Blizzard will fix Overwatch hero Ashe’s Warlock Halloween skin

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has stated that Blizzard will fix Ashe’s Warlock Halloween skin that has made the hero almost unplayable (via Dexerto).

No more ghouling around!

Overwatch Halloween Terror begins NOW.

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— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 15, 2019

Celebrating the annual Halloween Terror event, Ashe’s Warlock Halloween skin is a reference to the class in World of Warcraft, and the socialite-turned-outlaw looks appropriately spooky with dark horns and blood-red duds. Her Viper rifle is decorated with World of Warcraft runes but that’s not what has got players in a tizzy. It’s the fact that the skin’s weapon totally obscures what the player is looking at.

Ashe’s damage dealt increases dramatically when she aims down the sights and adds accuracy. This is quite important to people who want to win, which I imagine is a large proportion of players. However, the sights on this rifle are outlined with a thick, bright yellow line and mimic the shape of an eyeball. It’s all very stylish, sure, but players are expressing frustration that the sights are distracting and drastically decrease their accuracy.

‘It is kind of ridiculously obtrusive for no reason,’ one player said on the Competitive Overwatch subreddit. Another commented, ‘I mean, I think we can all agree it goes with the skin and looks absolutely amazing. However this s*** is unplayable.’ The community thinks it’s gone to hell in a handbasket, but, all is not lost. The sights will be fixed as revealed by Blizzard yesterday.

Kaplan swooped in to the game’s subreddit and showed off what the improved sights will look like. The update thins the lines that make up the sight and the stylish eye shape has been kept. It seems like the new sights will be much less obstructive. ‘[W]e’re still working out a time table to patch this fix in,’ Kaplan said. ‘[T]hanks for your patience.’