Blizzard set out to revamp Overwatch and bring the game back to its former glory, and it appears to be working. Legions of players have returned and they\u2019re having a ton of fun with the game again, but that doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s no work to be done. As a matter of fact there\u2019s more work than ever, and the Overwatch team plans to tackle projects both big and small going forward.<\/p>\n
In a new blog from Alec Dawson, Overwatch associate game director, we learn that Season 2 (launching April 14th) will introduce some Perks into Heroes\u2019 base kits to help them keep up with the newer Overwatch (and Talon) recruits. The team says it was important to that this initial pass of Perk integration didn\u2019t go too wide, as they wanted to take what we felt were the best options for Heroes who needed a tune-up. To do that, the devs had a set of goals we kept in mind. The picks didn\u2019t need to hit every requirement, but fulfilling most of the parameters brought Perks into consideration.<\/p>\n
Four major points were considered for the new Perks, and they are as follows:<\/p>\n
Does this Perk help an established ability become more functional without adding complication?
\n Does it heighten or emphasize the Hero Fantasy?
\n Does it add utility without too much bloat?
\n Can it give more vectors for the Hero\u2019s balance?<\/p>\n
With those points in mind, Blizzard has given both Mercy and Reaper a helping hand, adding some Perks and tweaks to make them more viable choices in the current-day roster. You can read more about what\u2019s being adjusted in the official Overwatch blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blizzard set out to revamp Overwatch and bring the game back to its former glory, and it appears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-595569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}