Overwatch Thread.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jun 14, 2016 20:02:03 GMT -5 azik21 said:

I mean it doesn't effect my opinion on how much I enjoy the game.  I guess maybe they wanna force players into using his rapid fire and reload while actually needing to aim.

Oh I'm not sure if you like the nerf or hated it.

Their reasoning was they wanted McRee to counter Genji and Tracer, who are flanker characters. McRee was able to kill anything near him including tanks. This is why he got nerfed as he made characters like Reaper obsolete overall.

He can still kill those characters who are small and fast but not the big ones really quickly. That was their intention there.

For me it's more like "What will they change next?", and how heavy handed it will be and what they're basing it on. If they were doing constant balancing on all of the characters that would be one thing but heavy stuff on whatever's complained about without the meta growing first is meh... pro players hate it too btw.

xhttps://www.twitch.tv/tehreaver/v/72404589

[WarMachineRhodey]

So i played some matches with MCcree post patch nerfs and he still is a good hero to choose. The nerfs made it so he cant just kill the tanks like roadhog at full health with just flashbang, fth, roll, fth now. I havent played widowmaker yet but I play with a guy who has a solid widowmaker and the nerfs to her didnt seem to affect his playstyle of being offensive with her much.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

McRee plays the same overall, they just lowered his numbers and increased his reload speed a bit so he didn't automatically kill every enemy next to him with zero effort.

For Widowmaker it depends on the style. Almost all skilled Widowmakers quickly scoped in and out like they did in most shooters because of the added offensive, defensive, and mobility advantages it gave them. It's definitely a huge change because now you deal less damage because of the longer cool down, you are easier to catch off guard, and you simply cannot engage in certain ranges like you used to. You have to play far away. I've been watching lots of pro streams on the issue and they all hate the change and they say it makes her feel sluggish and like they're starting all over again with the character since they lost their muscle memory. Hanzo is definitely a better pick overall now with his better kit.

99% of Widowmakers played the camper style which is where they just sat back and sniped and picked people off, but that isn't the most effective way to play her in a fast paced spammy arcade game like this since you weren't contributing as much to your team and you were easy to catch off guard. Now you're pretty much forced to do it because they effectively capped your skill in this game with her. Snipers always have the highest skill ceiling since they reward accuracy (which means your benefit increases more with practice) but they put a hard limit on the approach you could take. It's like removing 3 point shots and dunking from basketball because others couldn't make the shot. Just dumbs down the game IMO.

Not only is it less effective, it's more clunky and less engaging, she has a far more linear playstyle now.

Reaver, Taimou, etc. All hate it, and all of the good Widows I played with hate it.

Basically you can't do this kind of stuff anymore:





Compare that to his play now post nerf:

xhttps://www.twitch.tv/tehreaver/v/72404589

You can see its like night and day and he completely had to redo his style. I tried it a few games and it felt awful for me too. Like a new game.


I had some stuff I posted in a few videos a couple of days back about some play in the KOTH maps in the enclosed areas. You won't be able to do that anymore either. She's far less fluid now.

I saw the writing on the wall once I started looking at how Blizzard handles these things. Now people are starting to complain about other heroes and some still want more Widow nerfs. Awful community, but it is modern gaming.

Someone said it best:

"There will be a new team comp staple and then that team comp will get nerfed and so on. Seen this a million times before. In fact I have no qualms about them nerfing characters because that's all Blizzard is actually good for post game. Nerfing and homogenizing. What they shouldn't do though is make characters less enjoyable to use and play (such as what they did with the widow quick-scope nerf), that is un-excusable."

