Overwatch 2: First major balance patch announced – Here’s what to expect

This week it came out Free 2 play shooter Overwatch 2 on all common platforms. Right from the start the title had to go with it face massive problems, the players had to put up with long queues and numerous bugs, not to mention the numerous disconnections. Still, the hero shooter is included more than 25 million players since launch already a huge success. Although Blizzard have stated that there will be no balance patches before Season 2, they have now softened and are rolling out some long overdue changes. But what exactly awaits us?

The first Overwatch 2 balance patch is now coming before Season 2

This is currently located Overwatch 2 Halloween event still in full swing. You can still dust off all kinds of rewards until November 9th. immediately afterwards, on November 15th, the first major hero adjustments are scheduled to appear before more far-reaching balancing changes are made at the start of Season 2. Affected are among others sombra, Genji, zarya, D.Va and Kirikoall one nerf receive.

Support role should be strengthened

In addition, the developers let it be known that in the future the currently unpopular support role want to strengthen in general, especially weak tanks like Doomfist should receive a rich buff in the future. The situation is a bit trickier with the new heroine Sojourn, who is a very strong character at higher elos from Master, while falling well short of expectations at lower ranks. Instead of nerfing blindly, however, they want to find a middle ground here so that Sojourn remains attractive for both groups of players.