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MaxThompson-1393 submitted NOTICE: Changes to the PTR Bug Report Forum 1 day ago

I wanted to make everyone aware of a change that we are making to our PTR Bug Report Forum and provide some additional transparency as to why we are moving in this new direction.

Starting today, each time we release a major update to the PTR we will be locking all old PTR Bug Report threads. The reason for this is to ensure that each new issue for the current PTR can be tracked appropriately. Recently we encountered an issue where an older thread from a previous PTR revision was resurrected due to similarities in the symptoms associated with the issue. We had closed the older issue on our side through our bug tracking software and additional comments were being associated with the wrong patch content. Had the new issue received its own dedicated thread, we would have been able to better identify and separate root cause much more effectively.

This change will not affect our normal Bug Report Forums, as any issue that makes it out to the live environment is tracked separately from our new PTR-related content.
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I apologize for any inconvenience this may incur, and I thank you for your patience and participation while we explore these new process improvements.

We want to continue being transparent with these types of changes as each of you continue to help us make Overwatch a great game. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on the PTR!

Molly submitted Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – November 13, 2019 1 day ago

Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – Nov 13, 2019

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.

INTRODUCING “WHILE YOU WAIT”

Coming with this patch, we will be removing the current “Skirmish” feature that allowed you to spar while waiting to start a game and replacing it with a brand new option called “While You Wait”.

When in queue, players will now be prompted to pick, if they want to, between the following game modes:

Practice Range - Now available to be entered as a group
Skirmish - Spar freely with other players without keeping track of score
Deathmatch - Compete for the top place on the scoreboard
Custom Game - Pick a custom game from the Custom Game Browser or create your own game mode
Note that Custom Game will have to have the new setting "Allow players who are matchmaking" available in order to be selected

All “While You Wait” game modes are optional and can be accessed by a single player or as a group, but only the group leader can decide which mode to pick.

WORKSHOP UPDATES

Custom Games - Practice Range Mode
New Workshop Values
- Game Mode
- Current Game Mode
New Workshop setting
- "Allow players who are matchmaking": allows players who are matchmaking to participate in the Custom Game created

HERO UPDATES

General

Armor damage reduction increased from 3 to 5

Orisa

General

Base armor increased from 200 to 250

Fusion Driver

Movement speed penalty reduced from 30% to 20%

Protective Barrier

Health reduced from 900 to 600

Fortify

Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 8 seconds

Sigma

Experimental Barrier

Health reduced from 1500 to 900
Barrier health regeneration rate reduced from 150 to 120 health per second

Kinetic Grasp

Cooldown reduced from 13 seconds to 10 seconds
Damage-to-shield gain ratio increased from 40% to 60%

Reinhardt

Barrier Field

Health reduced from 2000 to 1600
Movement speed penalty reduced from 50% to 25%

Steadfast (Passive)

Knockback resistance increased from 30% to 50%

Developer Comment: The above changes to armor, Orisa, Sigma, and Reinhardt are aimed at decreasing the overall amount time players spend damaging barriers while improving the individual heroes in other areas. This is a significant change to the pace of the game and we’ll be monitoring these heroes closely to ensure they retain impactful gameplay in the tank role.

Moira

Biotic Grasp

Healing reduced from 4 to 3.25 (80 HP/s to 65 HP/s)

Developer Comment: Moira’s primary heal has proven to be too potent, largely due to its ability to heal multiple targets.

D.Va

Defense Matrix

Cooldown decreased from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds

Developer Comment: With role locks in place there is some room to improve D.Va’s impact as a tank, so we’re partially reverting a previous change which increased Defense Matrix’s cooldown.

Widowmaker

Grappling Hook

Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds

Developer Comment: With barriers having less uptime, Widowmaker will be even more effective at locking down long sight lines. This change weakens her mobility so she can still be reasonably countered.

Torbjörn

Overload

Cooldown decreased from 12 to 10 seconds

Developer Comment: Torbjörn has difficulty in extended team fights once his turret is eliminated and Overload has been used. This change allows Torbjörn to be able to rely on his Overload more often.

Genji

Shuriken

Ammo increased from 24 to 30

Developer Comment: As average hero survivability has gone up over time, Genji can sometimes have difficulty finishing off his targets. Loosening his ammunition constraints will help give him a small boost.

Zarya

Particle Cannon (Secondary Fire)

Explosion radius increased from 2 to 2.5 meters
Ammo cost decreased from 25 to 20

Developer Comment: Zarya’s overall damage output is in a good spot but the secondary fire was left feeling a little too weak after the last set of changes.

BUG FIXES

General

Color Blind Mode - Fixed an issue which caused models affected by infra-sight to appear washed out when using colors other than red
Workshop - Fixed an issue causing map names and dropdowns from being displayed in the incorrect case
Workshop - Fixed an issue preventing D.Va from being detected in Player Died events
Custom Games - Renamed Assault/Escort to Hybrid
Fixed a bug that could cause heroes with regenerating health/shields to not take full damage when damaged while at full health
Various hero abilities (e.g. Symmetra’s Turrets, Roadhog’s Hook, Sigma’s Accretion, Orisa’s Halt, etc) will now respect the collision boxes on vending machines and other such props
Fixed a bug that caused High Precision Mouse Input to cause toggle crouch to behave inconsistently

Maps

Black Forest (1v1) - Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step through the breakable doors

Heroes

Doomfist

The default circle is now hidden when using advanced reticle settings
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the sound effect of Doomfist’s Rising Uppercut from playing
Fixed a bug where Seismic Slam could land on an enemy’s head while playing FFA modes

Junkrat