Blizzard has announced the temporary disabling of Mei from Overwatch 2 following reports of a bug related to Mei’s Ice Wall ability. According to the statement, these bugs allowed players to reach unintended locations. The team is currently working to address the issue and aims to get Arctic Explorers playable again on November 15th.
[#OW2] We are temporarily disabling Mei to address a bug in the Ice Wall ability that allowed heroes to reach unintended locations. We aim to address these issues as soon as possible and bring Mei back in our next patch scheduled for November 15th. pic.twitter.com/dHP65pMCsX
— Blizzard CS – America (@BlizzardCS) October 31, 2022
In addition to forcing characters into restricted areas, some players have reported issues with Mei’s Ice Wall not blocking attacks or lifting team members. Clip shared by Twitter user stefayylmao1 In , when you encounter Mei’s Ice Wall, you can exploit the fact that Kiriko enters undetected territory and cannot attack while killing enemies.
Mei is not the first character removed from Overwatch 2. Earlier this month, both Torbjorn and Bastion were removed from the game after players reported an ability bug. The pair was reintroduced into the game on his October 25th with his Junkertown map. Mei’s estimated downtime for Blizzard is right in line with Torbjorn and Bastion’s removal period, a good first glimpse at how bug fixes and other changes will be implemented in newly released live service titles. gives you
GameSpot’s review of Overwatch 2 stated, “Overwatch 2 feels like a great update to the multiplayer game, with mechanics that allow for thrilling skirmishes between teams of heroes. As a sequel, it stumbles: changing the core gameplay is a step in the right direction, but it’s surrounded by new points of friction that weren’t there before.”
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