[azik21]

Ohh wow now I see. Didn't really understand what the nerf was till watching that video.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Yea, it's definitely huge. I'm making a video with some commentary on the balance changes now actually. It wasn't just about making the character weaker in some areas (which I could have lived with, even if I think the meta should have developed a bit and Blizzard was catering to whining like they did with Torb and Bastion), but it made playing her feel totally different and much more sluggish. They basically punished people for being skilled and having high execution and marksmanship by putting a cap on how effective you could be while aiming. It seems like they just don't want people being rewarded it for it, and seeing how there really is no need to aim in this game otherwise (Junkrat, Winston, etc are the worst offenders by far) it took a lot of the enjoyment out of the game because it just rewards spamming too much with the other characters. Huge hitboxes on bullets, weird hurtboxes, fast reload with no need for ammo, everything in this game does crazy damage, next to no splash damage from being hit by your own explosives, etc.

Now people are complaining about other characters and many are saying the balance is worse (more powerful tank/healer combos, and Tracer and Genji being very strong) so what's going to be on the chopping block next? This is why Blizzard should have a testing server or something before just rolling out sweeping changes like this, or do small changes all around at a time.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Video up.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Since I was getting really positive feedback I decided to try to push the video out more and take it into the forbidden lands of Reddit, Battle.net and Gamefaqs. I know the morons can be a problem but I had suggestions that thought it was a good idea and Blizzard was locking threads in regards to people making suggestions to fix Widow's awful quickscope nerf. They have unlocked the largest discussion again which shows they could be listening so if any little bit can help push them in that direction I guess it's better to do it while the time is hot before people forget about it and move on.

Anyways the threads are here. Brace yourselves for whatever nonsense comes about from these talks. Just an advance warning. I'm doing this for the greater good lol.

www.gamefaqs.com/boards/878359-overwatch/73913183

www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4p4i36/overwatch_balance_discussion_and_patch_overview/

us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745424443#1


Looking at the lack of progress I guess I overestimated people's desire to have a detailed discussion on the matter. I did get two comments on my video though, but I also got two dislikes (I had a 100% like rate).

That's why I'm always selective and I keep this place around for these topics. Smaller but more effective and better discussions all around. It shows.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Now they're trying to add more nerfs to her and no word on even fixing quick scope? This is looking worse and worse. She's hardly even used competitively at this point and feels odd as hell to play. I'll give it about a week to see what Blizzard does. My 30 day period ends exactly at the end of the month.

Bah, modern gaming.

[azik21]

30 day period? What other nerfs is she getting? I downloaded an update but it didn't have patch notes...

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

30 days to refund the game. I haven't touched it in a week since I've noticed Blizzard's trend in handling nerfs. They're the opposite of Capcom. Their products work well and are advertised much better but they cater too much in the other direction.


I'm hearing about more nerfs to the ult and some other things. In reality there are tons of dumb things in the game that need some tweaking. Why keep hammering a character down that's already been messed up by dumb design? We'll see what happens though since nothing is in stone just yet.

[azik21]

The nerf I found was everyone is able to hear her ultimate. Honestly that does make sense. It effects everyone no matter where they are so them hearing it sounds fair. Or does it only allow you to see whos in a certain proximity?
I wasn't aware you could return it after 30 days. Wish I was able to do it with sf5 right about now. Still happy I didn't get a season pass

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jun 22, 2016 13:38:38 GMT -5 azik21 said:

The nerf I found was everyone is able to hear her ultimate. Honestly that does make sense. It effects everyone no matter where they are so them hearing it sounds fair. Or does it only allow you to see whos in a certain proximity?
I wasn't aware you could return it after 30 days. Wish I was able to do it with sf5 right about now. Still happy I didn't get a season pass

Well you also give them a sign to hide as well which makes it more obvious. Also if you die to it, you will know she has it.


I could always hear it when I knew what to look for so I had no problem detecting it. That said I find ults to be quite powerful all around for how fast you get them, especially since most are party wipes.


Honestly I wouldn't care as much if they hadn't nerfed her into such bad shape on top of not fixing any of it. Furthermore Hanzo gets a wall hack every ten seconds at no cost plus a free one when he dies so why isn't one being applied to him?



He has an infinite version of it plus a team wipe ult that goes through walls and he gets no such nerf on top of his broken hitboxes.

