Mauga Has Arrived in Overwatch 2 to Mark the Beginning of Season 8

MMR Decay Adjustments

Overwatch 2 employs a system where ranked players who have not played in a while will start to lose their matchmaking ratings (aka MMR), and ultimately, their current rank. This was not well-received by the community, so Blizzard made significant changes to MMR Decay in this update.

According to the company, MMR Decay only occurs at the start of a new season. On top of that, the decay is not applied to those who qualify for a rank, so players who were able to get a competitive update will not decay by the end of the season.

However, unranked players who won games but did not get a competitive update will start to experience MMR Decay at the end of the season. Conversely, ranked players can just play one match in the season to keep their standing for the next season.

General Updates

HERO MASTERY

• A new set of five Hero Mastery courses for Lucio, Mei, D.va, Echo and Genji have been added.

• Lucio's courses will unlock on January 2nd, and a new course for a new hero will be available every week for the next four weeks.

REPLAY BOOKMARKS

• Replay Bookmarks can be enabled from the Replay Viewer at any time. Once enabled, players can instantly skip to important moments during a run.

• A list of bookmarks, course runs and records is shown on the left side of the screen. Players can quickly choose bookmarks from here, or by tapping the indicators on the replay skimmer.

• A new leaderboard for Hero Mastery courses released in Season 6 has been added. The previous leaderboard will return in a future patch for players to view any time.

RETICLE CHANGES

• Extra reticle settings have been added for specific Heroes with multiple Weapon Modes. Players can now customize the modes separately or keep them in sync. The following Heroes have access to the new options:

  • Ana

  • Ashe

  • Bastion

  • Lifeweaver

  • Mercy

  • Ramattra

  • Widowmaker

Now that Mauga is available to play in Overwatch 2, will you be using him anytime soon? Also, what can you say about the adjustments made to the MMR Decay system?