Overwatch 2.72 Patch Notes, Check Out New Hero Sigma (Tank)

Overwatch update 2.72 released for PS4, Xbox One and PC players. According to the official Overwatch 2.72 patch notes, the latest update added new feature Role Queue, new hero Sigma (Tank) as well as various bug fixes and gameplay changes. Apart from this, the new Overwatch update 2.72 also includes stability and performance improvements.

Previously, a major update was released with the Summer Games 2019 event, new Subtitles features, heroes changes and more. Unfortunately, since the last patch, many players were experiencing several issues when trying to play the game online. Today’s Overwatch version 2.72 is expected to fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below.

Overwatch 2.72 Patch Notes

New Feature: Role Queue

Role Queue is an update to Overwatch’s matchmaking and queuing system that gives players the power to choose which role they play in games. In Competitive Play, players choose their role before finding a game. The matchmaking system will create a team that is comprised of two tanks, two supports, and two damage heroes. Upon entering the match, players select heroes to play within their chosen roles. At the end of a match, competitive players will return to the main menu and select their role before queuing into their next game.

New Hero: Sigma (Tank)

Sigma is an eccentric astrophysicist and volatile tank who gained the power to control gravity in an orbital experiment gone wrong. Manipulated by Talon and deployed as a living weapon, Sigma’s presence on the battlefield cannot be ignored. Sigma launches two Hyperspheres (gravitic charges), which bounce off walls and implode after a short duration, damaging enemies within a sizable radius. Using Experimental Barrier he propels a floating barrier to a location of his choosing and he can dismiss the barrier at any time. With Kinetic Grasp Sigma freezes incoming projectiles in midair, converting them into shields. Sigma uses Accretion to gather a mass of debris, then flings it at an enemy, knocking them down. Unleashing his full powers with Gravitic Flux, Sigma takes flight, lifts enemies in a targeted area, and launches them into the sky before slamming them back down.

GENERAL UPDATES

Endorsements

• Players can now endorse each other in the following game modes:
  • Mystery Heroes
  • No Limits
  • Deathmatch
  • Total Mayhem
  • Low Grav
  • All PvE Event game modes (Uprising, Retribution, Storm Rising)

Game Modes

• Mystery Heroes – On Control maps, heroes are now reset between rounds.

Workshop

New Events

• Player Dealt Healing
• Player Received Healing
• Player Joined Match
• Player Left Match

New Actions

• Start Transforming Throttle
• Stop Transforming Throttle

New Values

• Healer
• Healee
• Event Healing
• Host Player

HERO UPDATES

General

• Global ultimate cost increased 12%.
• Slowing Effects: Instead of stacking together, friendly and hostile slowing effects are now separate, and movement speed will be determined by whichever is slower.
• Overwatch 2.72 fixed a bug in which full damage was not dealt by abilities that rapidly gain/lose targets, such as fast-tracking with Zarya’s and Symmetra’s primary fire beams.

Ashe

• Reload time per round decreased from 0.3 to 0.25 seconds.

Brigitte

Inspire (Passive)

• Healing amount increased from 100 to 130
• Self-healing from Inspire is now halved

Repair Pack

• Now has 3 charges
• Healing amount changed from 150 to 120
• Now heals over 2 seconds instead of instantly
• If you throw multiple packs at the same person, the current duration will be extended by 2 seconds

Whip Shot

• Out-going velocity increased from 60 to 80
• Retracting time reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.3

Barrier Shield

• Barrier health reduced from 500 to 200

Shield Bash

• Stun duration reduced from 0.9 seconds to 0.75

Rally

• Ultimate cost increased 10%

D.Va

Call Mech

• Pilot ultimate cost reduced by 12%

Doomfist

Melee

• Quick melee no longer pauses ammo reload.

