The latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update brings changes to Matchmaking, Overwatch and Spectating.
The latest CS:GO update brings a lot of changes, where the most notable one is related to Overwatch. This feature has finally been brought out of BETA and from now on it will award XP bonus to players who have successfully completed an Overwatch session. The next in line is the change for Matchmaking. New players will no longer be able to join the Matchmaking as from now on everyone is required to have at least rank 3 to be able to compete in a Matchmaking game. And finally, the snapshotrate for GOTV and demo viewing has been boosted to 32 which will improve the spectating experience.
OVERWATCH OUT OF BETA
- Added an XP reward for accurate Overwatch verdicts. The reward is proportional to the investigator’s Overwatch Score, is delivered after a sufficient number of accurate cases have been resolved, and can be collected by completing matches on official servers.
- Added a message to users when they have reported a user that was banned by VAC or Overwatch.
- Added a message to users when they have lost XP, competitive wins, Profile Rank, and Skill Group due to partying with a cheater.
- Updated the Overwatch F.A.Q.: http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/overwatch/
SOUND
- Weapon fire sounds no longer prevented from playing due to the Potentially Audible Set.
- Fixed bug where dormant players could emit bullet impact sounds.
- New ladder footstep sounds.
- Inspecting a weapon from loadout screen now plays cage opening sound.
- Adjusted weapon fire sound falloff to be more noticeable at near range distances.
UI
- Added Leadership, Teaching, and Friendliness commendations to the scoreboard. The team member with the best score in each category will display the relevant icon.
- CS:GO Profile Ranks now display like Skill Groups in the scoreboard: always for friends and party members, and at the end of the match for everyone else.
MISC
- Doubled GOTV broadcasting and recording snapshot rate ( to 32 ) on official servers.
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to commend themselves and removed all such commendations.
- Update rates enforced for players can now be configured higher than GOTV master tv_snapshotrate.
- Tickrates for players on official servers are now enforced to match server tickrate. Players must now be at least Rank 3 to play Competitive Matchmaking.
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