Beta Patch Notes – Nov. 20
by JR Cook - 8 years ago show comments
New Overwatch beta patch notes went up today with some hero balancing changes and UI updates. You can read the complete notes on the official blog post or below.
Originally Posted by Ly (Official Post)
A new beta patch is now live. Read below to learn about the latest changes.
To share your feedback, please post in the Beta Feedback forum.
For a list of known issues, visit our Beta Bug Report forum.
GENERAL:
- The “Rate This Player” UI now clearly indicates which options are Negative, Neutral, or Positive
HERO BALANCE CHANGES:
- Genji
- Swift Strike
- Impact damage has been slightly increased
- Damage-over-time effect has been removed
- Swift Strike
- Mei
- Blizzard
- Mei can no longer gain ultimate charge while Blizzard is active
- Blizzard
- Mercy
- Caduceus Staff
- Damage Boost Beam
- Damage bonus has been reduced
- Damage Boost Beam
- Caduceus Staff
- Resurrect
- Effect now happens at the start of the cast time, instead of the end
- Note: We are reverting the change to Resurrect made in our November 9 patch
- Effect now happens at the start of the cast time, instead of the end
- Widowmaker
- Widow’s Kiss
- Scoped shot damage has been slightly reduced
- Scoped shots will now consume 3 bullets instead of 1
- Widow’s Kiss