Hanzo

Storm Arrows

• Storm Arrows ammo reduced from 6 to 5

Orisa

Protective Barrier

• Cooldown increased from 8 seconds to 9

Reinhardt

New Passive: “Steadfast”

• Reduces knock back effects by 30%

Sombra

Hack

• Duration on enemy players reduced from 6 to 5 seconds

EMP

• Activation time increased from 0.2 to 0.35 seconds

Symmetra

Teleporter

• Now lasts an infinite duration until destroyed
• Players can destroy their Teleporter with the ability 2 input
• Cooldown now starts when Teleporter is destroyed
• Maximum range increased from 25 to 30 meters
• Teleporter is destroyed if the entrance is more than 40 meters from the exit

Tracer

Pulse Bomb

• Damage increased from 300 to 350

Wrecking Ball

Minefield

• Increased projectile speed from 10 to 12, causing the mines to spread out more
• Reduced the activation time from 0.25 to 0.1 seconds

Bug Fixes in Overwatch update 2.72

General

• Fixed a bug that prevented subtitles from displaying when spectating while waiting to respawn
• Fixed a bug that caused charging heroes (Reinhardt, Doomfist, Brigitte) to inconsistently knock each other down when colliding
• Overwatch update 2.72 fixed a bug so that some abilities (Hanzo’s Dragon Strike and Roadhog’s Chain Hook) will appear smoother when time is slowed down (end of round or custom game)
• Fixed a bug that caused the Presets UI in Custom Game to be displayed in the wrong order
• Fixed a bug so that placement previews (Reaper’s Shadow Step, Mei’s Ice Wall) should now be much smoother
• Overwatch version 2.72 fixed a bug so that placement previews will now hold their position after clicking, until they’ve been confirmed by the server
• Fixed a bug where orientation toggles for placement previews could flicker at higher latencies (Mei’s Ice Wall, Baptiste’s Amplification Matrix, Symmetra’s Photon Barrier)

Maps

Route 66

• Fixed a bug that allowed attackers to leave the spawn room before the round starts

Heroes

Ashe

• Fixed a bug that caused her gun to clip into the camera slightly when jumping while shooting down sights

Doomfist

• Fixed an issue that enables Doomfist to get through doorways while using Rocket Punch and clipping the corner
• Fixed a bug that prevented Rocket Punch from consistently destroying Sombra’s Translocator and not being stopped by it, similar to Symmetra’s turrets
• Fixed an issue so that targets hit by Rocket Punch will now go directly backwards, instead of maintaining any lateral momentum they had
• Overwatch version 2.72 fixed an issue so that targets that are immune to stun but not immune to knockback (Zarya’s Particle Barrier, Zenyatta during Transcendence) are no longer able to affect knockback trajectory
• Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist to move more slowly for the duration of Meteor Strike when using it while crouched
• Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist to move backwards slightly slower during Meteor Strike

D.Va

• Fixed a bug that prevented Defense Matrix from pointing down when D.Va was aiming downward while moving

Lúcio

• Overwatch 2.72 fixed an issue that caused false positives with Lúcio’s animation landing prediction when wall riding

Orisa

• Fixed a bug that caused some VFX to stop playing upon successive viewings of Orisa’s “Oh!” highlight intro in Hero Gallery

Reinhardt

• Overwatch update 2.72 fixed a bug that caused charge knockback to be applied multiple times

Wrecking Ball

• Fixed a bug that caused Wrecking Ball to get stuck in his slam animation if he landed on very flat, slippery surfaces
• Fixed a bug that caused Wrecking Ball to be temporarily stuck when using Piledriver on slippery surfaces
• Overwatch 2.72 fixed a bug that caused Wrecking Ball to gain an incorrect amount of shields when using Adaptive Shield

Zarya

• Fixed a bug that caused Zarya’s weapon and arm to animate oddly during her emotes when viewed in third person

Zenyatta

• Fixed a bug that caused a delay in Zenyatta’s first person quick melee animation when interrupting his primary fire

• Added fixes for crashing issues.
• Added fixes for framerate drop and freezing issues.
• Addressed stuttering/lag issues.
• Added performance improvements in some areas.
• Added stability improvements.
• Fixed minor audio issues.
• Various under the hood improvements.

Overwatch update 2.72 for PS4 is now available for download.