The fifth season of Overwatch 2 started this afternoon, and given the extensive set of patch notes, it's understandable how a player might overlook a few significant changes here and there.
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The fifth season of Overwatch 2 started this afternoon, and given the extensive set of patch notes, it’s understandable how a player might overlook a few significant changes here and there. With one play on the recently updated escort map, Gibraltar, former Overwatch League pro-Seagull demonstrated during his stream today exactly why it might be worthwhile for you to take a little more time to pay attention to how the game is evolving. If you need more information about The Overwatch 2 new patch notes should be read before starting to play, as shown by Seagull, then read carefully, and don’t forget to share with your friends.
Tuesday, after reading through the season five patch notes, Seagull was able to take a flanking Reaper from the opposing team by surprise who appeared to be a little disoriented near the map’s initial checkpoint. When Seagull hit him with a flank of his own near one of the new stairways on the map, his teammates laughed as they remarked, “Patch notes diff.”
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“He’s not ready for the flank,” he said. “I got the Reaper guy. I don’t think he knew the staircase existed.”
Between seasons four and five, Gibraltar underwent some construction to adjust for how much it favored teams going on the attack at specific points on the map. Anyone who has played enough OW will attest to the difficulty of occasionally leaving the final defender spawn area as well as the choke points close to the map’s first checkpoint.
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Because of this, Blizzard redesigned both locations to give them a more open feel and added “covers and route adjustments” to the map’s second point in the hangar. Being a shrewd veteran gamer, Seagull made sure he was fully aware of what to expect.
For the benefit of the players, Gibraltar is the only map that has undergone more than a simple lighting change. But for those who don’t want to be confused by the new layout of the Overwatch base, it might be worthwhile to make your own custom Gibraltar game and wander around for a while before entering a potentially confusing situation.
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