Widowmaker is specifically getting them just because people complained about her the most when there are other way more dumb things in the game. If Widow's ult is a problem even after a nerf they need to nerf Hanzo's sonic arrow. It's dumb.


Yea Sfv was a disappointment too. That seems to be the norm with modern games nowadays. Capcom and Blizzard are complete opposites in the dumb stuff they do. I'm heading back to the old school lol.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Some interesting data:

www.planetoverwatch.org/15-overwatch-tier-list-and-hero-meta-report-balance-changes-and-you






Objective factual analysis in and of itself. As I said Blizzard went overboard with their approach. Hell even godlike snipers who are professionals in other games have moved on.

I'm not even surprised at this point.

[WarMachineRhodey]

I played some widowmaker the other day and yea they shouldnt have messed with the scoping. She scopes slower than the tf2 sniper which pace is slower than overwatch with less easier ways to sneak up on one unless you are a spy. Hopefully they revert the scoping change.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

If they do that, I'd be just about golden if they leave the rest of her alone. It ruined the game for all of us who used her from pro skill range to beginner.

Companies should not mess with skill caps or the feel of a character. Nerf other aspects of them and an incremental balancing across the cast is better than just hammering one character. A test server makes the most sense too to gather feedback.

No nerfs based on scrub complaints. I've had people argue with me in my video that somehow you can balance a game around people who don't know what they're doing. How is that possible? It didn't work out for Bastion and Torbjorn so it won't work out for Widow either.

By nerfing defensive characters over and over again to cater to bad players who don't want to utilize smart movement you've now turned the game into a close-mid range spam fest, which is exactly what most players want and it is as I said in my video. They want to run in and not have to aim and spam all day.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

So I jumped on today since I can't get a refund (tried to but it didn't work, apparently you need a 72 hour window). People weren't lying. Tracers are everywhere and a pain to kill. Tons of turret spam, they repair themselves as you hit them. I tried out different characters since I didn't want to train my muscle memory and I like Zarya, Lucio, and Zeynatta for sure. Tried Widow at the end of a payload map to counter turret spam and boy is she much weaker. This game has turned into more of a spamfest than before with the weakened defensive characters. People just running in and going crazy and spamming ultimates back and forth.

I'll just use this time to try out other characters I guess.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Tried her some more and now I'm getting Gold and silver somehow (probably more to do with my team, seeing as I get it with Lucio of all people). She has to play more campy but she feels like a worse version of Bastion. Lower health with a critical spot exposed. You have to sit still and snipe and you do way lower damage anyways. Hate the feel of it all really. I am enjoying bastion however.

[chrisg7]

Hey guys. What do you think about hero stacking? I personally think that needs to go. Everyone stacking what's OP is just not fun to watch or deal with. Back when Mccree was OP people kept running double Mccree,now that Mccree is no longer OP they run double tracers. Shall they nerf tracer people gonna run double pharah's or genjis?

Hero stacking in my opinion is just a poor design and is not necessary at all. You don't need to run double of whatever is OP to have a viable comp, and if hero stacking is removed we can save ourselves the trouble of going thru the frustration of dealing with some cancer teams like double or more torbs in defense. I'm not saying he is OP and that 6 torbs can't be countered but is just not fun having to deal with that. Same goes for double tracers who abuse the overtime.

If some people still like hero stacking, then it should be a separate game mode. I personally don't like it and I've seen a lot of complaints about it.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Pros and cons of hero stacking:

Pros:

1. More options in characters selection vs the usual lineup of characters (ex Rein, Tracer, Phara, Junkrat, Mercy, Lucio, etc.) With 21 characters and 12 being used, it gets repetitive.

2. Gives you opportunities to change up your strategy on the fly to keep things interesting. Imagine a 6 Bastion at the end of a game! Crazy but could work.

3. More chances to come up with things that people never thought of before. Who knows how the meta could change so quickly especially in a new game. We might see double Zarya in the future.


Cons:

1. Could lead to certain gimmicks that the other side might have a hard time adapting to so quickly, especially on capture point maps where a clear out could win the game quickly. 6 Winstons might be annoying here.

