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Overwatch |OT| My Onlywatch Has Ended
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Garrett Hawke
Member
do you have a third that actually makes them money though
Interfectum
Member
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
Member
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.
They truly are. For people (like myself) with a need to unlock things they are preying on the weak. Terrible and unethical.
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.
Pretty much. Gotta catch them by surprise and constantly move around.
Robin64
Member
Cut up your credit card and just play more of the game. ;P
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Lucio is godlike in Arcade. Just spam the volume boost every 3 seconds.
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
Member
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.
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.
Yeah. You always had the warning sign when a D.Va dropped her mech near you.
CubanBoy1127
Member
Why are people complaining about the loot boxes? It's all cosmetic right?
Liberty4all
Banned
I love how you can boost with her, activate Self destruct and mech keeps boosting as you eject.
It's kinda like bowling.
Interfectum
Member
They are morally against it.
Matrix XII
Member
Outright Villainy
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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.
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
Member
Wish I could be as competent at dodging my own ults as the enemies I shoot it at.
Buff this
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
Member
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.
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.
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
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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.
Matrix XII
Member
That is a great tip actually. Mercy gets focused down so she needs health packs herself.
Robin64
Member
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
Member
Also she charges her ult from healing you, so you're slowing her progress.
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
Member
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.
They are fun *shrug*
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)
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
How odd that people may have a problem with a transparently anti-consumer monetisation method
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.
Cool, when can the rest of us expect our refund?
jediyoshi
Member
They do 2 things. Let me list 2 things that have not occurred.
matrixman92
Member
work is killing me today! I need my overwatch time!!!
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
Member
What do you want a refund for exactly?
I wonder if this is just a limitation of how it tracks the PoTG. Maybe it can only trigger based on kills.
Ranmo
Member
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.
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
Banned
Well apparently we got all the stuff in the game for free so I'd like my $60 back
The Lamonster
Member
What are the best "bang for your buck" settings to turn down for PC performance?
it'll track non-killing ults like mercy and zenyatta but seems to favor multi-kills more heavily
what?
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