Overwatch 2 Season 17 patch notes now live: Tank buffs, smaller Bastion, DPS Zenyatta, and more

Damage role passive healing reduction increased from 25% to 30%
Base health regeneration timer increased from 5 to 6 seconds

Map voting is a new feature that gives players more agency about what map they would prefer to play on.
At the start of every Quick Play or Competitive Match, three randomly selected maps will appear, and each player will cast a single vote on the map they will want to play.
During the Map Voting phase, all text and voice channels to both teammates and opponents are disabled.
Votes for each map from all players are then are displayed and the game will then “roll” to see which vote is selected.
Maps with more votes are more likely to be selected but maps with less votes can still be selected if the roll lands on one of the votes for the map with less votes.
If players vote overwhelmingly for a single map, that map is automatically selected.
After Map Voting in Competitive Play, the Hero Ban phase will begin.

A new report category called Emergency is now added to the report tool and can be access in all areas you can report a player except for the quick-select report button in the Scoreboard.
You can then report instances of social communication that implies a threat of extreme harm to another person or a group of persons.
False reporting other players using these categories may result in actions issued on the reporting player’s account. Please remember to abide by the Blizzard In-Game Code of Conduct including when reporting other players.

Endorsement scoring has been updated to be more dynamic and to improve the accuracy of the system, with the goal of making Endorsement level feel more earned. Endorsement level should feel like a better measure of positivity, sportsmanship, and teamwork once the system has had some time to adjust to the new scoring.
The scoring system now considers a variety of circumstances when players endorse each other, such as giving bonus score in situations players rarely endorse, like endorsing an enemy on a loss.
Players that never Endorse others will cause much less decay for their allies. We’d like players that want to ignore the system to also be ignored by the system.
These scoring updates may cause endorsement levels to be more volatile in the short term, so we’ll be watching these changes carefully and tuning the dynamic scoring as needed.

Hide My Name now rotates to a different fake BattleTag after every match.
A new option in Streamer Protect advanced options will now block licensed music from playing in order to prevent the risk of copyright claims on player’s personal social and streaming channels. When enabled, the default Overwatch 2 theme will now play in any lobby where music we flag is considered to be copyrighted by a third party.

Commanding Shout – Ability 1
Junker Queen overhealth increased from 175 to 200.
Allied overhealth increased from 50 to 75.
Duration for self-reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
Allied duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.

Berserker – Passive
Overhealth conversion rate increased from 40% to 50%.

Nanite Repair – Major Perk
Healing per second increased from 50 to 75.

Graviton Crush – Minor Perk
Damage dealt over time increased from 30% to 40% of maximum health.
Spotter – Major Perk
Movement speed increased from 15% to 25%.

Model and hit volume size reduced by 10%.

Tri-Shot – Primary Fire
Spread decreased from 1.4 to 1.1 degrees.

Helix Shields – Minor Perk
Shield health regeneration triggers when landing direct hits with rockets.

Hellfire Shotguns – Primary Fire
Damage per pellet increased from 5.4 to 5.75 (108 to 115 per volley).

Stim Pack – Major Perk
On PC platforms, Stim Pack default button changed from “Next Weapon” to “Equip Weapon 1.”

Pulse Pistol – Primary Fire
Damage increased from 5.5 to 6.

Smart Excavator – Primary Fire
Recovery time reduced from 0.7 to 0.6 seconds.

Cleansing Grasp – Minor Perk
Life Grip cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if a debuff is cleansed.

Crossfade – Ability 1
Base healing increased from 16 to 20 health per second.

Biotic Grasp – Secondary Fire
Healing per second increased from 70 to 80.

Duality – Major Perk
Increased converted damage from 30% to 40%.