April 16th, 2019 - May 6th, 2019
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Attention Console Users
The patch for console versions is very large this time around (25GB). I have confirmed with Blizzard that this is normal and will take time to download. Thank you for your patience!
Patch Notes - April 16th, 2019 - 1.35.0.0.56957
NEW SEASONAL EVENT: OVERWATCH ARCHIVES 2019 — STORM RISING
Experience a decisive moment in Overwatch’s history during the Overwatch Archives event! Get ready to travel back in time and visit beautiful Havana, Cuba where Overwatch agents are hot on the trail of the notorious businessman and Talon associate Maximilien. Team up with your friends to capture and interrogate Maximilien—whose knowledge could shape the future of Overwatch. Relive the action of previous Archives events, where you’ll fight off hordes of Talon agents while escaping Rialto and stop an Omnic insurrection in King’s Row. You’ll earn Archives Loot Boxes as you play, unlocking cosmetics from Overwatch’s past, including Legendary skins like Deadlock McCree, Scientist Moira, Talon Baptiste, Socialite Ashe, and many more!
HERO UPDATES
Doomfist
- Seismic Slam
- Can now target through railings
Junkrat
- Frag Launcher
- Projectile speed increased from 20 to 25
- Grenades now bounce less but explode sooner
Developer Comments: With this change, we’re looking to slightly increase the range at which Junkrat can land direct hits. The speed of his bombs has increased, but we tuned it so this wouldn’t affect the arc of his projectile. This means that aiming with it will feel the same. The grenades bounce less and explode sooner, which will allow Junkrat to aim them more deliberately. This will reduce the amount of rolling grenade spam when playing against him.
Mei
- Ice Wall
- Easier to place on thin surfaces
- Appears less jittery when placing while moving around
Reaper
- Shadow Step
- Can now be used in air
- Time to exit Shadow Step reduced from 1.0 second to 0.5 of a second
- Reaper is now invisible for the entire time it takes to exit shadow step
- Can now teleport onto surfaces that would usually break, like railings
- Easier to place on thin surfaces
- Appears less jittery when placing while moving around
Developer Comments: Shadow Step was originally intended to be purely an out-of-combat mobility tool to traverse the map, since Wraith Form was already a great tool for disengaging. However, this made Shadow Step very situational, so we’re increasing its flexibility to make it a better, less niche ability. This will enable Reaper to use Shadow Step in more offensive situations.
Symmetra
- Teleporter
- Railings and other breakable objects no longer block teleporter placement and teleporting
- Players that use your Teleporter now continue to look in their current viewing direction
- Easier to place on thin surfaces
- Appears less jittery when placing while moving around
USER INTERFACE UPDATES
Hero Gallery
- You can now set your Victory Pose choice to random
Social
- There is now an option to set your profile so only your current group can view it
BUG FIXES
General
- Fixed a bug that caused your view to become jittery if you were standing on certain objects
- Fixed an issue where the camera would be offset slightly when changing rapidly into third person view
- Fixed an issue where players were able to shoot through unintended small gaps on the Ilios, Nepal, and Temple of Anubis maps
- Fixed a bug where your view would become level with the horizon after using Symmetra’s Teleporter
Heroes
Ana
- Fixed an issue with the steam not rising correctly from Ana’s cup in the Tea Time emote
- Fixed a bug where Ana didn’t receive audio or visual cues when a hero she boosted lands a shot
Ashe
- Fixed a bug where the Orb of Discord sound effect would play when B.O.B. was affected by Zenyatta’s Orb of Discord
Baptiste
- Fixed a bug where Immortality Field wasn’t immediately destroyed when it is hit by the payload
Doomfist
- Fixed a bug where enemies would not collide with walls while being knocked back by Rocket Punch
- Fixed a bug where Seismic Slam wouldn’t break objects that should break
- Fixed a bug where targeting Seismic Slam on a surface that inclines or declines, like stairs, would fail if you were looking downwards
- Fixed a bug where Doomfist would get caught on door frames when impacting a wall