2. Characters become a problem in larger numbers (Ie. Winston, Tracer, Lucio, and Mercy). This could be argued that these characters are OP and should be adjusted anyways.

3. Could see some really weird staples become common and repetitive and it's up to the player to have to deal with it and they might just copy. This happens a lot in competitive play.

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My take on the matter. I tend to want to wait and see how things pan out in a competitive environment and I don't like the "nerf" and "ban" this approach (see Widowmaker being gutted because of fools). I think it's up to the pros to come up with other strategies on the fly and the more a team is stacked the more their weaknesses become more apparent. I think we see enough of the same team of Rein, Mercy, Lucio, etc right now so it's repeptive either way, but that's pro gaming for you. People want the top tier. The thing is what's top tier changes all of the time and things end up being flavor of the month. Now it's the era of Junkrat and Phara style explosive spam, who knows what could be next? I like to allow as much freedom to allow players to take it to the furthest of their abilities possible.

Now, if something broken comes up that is just outrageously dumb, then yea let's look at it. If hero stacking persists to be a problem 6 months later, then yea lets look at it, but the game is really early right now and things are subject to change. I just don't want Blizzard banning everything so soon especially with heir style.

That said I agree with you on certain characters being stacked being really annoying. Tracer for instance is a pain right now with the nerfs that were just handed out. I fully understand the complaints. I think there are a lot of dumb things in this game that take no skill and lead to huge reward that could use some adjusting. I just think we should take a wait and see approach with it now. If that makes sense.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Hanzo is bullshit btw:

[JACK-2]

Arrows that go through walls wat?!

[JACK-2]

Jun 22, 2016 13:38:38 GMT -5 azik21 said:

The nerf I found was everyone is able to hear her ultimate. Honestly that does make sense. It effects everyone no matter where they are so them hearing it sounds fair. Or does it only allow you to see whos in a certain proximity?
I wasn't aware you could return it after 30 days. Wish I was able to do it with sf5 right about now. Still happy I didn't get a season pass

I give capcom hell, but that sounds worst.

[chrisg7]

It doesn't really add more options to a comp since you are just picking twice the same hero which again leads into the same bullcrap we have now and that is just run double of whatever is broken. Zarya is already strong after they nerfed mccree so it wouldn't be a surprise to see double zaryas.

Hero stacking leaves less room for strategy in a game since every comp aside from the usual mandatory picks is just run double "this OP hero" If players weren't able to do that, then players would have to come up with better strategies or play their heroes different in order to win. Not just abuse what's OP at the moment.

No matter what, we will still see that lucio, mercy in every comp. That won't change regardless. But instead of people just abusing the flavor of the month I would like to see them running something that might be less viable, that requires them to be better. That requires more teamwork, more communication and more effort. This game is too easy compared to other fps games since there are so many heroes who require little to no skill at all and a lot of them get rewarded for missing or just randomly spamming bullets at any direction.  Which leads into player being able to easily outplay someone who is more skilled than them just because their hero gives them that advantage.

Picking a counter doesn't necessarily mean a free win vs certain hero. That hero can still outplay his counter and win and that's what I want to see more if you know what I mean. Less try harding and more outplaying, teams winning because they are good and have a solid decision making not because they are playing the OP.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Hey chrisg7 when you quote make sure to post on the outside of it so it looks like an actual quote lol.

Jun 27, 2016 16:46:19 GMT -5 chrisg7 said:

It doesn't really add more options to a comp since you are just picking twice the same hero which again leads into the same bullcrap we have now and that is just run double of whatever is broken. Zarya is already strong after they nerfed mccree so it wouldn't be a surprise to see double zaryas.

Hero stacking leaves less room for strategy in a game since every comp aside from the usual mandatory picks is just run double "this OP hero" If players weren't able to do that, then players would have to come up with better strategies or play their heroes different in order to win. Not just abuse what's OP at the moment.

