Overwatch 2 let gamers take Mauga, the hero shooter’s new tank character, out for a take a look at drive throughout BlizzCon earlier in November. I didn’t actually look after him then, and I discovered him by some means, regardless of his large body and highly effective talents, to be a little bit of a pushover. That’s not what you need in an Overwatch tank, and it feels like Blizzard has heard that suggestions sufficient that it’s making adjustments to Mauga earlier than he launches in season 8.
In a submit on the official Overwatch 2 web site, director Aaron Keller delved into the suggestions the staff bought throughout Mauga’s take a look at section. A key takeaway was that Mauga felt weak. I can vouch for that. He is a huge dude nevertheless it felt like he simply melted beneath even the slightest focus fireplace. It appeared like I may unload a clip and a half into his head with Soldier: 76 and he’d go down with minimal resistance. So, adjustments are on the best way, and can land earlier than the brand new hero’s official launch. Keller shared a number of specifics, and it undoubtedly looks like Mauga’s getting a survivability overhaul.
Two sweeping adjustments embody lowering his head’s hitbox, which implies will probably be tougher to land headshots and do extra injury per bullet, in addition to making 150 of his 650 well being into Armor. Armor has a 30 p.c injury discount in comparison with commonplace well being, which implies that for the primary 150 injury you unload on Mauga, you’ll be doing considerably much less injury per shot. This alone offers Mauga extra time to retaliate earlier than you’re taking him out.
So far as his talents go, Overrun, which is principally his model of Reinhardt’s cost, will now scale back as much as 50 p.c injury whereas energetic as an alternative of 30, and Cardiac Overdrive, which heals teammates as they do injury, will grant these in vary extra lifesteal for injury accomplished.
The total rundown is as follows:
- Substitute a bit of his well being with armor. We’re experimenting with 150 internally.
- Cut back the scale of his head’s hit quantity.
- Improve the injury discount on Overrun. Initially it was at 30%, we’re testing it at 50%. Additionally, this could not be interrupted by Hack.
- Improve the lifesteal on Cardiac Overdrive.
- There are fairly a number of adjustments in flight for his weapons. We’re testing totally different spreads and firing charges when utilizing each weapons concurrently, in addition to totally different injury, ammo, and falloff numbers. We’ll have extra particulars on these as they solidify.
Mauga will be a part of Overwatch 2’s roster on December 5. Blizzard additionally introduced the subsequent two heroes at BlizzCon, together with Enterprise, the sport’s first nonbinary hero.