@GGhert We have some safeguards in place already, many detailed in creator videos. Additional fixes go live when S4 launches - including making it more difficult to use Petal Platform to drop players into pits, and disabling it in areas like the Oasis highway. Monitoring it actively.

@GGhert Mispoke on timing. Fixes will go live on day 1 as well as over Season 4. Oasis is coming mid season. We'll continually monitor this and make changes as issues arise.

Catch some additional details on Season 4 in our latest Director's take. We cover Lifeweaver, Starwatch and our Pride celebration. Have a great weekend; can't wait to see you all in Season 4 next week!!! 🥳 https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935891/

@OhReallyJared @FlareToga @eknottssmith @OWCavalry I’d love to take credit, but the OW level design team put 10x more work into the mess that I originally created just to make it playable. They’re the real heroes here!

@Spex_J @OhReallyJared @PlayOverwatch @JoeBiden @BarackObama We can do this, but the rockets on his hammer will control his flight... and Reinhardt will be in a metal cauldron...

Question: What do you get when you collect every hot take on Twitter, assign it to an intern and accidentally check it in to the Live Branch? Answer: Today's patch. Enjoy! https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

@treyspisak Going to miss you too Trey. Can’t wait to see what amazing things you create in the future🤩

It’s amazing to me that just a year ago we were talking about launching Overwatch 2 and now we’re coming to the end of Season 3! Check out our newest blog post with a look back at the last 6 months. https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23922960/

@_Woover_ Was this in Ranked or Unranked?

@_Woover_ Unranked has no grouping restrictions. More than likely those players were in a group with much lower ranked players and the matchmaker made the best game it could. We prioritize competitiveness in Ranked and playing with friends in Unranked. Maybe we reconsider this?

Just published an update to matchmaking on the OW blog. It's a little bit technical, but it's because we're trying to be as transparent with the system and the work that's going into it. More updates as we make progress, first one in the replies. https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23922958/

Here's a look at where we're ending the week with the high skill group. The skill spread in a match is down another few divisions across the board. We're now at about 4 divisions or less for half of our matches, up to about 9.5 divisions or less for the worst 1% of our matches. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fq4WWhfaEAAVvx7.png

@Spex_J You embodied what Team 4 values most in its people. Talented and passionate but also a genuinely good human being. Kind, empathetic and genuinely interested in the well-being of those around you - the team, the company and our players. Thanks for everything and we'll miss you.❤️

@ShawnDotGames We will attempt to bring it down for all players and should have more controls to do that with our mid season patch. However it’s harder to do that for lower ranks since it’s possible for players to form groups with wider skill ranges.

@davewburns We’re you in a group when this happened? We’ve seen longer queue times in QP for groups with wide skill ranges.

@NIQUARIOUS For all of OW history unranked and ranked have shared the same limit on skill range. This is obviously no longer sufficient and is something that will be enabled by the mid season patch.

Working hard on reducing matches that have players with wide skill ranges. We made a change this morning and will make one tomorrow that should reduce these occurrences. Reports have been very helpful. If you continue to see these, let us know, so we can track down their causes.

The matchmaker had some configuration issues that caused an increase in these matches over the past week. We think these have been addressed and tomorrow's changes should improve it more. Sorry for the trouble and thanks again for all the reports and feedback! 🙏

@Sunset_SC2 @annafunk Mornings are for sleeping not sunshine!

@OW_SVB @jakeow @Custa @YourOverwatchYT @Reinforce TiVoed this. Checking it out now…😁