‘Overwatch’ Brings New Changes In Its Newest Public Test Region (PTR) Including Character Buffs

"Overwatch" characters are constantly under investigation from Blizzard. The company watches for signs that a certain character may be under or over powered which sometimes is given for adjustments. Those adjustments usually get tested on the game's Public Test Region (PTR).

According to PC Gamer, Blizzard released the patch notes for the newest round of testing the other day of "Overwatch," in which they reveal that players can expect to see some buffs to certain characters such as Hanzo, Reaper, and Genji. The company also released some slight nerfs to Soldier: 76, Reinhardt and Orisa, which is getting tweaked.

"Overwatch" characters Hanzo and Genji both have the cooldown on their attacks after wall climbing removed, in which they can attack immediately after completing a climb. Hanzo also gets a 10 percent increase in the charge speed of his bow; Hanzo can maintain the charge while climbing, as long as the players don't release the button. Reaper is getting a bit of a buff to this Wraith form, as his ammo will be entirely refilled whenever he uses the ability. Blizzard claims that this is intended to give Reaper a fighting chance if an enemy chases him down after using Wraith Form to escape, as noted by Destructoid.

"Overwatch" character like Orisa is having the cooldown on her Protective Barrier reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds that will help her reposition the barrier more easily when needed. To compensate this buff, Orisa had her Fusion Driver damage reduced by 15 percent also. While Reinhardt is getting a bit of a nerf, the effective height of Earthshatter reduced from three meters to two meters. Reinhardt's Earthshatter can now only climb objects that are two meters high which makes the ability less likely to climb tall objects as it crawls along the ground.

Meanwhile, "Overwatch" character Soldier: 76 are having the bullet damage from his Heavy Assault Rifle reduced from 20 to 19. The company made this change due to his damage output was making him a must pick character; compared to similar roles.

"Overwatch" latest Public Test Region (PTR) also includes several bug fixes. Stay tuned for more updates as the game will investigate other characters as well.