Overwatch 2’s mid-season patch has been delayed due to a ‘critical’ issue
Overwatch 2‘s next balance patch has been delayed due to a “critical” issue.
The patch, which was meant to begin rolling out late last night, was delayed at the last minute, leaving the character Mei unplayable.
“Today’s patch is delayed as we work to resolve a critical issue,” an official post on the Blizzard forums read.
“We’ll provide an update here and set the patch live as soon as the problem is addressed.” A later update to the article claims that the patch is now scheduled for Thursday, November 17 at 11am PST.
The patch will mainly target some popular heroes such as Zarya and Sombra. Zarya’s abilities will receive larger cool-down windows, as players have been suggesting she’s too hard to kill in her current form.
Overwatch 2‘s next hero, Ramattra, will be released on December 6 as part of the game’s Season 2 update. The character, who has been part of the Overwatch lore for over three years since he first appeared during the Storm Rising event, will be a tank-class hero.
The full patch notes for the delayed update are as follows:
Sombra
Dev Comment: With Sombra’s rework, she gained a lot more damage to help account for the reduced ability lockout duration of Hack. This has proven to be too deadly for a flanker with easy access to the enemy backlines, and we’ve similarly had to address the damage output of heroes like Tracer, Reaper, and now, Genji, in the 5v5 format.
She can also no longer channel hack on an already hacked target as feedback indicated the reduced cooldown combined with hacking from stealth proved to be too frustrating for many players. This is essentially a per-target cooldown that enables Hack to keep its current 4 second cooldown for potentially hacking multiple targets.
Genji
Dev Comment: Genji is a
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