Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – January 25, 2022

A new patch is now live on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and

Nintendo Switch. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.

To share your feedback, please post in the General Discussion forum.
For a list of known issues, visit the Bug Report forum.
For troubleshooting assistance, visit the Technical Support forum.

SEASONAL EVENT: LUNAR NEW YEAR 2022

Seasonal Event: LUNAR 2022 – YEAR OF THE TIGER

We’re celebrating Lunar New Year with luminous new seasonal items, including legendary skins Nezha Tracer and Seolbim Mercy! Additionally, this event launches the fifth competitive season of Capture the Flag, and the Bounty Hunter mode has returned!

Learn more about Lunar New Year on PlayOverwatch.com.

HERO UPDATES
Mercy
Resurrect

• Mercy can now attempt to resurrect teammates who die in environmental death pits

• When resurrecting, the resurrect marker will now freeze in place for the duration of the resurrection.

• Dev Note: Previously, if a team...

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Blue posts track Blizzard teammates on the forums, which would include Community Managers on the Overwatch Team! However, there’s no need to worry because I am in very close contact with everyone on my team. We talk every day!

It’s actually very encouraging how collaborative and respectful everyone is on Team 4. I haven’t met anyone who gatekeeps or knocks people out of a discussion because they aren’t a “balance important person”. I love this game, and I am super passionate about engaging with the community and representing the community to my team (and vice-versa)!! You will continue to see my name pop up on the forums to provide discussions, share information, and maybe engage in some light to moderate trolling.

I thought this was super sweet when I joined, but we close out every Team 4 standup by saying, “Let’s make a great game!”

That applies to all of us-- even the Community Managers.

Isn’t she STUNNING!?!

I chatted with the concept art team to put together a deep dive that will come out later this week.

HAPPY YEAR OF THE TIGER, FRIENDS!

Echo-ception.

Copy Echo then ult and copy Echo then ult and copy Echo copy Echo then ult and copy Echo copy Echo then ult and copy Echo…

But for real, your argument is completely valid.

Do you think that 5v5 will change how you feel about Reinhardt?

Rein… problem!?!

D:

LOL NOOOOOO

I don’t know what you mean I definitely don’t love smacking people in the face with a giant hammer lol how ridiculous right?

“BEER!”
-Reinhardt

&

“SAKE!!”
-Hanzo

Fair! But this one is from ME.

Y’all! Andy never left us!!

It probably feels like that since I have been trying to spend more time with y’all on the forums, but I promise he’s here!!

To speak to the other subject in this post, it can be difficult to quantify what Community Management is because our goals are qualitative. Our pro strats are driven by sentiment, awareness, engagement and building a healthy ecosystem around a game we love!

Blizzard is special to me because of how involved the community team is in the development process. Team 4 puts a lot of value on my team because of how much they value the Overwatch community-- which is all of you.

I am going to let Andy know that you miss him, and I promise you will be seeing more of us both from now on.

that’s what YOU think

Did I do it right???

Maybe mechanical skill??? But even then idk because each support hero is pretty unique.

I think people underestimate the situational awareness, game sense, and teamwork skills you need to be a good support.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT TO MY SUPPORT HEROES!!?

Imagine trying to cancel Moira I won’t let u

If not friend, why friend-shaped?

1. DPS
2. TANK
3. SUPPORT
4. HOG

All of you are completely based!

I didn’t mean to diminish anyone’s thoughts or feelings, I just meant I have been with the game since 2016 but only joined Blizzard October 2021. I remember Blizzcon 2019 as a player and member of the Overwatch community.

I can’t offer anything right now, but I have a lot of faith in the future of this game. I hope we can make it up to those of you who are feeling frustrated right now.

My personal gripe with hero bans in Overwatch has always been the number of heroes (and then the number of heroes in each role).

I think bans would work better for DPS than they would support and tanks because those two roles have less heroes, but honestly I didn’t like the comp bans we tried way back when.

Counter-picks and teamwork is too important in Overwatch.

This made my heart skip a beat.

THIS CLIP IS SO CURSED

I know there’s not a whole lot I can offer right now because y’all really want to know what the future holds for Overwatch. Just know you feelings are 100% valid, and I understand the frustration. I have felt it, too.

I can let you know that this game is everything to the Overwatch team, and we are all super stoked for when we can share more with you.