In case you’ve been taking part in Overwatch over the last couple of weeks, you’ve seemingly been haunted by the sound of a pair of small thruster engines adopted by a squeaky “meow” serving as a precursor to your chosen hero’s face being scratched to loss of life. Nicely, in order to melt this horror, Blizzard has launched a hotfix trying to handle the phobia that’s Jet Pack Cat.
The patch, launched on February 24, applies the next nerfs for the supposed help character — to not her therapeutic capabilities, nor her core offensive abilities, however to the perks that result in her changing into a killing machine.
These embody her minor perk, Claws Out, having its cooldown elevated from 6 to eight seconds, which means you’ll at least really feel the sharp finish of her paws rather less regularly. Additionally listed is a big discount to the foremost perk, Territorial, which sees the harm dealt decreased to 33% from 50%. Curiously, there isn’t a point out of any deliberate tweaks to her Final capacity, which successfully ensures an enemy elimination as a result of its pick-up-and-drop nature. Cats don’t like wells, until they’re lobbing you into one, it appears.
It can come as no small irony to long-term Overwatch gamers that the proprietor of this feline buddy, Brigitte, additionally just about broke the sport upon her introduction again in 2018, which led to a good few weeks of her being virtually unkillable earlier than her loadout was addressed. Whereas Jet Pack Cat is nowhere close to as highly effective because the Swedish help hero was, there’s no denying that they had been a nuisance that wanted to be tweaked. We’ll see if these fixes have the specified impact over the approaching days, however as is the case with any on-line multiplayer sport, changes at all times should be made, particularly when introducing 5 model new characters in one go.
Talking of these different additions, they’ve additionally obtained a mix of buffs and nerfs to their package and cooldowns. Fellow healer, Mizuki, has seen the length of his final, Kenkai Sanctuary, elevated from 6 to 7 seconds. DPS hero Emre’s burst rifle has had its harm elevated from 20 to 22, and flaming fan-wielder Anran has seen the cooldown of her Inferno Rush capacity decreased from 8.5 to eight seconds, in addition to a rise to the gap you may transfer whereas Dancing Blaze is energetic to 2.25 meters from 1.5.
Whereas not as new as Emre or Anran, fellow strolling weapon Vendetta has seen the harm of her overhead sword swing decreased from 130 to 120, in addition to a bug repair permitting for that transfer to now be affected by horizontal knockbacks. Then there’s Domina, my expensive beloved — you may learn all about how a lot I get pleasure from her right here. The damaging tank has, fortunately, solely obtained a minor nerf, with the price of her final growing by 12%. I’ll nonetheless be capable to have my enjoyable.
What do you make of every of the 5 new heroes which have made their approach into Overwatch ever because it ditched the “2”? Tell us in the feedback. Make sure to preserve it locked to IGN for all future updates on Overwatch, together with if and after we see an up to date search for Anran now that the backlash to her look has been recognised by Blizzard.