'Overwatch' Update: Bastion Buffs Coming To PTR Include Improved Self-Repair, Less Headshots

If you thought Bastion wasn’t getting the love from Blizzard, it looks like the Overwatch robot is about to get a move makeover. While we don’t know an exact time when the redesigned Bastion will be available, we do know changes should be ready for the next PTR update.

We know a few of the changes Blizzard is making based on a post by Geoff Goodman on the official Overwatch forums. Blizzard’s principal designer mentioned the areas the company is focusing on to revamp Bastion, and gave away the following ideas:

• Recon Mode - Lowered spread and increased magazine size, to help with general viability in this mode.

• Sentry Mode - We're looking at focusing this mode into more of a tank-buster and barrier-buster mode, while also making it feel less suicidal to be transformed. To that end we're testing stuff like increased spread and removing headshots, but taking less damage while transformed.

• Self-Repair - We've been testing a few big changes to this that are feeling really good so far. Currently our internal build has Bastion able to use Self-Repair while moving and also having it no longer interrupted when taking damage. To balance that out it is now on a resource system (similar to the route D.Va's defense matrix went). These changes have turned this ability from a more niche rarely used ability, to a much more powerful and core survivability tool.

Goodman ends his post by saying things are still being tested and tweaked, but a new PTR build should be coming soon that reflects these changes.

What does this mean for console players? Since there’s no access to the PTR for Xbox One and PS4, those gamers will just have to wait until Blizzard is happy with the changes, which usually is about a week after launch. Once this happens, the whole of Overwatch will be updated to reflect the new tweaks.

So what do you think? Are you excited for these changes to Bastion? What other Overwatch character do you think needs to be tweaked? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.