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25 Feb

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    CaLee on Forums - Thread - Direct

Patch 1.45 Known Issues

Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of all currently tracked issues affecting this build of Overwatch, rather this is a targeted list of some known specific issues with this release.

HEROES

Ashe

  • Ashe’s ankle can bend unnaturally when on uneven terrain.

Bastion

  • Brick Bastion’s ammo can appear unusually large when destroying Mei’s Ice Wall.

Hanzo

  • The sword on Hanzo’s Huang Zhong skin moves too much when viewed in Hero Gallery.

Orisa

  • Orisa’s Supercharger is not properly destroyed if the ground underneath it falls away.

Sombra

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24 Feb


22 Feb

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Thanks for the advance notice Mr. Reed. Can’t wait to show the Capture the Orb gamemode I have built (PTR Code: J1YM8) ! The new workshop actions and features made it possible!

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Thanks to everyone who helped us test the new Workshop features in the 1.45 PTR. We were able to fix many of the issues that you identified, and we hope that this leads to a smoother launch of 1.45.

If you have Custom Game creations that you would like to carry forward to the live game, please copy them out of Overwatch and into a text file (since user data from the PTR is not carried over into live). You can copy your mode by going into the Settings for your Custom Game and clicking the Copy button in the upper-right. You can then paste the mode as text into any text editor.

Once the patch goes live, you can restore your mode by copying your saved text onto the clipboard, navigating to the Custom Game Settings, and clicking the orange Paste button in the upper-right.

Thanks again for the help, and happy scripting!

Jeff Kaplan and Michael Heiberg are debating the relative popularity of ice cream flavors.

“I always thought chocolate was the flavor everybody would like most,” says Kaplan, Overwatch’s game director.

Heiberg, a principal game designer, shakes his head. “Statistically, vanilla is more popular.”

“All right, so—statistically, vanilla is the flavor,” says Kaplan. “People have a propensity toward certain ice cream flavors, just like they do toward roles in Overwatch.”

They’re trying to explain how they came up with the Triple Damage (one tank, three damage, two support) team composition set to be tested in Overwatch’s new Experimental mode. It’s a significant change, and the team isn’t sure how it’s going to work out, but that’s the beauty of Experimental mode: allowing players across all platforms to test the dev team’s wildest ideas without leaving the client. 

Kaplan and Heiberg laid out the full ...

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21 Feb

Grab your beads and join the bacchanalia now through March 9 to earn unique, Mardi Gras-inspired rewards. Laissez les bons temps rouler! 

From now until March 9, players will be able to earn two limited-time player icons, 7 sprays, and the epic Mardi Gras Ashe skin, for a total of 10 new rewards.

  • GET IN THERE - Learn how to unlock brand new Ashe rewards
  • WATCH TO EARN – Earn special Ashe-themed cosmetics by watching Twitch streams
  • COURTESY OF THE DEADLOCK GANG - Learn more about Ashe merchandise

GET IN THERE

Don your purple, green, and gold, and enjoy the celebration with special Mardi Gras content available to unlock in-game. Wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade will all earn you two limited-time player icons, a spray, and a new epic skin: Mardi Gras Ashe!

These speci...

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15 Feb

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Hey there, the issue last night was a database cluster failure and we're confident that issue is resolved. If you're having connection stability issues today we'd need to look at what specifically is happening for you, it won't be the same issue as last night.

I understand the important thing is you're being disconnected and it's impacting your competitive rating, just wanted to add clarity for others who come by the thread.

If you can take some time to post on our tech forums we have folks there who can help troubleshoot. I'm not at the office at the moment, but I haven't received any alerts that indicate widespread failure this morning.

Cheers, and ...

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Hey there sorry for the issues on PS4 tonight. We had a major infrastructure outage but we were able to get things stable after about 40 minutes. Should be smooth sailing for the rest of the weekend. Cheers

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Sorry for the problems on PS4 tonight. We resolved the issue and things should be stable now. Cheers

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Hey there sorry for the problems on PS4 tonight. We resolved the issue and things should be stable now. Cheers.


14 Feb

At Blizzard, we make games to bring people together, and yet it’s still such a wonderful surprise to learn of the players who stay together. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we interviewed a couple of couples who decided to make their two-stack life-long after finding each other through Overwatch.

Katja and Chris

After a rough breakup, Katja truly believed she would never find a romantic partner again. Then she met her future husband, Chris, on a fan-art Twitch stream. Katja, born and raised in Germany, says she was brought to that particular stream because the artist was painting her favorite hero, McCree (who she has 600 hours of playtime on), in his 2017 Halloween Terror event skin: Van Helsing.

Katja talked to Chris for the very first time on that Twitch stream, and joined the artist’s Discord server afterward to continue talking to him. What made Chris stand out, Katja says, was how kind he was on an internet that wasn’t always so friendly...

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I guess that as well, that or this patch will go live and 1.46 will come up next week.


13 Feb

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I am happy because I was planning the afternoon for another hero balance comparison video and now I have the night off!

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Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – February 13, 2020

A new Overwatch patch is in development and now available for testing! To share your feedback or report any issues, 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 may also be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in a future patch, the PTR is PC-only a...

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