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[Rad-]

People complaining about Hanzo... Have you tried playing him? Even with the bigger hitboxes I find it harder to hit with him than with McCree's singleshot (for example). If projectiles had normal size hitboxes they would really suck.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Because clearly they are the only two options available

do you have a third that actually makes them money though

 

[Jolkien]

Finally played almost three hours. So pleasant to play, wish my two friend and I won more game, we only won 5 games and lost 8. Got a lot of dual widowmaker that never switched. And some really close game.

 

[ACE 1991]

Ugh I'm leaving for a vacation in Iceland in like 72 hours and I want to buy this so bad for like the hour of free time I'll have between now and when I leave... Oh well, It'll still be there when I'm stateside

 

[Interfectum]

Because clearly they are the only two options available

Of the two options, which have proven to work in other games, the loot box microtransactions is far, far more favorable than paid Map DLC. I don't see how you could possibly argue otherwise.

 

[Shifty]

I am trash with Genji's ult. Any tips?

Keep playing like Genji, stay moving so they can't catch you.

Don't suddenly go into Roadhog mode and think you can tank. You can't.

 

[BraXzy]

It's morally okay to sell DLC map packs, wrecking the player pool though. Loot boxes are the devil.

They truly are. For people (like myself) with a need to unlock things they are preying on the weak. Terrible and unethical.

 

[vypek]

I am trash with Genji's ult. Any tips?

Stay mobile. That dash into people is great for getting in close and killing them automatically recharges it. Remember you have a great movement set with climb and then double jumping onto people so you can probably flank well in lot of situations.

 

[Courage]

Keep playing like Genji, stay moving so they can't catch you.

Don't suddenly go into Roadhog mode and think you can tank. You can't.

Pretty much. Gotta catch them by surprise and constantly move around.

 

[Robin64]

They truly are. For people (like myself) with a need to unlock things they are preying on the weak. Terrible and unethical.

Cut up your credit card and just play more of the game. ;P

 

[ultron87]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Lucio is godlike in Arcade. Just spam the volume boost every 3 seconds.

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

You gotta do it when your team is distracting them or set it in a corner when no one is looking. Any place where the enemy is defending is a guarantee kill.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I am trash with Genji's ult. Any tips?

Don't try to kill their whole team. Attack them from behind when they're dealing with something else nasty. Get some synergy if you can (e.g., Lucio's ult). You can still use deflect and swift strike, don't forget. And swift strike's cooldown resets with each elimination, so keep moving. And kill the squishies first. Prioritize Mercy, Lucio, Symmetra, Mei if they're in the bunch.

Fuck Tracer when you're playing as Mei. But not as hard as you should fuck McCree when you're playing as anyone. They need to increase the cooldown on flashbang something fierce.

Tracer can only do damage to you up close (and on the other side of your wall). Your weapon, at close range, is a mobility hero's nightmare. Just freeze her. Good Tracers will actually avoid engaging you directly because you're a counter to them.

 

[vypek]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

Yeah. You always had the warning sign when a D.Va dropped her mech near you.

 

[CubanBoy1127]

Why are people complaining about the loot boxes? It's all cosmetic right?

 

[Liberty4all]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

I love how you can boost with her, activate Self destruct and mech keeps boosting as you eject.

It's kinda like bowling.

 

[Interfectum]

Why are people complaining about the loot boxes? It's all cosmetic right?

They are morally against it.

 

[Matrix XII]

Why are people complaining about the loot boxes? It's all cosmetic right?

Yes, it is.

But people will complain about anything lol

 

[Outright Villainy]

I am trash with Genji's ult. Any tips?

If you didn't know already the cooldown on your dash instantly resets on each kill so use a lot of that to close the gap, escape after a kill, or generally make yourself a hard target vs multiple enemies.

 

[Rad-]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

It's really easy to dodge it when you realize how it works. You can actually cover behind a thin pillar even right next to the mech and not take damage. It's field of vision that damages you, not area of effect.

