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[Shake Appeal]

Can you explain how they are anti-consumer?

There is no compulsion or necessity of purchase. They are priced clearly. What you are buying is transparent. I will personally never buy one, but whatever.

 

[RecRoulette]

Dodge this.

(This is so cool)

Yep, this is how I use D.va's ult most of the time. Doesn't pay off all the time but when it does, so damn good.

 

[Matrix XII]

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

I think you are confused.

You purchased a video game, to play.

 

[CoLaN]

Love the game, but the sniper classes are just weird, its too easy to be good with them. The hitboxes are way too big.

 

[ScaryShark]

It's weird you can't unlock a player icon with in-game currency.

 

[LiquidSword]

Lol dude go try and get your refund and stop shitting up the thread

Had a blast last night and got two POTG as Symmetra. Seen a good balance of characters getting it in the games I played. Not always Bastion or Mcree or something.

 

[Mupod]

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

From what I understand it's a point gain kind of system. Kill streaks while on a capture point are the easiest way to get them, but if you rez 4-5 people as Mercy that's an almost guaranteed POTG.

For example one of our last matches of the night, an enemy Pharah got a 5 kill with her ultimate on the point. At the very end of the POTG it showed the Mercy mass rez and conveniently left out the part where this allowed us to obliterate their team and win the match. So the Mercy rez was the 'actual' POTG but Pharah probably got more points because we were all standing right on the capture point.

I don't think it's possible for Lucio to get one outside of kills, Zenyatta's ult may only trigger it through sheer healing output.

 

[kaskade]

I can't wait for people to start wanting to utilize the team aspect a little more. Most people seem to want to play CoD mode right now and just pick all offensive.

It was very smart of Blizzard to put the little "no support hero" thing in there.

 

[ebil]

The last few games I played last night I, on a whim, started playing Zarya. And Holy ShamWow do I love her! The tactical use of her barriers, their cooldowns, and managing pulse cannon damage is a kind of crazy I love! Though it seems like it takes forever for her Ultimate to become available.

However, any ZaryaGAFfers have any words of wisdom with her?

I finally managed to play my first match ever as Zarya and I had a blast! Practice Range is really bad to get the hang of her.

It felt really useful being able to damage through absorbing damage and I liked her right click energy ball lob, that was useful to get rid of people sitting on ledges. I had a good Mercy on my team though, I don't know how I'd fare without good support.

Super interested in advice as well.

 

[Uthred]

what?

Didnt you hear?

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.

 

[Vital Tundra]

It's weird you can't unlock a player icon with in-game currency.

You can't? I assumed some are locked behind achievements or something but none?

 

[Muzicfreq]

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

. . .
Uhhh I think you have the wrong idea

 

[Interfectum]

Didnt you hear?

You know what he ment. One with such high morals should be able to look past simple posting mistakes.

 

[markwaters]

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

1. Wait until you are in a good position and your team is engaging to maximize its usefulness, otherwise you'll just get focused down.

2. You can get a maximum 9 swings for 120 damage each when it's activated, but you should plan for around 8 and not worry about getting the 9th. Prioritize Mercy/Lucio/Supports, then anyone with low health.

3. You can still use Swift Strike to clean up and get around. Anyone you hit or pass through takes 50 and the cooldown resets if anyone dies. Once you activate, they swill scatter, so use this to chase their supports.

4. You can also deflect, but only do it if the incoming damage might kill you as it wastes precious swings. Once again, prioritize deflecting at supports -- unless it's Bastion.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

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

Huh? You gotta play to pay. Not going to unlock those chests by doing nothing, right?

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Just to be certain; no way to buy currency or costumes, right? ONLY loot crates/RNG?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I have not encountered a single useful Zarya player on console. Nobody seems to use her well.

 

[Interfectum]

Just to be certain; no way to buy currency or costumes, right? ONLY loot crates/RNG?

You can only buy loot crates, yeah.

 

[wamberz1]

Just to be certain; no way to buy currency or costumes, right? ONLY loot crates/RNG?

Yep

 

[Bittercup]

A bit disappointing that you still can't save highlights. I had hoped this will be patched in for the release version.

Just got a play of the game as Widowmaker. So exciting.
I'm not that good at aiming and then usually don't dare to play sniper classes in games. I don't think I'm any good at playing Widowmaker either, but I had fun
Maybe I'll try to get better with her. So far I'm switching between D.va, Mercy and recently Widowmaker.

 

[ScaryShark]

You can't? I assumed some are locked behind achievements or something but none?

Unless I'm stupid or blind (both possible) there isn't. I got the one I was after but it's still weird that it's the one thing you can't get with the currency.

 

[Apathy]

And? Widowmaker does 150 on body shot

200 is a one shot to almost the whole cast?

Cause a normal arrow is 125, not 200. which means the game thinks it got a headshot when it hit me in the chest.

you don't see this as a problem?

 

[Diablohead]

mccree has become my #1 target, every one who uses mccree seems to do the same flash and fan combo and it works so damn well, lol.

 

[Nestled_Grizzly]

I have not encountered a single useful Zarya player on console. Nobody seems to use her well.

I had a person on the other team who was really good with her. She was destroying our team.

 

[Naythan]

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

I can't tell if posts like this are serious. Do you really think so little of yourself?

 

[Garrett Hawke]

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)

fair enough, I thought you meant micro transactions in general.

 

[vypek]

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.

Yep. After tax I payed $39.32 and got some reward points for using my Amazon card.

 

[X-Frame]

Are there any good video or text guides/tips for this game?

I played very briefly in the beta and last night for a couple hours and only a few characters, but overall I'd love to learn more.

The Overwatch subreddit seems quite lacking in useful information right now as 75% of the posts seem POTG's.

 

[matrixman92]

this games achievements are absolutely insane...who came up with this shit lol

 

[Warxard]

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

Fuck are you talking about

 

[Liberty4all]

It's either paid map DLC that splits the community, no DLC at all but all cosmetics free, or the current cosmetic system. I'm willing to sacrifice free cosmetics with zero gameplay impact so we get free DLC maps and hero's and the community doesn't get split.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Kids are home from school rip any chances of getting a game where anyone cares even 0.5% for teamplay. Like everyone picks a carry and runs around randomly chasing kills in the thirstiest way possible.

 

[ScaryShark]

this games achievements are absolutely insane...who came up with this shit lol

As someone who cares too much about trophies this game is going to drive me nuts with that list.

 

[Jolkien]

this games achievements are absolutely insane...who came up with this shit lol

Yeah, I don't think I'll platinum it maybe on a long period. I just won't think about it and if it happens, even better

 

[Jasoneyu]

From what I understand it's a point gain kind of system. Kill streaks while on a capture point are the easiest way to get them, but if you rez 4-5 people as Mercy that's an almost guaranteed POTG.

For example one of our last matches of the night, an enemy Pharah got a 5 kill with her ultimate on the point. At the very end of the POTG it showed the Mercy mass rez and conveniently left out the part where this allowed us to obliterate their team and win the match. So the Mercy rez was the 'actual' POTG but Pharah probably got more points because we were all standing right on the capture point.

I don't think it's possible for Lucio to get one outside of kills, Zenyatta's ult may only trigger it through sheer healing output.

ahh makes' sense.


Most the POTG i've seen have been mostly kill streaks.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

Fuck are you talking about

I'm seriously asking the same damn thing? Like i literally don't have any idea how these notions are making sense in anyone's head.

 

[vypek]

this games achievements are absolutely insane...who came up with this shit lol

lol I saw the list and thought to myself that there is no way in hell I'll ever get them all and just be happy for the few I do get. I got the one for keeping the team off the payload for a full minute and in that games the achievement for getting a 20 kill streak.

The character specific ones are all tough and seem very lucky to me. lol

 

[Azure Phoenix]

First game as Mei and there is a Reaper complaining about how Mei is total bullshit after I managed to kill him twice from half health with an icicle through the skull. Then proceeds to complain that turrets are bullshit because Torbjorn killed him once, then decided to spend the entire rest of the game hunting down me specifically because I killed him once again with Mei. And I thought I was doing pretty garbage that game, he was just worse.

 

[brawly]

They buffed Soldier, right? He used to be total shit but his gun seems much stronger.

 

[Boogdud]

Bastion play beats out my 3-4 kill streak with a lovely Zarya gravball. Standard.

That's because Zarya is hot garbage. Bow to your robot overlords, for a better tomorrow.

 

[24hr]

As soon as people notice a certain character doing well the whole team changes too it.

 

[vypek]

They buffed Soldier, right? He used to be total shit but his gun seems much stronger.

He seems the same from the beta to me. Always pretty effective.

 

[Klyka]

Nothing more fun than having an entire team chase your Tracer instead of going for the objective.

God it is fun being bait and shouting "YOU EVER GET THE FEELING OF DEJA VU????" everywhere

 

[TheCanisDirus]

It's either paid map DLC that splits the community, no DLC at all but all cosmetics free, or the current cosmetic system. I'm willing to sacrifice free cosmetics with zero gameplay impact so we get free DLC maps and hero's and the community doesn't get split.

Exaclty! I think some just want to play avatar-dress-up-simulator 2.0 more than they do the actual game. Meh' to each his/her own!

 

[Matrix XII]

First game as Mei and there is a Reaper complaining about how Mei is total bullshit after I managed to kill him twice from half health with an icicle through the skull. Then proceeds to complain that turrets are bullshit because Torbjorn killed him once, then decided to spend the entire rest of the game hunting down me specifically because I killed him once again with Mei. And I thought I was doing pretty garbage that game, he was just worse.

This I think will happen a lot until people learn the game more.

Everyone thinks everything is a cheap shot, it seems. But there are counters to almost any situation, people are just not willing to adapt by changing strategy or characters.

 

[Moonkeis]

I can't wait for people to start wanting to utilize the team aspect a little more. Most people seem to want to play CoD mode right now and just pick all offensive.

It was very smart of Blizzard to put the little "no support hero" thing in there.

I mostly play support classes and every time I feel like trying a different hero out, this message always makes me feel guilty.

 

[markwaters]

mccree has become my #1 target, every one who uses mccree seems to do the same flash and fan combo and it works so damn well, lol.

McCree is basically designed around the idea of being superior in 1v1 situations. He is supposed to win any situation where it's just him against another hero. His entire game plan is to catch players alone and out of position and use his skills to shut them down. He has trouble fighting multiple characters at once. Good teamplay and long-range heroes beat McCree. Don't engage him up close when you're alone. It's pretty easy to listen for him and avoid him if you need to.

 

[Kandrick]

Mercy is so good. Especially on the capture objectives game mode. Had a match with 7,000 healing last night

Mercy is awesome. This is how my first game went:

 

[chaobreaker]

I only won 10 of my 29 matches so far. Any tips on how to improve my game? I switch heroes based on the enemy comp but am not sure with which hero in which situation is best.

Maybe there's a YouTube channel that has decent guides?

 

[Matrix XII]

They buffed Soldier, right? He used to be total shit but his gun seems much stronger.

No, I don't think so, he's the same from the beta. Very solid player, all around.