A number of Overwatch 2 maps have been reworked as a part of Season 13, however an surprising flaw with altering Dorado could have made it worse than it was beforehand.
The Overwatch 2 devs have edited fairly a couple of maps for the reason that recreation’s launch so as to add additional cowl, new flank routes, and extra choices to make life simpler for the attackers.
Whereas map reworks have been largely praised by the group – far more so than a few of the more moderen hero reworks – Dorado’s modifications some with an enormous flaw.
Though there have been some good updates, resembling an elevator on the primary level for the attacking staff to entry excessive floor, some new staircases, and different modifications, there was one modification that has unintended penalties.
As shared by consumer ‘kryyOW’ on X, the defending staff can now stall and contest the payload by standing on a bridge simply earlier than the flip to seize the second level.
In a replay of their match, Kryy and her staff have been capable of confuse their opponents by standing on the bridge, forcing the payload to cease shifting.
“Blizz, I concern there’s an surprising aspect impact of transforming Dorado,” she captioned the video.
The clip quickly unfold to Reddit the place customers have been baffled that this drawback wasn’t caught throughout testing.
“I’m unsure if that is meant however contemplating they’ve modified this interplay a few months in the past the place we will’t contest the Push Bot from excessive grounds in varied maps anymore, I assume it isn’t,” one stated.
BlizzardDorado’s rework comes with an enormous downside.
“I hope that’s a bug and will get patched cuz that appears ridiculous,” commented one other.
“No means they fastened it in some maps and added it to others lmao,” joked another person.
Notably, this drawback used to exist in some maps like Route 66 the place gamers standing on excessive floor above the payload might contest it.
It’s not clear but if the devs have any plans to repair this within the subsequent OW2 patch, however for now, customers attacking or defending on Dorado ought to be conscious of this interplay and make sure to safe the excessive floor when the payload reaches this a part of the map.