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[Tyrant Rave]

I got a POTG as Tracer and it was just me killing a Genji

I kind of wish I didn't get it cause it took me an embarrassingly long time to get the kill

 

[Shady859]

I will admit before going to bed last night I bought 5 crates for shits and giggles after opening the couple I had earned and saved up. I remember all the talk of CoD crates being weighted for $ openers and wanted to test. Honestly got junk from them although 2 of the 5 had coin stacks in them which for me at least any coins are very rare so far at level 10. All my good skins came from leveling up. I won't be buying anymore since it's more fun to earn but I don't feel bad for throwing and extra $5 at them.

 

[Matrix XII]

I'm still impressed at how polished this game feels, but there's a lot of little stuff I'd like to see improved or tweaked for quality of life's sake. Let me know if I'm just an idiot and missing something:

-I'm earnestly surprised that you can't save highlights yet. I guess I can Shadowplay the ones I really like, or something, but I shouldn't have to.

-As far as I can tell, there's no way to duck out to the hero menu to change skins/emotes and stuff between rounds unless you're actually matchmaking (e.g you can change stuff while waiting for a match, but not between actual matches) - it'd be nice to not have to leave completely if I feel like switching between skins.

-On a similar note, a random skin/random emote/random voice line option would be nice. I'd much rather cycle through unlocked voice lines than pick a specific one to hear over and over (except maybe "winky face"). Likewise with skins - especially as we all get further along and unlock more cool stuff, it'd be nice to be able to either 1. change at character select, like in League of Legends and other games or 2. just set it to cycle through unlocks at random per game or something.

-Some kind of daily or weekly challenge system to unlock a couple of loot chests would be nice, although I imagine at this point they're gating them only behind progression/dollars to keep people from getting everything they want too fast without paying. I imagine something like this will roll out after they've added more unlocks, if that's something they're planning to do.

-Something something tick rate

-Some more responses on that quick communication wheel would be nice. Maybe enemy callouts or some general "get on the point stupid" ones (heroes sometimes say this at random but it'd be nice to manually trigger) and maybe a general "good job/nice shot" attaboy.

I agree totally with those points.

There are a lot of little UI tweaks they need to make. I have confidence they will fix them.

 

[Derp]

Wait so how do you get loot boxes of you reach max level? I assume you just have to buy them at that point?

 

[vypek]

Does anyone know what max level is?

And does anyone know if we still get loot boxes once we hit max level?

Wait so how do you get loot boxes of you reach max level? I assume you just have to buy them at that point?

I believe its reported to cycle. So after 100 is level 1. Like a prestige.

The best part is you don't have to wait around a corer, thanks to the on screen prompt that goes off when your trap is set off.

Yeah, thats true. I like that. I probably should have stood in there to contest the point but it was only one guy anyways.

 

[theSlacker]

I got more of the high cost skins in one night then I did in the entire open beta.

 

[StayDead]

Got two play of the games in a row.

That happened in my first two games yesterday. Felt good.

 

[Majine]

Overwatch is the 2nd biggest game on Twitch after League right now. Will be interesting to see if it can keep up when the hype dies down.

 

[Visualante2]

-Some more responses on that quick communication wheel would be nice. Maybe enemy callouts or some general "get on the point stupid" ones (heroes sometimes say this at random but it'd be nice to manually trigger) and maybe a general "good job/nice shot" attaboy.

I'd like to see the top ones customisable. Then the others be general and context sensitive, depending on the hero or phase of the game mode.

 

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[The Lamonster]

They really should award a loot box once a week for winning the weekly brawl, a la Hearthstone.

 

[Interfectum]

Overwatch is the 2nd biggest game on Twitch after League right now. Will be interesting to see if it can keep up when the hype dies down.

I'm guessing top 5 (average) for the foreseeable future.

 

[nOoblet16]

Overwatch is the 2nd biggest game on Twitch after League right now. Will be interesting to see if it can keep up when the hype dies down.

It's release day of a AAA game, most big name games go up real high.

 

[Arcteryx]

Overwatch is the 2nd biggest game on Twitch after League right now. Will be interesting to see if it can keep up when the hype dies down.

I doubt it drops below top10 for quite a while.

 

[Klyka]

There are like barely any worthwhile skins in this game and people complain they take too long to get .

Come on, just play the game guys.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Hit Rank 17, been playing since servers up, with a few breaks for food

Saving my loot boxes for the hell of it, I'll pop them once I get 20-25 of them

So much fun
Game is addicting

 

[Rhaknar]

My level 2 loot case reward:

Guess who I started playing as lol

you are a bad person

 

[Frostt]

Two hours and a half to get out of work and play Overwatch again

 

[JetBlackPanda]

There are like barely any worthwhile skins in this game and people complain they take too long to get .

Come on, just play the game guys.

I agree.. after spending almost 2 years obessesing over collecting everything in Destiny (love the game still btw) its nice to come home, boot up and just play.

so so fun.

 

[Ramirez]

I played against my first legitimately great DVa last night and it was fucking infuriating, lol. Knocked me off the map in a POTG clip to add more salt to my wound.

 

[gutshot]

It's release day of a AAA game, most big name games go up real high.

They don't generally eclipse LoL, DOTA2 and HS though, even on release.

