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January 24, 2020January 31, 2020

McCree gets insane buff.

Today Blizzard dropped the latest Buffs and Nerfs on the PTR.
And it seems as though McCree gets the latest DPS testing patch with more health and a crazy buff to his Ultimate ability Dead EYE.

link – https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-%E2%80%93-jan-23-2020/450285/1

Overwatch PTR Patch Notes Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Jan 23, 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 and only reflects changes coming specifically to that platform. HERO UPDATES

Hanzo
Storm Arrows

Damage reduced from 70 to 60

McCree
General

Base health increased from 200 to 250

Peacekeeper (Primary Fire)

Recovery time increased from 0.42 to 0.5 seconds

Deadeye

Firing Deadeye no longer locks the playerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s aim

Reaper
The Reaping (Passive)

Healing amount reduced from 40% to 30% of damage dealt

Orisa
Fusion Driver (Primary Fire)

Damage reduced from 11 to 9

Fortify

Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds

Halt!

Snare duration reduced from 1 to 0.65 seconds

Sigma
Hyperspheres (Primary Fire)

Range reduced from 22 to 20 meters

Gravitic Flux

Can now be interrupted before targets begin falling
Impact slow duration reduced from 0.9 to 0.6 seconds

Accretion

Explosion damage reduced from 60 to 40

Baptiste
Biotic Launcher (Primary Fire)

Recovery time increased from 0.36 to 0.45 sec

Biotic Launcher (Secondary Fire)

Heal explosion reduced from 60 to 50

bigfisch

January 21, 2020January 31, 2020

The internet reacts to Ã¢â‚¬Å“Overwatch Hero bansÃ¢â‚¬Â

Yesterday we got the news that the Overwatch dev team is working on something big. That Ã¢â‚¬Å“somethingÃ¢â‚¬Â could be hero bans. And today the internet has spoken.

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/20/hero-bans-coming-to-overwatch/

Check out the previous article about this.

Basically hero bans in a game like Overwatch could be presented a few different ways (for those of you that have never played games with them before). The idea is that when you play a game certain heroes durrIng that particular game or series of games you play that day are banned or locked out of play and you will not be allowed to play those heroes. It could be just for that game or a day or a whole season it depends on how itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s implemented. Most people refer to the League of Legends way of Champion selection and ban where it only lasts that match and you vote what hero gets banned that game however you get to see who everyone is picking beforehand (itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a little more involved but thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s the easy explanation).

The people have spoken, some for it and some against and some are just confused.

FROM TWITTER

I've been reading a lot of interesting takes on hero bans in Overwatch. Good arguments to be made for both camps. My thoughts? I personally think that the game would need a good bunch more heroes to reap the benefits and strategic depth such a system brings with it.
— Soe Gschwind (@Soembie) January 21, 2020

https://twitter.com/johngalt/status/1219506708344643585?s=21

My thoughts on hero bans:

NO MORE ONE TRICKS?? Is ranked saved???

Depending on how you can ban/protect heroes we could see a brand new overwatch. Looks like the Devs are trying to get very aggressive with the foundation of the game pre OW2!! 💪👍🏻

Anyone wanna add on? pic.twitter.com/6pwg43z9WC
— Samito (@SamitoFPS) January 21, 2020

Bans are just another mask for power hungry gamers that'll just lead to a ban meta.

Not only does Overwatch not currently have enough heroes, but also stream sniping abuse since all names are loaded on game start.

Who bans? How many bans? Are bans team based or game wide?
😪
— Violet (@VibinWithViolet) January 21, 2020

I'm banning doomfist every game even if there are no doom players and you can't change my mind
— Holiwhirl (@holiwhirl) January 21, 2020

Bans should not be a thing if you can see the enemy players before picking. I really hope that's obvious to the devs, unless they know something we don't in regards to that I guess. https://t.co/AXV1NE5iCG
— EeveeA (@EeveeA) January 21, 2020

A few comments from Instagram

From stylosa video on hero bans from YouTube

Reading through some of the reddit comments were boring and no one really brought up any new arguments.

Thanks for reading. What are your thoughts on a hero ban system?

~bigfisch
bigfisch@gamewatchtoday.com

January 20, 2020January 31, 2020

Hero bans coming to Overwatch?

Bastion in the Doghouse with Woodstock. — Hero bans mean someoneÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s in the doghouse

Are hero bans coming to Overwatch? One source says yes, and they could be as soon as next week.

Monday afternoon MetroOW posted this on twitter.

Big update for OW is rumored in a few weeks, it is very likely that hero bans will be added to the game as the dev team has been working on them for a while!
— Metro (@Metro_OW) January 20, 2020

He is the same source that dropped leaks about Overwatch 2 at Blizzcon and although he says his source is different, it could at least be this if not something just as important. If you remember last week Eemongg (a popular Overwatch streamer) tweeted that a Ã¢â‚¬Å“big updateÃ¢â‚¬Â is coming soon.

Hero bans are to state it as basic as possible. You wouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t be able to pick X hero for one day in comp. There is a lot more to it than that but to state it simply for those that donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know what it is. I will make a longer explanation article to explain hero bans if Overwatch changes to this method.

I am not sure if this would go directly to live servers as they would probs put it in the PTR and then drop it live after season 20 is over but thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s just my guess based on how they typically have done these kind of changes.

We shall see… What do you think about hero bans in Overwatch?

~bigfisch

January 20, 2020January 31, 2020

Weekly Overwatch news drop from week of January 19, 2020.

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/17/overwatch-2-report-jeff-reveals-more-details-on-story-cinematics/

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/16/flying-d-vas-and-face-changing-sombras-in-the-january-overwatch-patch/

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/15/breaking-news-blizzard-leaks-lunar-new-year-2020-skins/

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/15/breaking-news-jeff-kaplan-drops-major-dev-play-testing-incites-dps-mains-have-collective-heart-attack/

http://gamewatchtoday.com/blog/2020/01/14/overwatch-explained/

OTHER NEWS FROM AROUND THE INTERNET.

EMONGG Teases major Overwatch improvements coming soon… via dexerto.com

https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/emongg-teases-major-overwatch-improvement-coming-soon-1315477

https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-fans-can-earn-exclusive-team-sprays-by-attending-live-matches

Overwatch League shows off new jerseys. via theverge.com
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/16/21069082/overwatch-league-2020-jerseys-new-jeff-staple

ECHO skill leak? via digitaltrends.com
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/overwatch-2-hero-echo-skill-possibly-revealed/

Overbuff Weekly Recall – via overbuff.com
https://www.overbuff.com/blog/2020-01-17-overbuff-recall-january-17-2019

Let me know what else you would like to see in the weekly news drop.

~big_fisch
bigfisch@gamewatchtoday.com

January 14, 2020January 31, 2020

Overwatch explained…

A video compilation of movies and television explaining Overwatch over the years.

https://youtu.be/UsadJ2sR5pE

https://youtu.be/QtgHL0B-LRc

Theses are just a few I had posted to youtube over the years. Do you have a favorite video where someone explained Overwatch with another video post it in the comments below.

~big_Fisch
bigfisch@gamewatchtoday.com