Developer Blizzard supplied some perception into its ideas on the present state of Overwatch 2. A current developer weblog identifies particular heroes that want some work. It additionally addresses among the issues with the present weakest position within the recreation, help. Blizzard hears gamers loud and clear and intends to buff helps because the Overwatch 2 beta continues.
Following the small changes to Ana and Baptiste’s ammunition and the hilarious addition of Zenyatta’s flying kick, Mercy and Moira are up subsequent. Concerning Mercy, Blizzard desires to deal with her mobility. Extra particularly, her “tremendous leap,” which is an unintended approach that gamers can make the most of to realize top shortly when utilizing Guardian Angel. The developer desires to vary this system into a capability in an effort to enhance accessibility and to “intensify it.”
As for Moira, she is performing comparatively nicely in Overwatch 2, however that doesn’t imply she isn’t with out her issues. With the ability to ship dependable stats is good, however does it imply all that a lot if a hero isn’t enjoyable to play? Many gamers contemplate Moira to be the least enjoyable of the helps to play in Overwatch 2. Blizzard desires to vary this by tweaking her harm and therapeutic output whereas additionally giving her some impactful utility.
No extra defend breakers
Within the unique Overwatch, it’s widespread for a number of shields for use on the battlefield without delay. Overwatch 2 nerfed shields and eliminated the second tank, making this far much less of a problem. Nevertheless, an unintended consequence of this variation is that heroes focusing on breaking shields, like Junkrat and Symmetra, have suffered.
Blizzard is exploring the potential for these two DPS characters to be adjusted. For Junkrat, it desires to introduce a way to raised reward gamers who land direct hits together with his Frag Launcher. As for Symmetra, the developer has acknowledged that her Photon Projector is simply too tough to get kills with. Neither of those heroes are Blizzard’s major focus proper now, however they’re being intently monitored.