Hazard block now 65% reduction from 75% and max duration to 3 from 3.5
Sojourn energy decay after 9 seconds from 12
Widow scoped shots dont have a hitbox anymore
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That was the smallest mid season patch that I ever saw. Seems the game is already dying. Would the devs already gave up from OW?
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thats technically not true, since you need a hitbox for shots to register in the first place, its just the original, which is like 0,01m (or 1cm) and the smallest possible size.
It’s not the mid season patch…that’s coming when they release the min1max3 later this month
If you took the time the read the first sentence of the patch notes you wouldn’t come across like someone just looking for a chance to say something negative
This is a hero balance hotfix. Replay codes from the December 19, 2024 patch are still available.
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All of these changes are fair. Widow never should have gotten the bullet size increase.
It doesn’t change how you fight her, but it does make her properly difficult again.
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S9 should have never happend in the first place.
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Eh, I think people overstate the effects of that whole thing. But Widow was not effected by it basically at all damage-wise so she shouldn’t have ever benefited from it either.
if you read the top, it states that it is a hot fix balance update. not the midseason patch.
oh dam hehe, its still a nerf. i was averaging 50 percent scoped accuracy recently with A LOT OF GAMES at 60 percent
maybe ill be a 45 percent accuracy widowmaker again hehe 
ill have to play too see if i feel it
To be fair, increased bullet size only really affected bad shots. Any shot centered on the target still hits same as yesterday.
It’s not mid season. Anyway;
THEY NERFED WIDOW.
You just need to ask the simple question: “Does she still dominate the game?” and the answer is still yes, because she still one-shots most heroes from Narnia. “Oh, no! She now needs to aim 2 pixels closer!”…
I’ll miss the widow bullet size… Idrc what anyone else says, I don’t think it’s fair that everyone else gets to keep their bullet size increases but not the snipers. Either everyone should get that nerf or none should beyond small adjustments, especially when the size increases, were specifically to help counter the HP increases, the insane movement this game can require, I think also to accommodate console/ controller players.
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3 excellent nerfs.
Player base:
Whaaaaa I want more nerfs!!! Nerf Ana whaaaaa!!! Buff my hero, I want to get to GM whaaaaa!!! 
Not sure how I feel about Hazard changes, probably will have to feel it out. Any Sojurn nerf is a good nerf. /s I generally prefer it when they make this kind of change to her.
I don’t like the concept of her Rail shot being available often. I’d rather it be less available and more potent than more available but less potent. Essentially I’d take getting dunked on from an angle only she can take rather than her getting fed by my team and taking a burst she didn’t have when I 1v1 her.
Indifferent to the Widow change. I’m sure it is significant, but I don’t think it changes the discourse around her at all.
I doubt she will. Other heroes were made more consistent because of s9 and widow no longer benefits from that.
This makes her theoretically weaker than any other time in ow2 history
Will she still dominate the game on Havana in high ranks? Probably. But not likely to happen even in masters so that is not my problem. This is about the most significant widow nerf I could’ve hope for.
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yea heh, its a nerf but probably a really small one
I THINK…
for very high ranking widows its meaningless, not even a slap on the wrist, but for lower ranking widows it may mean something. for bronze players forget it (probably sucks real bad). silver players a bit better… gold/plat players… maybe a bit less… diamond and above … meaningless lol
this is the PROBLEM with widowmaker. you nerf her to balance her at the topmost rankings (top 500/top 50) she’ll suck for the rest of the playerbase. only solution is a rework to be a semi-ashe but a bit stronger… my solution would be very similar to ashe but one shot any hero with ult for a duration. no “charge” mechanic also
Blizzard: ”Maximum effort”
Planck size bullets, can pierce target with no harm to it