Overwatch 2 Patch Notes March 7, 2023

General Fixes

Adjusted Distance Attenuation on Enemy Footsteps

Some adjustments were made to the distance in which you can hear enemy footsteps.

Weekly Challenges Updates:

Removed “To the Victors… – Win 15 games in Unranked or Competitive.”
Added a new challenge, “Casual Dedication – Win 15 games in any Unranked mode.”
Added a new challenge, “Competitive Advantage – Win 10 games in any Competitive mode.”
Total number of challenges needed to earn all Overwatch Coins is still 11.
Removed “Coin Line – Win 5 games in Arcade.”
Added a new challenge, “Change of Pace – Win 5 games in Mystery Heroes, Free-for-All Deathmatch, or any Arcade mode.”
Changed “Role Mastery” to “Win 5 games each as 2 different roles in Quick Play or Competitive Play.”

Daily Challenges Updates:

“Support Weapon Mastery” reduced from 12,500 to 10,000
“Support Ability Mastery” reduced from 10,000 to 8,000

Challenge Progress during End of Round:

Challenges the player has made progress on during the match will be shown with a visual representation of remaining progress needed

Scoreboard:

End of Match Scoreboard Update
- A snapshot of each player’s final stats during the match will persist on the tab scoreboard during post-match.

Matchmaking:

Fixed a bug causing large parties to wait longer in queue than intended
The matchmaker will now prioritize putting parties together which have a similar delta between the highest and lowest rated player
Made improvements that should help reduce Unranked queue times and increase Competitive match quality

Overwatch 2 March 7 Patch Notes Competitive Updates

The following updates have been made to Competitive game modes in Overwatch 2, including the debut of a new Competitive Mystery Heroes, going live on March 14, 2023!

Competitive Mystery Heroes:

Competitive Mystery Heroes added to Competitive Play
Season 1 begins on March 14!

Competitive Screen Layout Update:

Added buttons to the Competitive Play menu that will allow players to easily access the tier legend, leaderboard, and competitive progress screens.

Top 500 Leaderboard Update:

Players in the Top 500 will now see an animated update of their current position on the leaderboard after each match.

Overwatch 2 March 7 Patch Notes Bug Fixes

The following bug fixes were implemented in the Overwatch 2 patch released on March 7, 2023:

General Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the option to report Inappropriate player names were missing
Fixed a bug with Game Reports showing incomplete data
Fixed a bug where players on PlayStation® 5 were unable to save Highlights
Fixed an issue where player presence was shown as ‘Practice Range’ when in Custom Game
The Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle should now show as ‘Owned’ for players that purchased it (this was just a visual issue, purchases of this item were successful)
Fixed a bug where some players who own all name cards could get stuck loading when using the Filter’s tab in the Name Cards menu
Fixed a bug on Nintendo Switch™ where all friends on the Social screen had the same player icons
Resolved an issue where heroes performing an emote appeared as t-posed for players loading into the game

Maps Bug Fixes:

Antarctic Peninsula
- Fixed areas where some heroes could become stuck
- Fixed several gaps in the environment
- Made changes to the lighting in some parts of the map
- Fixed a bug where penguins were missing a noise when being hit with projectiles
Busan
- Fixed a bug with the physics of the cow
Circuit Royale
- Resolved a collision issue that could cause some heroes to be stuck
Colosseo
- Fixed a bug with the camera placement for some Plays of the Game
Esperanca
- Fixed an issue with a tree that could cause D.Va to get stuck when entering her mech
Lijiang Tower
- Fixed areas of the map that allowed players to escape
Midtown
- Fixed an area where players were able to unintentionally stand
- Fixed a bug on Midtown with railing collision not being correctly removed after being destroyed in some cases
- Midtown can now be selected as an option for Skirmish in Custom Games

Heroes Bug Fixes:

Ashe

Fixed a bug with the Raijin skin clipping into the camera when aiming and firing down the sights

Echo

Fixed an issue where cloning a Sombra with a Charm equipped could cause Echo to lose all textures while Cloaked
Fixed missing sound effects for the Sticky Bombs ability

Hanzo

Fixed a bug where shooting someone with an arrow from a Golden bow could turn their gun gold

Reinhardt

Fixed an issue where in some cases players were able to walk out of being pinned by a Reinhardt
Fixed a bug with Fire Strike VFX remaining after being eaten by a D.Va’s Defense Matrix

Lúcio

Fixed a bug where Lúcio’s Amp it Up animation would continue to play after being stunned

Orisa

Resolved a bug with Terra Surge that resulted in the VFX ring not drawing for parts of the environment higher than Orisa when used

Symmetra

Fixed a bug where you could be sent to the wrong location if taking Symmetra’s Teleporter as it is destroyed

Torbjörn

Fixed a bug where your turret would target the same targets as other allied Torbjörn players

Workshop Bug Fixes:

Resolved an issue where the ‘Is Firing Secondary’ condition would not be triggered by certain heroes
Resolved an issue where the ‘Is Firing Primary’ condition was not being triggered by certain heroes
Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a large number of rules
Fixed an issue where it was hard to tell where the UI focus was when using a controller

Overwatch 2 March 7, 2023 Patch Notes Hero Changes

These are the recently launched udpates for Overwatch 2. And the update was made public and official on March 7. Swipe down to see the ‘Hero Changes’

Orisa Changes

Ramattra Changes

Roadhog Changes

Wrecking Ball Changes

Zarya Changes

Ashe Changes

Hanzo Changes

Mei Changes

Pharah Changes

Sojourn Changes

Baptiste Changes

Note: Whatever I added here inspired from few online sources.

That’s it folks, these are the newly added updates and patches for your desired characters in overwatch 2 for the date March 7, 2023.

	Wrecking Ball
General	Added the hero-specific option “Relative aim sensitivity while rolling”Added the hero-specific option “Relative gyro sensitivity while rolling” (Nintendo Switch™ platform only)
Grappling Claw	Added a timeout indicator for Grappling Claw located above the ability icon
Minefield	Minefield arming time increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds