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The latest Overwatch PTR patch contains hero balances, a solution for rude players, and more

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Overwatch PTR Patch

I hope you got your rank up for maximum CP, because the first season of competitive Overwatch is now over, and it won’t be back until next month. If you’d like to resume your ranked shenanigans in the interim, you can do so via the latest Public Test Realm patch. Blizzard are using it to test out season 2, and a whole lot more.

We’ve already seen what their plans are for the next round of competitive play. Just to remind you, Overwatch season 2 will have a new skill rating system, rating tiers, and no more sudden death (hallelujah). It’ll also bring with it a host of hero changes.

Hero changes which too, can be experienced right now in the PTR. Principle Designer Geoff Goodman already said that Blizzard had their eye on Zenyatta, Mei, and Mercy. They’re not the only heroes who’ve been tweaked however. D.Va, Hanzo, McCree, Genji, Lúcio, and Roadhog have all received changes too. You can read about all their specific adjustments in more detail right here.

Balancing aside, Blizzard also included a few extra emotes for each hero in this latest PTR patch. Here’s what they look like in action (via VG247):

Lastly, Blizzard have patched in a solution for those rude players who type “gg ez” at the end of each match. Whenever they do so from now on, their text will be replaced with one of the following lines (via PC Games Network):

  • Great game, everyone!
  • It was an honor to play with you all. Thank you.
  • Good game! Best of luck to you all!
  • I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you all for playing with me.
  • C’mon, Mom! One more game before you tuck me in. Oops mistell.
  • Gee whiz! That was fun. Good playing!
  • Well played. I salute you all.
  • I could really use a hug right now.
  • It’s past my bedtime. Please don’t tell my mommy.
  • Ah shucks… you guys are the best!
  • I feel very, very small… please hold me…
  • For glory and honor! Huzzah comrades!
  • Mommy says people my age shouldn’t suck their thumbs.
  • I’m trying to be a nicer person. It’s hard, but I am trying, guys.
  • Wishing you all the best.

Brilliant, I really hope this makes its way into the final game! Which reminds me – remember, all of this content is subject to change.

I hope everything remains as is though. I’m ok with the hero balancing, and I’m more than keen to see that “gg ez” solution implemented forever.

Last Updated: August 18, 2016

18 Comments

  1. Ottokie

    August 18, 2016 at 10:05

    That is the bestest thing ever for “gg ez”

    Reply

    • HairyEwok

      August 18, 2016 at 10:25

      This is the winner of the lot.
      “I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you all for playing with me.”

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      August 18, 2016 at 10:34

      Janee

      Reply

  2. VampyreSquirrel

    August 18, 2016 at 10:06

    gg ez!

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      August 18, 2016 at 10:07

      I want a fix for those who send you a friend request after you demolish them in hearthstone rank play. (spoiler : they are not there to congratulate you on beating them fair and square) xD

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        August 18, 2016 at 10:13

        lol, screw that… I don’t play hearthstone anymore. Not worth it without owning the expansions.

        Reply

    • HairyEwok

      August 18, 2016 at 10:26

      I think you meant, I could really use a hug right now.

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        August 18, 2016 at 11:24

        Nope, I meant “For glory and honor! Huzzah comrades!”

        Reply

  3. Ottokie

    August 18, 2016 at 10:09

    Wait a second…legendary emotes…this is such a bad idea it aint even funny. The legendary pool should just be for skins, the drop rate is so damn low already and now the pool is bigger and you have a chance to get an emote instead of a cool skin.

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      August 18, 2016 at 10:14

      lol Legendary things exist in Overwatch?

      Reply

  4. Sageville

    August 18, 2016 at 10:19

    ….but…. erm… if you see any of these lines you still know they typed “gg ez”…

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      August 18, 2016 at 10:19

      But it will still be funny to know they got countered 😛

      Reply

  5. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    August 18, 2016 at 10:21

    What about
    gg_ez
    ez_gg
    gg 2ez?
    At least on PC people type something, on console they just leave the match

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  6. HairyEwok

    August 18, 2016 at 10:27

    They should bring this gg ez feature to Rocket League as well.

    Reply

  7. Admiral Chief

    August 18, 2016 at 10:45

    “It’s past my bedtime. Please don’t tell my mommy”
    xD

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  8. BakedBagel

    August 18, 2016 at 14:00

    being triggered by 4 letters lmfao.

    g g e z
    ezgg
    g-g-e-z
    GeeGeeEeeZee

    Welldone you just beat blizzard

    Reply

  9. Deceased

    August 18, 2016 at 15:07

    Curious to see how they bring Genji back from this 😐

    Sure, he is my favourite hero, and this makes me a bit salty, but they’ve effectively removed him from competitive play …
    As if he wasn’t hard enough to play, now they take away all his damage and leave you with the slow-ass shirukens 🙁

    But this isn’t my biggest gripe…
    Zenyatta hasn’t been nerfed at all -> sure his Discord Orb does 20% less damage-amplification, but the problem is that as a healer, he’s dealing more damage than say Soldier or Mcree in a second, even after the 20% reduction on Discord, he’d still do more damage 🙁
    ( Zenyatta has become like a secondary bastion to me… KILL THE TRASH!!! )

    Reply

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