 

[Stone Ocean]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

Wish I could be as competent at dodging my own ults as the enemies I shoot it at.

Buff this

 

[Shady859]

HOLY CRAP!!
Amazon made the XB1 and PS4 $48.99 to everyone! All us preorders with prime check your emails for $11.xx refund of price guarantee.

 

[gutshot]

You like progression systems getting fucked up by microtransactions? You like the possiblity of selling power?

What are you talking about? Everything you can buy in Overwatch is purely cosmetic. You can't buy power in this game.

And the progression system, such as it is in Overwatch, is tied to your player level and portrait. You can't buy your way to a higher level. Loot boxes are just a nice bonus of leveling up.

 

[Matrix XII]

It's really easy to dodge it when you realize how it works. You can actually cover behind a thin pillar even right next to the mech and not take damage. It's field of vision that damages you, not area of effect.

I did not know that actually.

Thanks!

 

[DrArchon]

People are way too competent already at getting out of the way of D.va's self destruct. It's supposed to be free kills in the few days!

Think of it this way, even if you aren't killing anyone you're forcing everyone out of position and hopefully comprising whatever plan they had going for them. That's how I view these big area denial ults as anyway.

 

[Denali]

They truly are. For people (like myself) with a need to unlock things they are preying on the weak. Terrible and unethical.

Unethical? Are you serious here, or is this hyperbole? I'm genuinely curious, because just glancing at this thread it looks like we've got a whole bunch of victims who can't help themselves.

 

[Rhaknar]

so heres a tip. If you have a Mercy healing you, maybe dont pick up the health packs also, because she might fucking need them and you already have someone healing you >_>

 

[MUnited83]

I would. Microtransactions do 2 things 1.they fuck up progression systems 2.Its a slippery slope just look at tf2 selling items that affect gameplay

Well

There's no progression other than leveling up and getting cosméticos. Level 50s have the same gameplay tools as a level 1


Its not a slippery slope because all the items are cosmetic. Selling maps would be a terrible idea that would break the userbase.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

It's abso-fucking-lutely mind blowing to me that people arent happy with Bliz giving us all the maps, heros and modes for free but ALLOWING for people to purchase additional COSMETIC loot crates for cash.

 

[Haines]

Do they give any incentives to play the brawl like hearthstone?

Not sure I'm even going to bother with it if not.

 

[Matrix XII]

so heres a tip. If you have a Mercy healing you, maybe dont pick up the health packs also, because she might fucking need them and you already have someone healing you >_>

That is a great tip actually. Mercy gets focused down so she needs health packs herself.

 

[Robin64]

It's really easy to dodge it when you realize how it works. You can actually cover behind a thin pillar even right next to the mech and not take damage. It's field of vision that damages you, not area of effect.

Dodge this.

(This is so cool)

 

[aeolist]

It's really easy to dodge it when you realize how it works. You can actually cover behind a thin pillar even right next to the mech and not take damage. It's field of vision that damages you, not area of effect.

line of sight determines so much in this game. lucio's aura is entirely LoS based, and the other big explosions too i think. same with mercy ult.

 

[Shake Appeal]

so heres a tip. If you have a Mercy healing you, maybe dont pick up the health packs also, because she might fucking need them and you already have someone healing you >_>

Also she charges her ult from healing you, so you're slowing her progress.

 

[Bisnic]

They truly are. For people (like myself) with a need to unlock things they are preying on the weak. Terrible and unethical.

It's just cosmetics, with mostly "worthless" stuff like sprays, player icons or voice lines. With no guarantee that you'll get what you want.

If you waste money on that, that you'll eventually get for free by just gaining levels, you only have yourself to blame.

 

[Kor of Memory]

so heres a tip. If you have a Mercy healing you, maybe dont pick up the health packs also, because she might fucking need them and you already have someone healing you >_>

I've done this, but please realize I'm not trying to deny my Mercy, but trying to make sure that fucking Tracer doesn't blink past me, pick up the health pack, and then blink away. I know her fucking game.

