Silent Harmony: Harmony11#1694
AJS: Artiphex#1212
Labuto: Labuto#4435
Spotty Len: SpottyLen#2914
Matsuri: Framboise#11899
Dormio Ergo Sum: Dormio#1616
Chaore: chaore#1398
kinoko: scorps#1739
Tamashii Kanjou: Kanjou#21588
NaCl: NaCl#21827
IT WILL NOT LET US IN >:(
I'm not usually an FPS person, but this has that vibe to it I almost want to try it. :V
(Most of that is wanting to mccree even though that is a bad thing
http://i.imgur.com/1NYIPvG.jpg
I usually default to Lucio or Mercy myself, but that saidMei is bae (sorry not sorry)
And I was wondering yesterday on IRC why nobody had created a Overwatch thread yet. I guess not many FPS players around at MotK. Well, not directly a lot.
Checked this morning whether the game boots. It does. Though configuration is quite limited or I haven't discovered yet where you can tweak things like mouse sensitivity. To be honest, I had limited time to discover. (Had to leave for work).
So tonight I'm going to check out a few classes. (No idea what I want to play either). Since you can change hero mid-game or something I read somewhere.
And I was wondering yesterday on IRC why nobody had created a Overwatch thread yet. I guess not many FPS players around at MotK. Well, not directly a lot.
Domino Ergo Sum: Labuto#4435
Time to get my tf2 replacement fix!That game is very far from that though.
So I ventured into the american servers (https://youtu.be/E60IQirbmKk)
Wat
I am intrigued by this game. Am I missing out on anything important if I just get the standard edition?
:fail:Got your back soldier.
Thanks Hele.
Huh. I figured the extra $20 cost would have contributed to actually meaningful content. Good to know that it does not! I might pick this up tonight.
Bastion is the noob-trap of Overwatch. He's overpowered until you find the champions that just shit all over him. Like Genji. (https://youtu.be/kr_suYHTL6M)
pls fuckin nerf bastion wtf(http://i.imgur.com/qeywOtC.gif)
I hope I'm not alone in thinking that's kind of moronic though. Playing Bastion more or less means the other team is forced to switch to one of those three just to counter it instead of, you know, making Bastion not fucking broken? :VDon't know if you should call it moronic. It is kind of the point of the game. You continuously adapt by composing a team in order to attack, defend or counter. Each hero has its pros and cons and they are also heavy dependant on map, team and obviously player skill.
Meanwhile, what is this Mei/Winston combo, and if it's so good, anyone wanna be Winston to combo with me? :DI don't know if they have any significant synergy outside of both of their left-clicks do not count as projectiles (meaning things like they're easier to hit and things like Genji E cannot block them). It was 2 Mei and 1 Winston along with 3 other characters (I believe at least 1 Bastion) making life miserable for our team. However it was something like Day 2 or 3 and it was the first time all 5 of us played together and we're still very much learning the game. I kept thinking "there's a way to break this but I have no idea what" the whole time; found out the next day Junkrat hard-counters both. :blush:
In your opinion, is it worth the 40 bucks ?Hard to say and difficult to voice my opinion.
For concept and quality, yes. For gameplay content, fuck no. There's only really three different game modes (capture a base, defend a base, or transport objective). Would kind of like some diversity in objectives, honestly.Actually, they are: Compete for a central point, Assault mode (where you need to capture two points) and Transport/Pay Load Escort. The last two have a defending and attacking turn, but they don't count as a game mode. A comparison to other FPS-ish games:
Hmm, those are valid points and i appreciate your help, my mates don't have the games (yet) since they're on my same problem of "Aw man, it looks so nice ! But WTF, 250 bucks !".
Since for some stupid reason if you click on "buy game" on the battle.net client it sends you straight to the origin version which matters little to people that don't play every other blizzard game.
I'd really stress at especially the ridiculous price you have, it's pretty unlikely it won't get marked down eventually when there is almost inevitably more content.