No matter what, we will still see that lucio, mercy in every comp. That won't change regardless. But instead of people just abusing the flavor of the month I would like to see them running something that might be less viable, that requires them to be better. That requires more teamwork, more communication and more effort. This game is too easy compared to other fps games since there are so many heroes who require little to no skill at all and a lot of them get rewarded for missing or just randomly spamming bullets at any direction.  Which leads into player being able to easily outplay someone who is more skilled than them just because their hero gives them that advantage.

Picking a counter doesn't necessarily mean a free win vs certain hero. That hero can still outplay his counter and win and that's what I want to see more if you know what I mean. Less try harding and more outplaying, teams winning because they are good and have a solid decision making not because they are playing the OP.

Yea but you have less variety by limiting what people can pick since you have fewer options. Fewer options means less variety. I'm not seeing matches where people pick all of one character yet but you do see some doubles. Competitive play in all games has characters that are used more often when they are seen as "top tier" this can't be changed. I mean what do KOTH maps have now? Tracer, Lucio, Winston, Junkrat, Mei, and Phara for the most part? (Less Mei at high levels). If you allowed more free picks you would have some surprise tactics that could work later, but I tend to put more accountability in the players to deal with something rather than Blizzard nerfing it like they did Torb and Bastion. Btw I did a 6 Torb game today which was very odd but good. I like to try different things out. More one dimensional teams means they are vulnerable to other strategies. Zarya is bad against air attacks, too many healers means lower damage, Reaper shreds Winston, etc.

Blizzard nerfing things would lead to more people "playing it safe" with the same old flavor of the month pics. I think that might have to with the characters themselves. It's not because of stacking that Lucio, Mercy, Phara, and Junkrat are pretty much idiot proof I think that's because of the game. Same with Reinhardt. You will always see these characters right now because they are super easy to use with very high reward.

I agree with a lot of what you say though. Blizzard is trying to make this competitive but too much of it rewards bad play. Too much reward for bad aim, too much comeback factor with Ult spam which builds way too fast and shuts down teams for easy captures, especially on point maps and KOTH maps (the worst maps). I think Blizzard has a long way to go before they have a skillful and balanced game. I don't think artificially capping things like they did with Widow is the way to do it though.

Jun 27, 2016 15:06:38 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Arrows that go through walls wat?!

Arrows that go through walls. Yep my biggest issue in the game is the lack of proper aiming with the cast (unless you're Widow sniping).

Jun 27, 2016 15:08:04 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Jun 22, 2016 13:38:38 GMT -5 azik21 said:

The nerf I found was everyone is able to hear her ultimate. Honestly that does make sense. It effects everyone no matter where they are so them hearing it sounds fair. Or does it only allow you to see whos in a certain proximity?
I wasn't aware you could return it after 30 days. Wish I was able to do it with sf5 right about now. Still happy I didn't get a season pass

I give capcom hell, but that sounds worst.

Yea, Blizzard and Capcom do different things wrong.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Overwatch has the competitive mode update now. I wonder what people will say experience wise. I find playing with a really sound team makes a huge different in my enjoyment of the game and many of the issues aren't as bad. Still having a love-hate relationship with the game though.

[JACK-2]

Jun 19, 2016 23:26:33 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Video up.

So, I showed it to my friend who's a big Overwatch player and basically he said the biggest peeve is how they change her quickscope. I think if it had just been bodysots that were nerfed it would've been more fair I suppose.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

How did you feel about the aspects of the balance?

It's a real mess now. Game is even spammier and I have to work harder. All so Blizzard could cater to mouth breathers.

I'm making another video as we speak about my current feelings on the game as a follow up with some post nerf gameplay.

This is the downside of casualization. Games are being dumbed down more than ever to cater to the least common denominator and skill is punished because "it's not fair". You just can't dumb down a game without taking a lot of depth out it.

Now that SFV has actually come out, I plan on spending time with it. My month break is up now.

As a shooter I'm enjoying Counter Strike. Very fun and rewards skill and is more tactical. You can quick scope in much slower FPS games that are military and tactical based but you can't in Overwatch. Just dumb.

