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Emongg and Flats are some of the Overwatch<\/em> community\u2019s most prominent creators and they\u2019re particularly tuned into what the populace wants to know about, so they couldn\u2019t resist asking Dawson a few questions about season three, which launches in two weeks. <\/p>
He couldn\u2019t say much, but Dawson confirmed that previously-discussed Brigitte changes will not be coming in season three. He did, however, give them a tentative forecast for season four.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>
Tanks will also have lower health \u201coutside of role queue,\u201d he said, to encourage more fun gameplay in modes like arcade or quick play where tanks often feel overpowered. <\/p>
Ultimate charge generation and retainment will also be hit in season three, Dawson said. Players currently retain 30 percent of ultimate charge when they switch heroes and that\u2019s a number the team will be looking at.\u00a0<\/p>
As tank experts, Flats and Emongg also pressed Dawson about upcoming changes to their favorite heroes. Flats\u2019 beloved Reinhardt may be getting a change to Firestrike, Dawson said, while Emongg may be able to cause less havoc on Ramattra in a few weeks. The idea of a \u201ccap\u201d to Ramattra\u2019s ultimate was mentioned, removing the tank\u2019s ability to continually dismantle a team with his health-draining powers. <\/p>
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Thankfully, the balance team released a patch today that tackles some of the community\u2019s biggest gripes.\u00a0 To add behind-the-scenes context to the patch notes, Overwatch 2 lead hero designer Alec Dawson did a short interview today with two of the community\u2019s most popular content creators, Flats and Emongg. Though Dawson wasn\u2019t able to answer all of the community\u2019s questions, he provided some reasoning for changes from the development team and also hinted at minor changes coming in season three, which drops in two weeks. Roadhog was the biggest focus of both the Jan. 24 patch and the community\u2019s recent ire, considering the Chain Hook master has been one of the most-picked tanks in the competitive scene for far too long. A long-awaited minor nerf hit the tank today, vastly reducing Roadhog\u2019s ability to instantly eliminate an enemy after hooking them.\u00a0 It\u2019s a necessary change, but Dawson confirmed that this is not the slight rework to Roadhog that developers have mentioned in the past. This is a \u201cchange to his one-shot potential\u201d and they\u2019ll be \u201cadding some utility\u201d in the future, he told the streamers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The community has been vocal about needing Roadhog changes and often ragged on the development team for taking so long to enact them. Dawson dropped the bombshell that the Overwatch 2 team was not able to change Roadhog for most of season two due to a hotfix bug.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cUnfortunately we weren\u2019t able to change Roadhog in any way at that time,\u201d Dawson explained. \u201cThere was a bug, actually, where Roadhog and about three other heroes couldn\u2019t be hotfixed at that time and point.\u201d The bug is apparently fixed as of today\u2019s patch.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sojourn was another hero hit hard with the nerf stick in the Jan. 24 patch. She\u2019s been a constant pick in upper-level competitive games for multiple seasons of Overwatch 2 and previous nerfs seemed to have not done enough to shake her dominance.\u00a0 This change, however, alters her energy gained to five across the board, even for shots that are damage boosted by Mercy or made more powerful by Zenyatta\u2019s Orb of Discord. Emongg confirmed with Dawson that the former rate used to be approximately 10 energy for headshots and 13 for damage-boosted shots. This \u201ctakes away some synergy\u201d with Mercy and Zenyatta, Dawson said.\u00a0\u00a0 Overwatch 2\u2019s newest support hero, Kiriko, also got a minor change to her primary healing fire. The recovery time for her Healing Ofuda was bumped to one second from 0.85 seconds. While this seems like a nerf, Dawson said that this change is to encourage Kiriko players to \u201cget kunai in there\u201d and do damage as well as healing.\u00a0 Emongg and Flats are some of the Overwatch community\u2019s most prominent creators and they\u2019re particularly tuned into what the populace wants to know about, so they couldn\u2019t resist asking Dawson a few questions about season three, which launches in two weeks.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t say much, but Dawson confirmed that previously-discussed Brigitte changes will not be coming in season three. He did, however, give them a tentative forecast for season four.\u00a0\u00a0 Tanks will also have lower health \u201coutside of role queue,\u201d he said, to encourage more fun gameplay in modes like arcade or quick play where tanks often feel overpowered.\u00a0 Ultimate charge generation and retainment will also be hit in season three, Dawson said. Players currently retain 30 percent of ultimate charge when they switch heroes and that\u2019s a number the team will be looking at.\u00a0 As tank experts, Flats and Emongg also pressed Dawson about upcoming changes to their favorite heroes. Flats\u2019 beloved Reinhardt may be getting a change to Firestrike, Dawson said, while Emongg may be able to cause less havoc on Ramattra in a few weeks. 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