Overwatch as is won't survive unless Blizzard continues providing some sort of content, it's just too small and does not honestly compare well to -any- of the pc shooter category.
The real fear is if they decide more money for more stuff is a good future for the game.
they already confirmed that there is at least one new map and one new hero in development
they have also stated multiple times that all future content will be free
Probably, but it's still not as stupid broken as Bastion. You can say he's easily countered, but you can't deny that it's just too stupid strong as it is.Honestly, I see him as a pubstomber, but I really don't think he's broken.
I dunno. The way some bastions just sit up on high and pick off everyone in the area in seconds is just so lame to me, especially since it's a lower target and thus harder to hit in turret mode.
There's a reason why "Bastion PotG for pressing left click" is a recurring joke. (Same for "Reaper pressed Q".)
Flashbang -> fan -> roll -> fan is probably too strong, imo. Wouldn't surprise me if they nerfed it somehow.
I dunno. The way some bastions just sit up on high and pick off everyone in the area in seconds is just so lame to me, especially since it's a lower target and thus harder to hit in turret mode.
There's a reason why "Bastion PotG for pressing left click" is a recurring joke. (Same for "Reaper pressed Q".)
Flashbang -> fan -> roll -> fan is probably too strong, imo. Wouldn't surprise me if they nerfed it somehow.
Honestly, I see him as a pubstomber, but I really don't think he's broken.
Multiple heroes does kind of break the game.
I'm genuinely unsure what you're supposed to do against Bastion Bastion Bastion Torbjorn Mercy Reinhardt on defense :V
Flashbang -> fan -> roll -> fan is probably too strong, imo. Wouldn't surprise me if they nerfed it somehow.
Multiple heroes does kind of break the game.Junkrat, Junkrat, Junkrat.
I'm genuinely unsure what you're supposed to do against Bastion Bastion Bastion Torbjorn Mercy Reinhardt on defense :V
I'm growing really fond of playing D.Va, Did they buff her yet like they mentioned, or did I just git gud with her?
Also, she has a huge advantage on maps like Volskaya where the path to the second objective is so damned narrow. D.Va can simply fly around from the right onto the scaffolding and hop on down right into the objective, which allows me to pick off low HP targets and annoying Symmetra turrets before I die or self-destruct.
It's awfully satisfying to see a tank fall within seconds by smacking them in the face with your balls.I didn't think I would read that sentence one day...
Depends. I don't think EU and NA can play together decently.
McCree and Widowmaker got nerfed. Feels good man.Rejoice, Zenyattas and tanks. Now we just wait for the D.Va buff.
Also, for Father's Day the special mode is all Soldier 76. DAD FIGHT DAD FIGHT...Oh damn, I gotta try that with a few friends.
I'm in for 6v6 inhouse-motk. I can play decent on Americas ping. Aprox 120. Not the best for FPS games but better than Asia which is 250.
Also on some maps I am starting to like Zayra as tank. Except her ultimate takes so long to charge.
Yo yo yo, an in-house game isn't going to happen by itself. And just announcing to fancy for one isn't either.Hi, I play this game so I added myself in. I'm a bit low level atm though because I mostly play 6-stack with friends although I have been doing more solo queue recently.Show some assGet the pay load moving!
Actually, if people would just fill out this google form with their Timezone and nickname, we can perhaps try to pin a time and date.
Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xgr_QolRXAvwWOiUe9CaAXn2j4ysMSzpgdYvOMUzBTI/viewform
If you're not sure about your GMT offset, look here: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-gadgets/time-zone-converter/
I only have 7 entries for the in-house match. Nowhere near enough. Unless magically people sign up to get 12 players we won't be having joy this weekend.
