Overwatch 2 PvP Beta Update May 5: Full Patch Notes Detailed

2023-04-10 15:38

Another patch has been issued for the Overwatch 2 PvP beta. Here's what's been changed.

Overwatch 2 PvP Beta Update May 5: Full Patch Notes Detailed

Another patch has been issued for the Overwatch 2 PvP beta. Here's what's been changed.

The Overwatch 2 beta is well underway, and fans have had a bit of time now to collect their thoughts on the long awaited hero shooter. With new heroes, maps, and plenty of other features, it seems safe to say that players are ready to leave the original Overwatch in the dust.

While Overwatch 2 is still in its beta stage, Blizzard have been hard at work using player experience to help shape the final product. And with that comes a new patch, showing off the progress being made to the state of the game.

Below, we've detailed the full list of patch notes for the beta's most recent update.

Overwatch 2 PvP Beta Update May 5: Full Patch Notes Detailed

General

Enabled Quick Play Open Queue
Made adjustments to Kill Feed and Activity Feed UI

Adjusted audio mix:

Reduced bass frequencies on 3rd person weapons
Fixed a bug in the reverb system that caused reverberation to play from all directions â now should be fully directional towards the soundâs source.

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed a bug where the "Thank you for reporting" message would not clear
Fixed a bug where names in the friends list would appear alphabetically regardless of game status
Fixed a bug where heroes that killed themselves would show incorrectly in the kill feed
Fixed a bug where health packs would sometimes be missing timers
Fixed a bug where Reaper would sometimes be auto selected on hero select
Fixed a bug where the control progress bar would sometimes be the wrong color
Made several adjustments to sound volume and mix
Fixed several crashes

Heroes

Wrecking Ball

Fixed a bug where Wrecking Ball could crash other players

Doomfist

Fixed a bug where Melee attacks would not deal damage to Doomfist during Power Block

Roadhog

Fixed a bug where Roadhog's hook cooldown would start on return instead of cast
Fixed a bug where Roadhog's Scrap Gun lacked recovery time while Whole Hog was active

Soldier 76

Fixed a bug where Soldier's Heavy Pulse Rifle might snap awkwardly during Tactical Visor
Fixed a bug when Soldier 76 would have a slanted UI when wearing his Ugly Sweater skin

Symmetra

Fixed a bug where shooting Symmetra's turrets into the horizon would cause turrets to be unusable

Hanzo

Fixed a bug where Hanzo's White Wolf skin would appear invisible

Brigitte

Fixed a bug where Brigitte's shield did not block damage from above

Ana

Fixed a bug where using Nano Boost on Doomfist would overwrite his damage reduction

Lucio

Fixed a bug where Sonic Amplifier could jam and not reload

Maps

Midtown

Adjusted some geometry on top of the train to prevent players from staying there indefinitely

Colosseo

Adjusted some geometry that could be abused by players

Heroes

Sojourn:

Railgun Alt Fire: Projectile width increased from 0.05m to 0.1m
Power Slide: Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds

Soldier 76:

Heavy Pulse Rifle: Damage reduced from 20 to 18
Sprint: Movement speed reduced from 50 to 40%
Tactical Visor: Now allows for critical hits, if a shot would have been a critical hit outside his ultimate. No longer removes damage falloff from his Heavy Pulse Rifle

Sombra:

Stealth: Movement speed reduced from 65 to 50%

Roadhog:

Whole Hog: This ability has changed from a âChanneledâ ultimate (e.g. Pharah, Reaper, Cassidy), into a âTransformâ ultimate (e.g. Soldier: 76, Genji, Winston). The weapon no longer automatically fires, and you must press Primary Fire to use the ultimate. You can use normal abilities during Whole Hog without canceling the ultimate. Stuns will no longer cancel the ultimate.

Winston: