Competitive Play
On Route 66, the attacking team is now given 60 additional seconds after pushing the payload to the first checkpoint.
Developer Comments: This change will bring Route 66 in line with the other Escort maps.
Custom Game and Game Browser
When setting up a Custom Game, players can now disable or modify abilities activated with the secondary fire button
Hero Changes:
Ana
Biotic Rifle
Damage decreased from 80 to 60
Bastion
Ironclad
[XB1, PS4] Bastion now takes 20% less damage while in Configuration: Sentry or Tank (formerly 35%)
Junkrat
Total Mayhem
Junkrat's explosion no longer hurt himself
Mercy
Caduceus Staff
The amount of increased damage that’s done when boosting another player is now tracked under the match statistics and on the Career Profile page
Sombra
Hack
Sombra’s teammates can now see hacked healthpacks through walls
Stealth
Sound effects and VO distance has been reduced to 15 meters when Sombra enters or exits Stealth
Translocator
Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds
Winston
Barrier Projector
Ability cooldown now starts when the barrier is placed, instead of when it ends
Zarya
Particle Barrier
No longer protects Zarya from knockback
Projected Barrier
No longer protects allies from knockback
Zenyatta
Orb of Destruction
Alternate fire cooldown has been reduced from 1 seconds to 0.6 seconds
Weapon spread has been removed