My first few matches in competitive were absolutely outstanding, and I had very well-coordinated teams. The rest didn't go quite as smoothly though. Ended up with 5 wins and 5 losses and landed at rank 53. I then went on to have pretty much a 10-game lose streak (including my last 4 losses from my placement matches) in which my incompetent teams got stomped by overly competent teams over and over... And then finally, I was in a ridiculously close match that went to Sudden Death and was stuck in overtime for at least 3 minutes. What a way to end a lose streak! :D
As silly as it may sound but an attacking Bastion can do quite a lot vs defending Reinhardt or team. It just requires a lot of coordination and clean shot on them. Like your team is distracting while you quick deploy on a strategic spot and mow them down. Bastion isn't just for sitting entire match long at same location. And neither for defending only.
The only thing that makes me sad in public matches is people don't pick the Push heroes when a push is needed (due to bottlenecking). They keep insisting on sticking to Hanzo, McCree and Genji. Just grab the damned Junkrat / Pharah / Bastion already. Competitive is less saddening but sometimes it happens.
No idea how this ranking works. Played mainly tanks in almost all match ups. 5-5 here too, got 47.From what I heard, it's not only on how many wins you did, but also your personal performance in the game (probably medals and all from each round/match). That's what I heard at least.
We'll see how it goes from here on.
New meta right there.
(http://i.imgur.com/uYe5tqp.jpg)
As for comp, I didn't dare trying it out, I don't think I'm good enough to play there yet.
(http://i.imgur.com/EUGM40L.jpg)This actually works quite well :V
DEATH COMES
This actually works quite well :V
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkiY2b6WEAADxXW.jpg)
Might I also suggest the IM@S CG Starlight Stage team? :V (https://twitter.com/Gpop119/status/741136948580999168)
may be I really bad luck I drop from 51 to 42 because I have really bad teamwork when I played..Wait what? You dropped from 51 to 42? That is quite steep.
holy fucking hell competitive play is toxicName one game with competitive play which isn't :V
Wait what? You dropped from 51 to 42? That is quite steep.
Finished 10 matches. Ranking: 36.
I dare anybody to beat that level of horrible. :qq: :colonveeplusalpha:
For me..I want Blizzard change compettitive mode for cannot switch heores when game already begins ( I hear that many players dislike people who always change heros every seconds during the game at competitive mode)
people who always change heros every seconds during the game at competitive modeI wish people changed heroes every second into more useful heroes.
Changing heroes (if needed) is why the game is good. Sometimes you don't need to change because of solid play and setup. But some maps and some plays need it.
I wish people changed heroes every second into more useful heroes.
And one person doesn't carry in Overwatch.
Also, just won a difficult 5v6. Our entire team performed well. And this is how I got rewarded:
this isn't true, though you do have to be insanely better than your opposition to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5eZvbzZxFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZeZATcLiPQ
this is a bug caused by leavers and it should be fixed very soon
The quicker explosion means you won't be able to do many of those awesome 3-pointers with her, so as far as I'm concerned it's a nerf. :VSlam dunk D.Va :V I did those too.
Now D.va Shields is feel similar like ReinHart Shield which for me make her more tankyFeels yes, but but keep in mind there is a 1s cooldown (similar to Mercy's jump to hero skill). So toggling it on/off is not going to happen. Expecting the cooldown to begin once you turn it off, otherwise it would make no sense and be pretty broken.
Feels yes, but but keep in mind there is a 1s cooldown (similar to Mercy's jump to hero skill). So toggling it on/off is not going to happen. Expecting the cooldown to begin once you turn it off, otherwise it would make no sense and be pretty broken.
The quicker explosion means you won't be able to do many of those awesome 3-pointers with her, so as far as I'm concerned it's a nerf. :V
Wow, this matchmaking. My side (including me) is single digit levels. My opponents? There a level 97 on their team, and none of them are below level 20.