[WarMachineRhodey]

playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20178523#patchnotes

New patch notes

GENERAL UPDATES

Gameplay

If a match goes into Overtime for more than 20 seconds, the fuse will now start to "burn down" more quickly
Players now respawn more slowly during Overtime (increased spawn time by 2 seconds)

Competitive Play

Competitive Play matches can now only have one of each hero per team. For more info, click here.

Miscellaneous

Added Ana as an AI-controlled hero in Practice vs. AI, Play vs. AI, and Custom Game modes
Timing on Zenyatta's Rapid Discord achievement is more lenient
Targeted teammates now respond by saying "I'm with you," when players use the “Group Up” communication
Renamed five sprays to avoid duplicate titles

HERO BALANCE UPDATES

General

Self-healing abilities now charge ultimate abilities. As a result, some heroes’ ultimate costs have been adjusted (see below).

Bastion

Configuration: Tank
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

D.Va

Defense Matrix
Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 1 second
A new resource meter has been added. This meter will deplete while Defense Matrix is active and then recharge when it’s not in use.
Defense Matrix takes 10 seconds to reach full charge from empty
At a full charge, Defense Matrix will last for 4 seconds
Defense Matrix will now remain active as long as its assigned hotkey is held
Defense Matrix has been reclassified as an alternate fire and is now bound to RMB (by default)
An option to “Toggle Defense Matrix” has been added under Options > Controls > D.Va
Self-Destruct
Ultimate cost decreased by 15%
Explosion delay reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
Explosion no longer damages D.Va (the player who activates it)

Developer Notes: D.Va isn't being selected as often as our other tanks, and we feel a lot of that stems from the underperformance of her damage absorption abilities. So, we've reconfigured her Defensive Matrix, making it more flexible and giving players the ability to use it more often. We’ve also given Self-Destruct a little more oomph, because it felt slightly underwhelming when compared to many of Overwatch's other ultimate abilities.

Lúcio

Sound Barrier
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

McCree

Peacekeeper
Now maintains full damage at longer distances, but will deal less damage at extreme ranges

Developer Notes: While the game does feel better following the nerf to McCree’s close-range damage in a previous patch, it left him a little too weak. So, we're increasing his effective distance, making his range similar to Soldier: 76’s. This should hopefully give players another option for dealing with pesky long-range damage dealing heroes like Pharah and Hanzo.

Mercy

Caduceus Staff
Damage Boost
Bonus damage increased from 30% to 50%
Effect will no longer stacks with bonus damage provided by another Mercy
Resurrect
Ultimate charge cost increased by 30%
Movement is no longer prevented during activation
Guardian Angel instantly resets upon use

Developer Notes: Mercy's ultimate is one of the most powerful abilities in the game; however, players would often fly into the fray and die while using it. With this update, Resurrect will now take a bit longer to charge, but Mercy will be a lot safer when activating the ability in the middle of combat. In addition, we always intended Mercy’s Damage Boost beam to be her primary method for dealing damage, but it often felt so weak that you were better off pulling out your blaster. To help address this, we've slightly increased its potency.

Roadhog

Whole Hog
Ultimate cost increased by 45%

Soldier: 76

Heavy Pulse Rifle
Spread recovery will begin after a short delay (rather than instantly)
Tactical Visor
Ultimate cost increased by 10%

Zenyatta

Base shields increased by 50 (now 50 Health/150 Shield)
Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony
Projectile speed has been increased from 30 to 120
Transcendence
Movement speed is now doubled upon activation
Healing amount increased from 200 to 300 health per second

Developer Notes: While Zenyatta has never had the healing abilities of Lúcio or Mercy, he made up for it by dealing more damage. However, his lack of mobility and low health has meant he’s struggled to find a place in many games. To increase his effectiveness, we've made several changes, the biggest of which is an increased shield pool. This will allow him to go head-to-head with more enemies. The Orb of Harmony and Discord changes are also a quality of life change, helping Zenyatta move his orbs around and apply their effects more quickly. And lastly, we’ve increased Transcendence’s healing throughput. This ultimate was designed to be the most effective against sustained, high-damage fire and least effective against short, high-damage bursts (like D.Va’s or Junkrat's ultimates). But, due to the amount of healing it provided, there were times when it was possible for even sustained fire to overcome Transcendence’s output. We’ve made the heal powerful and also allowed Zenyatta to move around more quickly while it’s active.