 

[Klyka]

Do they give any incentives to play the brawl like hearthstone?

Not sure I'm even going to bother with it if not.

They are fun *shrug*

 

[Uthred]

do you have a third that actually makes them money though

Selling cosmetics? I'm not particularly against microtransactions (I do think having them in a full priced game is a bit tacky), I just think loot boxes are exploitative and suggesting that the only options are either paid expansions or random blind buy loot boxes is a clear false dichotomy (a phrase which in the space of the last hour I have become thoroughly sick of typing)

Of the two options, which have proven to work in other games, the loot box microtransactions is far, far more favorable than paid Map DLC. I don't see how you could possibly argue otherwise.

There are plenty of monetisation options that have been proven to work, suggesting that the only one that will work in Overwatch is loot boxes (one of the more anti-consumer options) seems naive or disingenuous at best

They are morally against it.

How odd that people may have a problem with a transparently anti-consumer monetisation method

Why are people complaining about the loot boxes? It's all cosmetic right?

And? The idea that "its only cosmetics so people arent going to spend money on it" is provably false. It's literally the cornerstone of this games (and many, many others) monetisation. Even if we accept that "cosmetics dont matter" that wouldnt magically make the monetisation method less anti-consumer.

It's abso-fucking-lutely mind blowing to me that people arent happy with Bliz giving us all the maps, heros and modes for free but ALLOWING for people to purchase additional COSMETIC loot crates for cash.

Cool, when can the rest of us expect our refund?

 

[jediyoshi]

I would. Microtransactions do 2 things 1.they fuck up progression systems 2.Its a slippery slope just look at tf2 selling items that affect gameplay

They do 2 things. Let me list 2 things that have not occurred.

 

[matrixman92]

work is killing me today! I need my overwatch time!!!

 

[Haines]

They are fun *shrug*

Yeah I just always find the most competitive play style more fun.

I'll give it a whirl. Does it reset same time as hearthstone and everything?

 

[TheCanisDirus]

Cool, when can the rest of us expect our refund?

What do you want a refund for exactly?

 

[Jasoneyu]

The PotG always suck. Why is it almost always uninteresting kill streaks? Oh my last game last night me(D.Va) and a Mercy were holding it fucking down on the last defense point of a payload match. Before that moment we were certainly gonna lose but this guy just kept me alive for the entire last 10 or so minutes with overtime included, letting me wreck everyone and stopping the payload. Then some Reaper gets PotG because he gets a 6 kill streak during his ultimate. Fuck that. Me and that Mercy were the MVPs.

I wonder if this is just a limitation of how it tracks the PoTG. Maybe it can only trigger based on kills.

 

[Ranmo]

What's the best away to approach when playing D.Va? I have the ult usage down but my skill with her is inconsistent enough that I don't think I get her.

I never have had a problem fighting her, and find her easy to deal with, but when I was playing as her in my last game of the night I kept thinking I'd probably be better off just going back to my Winston lol.

Just trying to learn characters I don't play for the sake of knowledge.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

so heres a tip. If you have a Mercy healing you, maybe dont pick up the health packs also, because she might fucking need them and you already have someone healing you >_>

You can regen your health.

Typical privileged Mercy players.

 

[Uthred]

What do you want a refund for exactly?

Well apparently we got all the stuff in the game for free so I'd like my $60 back

 

[The Lamonster]

What are the best "bang for your buck" settings to turn down for PC performance?

 

[xVodevil]

Finally home... game time!!!

 

[aeolist]

I wonder if this is just a limitation of how it tracks the PoTG. Maybe it can only trigger based on kills.

it'll track non-killing ults like mercy and zenyatta but seems to favor multi-kills more heavily

 

[Rhaknar]

Well apparently we got all the stuff in the game for free so I'd like my $60 back

what?