I adored D.Va before, and she's only better now.(https://67.media.tumblr.com/08598ef365721b762003dbf561dc2566/tumblr_o8dq6dMmX11qisyxwo1_500.jpg)
Also, I know all the hype is around Ana right now, but I can't get over how awesome D.va and Android Krillin are. ESPECIALLY D.va, who I was always really "meh" about. She's an absolute beast now and I had several amazing matches with her, and even a cool play of the game (that wasn't just sitting back and getting a quad-kill with my ult).
Ana + Reinhardt is FUCKING TERRIFYING OH MY GODDid a Numbani match with three Anas and three Reinhardts. We wrecked shit.
I... actually did not know that. Huh.Defense Matrix can actually shut down quite a number of ults if you're quick enough. It can eat up Hanzo's ult when it's still an arrow before it becomes dragons, Mei's ult if you catch the little bot before it hits the ground, and of course Zarya's ult when it's still just a regular charge shot.
Defense Matrix can actually shut down quite a number of ults if you're quick enough. It can eat up Hanzo's ult when it's still an arrow before it becomes dragons, Mei's ult if you catch the little bot before it hits the ground, and of course Zarya's ult when it's still just a regular charge shot.
Overwatch Summer Games 2016 is real.
Not okay with it being loot box only rewards. Why do we even have credits?Motivating people to actually buy loot boxes now it seems. My friend got lucky, he got Tracer's British flag skin from a lootbox just 5min ago. We only played 3 games together.
Got 'Nihon' skin for Genji yesterday lol. White knight :V
I want to see how genji's playstyle change after nerf
there won't be one, b/c people will just start picking pharah for vertical levels and tracer for horizontal levels. the only genjis left will be gonjo mains who don't read patch notes
and he can't Swift Strike to dodge traps. (Cue the salt from longtime Genji mains.)
Pharah picks aren't going to overwhelm anything until McCree stops being McCree.
and may be people start play junkrat (or winston) more if they saw genji main
Eichenwalde is so fucking biased toward defense it's not even remotely funny. Those choke points are a nightmare to get past.IKR. Especially the first choke point immediately. Like what the hell. It is worse than Industries or Hanamura.
ranked platinum on after my calibration matches, 6 wins 4 losses, solo Ana the whole way through."Everyone dies"
you can't stop me from being a grandma
But really, they're still terrible at matching up relative skill levels, if the amount of level 70s, 80s, and 90s I keep encountering in QP is any indication.
ranked platinum on after my calibration matches, 6 wins 4 losses, solo Ana the whole way through.hi5 plat buddies
you can't stop me from being a grandma
level isn't really an indicator of skill
there is a bit of a gray area where higher level = more likely to know things about the game, but that only matters to a certain degree if people aren't good
...Like, say, when most of my team is level < 10, and most of my enemy team is > 50?
considering that the game already has tons of smurfs and that it's super common for games to have people who play a lot and yet are worse than the average brand new player? yeah, level is still not exactly a level of skill
posting an exaggerated story that only maybe happened once like it's what happens to you every game doesn't exactly make your point look strong. if you're low level being matched against people of a higher level, it's probably b/c you are better than the average new player and the matchmaking system put you in a higher mmr to account for that
I updated the opening post with Battle.net tags and a new video. If you are like me and suck at aiming it's worth checking out.
The fact that Halloween skins cost 3x the price of normal ones, and they are available for a limited time only triggers me so hard.
The fact that Halloween skins cost 3x the price of normal ones, and they are available for a limited time only triggers me so hard.
