Patch 1.18 / 2.24 in Overwatch is live and brought the Winter Wonderland with it. We reveal what else has changed.
Since yesterday (12.12.2017) the latest update of Overwatch is live. Patch 1.18 (PC) and Patch 2.24 (PS4, Xbox One) mainly brought the Winter Wonderland 2017 event with its numerous new skins.
Apart from that, the patch brings numerous improvements, such as the new reporting system. Players now receive clear feedback when reported players must serve a sanction. This is intended to encourage players to use the reporting system, and to restore lost trust.
Moreover, the patch brings a lot of small bug fixes, resulting in minimal buffs. For example, Mei can now negate Ana’s healing debuff with her Cryostasis and heal herself in the ice block.
Moira is also buffed, as she can now teleport through enemy heroes and heal a Reaper with Coalescence even during his Phantom ability.
The full patch notes for update 1.18 are quite long, and often they are just minor detail improvements. For completeness, you can find all changes here.
Patch Notes Overwatch 1.18 / 2.24
Player Warnings
The reporting system has been improved.
Players who are frequently reported for bad behavior will receive a warning when they are about to receive a penalty. In particularly severe cases, the penalty can occur even before the report.
Players who reported others for bad behavior receive a notification when their report has led to a penalty.
Game Browser and Custom Games
General
An option has been added to enter the game with fully charged ultimates.
An option has been added to allow ultimate abilities to persist for the entire match duration.
AI
[PC] A feature has been added that removes all AI heroes.
[PS4/XB1] A feature has been added that allows all AI heroes to be removed with one click in the bot submenu.
Hero Gallery
Players can now remove all notifications with “Mark All as Seen”.
Bug Fixes
General
A bug has been fixed that caused disabled heroes not to be displayed on the Arcade map for Limited Duel and Random Duel.
[PC] A bug has been fixed that caused some sound effects not to play when using menus with a controller.
A bug has been fixed in Deathmatch that caused players to spawn as a random hero instead of the selected hero.
AI
A bug has been fixed that caused the Roadhog bot to get stuck in the spawn area in Oasis: City Center.
Heroes
A visual bug has been fixed that caused Ana’s magazine to detach from the weapon when the “Captain Amari” skin was selected.
A bug has been fixed that caused Doomfist’s Gauntlet to not destroy objects.
A bug has been fixed that caused Doomfist’s Gauntlet to not deal damage when an opponent was slammed against a wall.
A bug has been fixed that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Strike to be canceled when the target destination was unreachable.
A bug has been fixed that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Strike to trigger immediately when activated at stairways.
A bug has been fixed that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Strike to impact performance when used multiple times in succession without cooldown.
A bug has been fixed that caused D.Va’s Micro Missiles to not destroy objects.
A bug has been fixed that caused Hanzo’s Storm Bow reloading to not be interrupted when performing a melee attack after climbing a wall.
A bug has been fixed that caused Mei’s Cryostasis to not remove Ana’s healing debuff.
A bug has been fixed that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Blaster reloading to be interrupted when the player triggered resurrection without a valid target.
A bug has been fixed that caused Mercy’s Guardian Angel UI to show on a target even when the ability was already in use.
A bug has been fixed that allowed Mercy to resurrect a player who was already being revived by another Mercy.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira’s Biotic Orb to glide through certain objects.
A bug has been fixed that caused players to be unable to use Moira’s healing Biotic Orb when primary fire was disabled.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira’s Biotic Orb to display the wrong animation.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira to be unable to heal a teammate Reaper in Phantom form with Coalescence.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira to be unable to glide through enemy heroes with Fade.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira’s eyebrows to detach from her face during her highlight intro.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira’s self-healing statistics not to be recorded.
A bug has been fixed that caused Moira’s knees to clip through the kneepads when she crouched.
A bug has been fixed that caused Reaper’s shotgun to move incorrectly when thrown to the ground.
A bug has been fixed that allowed Reinhardt to escape from abilities that should prevent movement (like Zarya’s Graviton Surge).
A bug has been fixed that caused players to be unable to hook onto certain objects with Grappling Hook.
A bug has been fixed that prevented highlights from being recorded correctly when using the Cultist skin of Zenyatta.
Maps
A bug has been fixed that allowed some heroes to hide in the payload of Junkertown by using the sitting emote.
A bug has been fixed that caused performance to drop when players shot at the coin piles in Junkertown.
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