Mei, Overwatch 2’s Mr. Freeze-esque killer with a pleasant and bumbling character, is once again playable (opens in new tab) after 17 days’ unpaid depart. She’s the second legacy hero to be briefly eliminated (opens in new tab) from the sport since its launch October 4, with fellow day-one hero Bastion (opens in new tab) having been relegated to the sidelines final month on account of exploits together with his talents.
Blizzard put Mei within the penalty field on October 31 after gamers found an exploit along with her Ice Wall capacity. With a Mei and a Kiriko working in tandem, you could possibly glitch your self exterior the map (opens in new tab) whereas nonetheless within the security of your group’s base. From the Shadow Realm, you’d nonetheless have entry to hero swap, letting you turn to a personality like Symmetra and wreak havoc on the enemy group from beneath the map.
With the exploit patched, Mei is now free to unleash frosty Mei-hem in Overwatch 2 as soon as extra. The patch notes (opens in new tab) additionally define a bunch of different stability adjustments, bug fixes, and changes, notably together with the rollout of audio transcription-based moderation (opens in new tab). I am not precisely thrilled on the prospect of Activision-Blizzard recording my voice, but in addition about half of the worst issues I’ve ever heard got here from Overwatch 1 voice chat, so this can be a good web impartial for me.
The patch additionally carried out the massive hero nerfs (opens in new tab) we reported on final month. Genji, Sombra, D.Va, and Kiriko have all been taken down a peg, and you may say goodbye to infinite bubble raid boss Zarya. New to the checklist is Junkrat, who now takes longer to arm his traps, and heroes are caught in them a half second much less now.
