{"id":2314,"date":"2022-03-25T14:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/25\/overwatch-2s-new-ping-system-gives-players-more-ways-to-communicate\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:39:11","slug":"overwatch-2s-new-ping-system-gives-players-more-ways-to-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/25\/overwatch-2s-new-ping-system-gives-players-more-ways-to-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2\u2019s new ping system gives players more ways to communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/24\/22994901\/overwatch-2-ping-system-closed-beta\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/24\/22994901\/overwatch-2-ping-system-closed-beta<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.054458088628\">\n<p id=\"fObzXz\">In the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22984763\/overwatch-2-beta-release-date-faq-activision-blizzard\"><em>Overwatch 2<\/em> beta date announcement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GgaWQMkS0AI\">an apologetic video<\/a> from game director Aaron Keller promising the team would give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/10\/22970734\/blizzard-overwatch-2-closed-beta-alpha-annoucement-sojourn\">more consistent updates on progress<\/a>, the <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> news floodgates have officially opened. In this latest update, we\u2019re offered a glimpse of <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>\u2019s overhauled ping system.<\/p>\n<p id=\"S5WPwp\">\u201cWe wanted to create a system that would enhance voice communication as well as provide alternative ways to share information with your team,\u201d systems designer Gavin Winter says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-us\/overwatch\/23785337\/an-inside-look-at-the-ping-system-in-overwatch-2\">in the blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"N1V2gF\">New features include character-specific callouts in which, when a player makes a ping, their teammates hear that notification in that player\u2019s hero\u2019s voice. The blog gives an example: \u201cif you\u2019re playing Tracer and ping an enemy Reaper, your teammates will hear Tracer call out that Reaper\u2019s location.\u201d The blog goes into further detail about how pings will show the last-known location for moving enemies, giving players more information on how to move through maps without worry of getting ambushed. There\u2019s also a new feature that\u2019ll ping a teammate\u2019s location on the mini-map and allow players to respond to pings based on choices made in a new communication wheel. Now, whenever a team\u2019s Genji starts spamming \u201cI need healing,\u201d the game will actually show friendly healers that Genji\u2019s location on the mini-map so they can heal and thus shut him the hell up. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"WDaQxP\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"CllpOk\">An improved ping system has been a long-time ask from <em>Overwatch<\/em> players. Not only does it improve a team\u2019s ability to communicate, but it\u2019s also an important accessibility tool for players who can\u2019t (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/most-women-disguise-their-gender-when-gaming-online-to-avoid-sexual-harassment\/\">or won\u2019t<\/a>) participate in voice chat. The developers did note that the new ping system is a work in progress and subject to change as the game\u2019s closed beta nears. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/24\/22994901\/overwatch-2-ping-system-closed-beta\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/24\/22994901\/overwatch-2-ping-system-closed-beta<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: In the wake of the Overwatch 2 beta date announcement and an apologetic video from game director Aaron Keller promising the team would give more consistent updates on progress, the Overwatch 2 news floodgates have officially opened. In this latest update, we\u2019re offered a glimpse of Overwatch 2\u2019s overhauled ping system. \u201cWe wanted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-technology","tag-gaming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Overwatch 2\u2019s new ping system gives players more ways to communicate - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/25\/overwatch-2s-new-ping-system-gives-players-more-ways-to-communicate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overwatch 2\u2019s new ping system gives players more ways to communicate - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: In the wake of the Overwatch 2 beta date announcement and an apologetic video from game director Aaron Keller promising the team would give more consistent updates on progress, the Overwatch 2 news floodgates have officially opened. 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