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[Captain_Wreckus]

Yeah I would love to see another support hero in the future, it feels like you NEED a Lucio or Mercy on the team, or a really good Zenyatta. Symettra doesn't cut it on her own for the role.

100% agreed. I played as Mercy mostly and I was in constant demand as I was the only healer most of the time. It was refreshing not worrying about # of kills you had or your KD ratio. I can see myself playing this game for a long, long time.

 

[TaterTots]

Turns out the new driver was causing issues. I rolledback and now I'm having flawless performance.

 

[DrArchon]

Yeah I would love to see another support hero in the future, it feels like you NEED a Lucio or Mercy on the team, or a really good Zenyatta. Symettra doesn't cut it on her own for the role.

Symmetra is great, but when you pick her it shouldn't get rid of the "not enough supports" notice. She can't solo support and she's kinda crap on offense, but on defense with another dedicated support she's a beast. Hiding 3 or 4 turrets on a ceiling or behind a corner gets you so many kills, and the free shields are great if your team can manage to stay alive for a decent amount of time.

 

[Modest Mauser]

Yup. Those boxes are a bit to make a shit ton of money.

The boxes are the one thing I'm kinda disappointed with. If you could just pay for the skins you want, I'd be fine but the boxes are so much like gambling. Here, drop some money and get random stuff you might already have. Oh boy.

 

[Ambient80]

Reaper on Arcade Mode is lol. Shoot shoot shoot, go invincible. Shoot for two more seconds, go invincible again. Teleport away if shit really gets outta hand.

 

[Stone Ocean]

The boxes are the one thing I'm kinda disappointed with. If you could just pay for the skins you want, I'd be fine but the boxes are so much like gambling. Here, drop some money and get random stuff you might already have. Oh boy.

You don't get repeats, you get coins which can be used in whatever you want.

 

[Harprabh1]

I want to try this game but i'm worried about the longevity of this game. The only place I can really play Overwatch is on my PS4, but it feels like the main audience is the PC. I fear that the online play will not stay populated for months to come.

 

[Thoraxes]

Turns out the new driver was causing issues. I rolledback and now I'm having flawless performance.

Which ones, and which card?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

short lived hype? if only games can maintain the hype such as other games I mentioned

lol game has been out for what 3 hours?

 

[Special C]

Any fix for the Xbox Invite issue?

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

I want to try this game but i'm worried about the longevity of this game. The only place I can really play Overwatch is on my PS4, but it feels like the main audience is the PC. I fear that the online play will not stay populated for months to come.

You'll be fine on the PS4. Think a boatload of Gaffers are playing on the PS4.

 

[Ramirez]

I want to try this game but i'm worried about the longevity of this game. The only place I can really play Overwatch is on my PS4, but it feels like the main audience is the PC. I fear that the online play will not stay populated for months to come.

I wouldn't worry, this game, IMO will be the premiere MP title on PS4 until new CoD/BF, and even then it'll be fine. Weren't the Diablo ports very successful on consoles?

 

[DrArchon]

I will gladly purchase individual skins, but I will never spend money on loot boxes. 99% of the stuff in them is worthless to me (sprays, voice clips, PotG animations) so why should I have to pay for stuff I don't want?

Give me a dedicated shop for cosmetics or a way to buy gold and I will throw money at Blizzard, but I refuse to buy lottery tickets for the costumes I want.

 

[thetrin]

You die so much in this game, it all feels so goddamn random.
I like playing heals but then you get matched with a garbage team and it doesn't matter if you can heal. Roles should be forced if this is really a team play game. A suggestion to play tank is stupid. A suggestion to play heals is stupid. They are necessary. A good suggestion would be to tell the healer to stay with the tank(s).

You should not be dying THAT often, homey. Are you changing your characters to counterpick?

 

[Apathy]

Crazy hype for this game, but its already dropping on Twitch. There was 370,000 viewers at launch and already dropped to 210,000 with LIRIK's viewers dropped from 75,000 to 38,000. Give it a week and LOL and DOTA 2 will go back to top of viewers.

people sleep, people play instead of watch?

 

[WinFonda]

is the random character on spawn mode in at launch or is it a planned mode? it's the only way to play the game imo.

 

[MUnited83]

Arcade mode is a hilarious mess

 

[matrixman92]

Any fix for the Xbox Invite issue?

nope. On reddit they said they are investigating it, and they have no update as of then

 

[Boke1879]

The boxes are the one thing I'm kinda disappointed with. If you could just pay for the skins you want, I'd be fine but the boxes are so much like gambling. Here, drop some money and get random stuff you might already have. Oh boy.

Yea. It's definitely going to exploit the people with no restraint.

 

[TheElgorin]

Tracer in Arcade is hilariously broken. Nobody can hit me and I can stall the payload right at their spawn with no risks

 

[Nickle]

I gave Symmetra another try. Her kit is really weird, but getting kills is incredibly satisfying. Sometimes you just have to spam turrets/orbs and let the enemy run into them for you.

 

[valeo]

is the random character on spawn mode in at launch or is it a planned mode? it's the only way to play the game imo.

