This Thursday, November 17, 2022, Blizzard deployed a very important update for Overwatch 2 in the evening. This notably allows the great return of Mei to the list of heroes and heroines available in game, but also the integration of the program entitled “Defensive Matrix”, in addition to many changes, including “up”, “nerves” and other bug fixes of all kinds!
Overwatch 2 Update: Important November 17, 2022 Patch Note
Before attacking the changes made to certain heroes, it is important to mention that a vast amount of bugs have been fixed. In addition, the developers took advantage of this important update to remind you that the legendary skins of Overwatch League Tournament Champions have been reworked and are now available for a limited time in exchange for Overwatch League Tokens.
Competitive games and association system
The development team continues to work on improving the matchmaking system and is already planning major changes to it when Season 2 rolls out. been improved for each of the available roles.
defensive matrix
The program called “Defensive Matrix” has been deployed in some countries. It allows, to put it simply, Blizzard to automatically transcribe in writing the audio conversations that a player who has been reported has had. These recordings are not listened to by anyone at Blizzard, and the Defensive Matrix only forwards the file to the developers if a disruptive player has been reported. It is then transcribed in writing automatically, then deleted. Blizzard therefore encourages players to actively report in-game disruptors, whether in team, public, or in-game chat to maximize the effectiveness of this system.
Here is the full list of bugs fixed, followed by all the changes and fixes applied to heroes and heroines:
General
- PC Only – Audio Mix now defaults to “Studio Reference”.
- Fixed an issue that could cause some players to become stuck at Bronze Rank 5, even after several rank updates.
- Consoles Only – Fixed an issue that applied the PC UI to some console players.
- Consoles Only – Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to freeze after opening and closing a character cutscene.
- Consoles Only – Fixed an issue where the “Highlight Capture” hotkey could not be removed from the left button.
- Fixed several issues with leaderboard order and placement.
- Players being healed will no longer see the healing effect appear on their screen once their max HP has been reached.
- Fixed an issue where players were sometimes placed in empty parts.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from rejoining a competitive game after disconnecting.
- Fixed an issue where writing in chat would sometimes trigger an item purchase in the character gallery.
- The “Nameless card” option in the business cards interface is now selectable.
- Fixed a display issue that showed the incorrect amount of Overwatch League Tokens, which prevented item purchases. The game now shows the correct number of tokens owned.
- The “Avoid as Teammate” button is no longer hidden by the “Recent Players” list.
- Fixed an issue that prevented tracking and completing the “Hypermetropic” challenge.
- Fixed an issue that prevented tracking and completing the “Damage Magnet” challenge.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game screen to appear blurry.
- Fixed an issue where some players did not have the Black Widowmaker skin.
- Several visual improvements have been made to the first user experience.
- Fixed in the latest update: Training bots now correctly spawn through walls when playing as a healer character.
Junkertown
- Fixed several areas of the map that were sometimes causing performance issues.
heroes and heroines
Before his reveal, we got to chat about Ramattra with the Overwatch 2 developers and learn a lot more about his two forms and his relationship with Zenyatta.