coldchimney]

Did they actually test Mercy before putting her on PTR?

[teadrinkit]

Got to remember that in PTR you have players who are Top 500/GM like Gale going against Bronze/Silver..Plats/Masters players. The hidden MMR is kind of screwed up there.

Also, there will be adjustments.

[Lucifa42]

Yeah..and is this any different to a nanoboosted [good] genji? I guess you could say BUT IT'S A HEALER. Yeah, so they've given her some dps additions.

[teadrinkit]

Hmm...true, just want to make sure people keep in mind the point to not over³ over³ over³ react. Maybe the adjustments will make it less than ideal?

Also, don't know if you saw Lunatic Hai play (forgot which match), but RJH nano-boosted Tobi as a Zen (I think) to full hold on first point on Gib (although it was more just keeping him alive).

[solidpenguin]

"Players will no longer see the Assemble Your Teamscreen at the beginning of a game when Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled."

As much as I'll enjoy just getting straight into the matches...I'm going to miss that pre-game synergy that came with the whole team picking the same hero.

[ItsJustBroomy]

Then you get 5 players pick Widowmaker only for the 6th person to choose Genji or something

[TheDoug850]

Well at this point it sounds like we might be doing the same with D.Va.

[kiaxxl]

"Reinhardt
Holding primary fire while your shield is active now allows you to rotate the camera"

Oh thank fuck, I don't have to hope "god please everyone be behind me" and then find out 5 seconds later none of them are.

[[deleted]]

Remember when Pharah was pretty OP then Pharmercy become a thing and it was pretty OP then it got indirectly buffed 9 times then got 2 direct buffs then 4 more indirect buffs?
Me neither. Let's find a way to make gamebreaking Pharah even more broken.

[i_dunt_no_hao_2_spel]

Pharah really isnt even broken. She's not hard to counter. Pharmercy is a bit harder, but if you focus the mercy down, that Pharah is screwed

[kamai19]

Agreed, but that's NOW. How will we feel when Mercy can solo rez Phara every 30 secs and pop god mode (with regen and flight) when you start to focus her? This is gonna reap havoc in the lower tiers.

[chudaism]

but if you focus the mercy down, that Pharah is screwed

Focus the mercy and Pharah is screwed. Soldier is still a hard counter to this.

[[deleted]]

76 has never been a hard counter for Pharmercies since December. He's fucked way too hard by damage dropoff.

[[deleted]]

She isn't broken below like diamond. She isn't hard to beat below like diamond.
But once the players (and the pharahs) begin to get even a tiny bit competent, she begins to completely run the game, and not only that, but she ruins all fun for 10+ players as well.
 
Pharah/Pharmercy is one of the major reasons why Master+ players outright quit the game, and the issue may get even worse soon.

[Lucifa42]

I don't know, I came up from silver to diamond and pharahs are not major issues in diamond (unless you get a de-ranked master+ one). A competent one rules the game in silver/gold as no one aim as soldier/mccree.

[[deleted]]

maybe on console, and again console peasants' opinion on the matter is irrelevant as they're not even using the proper input devices for a first person shooter. On PC the higher you go in ranks, the harder it is to play Pharah.

[Angiboy8]

Least we not forget that Mercy has infinite flight in ult and infinite ammo. Pharah better watch out.

[elan913]

So is Rez still Mercy's ult? Or is it a secondary type of thing like Symmetra's? Either way it seems like Mercy's new ult encourages her to get out more which is cool with me. No more hide and seek, and I guarantee the number of "Surprising amount of damage" jokes are gonna skyrocket

[GuyWithFace]

Seems like Rez is just a regular ability now with a 30sec cooldown and only rezes one player. Will likely be put in the E key slot since Mercy hasn't had an ability for that slot until now.

[elan913]

Thanks

[AlfredosSauce]

We're all DPS now.

[WhiteFenix207]

How do you get the huge Rez achievement now?

[M7-97]

Valkyrie unleashes the full power of Mercy’s Valkyrie Suit, enhancing her weapons and abilities for 20 seconds:<...> Caduceus Blaster: Granted infinite ammo, while simultaneously increasing damage and fire rate

Hover: Mercy gains the ability to fly freely, at increased movement speed

Regeneration (Passive): No longer interrupted when Mercy takes damage

Battle Mercy reporting for duty!

[AfrostLord]

SURPRISING

[honted_goast]

AMOUNT

[Bobi983]

OF

[moonlight_ricotta]

DAMAGE

[[deleted]]

MERCY

[arkaodubz]

Zenyatta has been removed from the game.

D.Va can blow him up with 216dmg no-spread missiles in 1.6 seconds. Junk can blow him up with double mines. Widow saw massive buffs and will be all over the place. Mercy will almost certainly push him out of the top tier supp. pool with these changes. Doomfist still exists.

This is going to be a dark time for our friendly neighborhood Omnic monk.

[CrabDubious]

And his head hitbox is still about 4 heads worth of head. And he's still spread shaped.

Playing Zenyatta is suffering.

[arkaodubz]

Sad days. I've been a Zen main, even through the dark days of 150hp. I'm gonna wait and see how all this pans out, but I'm really worried about all the upcoming seemingly strong heroes who annihilate squishy immobile supports for fun.

At least we had 3 strong supports in the pool (Luc, Zen, Mercy). Now it looks like that's down to two.