Mei
- Fixed a bug where Mei could not be healed by other heroes while using Cryo-Freeze
- Fixed a bug where placing Ice Wall on a surface that inclines or declines, like stairs, would fail if you were looking downwards
Mercy
- Fixed a bug where Mercy didn’t receive audio or visual cues when a hero she boosted lands a shot
- Fixed a bug where Mercy didn’t receive defensive assist credit from healing beams when using Valkyrie
Reaper
- Fixed a bug where placing Shadow Step’s target on a surface that inclines or declines, like stairs, would fail if you were looking downwards
- Fixed a bug where Shadow Step’s placement target would fall from ledges
- Fixed a bug where Reaper was able to gain capture progress on an objective while phased using Shadow Step
Reinhardt
- Fixed a bug where Reinhardt was unable to raise his shield properly while looking upwards if he had opened his shield while looking downwards
Soldier: 76
- Fixed a bug where his Heroic victory pose didn’t loop properly
Symmetra
- Fixed a bug where Teleporter wouldn’t fit in some short windows
- Fixed a bug where placing Teleporter on a surface that inclines or declines, like stairs, would fail if you were looking downwards
- Fixed a bug where the Teleporter’s placement target would fall from ledges
Widowmaker
- Fixed a bug where Widowmaker’s rifle goes into her head and shoulders while walking and aiming her scope when wearing the Biathalon skin
- Fixed a bug where dying did not cancel Infra-Sight
Maps
- Black Forest
- Fixed a bug where flying heroes could get stuck on trees and wall climbing heroes could get stuck on birds’ nests
- Busan
- Fixed a bug where flying heroes could get stuck on trees
- Fixed a bug on the Sanctuary map where heroes would bounce when standing on the edge of the first capture point
- Castillo
- Fixed a bug where Reaper could Shadow Step to unintended places
- Dorado
- Fixed a bug where the spectator camera started at the incorrect position
- Horizon Lunar Colony
- Fixed a bug where players could get stuck on top of a worktable
- King’s Row
- Fixed a bug where Junkrat’s RIP-Tire could get stuck in the grates on the ground in King’s Row
- Oasis
- Fixed a bug on the University map where a hero that touches the enemy team’s spawn room doors will take significant damage
- Numbani
- Fixed a bug where D.Va would get stuck behind a desk when using Call Mech
- Fixed a bug where ivy on walls was preventing certain abilities from impacting enemies, like Winston’s Tesla Cannon and Doomfist’s Meteor Strike
- Rialto
- Fixed a bug where players killed on a specific bridge would fall through the bridge
- Fixed an issue where players could become stuck between a dolly, the wall, and a counter
- Watchpoint: Gibraltar
- Fixed a bug where Wrecking Ball would get stuck on ventilation ducts
PROBLEMS INSTALLING? LOGGING ON? READ THIS!
I am having problems installing the patch or will not update on PC. What can I do?
Please follow these basic troubleshooting steps first:
I am having problems installing or patching on PS4 or Xbox. What can I do?
Try doing a full shut down of your console (don’t just put into sleep mode). Then unplug from electrical power for 30 seconds. Plug back in and reboot. Attempt to restart the update from your game library options. If necessary uninstall Overwatch and either use your disc or reinstall from the online marketplace of your console.
My update has stopped midway! What should I do?
Wait SEVERAL minutes, sometimes the patch download will stop so it can perform installation before it resumes downloading. If it fails to continue follow the installation troubleshooting link above.
When I installed the game, it crashes or I get a black screen. What should I do?
Make sure all drivers and your operating system are fully up to date. Also check these guides for more tips:
When I try to log in there is a large queue of players in the log in screen. What gives?
During major updates like this, multiple players may be attempting to log on at the same time. This can take several minutes to resolve. Continue to follow @BlizzardCS on Twitter for any updates if there are delays with logging players into Overwatch.
If you require more assistance, please post a new topic in the technical support forum! Cheers! (^^)v
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