Patch 1.40 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.

MAPS

Paris

• UPDATE: The issue affecting the Paris map spawn doors has been fixed and the map has been re-enabled.

HEROES

• UPDATE: The issue affecting ground-targeting abilities has been resolved and is planned to go out with a hotfix today (9/19).

Ana

• Ana’s Sleep Dart vial doesn’t reappear in her gun after being fired.

Bastion

• Bastion’s footstep sounds play after reloading.

Hanzo

• Hanzo’s Storm Arr...

Thanks for helping us test the game! We are now concluding the 1.40 Public Test where a lot of Dummy Bots were bravely obliterated in the Workshop for the greater good.

The Public Test Region will not be accessible until we update it with new content in the future. As usual, we will leave the PTR Forums active so you can continue to provide any additional feedback and bug reports.

Thank you for participating!

Hey there,

Balance changes take time and there will of course be more to come. We’ve just barely entered into 2-2-2 role queue and released a new hero at the same time. It’s important to collect statistics/data, as well as feedback to make informed decisions.

Reverting all balance changes over the last year is unlikely to happen. Any hero change could potentially affect a meta to some degree, but not all changes are directly targeted at the current meta, if that makes sense.

For some transparency, we’ve known for awhile that we would be moving to a 2-2-2 format (it required a long time to implement) and not all changes over the last year were directly targeted at affecting the 3-3 GOATS meta (eg. Soldier, McCree, Junkrat buffs).

The goal of the changes that actually were aimed at GOATS was not to kill it entirely but to weaken it enough, without destroying the individual heroes, that other new comps could arise to compete with it. Though it took a long ti...

Confirming this is an intended change for 1.40.

Hey everyone,

We’ve identified a bug that prevents Competitive Season 18 stats from being shown in the Career Profile until placement matches are finished in any role or playing one match in each role. We’re actively investigating solutions and will update with more information when we have a fix.

Thanks for the reports!

Just reached Platinum on the Damage role last night. Now to see if I can keep that momentum up with Placements tonight!