UI UPDATES

Game Options

Players can now enter numerical values for any option that also has slider (e.g. FoV, volume, sensitivity, etc.)
Controls
Mouse sensitivity can now be adjusted out to two decimals
Gameplay
Mid-match tips can now be toggled on or off (this will enable/disable tips that pop up after a player dies)
Social
Friend Request toasts can now be toggled on or off
Friend notifications can now be toggled on or off
Whispers can now be toggled on or off
Video
Added 21:9 aspect ratio support
Players can now enable a real-world clock by toggling the "Display System Clock" setting

Social Features

Certain commendations will now appear less frequently during end-of-round voting (e.g. Zenyatta’s Transcendence Healing and Zarya’s Projected Barriers Applied)

BUG FIXES

General

The Hero Gallery now remembers the last hero you were looking at and will properly highlight that hero whenever returning to the gallery
Fixed a bug that caused the “payload is nearing its final destination” music to continue playing even after the match was over
Fixed a bug that caused the UI to disappear whenever the game was forced into windowed mode by an external application
Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause visual healing effects to appear on the wrong hero whenever multiple players attempted to up a Health Pack
Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause different heroes’ victory poses to clip into each other
Fixed several lighting issues with the killcam

Maps

The payload on King’s Row will no longer retreat back inside its starting location if the attacking team fails to push it
Adjusted the Hero Select screen volume for the attacking team on Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Added Spectator camera collision to most maps
Fixed issues with player collision across multiple maps
Fixed issues with ambient lighting and shadows across multiple maps

Heroes

Fixed a bug that caused D.Va to sometimes ignore player collision when summoning her mech
Fixed a bug where Mei’s Ice Wall would persist in the game world even after the player switched heroes or left the game
Fixed even more bugs that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Reinhardt’s Barrier Field to get stuck in the “on” position if the player used the “Toggle Barrier” setting
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Roadhog to accidentally Chain Hook targets standing behind him
Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s Barrier Projector shield to ignore the “Sound Effects Volume” setting

[WarMachineRhodey]

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Interesting so Ana was Phara's mother who is the healing sniper? She looks pretty neat and better than Widow, but we'll see.

On another note, those changes...

They give McRee another buff after giving him a compensation buff (he was kind of weak so he needed it), Mercy gets her damage boosted to 50% now though they semi-nerfed the broken resurrection it takes 40 seconds to charge instead of 30 and they even gave that a buff when it was the most broken thing in the game while nerfing Widowmaker's ult twice. They buff D. Va (a Widow counter) and Zeynatta by giving him 200 total stamina (150 in shields no less) but no buff or change for Widowmaker whatsoever despite her being ruined and getting nothing but straight nerfs (like 5 or so) while the things people whined about (Zeynatta one shot and now D. Va is stronger) are also adjusted? She doesn't get hurt by her own ultimate now and it blows up even faster? Great. More D. Va's to deal with. She is the weakest tank but that's because the other ones are insanely strong right now.

So now Widowmaker's even worse, and then they release another sniper class?

This right here is just absurdly stupid. They haven't responded to the countless threads or the long 2000 post thread on their forum in regards to Widow in a long time (since the very beginning). It just seems like this game is just catered to scrub players who whine about something enough.

The one hero limit and other changes would be interesting if you still didn't have the lack of variety from OP characters. No Phara nerf either despite her being top tier with no real hard counters since Widow nerf and now Soldier has been nerfed too. Just wonderful. Mercy+Phara all day baby. Not touching this until they get some sense.