Mei, Overwatch 2’s Mr. Freeze-esque killer with a friendly and clumsy personality, playable again (opens in new tab) After 17 days of unpaid leave.She is the second Legacy Hero to be temporarily removed (opens in new tab) From the game with the day one hero Bastion since launch on October 4th (opens in new tab) He was demoted to the sidelines last month for exploiting his abilities.
Blizzard put Mei in the penalty box on October 31 after the player discovered an exploit for the Ice Wall ability. (opens in new tab) While in the safety of your team’s base. Hero swaps are still accessible from the Shadow Realm, allowing you to switch to characters like Symmetra and wreak havoc on the enemy team from below the map.
With the exploit patched, Mei is now free to unleash frosty Mayhem again in Overwatch 2. patch notes (opens in new tab) It also outlines many other balance changes, bug fixes, and tweaks. In particular, it includes the rollout of transcription-based moderation. (opens in new tab)I’m not at all thrilled about the possibility of Activision-Blizzard recording my own voice, but about half of the worst things I’ve heard are from Overwatch 1’s voice chat, so this is perfect for me. It is net neutral.
The patch also implemented a Big Hero nerf (opens in new tab) We reported last month. Genji, Sombra, D.Va, and Kiriko are all peg-defeated so they can say goodbye to Infinite Bubble Raid boss Zaria. 0.5 seconds less time for heroes to be stuck.
