Due to bugs with Bastion’s ultimate and Torbjorn’s Overload ability, Blizzard has disabled the two heroes from some matchmaking modes inOverwatch 2. Blizzard has not said how long these two will be unavailable.
The early access release ofOverwatch 2has been rough for most players. At first, there were issues just getting into the game, but now that players are getting in they are discovering a variety of bugs that scale in severity. Sometimes it’s just visual glitches with heroes or some menus inOverwatch 2,which are annoying, but not game breaking. Unfortunately, when there are gameplay bugs and exploits, it can ruin the experience and give players that use them an unfair advantage. Thecanonical duo of Bastion and Torbjornboth have these issues.
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Bastion’s Artillery Fire ultimate currently has a bugthat allows a player to completely paint the battlefield with targeting circles. Bastion’s Artillery Fire is only supposed to have three targeting circles, but by spamming the fire button, it allows for more shots to launch as long as Bastion is in that firing mode.Overwatchfans that have seen or experienced this likened it to the AC-130 killstreak in the earlierCall of Dutytitles.
Torbjorn currently has a bug where his Overload ability can go on indefinitely once the player constantly spams the button for it. This ability normally allows Torbjorn to have overhealth, faster movement, and a faster fire rate on his rivet gun. Thisability makes Torbjornharder to kill and a menace to the opposition.
Because of the bugs on both of these characters, they are both disabled inOverwatch 2Competitive Play. Bastion is also disabled in Quick Play, but Torbjorn has avoided this. It’s an easy decision to disable these heroes from Competitive as teams would want to exploit the glitch to win more games and place higher than they should be. As of writing, there is no word as to how long they will be disabled from play or a reason why Torbjorn has not been disabled in Quick Play.
This is the latest in a string of bugs that have been discovered inOverwatch 2. Though many of the bugs have dealt with visual glitches and account issues, these are on of the first ones reported that affect heroes and gameplay. This gives more fuel to fans that have been complaining about the state ofOverwatch 2. Even if it’s a game in Early Access, the number of bugs, glitches, and issues have now become a part ofOverwatch 2’s story.
Overwatch 2is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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