Here are the details on the new Overwatch Patch, which brings a slew of tweaks and fixes
With Overwatch‘s Competitive Play mode just having been released this past week, the PC version is getting a patch for the new play mode. A major part of the new Overwatch Patch is fixing the situation where players would be unfairly for disconnecting from a Competitive match; additionally, Sudden Death has been altered for the game generally.
Maps see big changes as well. Every map except for Hollywood gets a change in how long Sudden Death lasts in Competitive Play. While originally, time duration was 1 minute 45 seconds for all maps, now the Patch assigns times that vary according to the necessities of the particular map in question.
In the area of Heroes, Winston gets a fix that gives his Ultimate melee attack more hit consistency. Zarya’s alternate fire should now scale correctly with her damage boost modifier; and changes have been made to Reaper’s Shadow Step and Mercy’s Caduceus Staff.
Here are the full Overwatch Patch Notes, courtesy of Reddit user Naomi-Nyx (via Gamespot):
GENERAL
Competitive Play
The duration of Sudden Death has been adjusted across all maps from 1 minute 45 seconds to the following values:
Assault:
- Hanamura – 1 minute 35 seconds
- Temple of Anubis – 1 minute 30 seconds
- Volskaya Industries – 1 minute 35 seconds
Escort:
- Dorado – 1 minute 30 seconds
- Route 66 – 1 minute 35 seconds
- Watchpoint: Gibraltar – 1 minute 35 seconds
Hybrid:
- King’s Row – 1 minute 30 seconds
- Numbani – 1 minute 50 seconds
Note: Sudden Death duration is unchanged for Hollywood, which remains at 1 minute 45 seconds
BUG FIXES
General
- Fixed a bug that prevented Overtime music from playing on Escort and Assault/Escort maps, if the payload was nearing the final checkpoint
- Fixed a bug where display settings weren’t always saved after restarting the client
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the in-game UI to display incorrectly at 4K resolutions
- Fixed a bug where sometimes the wrong player level would appear in the Social menu
Maps
- Fixed an issue with collision not blocking line of sight on certain areas of Nepal
Heroes
- Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Staff beam to disconnect from its target if the player quickly switched between healing and damage beams by holding down both mouse buttons and/or was facing away from the target at the time of the switch
- Fixed even more bugs that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on certain maps
- Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s melee attack during Primal Rage to inconsistently hit targets in range
- Fixed a bug that sometimes cause Zarya’s alternate fire to scale incorrectly with her damage boost modifier
Competitive Play
- Fixed a bug that caused the Top 500 icon to incorrectly display for certain players in various places throughout the game UI
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players’ Skill Rating to display as 64 during placement matches
- Fixed an issue where if you left and rejoined an in-progress Competitive Play match, the game would still track the match as a loss in your placement match history and when determining the amount of Skill Rating you receive for completing a match even if your team won. Note: You must be present for the conclusion of the match to be eligible for the win. If you leave a match and do not rejoin before it’s over, it will count as a loss both in your placement match history and when calculating your Skill Rating adjustment
- Fixed an issue where you would still receive a Competitive Play leave penalty even if you rejoined a match and completed it. Note: If you leave a single Competitive Play match more than three times, you will receive a Competitive Play leave penalty even if you complete the match
In case you missed it, we reviewed Overwatch here at COGconnected – check out our take here.