Posting on Twitter, Overwatch 2 developers Blizzard announced that the heroes Bastion and Torbjörn would be temporarily unavailable to players as there have been a number of issues with their ability kits. According to their post, Bastion will remain unavailable in all game modes for an unspecified time, while Torbjörn will still be playable in Quick Play only.
🚨 QUICK PSA 🚨
Bastion and Torbjörn will be taking a quick trip to the workshop while we iron out a few bugs in their ability kits!
🛠️ Bastion will be unavailable in all modes during this time, while Torbjörn will still be playable in Quick Play. pic.twitter.com/ghjLL5KV7b
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 10, 2022
This emergency maintenance may have been due to several bugs fans noticed while playing the recently released game. Including one that allowed Bastion to fire an infinite number of mortars when using his Ultimate ability rather than the usual three. The effects were obviously devastating to the opposing team, and so a quick patch was at the top of Blizzard’s list to rebalance matches.
Third DDoS Attack
Unfortunately, in the wake of this announcement, Blizzard took to Twitter again to announce that it had been targeted by a third round of DDoS attacks. As with the previous attacks, these “may result in high latency for some players”. This, of course, was the last thing Overwatch 2 players needed as the game was borderline unplayable for many at launch.
Just like with the previous two attacks, Blizzard stated they were “actively working to mitigate the issue.” And a little over an hour later, they tweeted that they were able to overcome the attacks. As stated in a blog post last week, getting players into matches is one of Blizzard’s top priorities at the moment, and dealing with DDoS attacks rapidly is high on that list.
[#Bnet] The DDOS attacks that we were monitoring have ended. If you are still unable to log in try https://t.co/NY39q2sTLW
— Blizzard CS – The Americas (@BlizzardCS) October 11, 2022
Disappointing Launch
Entering its second week on the market, Overwatch 2 is still trying to recover from its shaky start. A start that Blizzard dubbed “had not met your [the players’], or our, expectations”. And a start that they actively admitted needed a lot of work in order to meet those expectations.
Hopefully, this is the last we see of any directed attacks towards the developers and Overwatch 2, but as many players are unhappy with both the state of its launch and the changes made to the gameplay and progression, there may be more on the horizon.
That being said, players will have to get used to the sequel’s quirks eventually if they want to keep playing, as the original Overwatch’s servers were shut down the moment Overwatch 2 went live.