 

[LordofPwn]

They don't seem too bad? They'll take a while and a bit of luck but at least they encourage players to play properly and try out all the characters.

there's an achievement/trophy for destroying 3 teleporters in one game. i rarely see symmetra picked, and when i've picked her i've only been able to place 2 in a match. if we can get these in custom matches then just need to get a boosting session for some of them but i won't worry about that until maybe i get to level 100? which will take awhile, but should be fun, and getting 50 unlocks for 1 character will also take some time

 

[Haines]

It will die down on twitch.

This is def more a play game, than a spectate one.

And I can see streamers going to other games or the next bug release for the viewers.

 

[Uthred]

I think they said that they will be adding the ability to save highlights? Going to see YouTube explode after that

 

[Apathy]

Close! you got one right.



Oh man I wish! but the loot is epic regardless

can you imagine if they spring loaded those things, lol hilarious and lawsuit enducing

 

[LordGorchnik]

Does practice mode allow you to play on Maps to look around and get a feel or can you only play in that training center?

 

[Haines]

There are like barely any worthwhile skins in this game and people complain they take too long to get .

Come on, just play the game guys.

People just want instant gratification.

I like that getting a crate is exciting. I remember halo 5 having them so quick it felt like more a chore.

 

[Regiruler]

Why? Paid cosmetic items are entirely benign and allow the developer to make extra money, which allows them to support the game longer. I'd love to hear your logic on why you don't want to support them.

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

 

[Visualante2]

They don't generally eclipse LoL, DOTA2 and HS though, even on release.

I was watching a big name Dota streamer playing Overwatch. There is an overlap sometimes.

 

[GraveRobberX]

So many players get Salty with my Bastion, a couple of time the teams I played swapped to them to get revenge on me lol, then I swapped to Mei and just coldcocked all of 'em

At the moment my 3 nemisis are Tracer, Pharah, and Symetera
Everyone else FETs taken out, these 3 are annoying me to no end

For Mei only arch nemesis is Junkrat

 

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[Voror]

Stupid question but does your level determine your luck with the crates at all? Just sort of curious if I should hold off on the ones I've earned so far or not.

 

[Zomba13]

I got a POTG as Tracer and it was just me killing a Genji

I kind of wish I didn't get it cause it took me an embarrassingly long time to get the kill

Lol, those POTGs are so embarassing. Like when you get the POTG as Widowmaker for killing like, one guy and you miss 90% of the shots. It's like the POTG is all "look at this asshole!". Earlier my friend got the POTG for one kill with McCree and he missed most of the shots and he was just laughing at it.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

you are a bad person

You'll get one eventually Rhaknar, I promise

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Stupid question but does your level determine your luck with the crates at all? Just sort of curious if I should hold off on the ones I've earned so far or not.

There are people here who have gotten legendary skins on level 2. So no.

 

[vypek]

Stupid question but does your level determine your luck with the crates at all? Just sort of curious if I should hold off on the ones I've earned so far or not.

Don't think so. Level is your just experience. Has no effect

 

[Rhaknar]

You'll get one eventually Rhaknar, I promise

you lie

 

[Klyka]

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

This is one of the saddest posts I have read

 

[The Omega Man]

Stupid question but does your level determine your luck with the crates at all? Just sort of curious if I should hold off on the ones I've earned so far or not.

random loot is random

 

[Gurrry]

I believe its reported to cycle. So after 100 is level 1. Like a prestige.



Yeah, thats true. I like that. I probably should have stood in there to contest the point but it was only one guy anyways.

fuckin a. thats great news!

 

[jediyoshi]

There are like barely any worthwhile skins in this game and people complain they take too long to get .

Come on, just play the game guys.

Does shitting on all the actually sweet skins constitute playing the game too?

 

[LAM09]

Just got POTG with Mei to clinch the match. Wonderful!

 

[Luq]

They don't generally eclipse LoL, DOTA2 and HS though, even on release.

Can we stop with this nonsence? Ofc they do, stop overreacting and overhyping. It's already below LoL and it hasn't even been 24 hours.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

I cannot fathom this mindset but thanks for explaining it at least.

 

[Bsigg12]

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

Or you know, we can split the user base with every map pack/character released that you have to pay for. I'll take cosmetic microtransactions every time if it means it retains the largest userbase possible.

 

[Voror]

There are people here who have gotten legendary skins on level 2. So no.

Don't think so. Level is your just experience. Has no effect

random loot is random

Gotcha. Wasn't 100% sure. I'll need to experiment more tonight. Only did one match where I used Widowmaker. Went alright but could have been better.

 

[Interfectum]

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

Seems you are against this system due to your own lack of self control, not really the system itself.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Stupid question but does your level determine your luck with the crates at all? Just sort of curious if I should hold off on the ones I've earned so far or not.

Don't think so.

 

[Arcteryx]

Paid maps/chars are yours once you buy them. One and done.

In a system like this there's a type of creeping disease that constantly encourages you to buy an infinite number (well, moreso a large number in OW's case) of crates, and it doesn't even guarantee you anything.

With cosmetics in particular, I can't bring myself to buy them, yet it destroys me to not have everything. It's a lose lose and I would rather avoid the situation altogether.

It feels like such a typical western status quo way of thinking, it drives me insane.

On the flip side: it gives you plenty of replay value to get everything.

 

[Klyka]

Can we stop with this nonsence? Ofc they do, stop overreacting and overhyping. It's already below LoL and it hasn't even been 24 hours.

Yeah but it's LoL.

It might as well not even count.