In-case anyone here is not keeping an eye on the PTR I just started downloading another 1.28 patch and it appears we have been heard!!!
Bug Fixes
Brigitte
Fixed a bug that caused Brigitte to abruptly change directions when she stopped holding her Barrier Shield
Reinhardt
Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt to abruptly change directions when he stopped holding his Barrier Field
He also has 5 other listed fixes to Charge and Earthshatter that I am too lazy to type out here (I cant manage to get my patch notes to copy/paste from the popup window). I encourage you all to check out these latest notes.
It should be said that I have not tested these out on the PTR, but I was so excited to see them that I had to post.
OP I see that you have done some 1.28 testing if you are still seeing these after yesterdays (8/29) patch let us know. Iām not sure if I will get around to testing.
Guess I should check forums more oftenā¦ Glad to see this post, and glad to see that they at least know about this bug, but also sorry to hear that it isnāt just me since itās a devastating bugā¦
I donāt know if I can share video given that the game is slowly getting more and more impossible for me to even play regularly (had the whole game crash because my ārendering device has been lostā earlier todayā¦).
If I can get the game working again, Iāll see if I can get some highlights of the bug. Iām sure Iāll see it again if I play.
What a sad day guys, apparently the changes mentioned below did not make it to the live servers and were REMOVED from the patch notes, so it seems they havenāt been fixed. As a bonus they are not even listed as known bugs in the 1.28 bug section notes.
It happened to me multiple times again on the live 1.28.01 patch.
Iām going to upload more videos later on.
If anyone else has new videos/highlights after the patch, you can upload them on gfycat.com , post them here and I will add them to the main post.
I also thought it was mouse sensitivity, and when that didnāt help I thought it was the jank set up I play Overwatch on (I have a macbook air, I play via Bootcamp).
To my memory I think Iāve also had 90 degree turns as well, but it has been a while since Iāve played my main, mostly playing mystery heroes lately. But I guess thereās some solace in knowing the shield is connected, so I guess I can learn to work around it, maybe.
Hopefully they address this, I may not be the best Reinhardt main but if I fail I want my failures to be my own.
Had it happen 4 times in 1 game tonight. Try to turn 90 to go in a door and you run in a totally different direction. Very very disorienting to say the least. It happens at least 1 in 3 games since the patch update today.
Returned in the game after a year and found my favorite character bugged like never before. I have the same shield problems and now found a video on youtube with the same glitch from 1jan 2017 !!! I suppose it will be easier to main another character then waiting the fix, my new main is Mercy. Bye Rein I will miss you
Bump. If you guys have new videos/highlights concerning this bug, please upload it on gfycat.com or youtube.com , link it here and i will add it to the main post.
So they mentioned it being fixed on the PTR but then it never got patched into the actual game. Itās not even on the known issues list, despite the fact that they acknowledged it before.
If itās an issue theyāre having trouble fixing, imo they could at least be transparent about it and not just pretend like it doesnāt exist? Iām thoroughly confused by what theyāre trying to do here.
Rein and Brigitte are still pretty unplayable for me because of this bug.
Please, Jeff or whoever actually takes note of these threads: FIX THIS. It makes my favourite hero virtually unplayable. Itās become a 50/50 risk of me spinning around 180 degrees every time I Firestrike, putting my very large target of a back to the enemy.
I came out of spawn on the Busan Sanctuary map earlier today shield hopping (as you do) and hit my Charge button to get back into the action, only to swivel 90 degrees to the right and almost charge off the cliff because of this bug. Today alone itās happened to me countless times. I canāt Firestrike low targets running away; I canāt Firestrike that Riptire thatās headed for the team; I canāt effectively shield hop. The list goes on.
I donāt understand why it was on the PTR as being a bug fix and didnāt even get fixed. Not only that, but itās not being fixed on this most recent PTR patch either. I never use the forums, but for this I had to.
Please please please Fix Reinhardt. (and Brigitte too, I guess.)