Not very professional behavior.]]>Setting a good example is always important, especially for those within the Overwatch 2 community. While there have been many instances of poor conduct in the game, the majority of players hope that maturity will win out in the end for everyone. This type of expectation is further increased for those who are part of the team at Blizzard. But unfortunately, things might not have been their best with one Blizzard community specialist getting called out.
In a video post shared by Twitter user CODCode904 on Aug. 29, a Blizzard community specialist named Craig Simpson was shown griefing games during a live stream when playing Overwatch 2. In the video, Craig is shown leaving messages in the game chat after their team suffers a loss in a match. “My team didn’t deserve to win, I made sure of that…” they wrote.
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We've found Overwatch's problem child.]]>The Overwatch 2 community has pinpointed a hero problem they claim the developers have yet to spot. Mercy has always been the “enabler,” according to new claims from the community today, but all the heroes who benefit from her kit always seem to take the bullet (read: nerfs in OW2 patches) instead of the Valkyrie.
Players claim OW2’s staple healing hero has evaded nerfs for too long. Fans observed one pattern when dissecting pro player YZNSA’s hero history—and they all rely heavily on Mercy.
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Fast moves by Blizzard.]]>Blizzard developers have ripped Paraíso from Overwatch 2’s live map rotation today after a new Mercy bug that allowed players to forcibly change frame rates for their opponents started flooding the hero shooter’s competitive servers.
While developers investigated the issue and how they can stamp it out, the Overwatch map will no longer be available. There is no return in sight for the Rio de Janeiro landscape either, according to an updated blog by the OW2 team. Mercy is still available to be played on other maps due to the bug not working elsewhere.
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Not like this.]]>This week, Overwatch 2 fans learned Cassidy’s magnetic grenade is on the verge of being reworked in season five, but the plotted nerfs may actually be buffs.
Cassidy’s grenade sticks to an opponent when they’re up close and in its radius, dealing a near-deadly explosion. This will soon be removed in favor of a movement-cutting alternative, Blizzard devs revealed in a blog on June 6. The grenade will still stick, but it will reduce enemy speed and make movement-based abilities useless.
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We need some support for our supports.]]>This week the support community in Overwatch 2 has called for a major change to statistics they believe will help curb toxic teammates from flooding ranked games.
The suggested tweak, which was shared by a host of Overwatch support players in a Reddit post on June 5, would show the amount of heals a player received throughout any given match. Currently, players only see statistics that apply to their specific character, as well as the more general damage, heals, and damage mitigation.
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The healer gets to do some damage.]]>A Mercy animation glitch has sent Overwatch 2 lobbies into chaos this week after repeated successful bug attempts plummet frame rates for everyone on the server.
The Overwatch support hero can suddenly switch frame rate speeds on a dime with the right moves thanks to a new glitch on Paraíso, and when paired with the perfect duo it seems to be unstoppable too—if Mercy’s teammates manage to quit and rejoin as the FPS-related bug begins, they won’t be affected by the error.
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A sticky situation for Echo mains.]]>A bug with Echo’s Sticky Bomb has been plaguing Overwatch 2 matches, and fans have finally had enough after the flying damage hero continued to shoot blanks and even begun leading to unfortunate deaths and losses over the past week.
The glitch in question occurs after Echo transitions from her ultimate form to her usual physique and the player tries to use her sticky bombs—they just simply disappear.
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It that it?]]>This month’s Overwatch 2 Pride event hasn’t satisfied a large portion of the community, with players grilling developers about the lack of effort put into the LGBTQIA+ celebration.
Some gamers compared the “underwhelmingly” update, which shipped live on June 1, to various other events in Overwatch’s history and pointed out several glaring differences in the amount of content. Others had a simpler problem—they said it was so poorly launched they didn’t even notice it had begun.
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There's a counter for every suggestion.]]>Widowmaker has been the topic of many complaints in recent months, and Overwatch 2 fans have been begging Blizzard developers to take her one-shot potential down a peg—but it’s apparently harder than you may think.
Fed up with the sniper’s cross-map power, the Overwatch community banded together earlier this week to tackle some of Widow’s core issues in a Reddit thread, all with the goal of keeping her a viable option in the meta. As it turns out, this endeavor put nerfing and buffing heroes into perspective.
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She's way out in front.]]>Overwatch 2’s diverse cast of heroes always has a frontrunner. Each update changes who’s in charge, but one or two always stay ahead of the pack—especially in top ranks—and right now the meta seems to be leaning toward Tracer.
The speedy DPS hero has flown out into the lead in the Overwatch meta, according to May 21 Reddit post. Tracer was among the top three picks in North America, Europe, and Asia, charging ahead of the other damage characters.
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