New Balance Update -- January 27, 2016

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Update (11:00 a.m. PST, Jan 27): Players who log in to the Americas region should now be able to download today's Balance Update. Check out the patch notes by clicking here.

Once again, if everything goes as planned with patch release, regions outside of the Americas will receive the update throughout the rest of today.

Thanks!

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Hello everyone,

We hope you’re all having a great time checking out our next major patch on the latest version of the Public Test Realm, but the week isn’t over just yet! We’re planning to release a new Balance Update for the live version of the game as early as tomorrow, January 27, in order to make adjustments to several Warriors, a couple of Assassins, and maybe even a Specialist.

If all goes well, this small patch will be released first for the Americas login region, and all other regions around the world will receive the update throughout the rest of the day. If we encounter any issues that require us to delay release of the patch, we’ll be sure to let you know right here in this thread.

Thank you very much, and enjoy the PTR tonight!
Edited by Spyrian on 1/27/2016 11:14 AM PST
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1/26/2016
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Very nice.
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1/26/2016
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Oh, sweet! LIVE balance updates! :D
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1/26/2016
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Damm so tomorrow and not February 9th ?
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So these changes are totally different form what we see in the PTR? Will we see some of these PTR changes in this live patch?
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01/26/2016 06:21 PMPosted by Cavemole
Damm so tomorrow and not February 9th ?


Ah, just to be a little more clear: This patch won't add Li-Ming to the live version of Heroes. It's just going to be a handful of balance changes and nothing else.
Edited by Spyrian on 1/26/2016 6:23 PM PST
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01/26/2016 06:22 PMPosted by Connatic
Will we see some of these PTR changes in this live patch?


My first hunch would be no; PTR is by definition for testing things before they become live.
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Please check on novas numbers too, they made tyraels kamikaze 10 times stronger than intended before, and now nova overnerfed to an extent than she would be useful if her clone would be perma and mimics her skillshots for half damage.
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01/26/2016 06:25 PMPosted by Morthion
01/26/2016 06:22 PMPosted by Connatic
Will we see some of these PTR changes in this live patch?


My first hunch would be no; PTR is by definition for testing things before they become live.


Kinda weird we have the ability to test a build that skips a previous build.
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01/26/2016 06:22 PMPosted by Spyrian
01/26/2016 06:21 PMPosted by Cavemole
Damm so tomorrow and not February 9th ?


Ah, just to be a little more clear: This patch won't add Li-Ming to the live version of Heroes. It's just going to be a handful of balance changes and nothing else.

So just to be clear, this is a different set of balance changes than what is currently on the PTR?
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01/26/2016 06:27 PMPosted by Arachnofiend
01/26/2016 06:22 PMPosted by Spyrian
...

Ah, just to be a little more clear: This patch won't add Li-Ming to the live version of Heroes. It's just going to be a handful of balance changes and nothing else.

So just to be clear, this is a different set of balance changes than what is currently on the PTR?


Yeah, I'm totally lost. Best just whip out some patch notes to clear this up ;D
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KT nerf?
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01/26/2016 06:22 PMPosted by Spyrian
01/26/2016 06:21 PMPosted by Cavemole
Damm so tomorrow and not February 9th ?


Ah, just to be a little more clear: This patch won't add Li-Ming to the live version of Heroes. It's just going to be a handful of balance changes and nothing else.

OK but will you do half of the changes tomorrow and then other half the 9th . Or just do all the balance changes tomorrow?
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Or will we get a whole.new changes that haven't been released?
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That was fast.
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I'm a nova main player, and i'm actually good as hell with her, but the new nova numbers, sucks, i've tryied to mede her more efficient by a varyety of builds but, she's just terrible,

Holo decoys talents are almost useless
No damage buff anymore, or at least not a good one
and her basic attack (with or without AP rounds) is almost usless

the little things i liked are the modifications for pinning shot, especaially in range... thats all

Sorry blizzard, but everything else about the new nova sucks
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01/26/2016 06:26 PMPosted by akqpars
Please check on novas numbers too, they made tyraels kamikaze 10 times stronger than intended before, and now nova overnerfed to an extent than she would be useful if her clone would be perma and mimics her skillshots for half damage.


full GP stacks
2 clones at half damage each
mimicking her Q shot location

<sarcasm>Seems balanced fam. </sarcasm>
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I love semanal patches.

And when a CM communicates with us on the Forum, because sometimes I feel this place is forgotten, for we ask many questions, but so little is answered.
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What's the point of the PTR? Just scrap it, it serves no purpose according to the way you're using it.
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full GP stacks
2 clones at half damage each
mimicking her Q shot location

<sarcasm>Seems balanced fam. </sarcasm>


With the patch she doesn't seem to have GP and can only do one clone at a time - and gets damaging decoy much later.

Her damage nerfs look significant to me. The new snipe talent looks like complete garbage.
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1/26/2016
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