The PTR carousel of Overwatch is spinning wildly. Hardly a day later, Ana has already been buffed after a nerf.
Just yesterday, on 08.03.2017, Blizzard deployed a new version of the PTR for Overwatch to the test servers. The recent changes to the hero Ana caused confusion, as she was massively nerfed. Especially her group healing and the group damage from the biotic grenade were significantly restricted by 50%.
Not even 24 hours later, the next version of patch 1.9 is already on the test server and has simply reverted these changes. Only the reduced damage from Ana’s primary weapon (reduced from 80 to 60 damage points) is still implemented.
Goeff Goodman responded to fan complaints directly in the official forum:
“Ana had the biggest changes in this patch and after we tested it, gathered feedback, and discussed a lot internally, we decided to tone down the nerfs a bit. The damage reduction of her weapon is still significant, but if that isn’t enough, we can always adjust her further later on. We don’t want her balance to be too wild in a single patch.”
The latest changes to Zenyatta have also been reversed; he can no longer target enemies with the Orb of Discord when they are hidden behind a barrier. However, a small treat is still available for the omnic monk. The spread of his alternate fire (charging the orb) has been removed, as this animation clearly shows:
Finally, Sombra has a new feature: When she hacks med-kits, these med-kits are now visible to other team members through walls. This is to ensure that Sombra’s usefulness is recognized by the team.
In Overwatch, farming experience points in “AFK lobbies” is now prohibited.
