Blizzard hat jetzt Patch 1.5 für Overwatch veröffentlicht. Dieser ergänzt den Ego-Shooter u.a. mit Sombra und einem Arcade-Modus. Außerdem wird jetzt auch die PlayStation 4 Pro unterstützt. Die umfangreichen englischen Patchnotes lesen sich so:
General Updated
General
- [PS4] Added PlayStation 4 Pro support
- Made a number of data format improvements, which should decrease load times and reduce the games storage space requirements
- Made several adjustments to the amount of experience needed to level
- The amount of experience needed to reach levels 2 through 13 remains unchanged
- The amount of experience needed to reach levels 14 through 100 has been slightly reduced
- The amount of experience needed to reach levels after 100 is now constant (20,000 XP) and will no longer reset after each promotion
- Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team
- Spectating – The number of observer slots in Custom Games has been increased from 6 to 12
Hero Balance Changes
General
- Dealing damage to things other than players (like Torbjörns turret or Symmetras teleporter) no longer charges ultimate abilities
- Ultimate costs have been increased by 25% for all heroes
Ana – Nano Boost: No longer increases move speed (nerfed)
D. Va (buffed)
- Call Mech: Ultimate cost has been decreased by 20%
- Mech health increased to 200 (formerly 100). Armor remains at 400
- Movement speed while firing has been increased by 25%
Lucio: Amp It Up – Healing per second has been decreased by 10% (nerfed)
Mei – Blizzard – Ultimate cost has been increased by 15% (nerfed)
Mercy – Passive health regeneration now activates when Mercy avoids taking damage for 1 second (formerly 3 seconds) (buffed)
Pharah (buffed)
Rocket Launcher
- Minimum explosion damage has been increased by 13%
- Minimum explosion knockback has been decreased to 0%
Jump Jets: Lift increased by 35%
Soldier 76 (buffed)
Pulse Rifle
- Bullet damage increased from 17 to 20
- Maximum bullet spread increased from 2.2 to 2.4
Torbjörn (changed a bit)
- Scrap is now automatically generated over time
- The amount of scrap collected from a fallen enemy has been decreased by 40%
- Forge Hammer: Swing speed increased by 25%; Damage decreased by 27%
Widowmaker (buffed)
- Venom Mine: Explosion no longer damages the player who placed the mine
- Widows Kiss: Charge rate increased by 20%
Zarya (nerfed)
- Particle Barrier: Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%
- Projected Barrier: Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%
User Interface
General:Loading screen now displays the name of the chosen game mode when playing in the Arcade
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the PC client from closing properly, making the Battle.net application think the game was still running
- Fixed a bug preventing players from receiving credit toward the Most Healing Done commendation
- Fixed a bug that caused the columns on Recent Players to slightly overlap each other
- Fixed a bug preventing the fourth column on the friends list from being displayed properly
- Fixed a navigation error that could occur when attempting to adjust video options using a controller
- Players will now be removed from the Practice Range if they are AFK
AI
- Fixed a bug that caused McCree bots to Combat Roll into the well on Ilios
- Fixed a bug that could cause bots to get stuck in a wall near objective B on Temple of Anubis
- Fixed a bug that prevented bots from moving through certain locations on Volskaya Industries
Competitive Play
- Fixed a bug that could cause overtime to continue indefinitely on Assault maps
- Fixed a bug that could cause matches to begin with only 11 connected players
Heroes
- Fixed a bug that prevented Anas healing stats from showing up in the Career Profile page
- Fixed a bug that prevented Anas custom crosshairs from displaying while zoomed
- Fixed a bug causing irregular placement of the pumpkin on Genjis Pumpkin Carving highlight intro with certain skins
- Fixed a bug preventing Mercys staff from showing up in the Guardian Angel highlight intro with her Cobalt skin equipped
- Fixed a bug preventing Reapers R.I.P. victory pose from animating correctly when the game client isnt in focus
- Fixed a bug that allowed Tracer to use Blink while rewinding with Recall
- Fixed a bug preventing some of Tracers voice lines from activating with her Punk skin equipped
- Fixed a bug preventing Zarya from gripping her guns handle in the Deadlift highlight Intro
- Fixed a bug causing Zaryas Graviton Surge to eject Reinhardt at high velocity
Maps
- Fixed a typo on the bakery blackboard in Eichenwalde
- Fixed a bug that allowed certain heroes to stand on unintended pillars on Ilios
- Fixed a bug on Lijiang Tower that allowed heroes to reach unintended locations
- Fixed a bug allowing Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on Nepal
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to contest the payload from a protected area above the gas station on Route 66
- Fixed a bug that allowed Pharah to reach unintended locations on Volskaya Industries
- Fixed a bug on Watchpoint: Gibraltar that allowed players to reach an unintended location near the final objective
Spectating: Fixed a bug that occasionally produced incorrectly colored health bars when spectating Custom Games