So new on PTR: D.Va gets 600 health and faster movement while firing, Torbjorn gets scrap charged every so often now in exchange for less scrap from dead enemies and a faster but weaker hammer, turrets getting destroyed no longer charges ult for the deployer, Soldier's rifle deals more damage now but spreads farther, again emphasizing burst fire, Nano Boost no longer increases movement speed, Blizzard charges slightly slower now, Particle/Projected Barrier now contributes less charge to Zarya, and most stunningly, ALL Ultimates now charge slower.I suppose it's fine that they're nerfing nano. The fact that there's no way of running away from a nano-ed Grandad or Roadhog is just too game changing.
i finally did my placementson the other hand, i got placed mid-plat and it's all due to my supporting/game knowledge yet absolutely abysmal aim
got placed into diamond
quickly learned that people in diamond don't actually know anything about the game and just got that high based off of click accuracy
Not particularly. She does about as much damage as Tracer and can 1 clip the same characters assuming headshots, like Tracer.The problem is her slow fire rate, which is a long time compared to Tracer just unloading both her guns in a couple of seconds.
https://youtu.be/elN-QGyToxM
Upcoming Symmetra changes:
She'll have 2 possible ults: Her Tele (which gets increased health and shields) or a Shield Generator which has a big range and ignores line of sight.
Shields: Replaced by Photon Barrier. Sounds similar to Reinhardt's Barrier.
Sentry Turrets: Starts with 6 to start the match (instead of 3) and recharge rate reduced to 10 seconds (from 12)
Primary Weapon Fire will get a small range increase.
Primary Weapon Fire will get a small range increase.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/fa22fa59d9ef41d191219a34ddcad221.png)
Ohgod
Shit. Terry Crews. Overwatch.Wait, is it confirmed then? He said he wanted to do it but I didn't see confirmation.
The world can be full of surprises.
Wait, is it confirmed then? He said he wanted to do it but I didn't see confirmation.Oh sorry. No, nothing known yet. It was just my response as in: "Let it be true"
Reinhardt reading stories for the kids and Torbjorn asking whether the lady has been naughty?
Finally got around to picking up Overwatch, got it all installed and patched and shit. Messing around with a few characters and kind of like the look of Winston. Is he good for beginners?Dad 76 is prolly the best for newbies. He's basically your generic FPS soldier but cartoon'y.
Was so excited to buy that Mei skin, and it turns out it's three times more expensive than any other item. Are event skins always 3000 gold, or is this new? I suppose at the rate I've been getting gold I could actually afford it before the event ends, but I doubt I'll keep being this lucky.
Meanwhile I've been trying to learn Zarya. She's really tricky to play. The timing on her barriers is ridiculously short to the point that I've had a bunch of games where even when I was activating barriers on myself and others who were actively mid-combat I would still only get a tiny bit of energy for entire games. Although I guess if my barriers are preventing people from attacking that's still sort of valuable, and I'm sure I'll figure the timing out a bit better the more I play.
Event-only items are three times the price of items in that category of the same rarity. So sprays are 75, epic skins are 750, etc.
Capture the flag seems not super well thought out? The market map is fine for it, but the control tower is really way too small to pull it off. Cramped quarters are a blessing though. It is a good event for a Junkrat main. Concerned about whether I can get D.Va's skin though. Mercy's highlight is really nice too.
Capture the flag seems not super well thought out? The market map is fine for it, but the control tower is really way too small to pull it off. Cramped quarters are a blessing though. It is a good event for a Junkrat main. Concerned about whether I can get D.Va's skin though. Mercy's highlight is really nice too.
Yeah, the times kinda short, but Zarya's fairly tanky herself, so you can afford a few seconds being shieldless. Her weapon also does more damage the more damage you're shield absorbs, so there's that too.
Ooh, I didn't know Zarya's shield had priority. That's neat. Worth knowing for enemies too.Yep. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDO8Db0qszc)
I had heard she could rocket jump with her alt fire. Is that true? Best xase scenario I feel like I can get like an extra couple of inches out of a jump but I very well could be doing it wrong.
Also, I think during events the drop rate for legendries, including non-event legendries, is significantly increased.Oh yeah? So I am even less lucky than I thought, nice!
So Season 3 just ended.So Season 3 just ended.
I forgot to finish my placements.
