Overwatch 2's Perk System Has Made Bastion Almost Immortal

Overwatch 2's Perk System Has Made Bastion Almost Immortal

From TheGamer (Written by Joshua Robertson) on | OpenCritic

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Overwatch 2's new perk system has undoubtedly shaken things up for the better, giving the game a new lease on life and saving it from the slow death it was facing following the success of Marvel Rivals. Blizzard has fully acknowledged that Hero Perks could end up being problematic in the initial stages, with some of them potentially a little too overpowered, especially with all 41 heroes getting them.

However, Overwatch 2 players may have already spotted one of the Hero Perks that needs addressing sooner rather than later. With the addition of Hero Perks, everyone's favorite walking gatling gun, Bastion, has had his Self-Repair ability form the original Overwatch returned to him, which allows him to put away his weapon and heal himself on the spot.

The bad news for everyone else is that this Self-Repair perk appears to have made Bastion borderline immortal. Overwatch originally balanced Bastion's Self-Repair by attaching a resource meter to the ability, stopping Bastion from healing himself if it had run out. Overwatch 2 has done away with the resource meter though, letting Bastion heal himself as much as he wants with no limits.

As you can already imagine, that...

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