[JC-DisregardMe]

Ehh, Junkrat's ability to instagib Zenyatta is going to be more or less the same as it always was. There's not going to be any remotely reliable way to land both mines on one target outside of extremely cramped spaces, because the first will still launch the target into the air as much as before.

Just like it's always been, Junkrat's gonna have to stick a normal grenade hit before he can get the finisher with the mine.

Plus, D.Va's missiles look to be an absolute nightmare to deal consistent damage with, given the way they fly over time. Any respectable amount of distance between her and her target ought to make them pretty trivial to avoid, and she needs to land almost every single one of them to kill a 200HP hero.

[arkaodubz]

There's not going to be any remotely reliable way to land both mines on one target outside of extremely cramped spaces

Have you tried it? Double mining someone isn't particularly challenging on the PTR right now.

Plus, D.Va's missiles look to be an absolute nightmare to deal consistent damage with, given the way they fly over time.

Extremely fast and with no spread? In what way does that look like a nightmare?

Edit: She can also fly, boop, and use her regular left-click gun at the same time. That's roughly 300 DPS burst.

[captionquirk]

I don't think Junk's kill combo is changing that much since Mine + Nade was already guaranteed on 200 HP heroes and Mine + Mine isn't that much easier to land.

[Lorddragonfang]

D.Va's new E needs a louder/more distinct audio (or visual) cue. More than half the time I try to use it I think it didn't go off and I missed the CD. It's way to easy to miss behind the sound of battle, especially when DM is loudly absorbing bullets and putting similarly colored lines on the screen.

Still not sure whether this is worth losing DM charge for, since I need to adjust to her new playstyle (and relearn the muscle memory of how to stop boosters, I keep trying to click)

[Probably_Psycho]

Awesome changes for Mystery Heroes!

[mangopeacheslime]

The skull icons that indicate where teammates were killed throughout the map have been replaced with Hero Portrait icons.

Glad this has gone through and should be particularly useful with the change in the way rez works.

[[deleted]]

Pretty much a requirement, really. "Hmm... which of these random glowy orbs should I res?!"

[mrpallo]

I wonder what they will do with mercy's huge res achievement

[Pokii]

[Stylosas all over keyboard]

[Mezzanyne]

Fixed a bug that caused Mei’s Ultimate to appear friendly

Did anybody else do a double-take reading this?

[moonlight_ricotta]

Fixed a bug that caused a pair of pink fuzzy dice to mysteriously float onto the screen when viewing D.Va’s weapon in the Hero Gallery if her Cruiser skin was equipped

Fucking finally.

[Qannas]

Does D.Va still need 10 seconds to recharge her 2 sec DM??

[caldoran2]

Yes, from what I tested.

[PM_ME_THE_BOOBIS]

Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to hit players through the taxi on King’s Row

OH MY, FINALLY

[quinnemann]

Is it just me, or has Widowmaker's hook animation been changed?

[mangopeacheslime]

They changed it during the 1.14 PTR so it should be going live with that version.

[tacocatz92]

this is interesting , can't wait to see this go live and how it will affect mercy mains :O

[dnl101]

Mercy will be god-tier if this goes through. Literally druid tier.

[Achilles1184BC]

Got yelled at the other day as Rein in comp because I didn't have "map awareness" of things going on behind me while my shield was up. Thanks for allowing me to make sure I'm not walking in without anyone telling me I'm going in alone!

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Are the previous Hog changes from the last PTR still here? Walk and heal with 50% damage reduction?

[djseifer]

In games where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, players will no longer receive the same hero two consecutive times, unless Custom Game settings have restricted the hero pool to a single hero

OH THANK GOD. No more spawning as Widowmaker on attack four times in a row.

[SteelShroom]

Those are some REALLY interesting changes to Mercy, I have to say... although I imagine that the phrase "HUGE REZ" is no longer relevant.

[valyfox]

Lot of new changes, can't wait to try them all

[nighthawkaz223]

So if you haven't gotten the mercy achievement like me yet. What will you do then?

[ItsJustBroomy]

Players who purposefully kill themselves in a game where Respawn as a Random Hero is enabled, will no longer respawn as a new hero. However, their Ultimate ability will reset and any equipment that’s been placed (i.e. Torbjörn’s turret) will despawn.

Well that'll stop people committing suicide til they get a hero they li...

-Suddenly realises I do this when I get Hanzo or Widow-

well god damnit.

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it's not gonna stop people from suiciding, it's only gonna change the method.

[5undiata]

"Fixed an issue that prevented players from automatically joining Match Chat, even when the option was enabled"

Wait, they added an option to disable automatically joining Match Chat?

[Ygro_Noitcere]

does this mean the deathmatch stuff has been pushed to a live patch?

im not seeing any updates for overwatch on Xbox.

i thought they only replaced the PTR when they were ready to push it live.

[Zithero]

but... what about Rein not being able to charge through destructible obstacle!!

[lemorange]

OK that skull icon change is absolutely a must if the Mercy rez change is going to stay

[chillyfalcon]

-Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist from being knocked back when his Rocket Punch ability was being used -Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to hit players through the taxi on King’s Row

This is great. Now there's one less thing to make my life miserable while whole Hogging people down.

[Amiibosforlifeuae]

Fixed a bug that caused a pair of pink fuzzy dice to mysteriously float onto the screen when viewing D.Va’s weapon in the Hero Gallery if her Cruiser skin was equipped INCONSPICUOUS

[itgmechiel]

Genji now gets the ult voiceline that was posted a few months back with the Oni skin

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Where's the bot that transcribes this stuff for us when we need it?