There are a ton of Battle Mercys out here in Uprising. I know you guys want a medal, but geez, would it kill you to look around for people to heal rather than full-on Leeroy Jenkins attack, attack, attack? I feel a bit out of sorts after being the Mercy myself and being constantly on the healstick to make sure everyone's safe or the primary attacker gets boosted. I had a session where a troll battle Mercy was apparently so focused on nailing a Bastion in the far corner on the final objective she missed me twice calling for heals, and ended up with me having to literally run in front of her to get her to finally heal me from 15 health. She also teabagged me when I died earlier and didn't even bother trying to get me up.It's Orisa and Bastion plus whoever. I just beat Uprising as Genji w/ Orisa and Bastion after our Mei left early in the mission.
EDIT: I feel like Zen/Mercy/Bastion/Torbjorn is an absolute beast in this mode, especially against Detonators, but the lack of tank is probably not good. Maybe Orisa instead of Torb?
EDIT2: Also, some fun facts. Tracer's Blink can distract enemy Nulltroopers and Bastions, though with Bastions it's a bit iffy. Blink into the enemy, unload, then Blink back to take nearly no damage from surrounding Nulltroopers. There's a big glowing bit on the back of Eradicators, which control their shields. Blink behind them or otherwise distract them into turning, then fire away at it. Charging into one will also obliterate the shield outright on a pin. Detonators do have heads, which can be headshot - it's that odd protrusion near the top of the sphere. Bastions moved out of their position (through Charge, Hook, boops, etc) will immediately go back into Sentry mode if it isn't already, and head right back to that position.
Console activity's died out a little bit, though I'm of the opinion that it's because people are burned out after the Uprising event, are doing other stuff while waiting for the Anniversary event, or are busy in comp because the season ends sometime this month. Queues for me in QP aren't particularly longer than usual for me, but I'm used to waits around 2-3 minutes.And based on the datamined info from the XBox Version, the Anniversary Event starts this Tuesday (According to the info, the Event Crates will stop being sold on June 5.)
Does anybody really like 1v1? Maybe Some people love it, but it could not be less fun for me. I don't know I guess I just suck abysmally at FPS games and not having teamwork to fall back on brings that into stark relief, but I hate it and everyone I play with seems to hate it.I'd tolerate it a bit more if it weren't a Best of 9 match. Having to get to 5 wins is a bit much.
console
Kinda wish they'd keep Reaper's orbs, maybe make them drop after he did X damage. Picking them up is a more interesting mechanic than just auto-regenning health while shooting.
How bad did Roadhog get nerfed? I can't imagine he can't still hook into one-shot anything he already can.
New Feature via the PTR...
Actually, a feature has been removed in the PTR and will eventually reach the main game; "Rate This Match" is going away. Blizz concluded it gave them no meaningful info other than new players used it more often than vets.
I'm liking Doomfist's kit. I'd hope his ult gives some indication to the enemy team as to where it's hitting, but I kind of doubt it. Guaranteed to make a ton of noise either way, though, so coordinating escape routes will be critical.They will see a big red area where he's aiming/landing.
Sombra, Mei, and Pharah appear to be early firm counters to his kit (Sombra can hack away his ability-heavy moveset and can shred his shields with EMP; Mei can simply freeze and/or wall him off to make him waste his abilities; Doomfist is mostly melee-range, so Pharah is out of his effective sphere.); and if you can see him coming, he's probably a reasonable kill even for someone like Android Krillin - but he has to burn that Rocket Punch first.I think the counters to Doomfist are Pharah (DF's kit is mostly ground based) and all of the Tanks except for Orisa (High HP and short range fighters as well).
Summer Games 2016 skins will be available at regular skin prices (1k for Legendary, for example)
Junkrat now has two charges for his Concussion Mines; allowing him to triple-jump, or double and use the third to hit enemies with. His RIP-Tire also gets increased speed and infinite wallclimb, so expect death from above more often.
That Mei outfit is fuckin' perfect.Check out her new emote too.