2023
7/01
Today, July 1, 2023, Blizzard Entertainment will be regularly serialized on the news page of “Overwatch 2 (Overwatch 2)”.director’s point of view” has been released.
From this director’s point of view, the current game balance and adjustments to the midseason update are mentioned, and new elements of “Overwatch 2: Invasion (Season 6)” such as Flashpoint and story missions are also mentioned. It is
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Season 5 game balance
Game balance continues this seasongoodThe characteristic pick rate fluctuations seen in each role are as follows.
tank: Junker Queen’s monopoly is over, Winston and D.Va are on the rise
damage: Genji and Casdy exceed the pick rate of the popular Tracer Hanzo
support: Significant increase in team composition including Brigitte and Lifeweaver
hotfix update
The recent update brought tweaks to Casdy, Mei, and Lifeweaver. It is explained that the development team had the following realizations in making these adjustments.
Casdy: Casdy’s “Magnetic Grenade” was a little too easy
May: The trade-off between damage and speed reduction effect made Mei’s performance too low
life weaver: Significantly overpowered (much more influential than before)
Lifeweaver is expected to be improved in the future, but it is said that improvements to the aiming control of “Thorn Volley” are being considered.
Contents of the Midseason Patch
There is also mention of the hero balance adjustments scheduled for the Season 5 midseason patch, with 6 heroes announced this time, and adjustments are being considered in the following directions.
[調整] Torbjörn and Symmetra: Weaken the turret and strengthen other abilities
[強化] Sojourn: Improved spread control for “Railgun” (Main)
[強化] reinhardt and orisa: Frontline maintains performance up
[弱体化] Zenyatta: Slightly weakens “Orb of Discord”
Flashpoint map design
From the director’s point of view this time, the first sketch of the map “SURAVASA” for the new PvP rule Flashpoint that will appear in Invasion has also been released.
Although there are many differences from the final layout, each team2 respawn points、Five points arranged in an X shapeThe map design of Flashpoint is well expressed, such as being done.
The earliest sketches of “SURAVASA” production
Also, in the information disclosure distribution that took place the other day, it was introduced that the first point of the match will be randomly selected, but this specification has been changed.The first point is always the point in the middle of the map“It will be.
Story mission storytelling and cinematics
Many cinematics used in Invasion story missions and others have also been produced. In story missions, we try to develop the story within the mission without depriving the player of control so as not to interfere with the gameplay during the mission as much as possible.
Therefore, it seems that the story mission will focus on the following two points.
Put the mission itself at the center of your storytelling
Multiple voice lines are recorded for each mission, and depending on which hero you choose, dialogue and substories change during missions.
Place cinematics at the beginning and end of each mission
They are responsible for advancing the story.
In addition to these, Season 5 will also introduce other elements to complement the story told in Overwatch 2: Invasion.
Title: Overwatch 2 (Overwatch 2) Release date: October 5, 2022 Applicable models: PC / Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One / PS5, PS4 / Nintendo Switch
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