Sounds kinda dumb. Isnt the whole point of the game mixing and matching heroes (on purpose) to get an advantage over the other team?

Yea. It's definitely going to exploit the people with no restraint.

Gambling addicts will fund our new characters.

 

[Zaventem]

I'm so made at myself. Went to sleep for an hour and the mail came between that time and I missed it, fuck me.

 

[ebil]

Haha, just got PoTG as Symmetra just doing whatever on Hollywood Defense. Same game, switched to Lúcio later on, killed an enemy Reinhardt with melee attacks. Then somehow managed to kill him twice again when he came back.

Spoiler

I'm still bad, they're just worse

 

[DirtyLarry]

How does one change skins for whatever hero you have them for? I truly have no damn idea.

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

If you go to playoverwatch.com and log in w/ your battle.net account, you can access your career overview.

for those who didn't know.

 

[Josh5890]

Unless you actually value anything in there? Isn't that why you have the option in the first palce? Tracer for HoTS is $10 on it's own.

Agreed. I kind of want to try HoTS but Ivenever played a MOBA before so I wouldn't last very long as a noob

 

[wamberz1]

How does one change skins for whatever hero you have them for? I truly have no damn idea.

Go to hero gallery from the main menu then skins then select one

 

[TheElgorin]

How does one change skins for whatever hero you have them for? I truly have no damn idea.

you can change them in the hero gallery

 

[chrominance]

A suggestion to play tank is stupid. A suggestion to play heals is stupid. They are necessary. A good suggestion would be to tell the healer to stay with the tank(s).

Not exactly your point, I know, but that's actually not a very good way to play Mercy. She works best when you're jumping to whoever needs healing, tank or no. Same with Lucio, he should be sticking with the biggest group to maximize his area healing, tank or no.

 

[Apathy]

2 widows
on the russian map
as defence
and second point
.
.
.
.
Fuck I hate people so much

 

[marrec]

Lucio in Arcade mode defense is pretty OP too.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

They really need to fix the Xbox group situation, if not is really gonna hurt the game in the short term.

 

[eNut_ButteR]

Oh god. I wanted to love this game.

I loved it during the beta. I spent the entire time post-beta so hyped.

I honestly don't know what happened.

 

[Shahadan]

So...how can I use the ingame money? I can't find something to buy with it

 

[InsertNameHere]

Yea. It's definitely going to exploit the people with no restraint.

Thank god I already have no restraint with MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty cards, cause i'd probably buy these loot boxes lol

 

[MThanded]

They really need to fix the Xbox group situation, if not is really gonna hurt the game in the short term.

What's the deal with Xbox groups?

 

[Ramirez]

So...how can I use the ingame money? I can't find something to buy with it

Hero Gallery, pick a hero, and the cost of the item is in those sub-menus.

 

[Shahadan]

Hero Gallery, pick a hero, and the cost of the item is in those sub-menus.

Oh right, thanks. Was trying the store thing.

 

[Haloid1177]

So is quick play random game modes? If so that sucks I really don't like the escort stuff.

 

[Oscar]

I will gladly purchase individual skins, but I will never spend money on loot boxes. 99% of the stuff in them is worthless to me (sprays, voice clips, PotG animations) so why should I have to pay for stuff I don't want?

Give me a dedicated shop for cosmetics or a way to buy gold and I will throw money at Blizzard, but I refuse to buy lottery tickets for the costumes I want.

Yeah, I liked their approach to skins in HOTS.

Straight cash or in game gold for skins.

 

[Zank Frappa]

Crazy hype for this game, but its already dropping on Twitch. There was 370,000 viewers at launch and already dropped to 210,000 with LIRIK's viewers dropped from 75,000 to 38,000. Give it a week and LOL and DOTA 2 will go back to top of viewers.

Dude.. it's well in the morning in Europe and nearing midnight in the east coast.. people actually have things to do. Don't be quick to make conclusions.

 

[matrixman92]

What's the deal with Xbox groups?

invites dont work, and I believe game chat doesnt work either

 

[DrArchon]

2 widows
on the russian map
as defence
and second point
.
.
.
.
Fuck I hate people so much

Could be worse. I had two widowmakers on OFFENSE on the Russian map

Never even made it to first point.

 

[MThanded]

invites dont work, and I believe game chat doesnt work either

Really? That's not good. So how can I play with friends?

 

[thetrin]

They did a great job with scoring in the game. Taking emphasis off of KDR was very smart.

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

They did a great job with scoring in the game. Taking emphasis off of KDR was very smart.

It was a hell of a good idea and very refreshing.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

Really? That's not good. So how can I play with friends?

Can't right now. Unfortunately. Have had friends spectate, and coccasionally get in but they don't get to stick around.

 

[matrixman92]

Really? That's not good. So how can I play with friends?

the only possible way right now is to have one person search and get into a game, then you can join them, which will put you into spectator mode if its full, so u have to wait till someone quits. It doesnt guarantee you will be on their team either. As it doesnt actually group you up with them that way

 

[Rhaknar]

ping is decent for me in the american server, cool