Tweaks to the Sudden Death mechanic, bug fixes, penalty tweaks and more.
The first patch for Overwatch’s Competitive Play mode has been released by Blizzard, and will hit your Overwatch client next time you fire the game up. The update makes a number of tweaks to the Sudden Death mechanic across a variety of maps, fixes a number of outstanding bugs, and also includes a few changes to the leave penalty that features in Competitive Play.
Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s changed:
General
Competitive Play
The duration of Sudden Death has been adjusted across all maps from 1m45s to the following values:
Assault:
- Hanamura – 1m35s
- Temple of Anubis – 1m30s
- Volskaya Inudstries – 1m35s
Escort:
- Dorado – 1m30s
- Route 66 – 1m35s
- Watchpoint: Gibraltar – 1m35s
Hybrid:
- King’s Row – 1m30s
- Numbani – 1m50s
- Note: Sudden Death duration is unchanged for Hollywood, which remains at 1m45s
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a bug that prevented Overtime music from playing on Escort and Assault/Escort maps, if the payload was nearing the final checkpoint.
- Fixed a bug where display settings weren’t always saved after restarting the client.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the in-game UI to display incorrectly at 4k resolutions.
- Fixed a bug where sometimes the wrong player level would appear in the Social menu.
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Maps
- Fixed an issue with collision not blocking line of sight on certain areas of Nepal.
- Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Staff beam to disconnect from its target if the player a) quickly switched between healing and damage beams by holding down both mouse buttons and/or b) was facing away from the target at the time of the switch.
- Fixed even more bugs that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on certain maps.
- Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s melee attack during Primal Rage to inconsistently hit targets in range.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes cause Zarya’s alternate fire to scaled incorrectly with her damage boost modifier.
Competitive Play
- Fixed a bug that caused the “Top 500” icon to incorrectly display for certain players in various places throughout the game UI.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players’ Skill Rating to display as “64” during placement matches.
- Fixed an issue where if you left and rejoined an in-progress Competitive Play match, the game would still track the match as a loss in your placement match history and when determining the amount of Skill Rating you receive for completing a match even if your team won.
- Note: You must be present for the conclusion of the match to be eligible for the win. If you leave a match and do not rejoin before it’s over, it will count as a loss both in your placement match history and when calculating your Skill Rating adjustment.
- Fixed an issue where you would still receive a Competitive Play “leave” penalty even if you rejoined a match and completed it.
- Note: If you leave a single Competitive Play match more than 3 times, you will receive a Competitive Play “leave” penalty even if you complete the match.
