Zarya’s energy loss rate will be reduced from 2.2 to 2 points per second, and the wait before energy degradation starts will be raised from 1 to 2 seconds. Brigitte’s shield health will be boosted from 250 to 300. Damage to Moira’s Biotic Orbs now restores a small amount of Biotic Energy. Bug fixes in this version include Ramattra’s Souvenirs’ incorrect placement, dark textures should no longer display during Kiriko’s Whirlwind animation, Reaper’s animation while exiting the “Take a Knee” emote, and various non-gameplay animations. The tracer may now absorb damage from her pulse bombs again, as well as a Kiriko Swift Step problem unique to Capture-the-Flag mode and additional flaws involving Mercy, Ramattra, and Bastion. Bugs in Watchpoint: Gibraltar and Shambali have also been fixed.
Following the publication of the January 5 patch notes, Aaron Keller tweeted that the expected Roadhog redesign might arrive by late January. For better or worse, the Overwatch development team has stuck to hero balance and listening to the community when fixing hero flaws and bugs. That, hopefully, will be a constant throughout this game.
