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Overwatch |OT| My Onlywatch Has Ended

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X-Frame

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What's the general consensus on Zarya?

I had a lot of fun playing as her tonight, and wow I am still surprised at the blast radius of her grenade launcher. Or Pharah's rocket launcher -- the splash damage on those 2 weapons are very generous.
 

LAM09

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I think what upsets me about this game is the reluctance of people to change heroes. CHANGE HEROES PEOPLE. If you're running to the objective as a Tracer and dying every goddamn time to turrets maybe you should stop being Tracer. Getting tired of getting mowed down by Bastion? Change goddamn heroes. Not getting a lot of kills as Widowmaker, despite her being your favorite and best hero? You better believe you should change goddamn heroes. Entire team has trouble staying alive and is eating a lot of damage? Do I even need to say it?

This is a fluid game where a good play can turn around the whole game. You can't just be rigid and think "I really like Reaper and I'm the best at Reaper! Someone else be a Tank or support" because that's the kind of thinking that leads to the other team stomping you. Don't be stubborn about it, change heroes folks.

I totally agree. I've change heroes a few times if things aren't going well and something else is needed. However, most people just stick with the same hero regardless, as you said.
 

Not Spaceghost

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I can't get my mouse to feel right in this game no matter what settings and sensitivity i try. I wish I could get it to feel as snappy it does in csgo.

It feels like there is some hidden mouse acceleration i can't get rid of
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
What's the general consensus on Zarya?

I had a lot of fun playing as her tonight, and wow I am still surprised at the blast radius of her grenade launcher. Or Pharah's rocket launcher -- the splash damage on those 2 weapons are very generous.

She's the best hero in the game.
 
What's the general consensus on Zarya?

I had a lot of fun playing as her tonight, and wow I am still surprised at the blast radius of her grenade launcher. Or Pharah's rocket launcher -- the splash damage on those 2 weapons are very generous.

She's great for locking down chokepoints. That's definitely her key strength. When you have the enemy stalled, switch to Zarya to make sure they flat-out cannot push.

Great in other scenarios too, but she's very much a close-ranged fighter who can make moving around corners and in hallways a complete hell for the opposition. She's also a Mercy's best bet for survival in a teamfight.
 

mikemandey

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I feel like Zenyatta could use a little bit more health, 175 or even 200. It's silly that he could be one-shotted on the body by Widowmaker and it's so hard to avoid that because he is so slow. And in top of that, he has no escape mechanism.

Teammates around you are dead? Then you're fucked.
 
What's the general consensus on Zarya?

I had a lot of fun playing as her tonight, and wow I am still surprised at the blast radius of her grenade launcher. Or Pharah's rocket launcher -- the splash damage on those 2 weapons are very generous.
Super strong

Hard to use
 
I feel like Zenyatta could use a little bit more health, 175 or even 200. It's silly that he could be one-shotted on the body by Widowmaker and it's so hard to avoid that because he is so slow. And in top of that, he has no escape mechanism.
I will sign this petition. Only request I have in the game for any hero.
 
What's the general consensus on Zarya?

I had a lot of fun playing as her tonight, and wow I am still surprised at the blast radius of her grenade launcher. Or Pharah's rocket launcher -- the splash damage on those 2 weapons are very generous.

Powerful, but you need the team for her. She's a good filler option when you have DPS, a tank and heals.
 

shoreu

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ok man is anyone else getting this glitch? Here

whenever me and my brother play with another person one of us get's caught in an endless loop of this shit.
 

Artanisix

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I think what upsets me about this game is the reluctance of people to change heroes. CHANGE HEROES PEOPLE. If you're running to the objective as a Tracer and dying every goddamn time to turrets maybe you should stop being Tracer. Getting tired of getting mowed down by Bastion? Change goddamn heroes. Not getting a lot of kills as Widowmaker, despite her being your favorite and best hero? You better believe you should change goddamn heroes. Entire team has trouble staying alive and is eating a lot of damage? Do I even need to say it?

This is a fluid game where a good play can turn around the whole game. You can't just be rigid and think "I really like Reaper and I'm the best at Reaper! Someone else be a Tank or support" because that's the kind of thinking that leads to the other team stomping you. Don't be stubborn about it, change heroes folks.

agreed i am always willing to swap from hanzo to sniper to complete our offensive group
 
I think what upsets me about this game is the reluctance of people to change heroes. CHANGE HEROES PEOPLE. If you're running to the objective as a Tracer and dying every goddamn time to turrets maybe you should stop being Tracer. Getting tired of getting mowed down by Bastion? Change goddamn heroes. Not getting a lot of kills as Widowmaker, despite her being your favorite and best hero? You better believe you should change goddamn heroes. Entire team has trouble staying alive and is eating a lot of damage? Do I even need to say it?

This is a fluid game where a good play can turn around the whole game. You can't just be rigid and think "I really like Reaper and I'm the best at Reaper! Someone else be a Tank or support" because that's the kind of thinking that leads to the other team stomping you. Don't be stubborn about it, change heroes folks.

If I'm the only thing keeping my team alive then why the hell should I switch?
 
ok man is anyone else getting this glitch? Here

whenever me and my brother play with another person one of us get's caught in an endless loop of this shit.

Never experienced that. :\ Are you and your brother in the same network? And can you always replicate this with your brother and another person? Definitely try to write to Blizzard about it if so.
 

Wanderer5

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If I'm the only thing keeping my team alive then why the hell should I switch?

I been in that position at times too, when no one else want to do support, and I feel there the need for one. But anyway I should probably work on at least another offensive hero beside Pharah if there already a support in a attacking team. I just can't get into tanking much through.
 
Zarya is no joke. So satisfying to use her. She's the only tank with a decently ranged weapon and it can become buffed as fuck with the right amount of damage blocking. Gotten really successful since I started using her.
 
Man, Mei on Arcade is some bullshit when the other team is escorting. Had like 4 of them just making walls and turtling when they got low on health.

I switched to Bastion and stopped that shit with the quickness.
 

KuroNeeko

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Played for about 4 hours last night.

Bastion was annoying at times, but McCree was the only character that really felt OP.

I think I like Mei the most so far. Ice Block while contesting to avoid D. Va's and Hanzo's ult was good fun.

I thought I would like D. Va more than I did, but I think I'm just not utilizing her Defense Matrix and Boosts enough.

Lucio is a mix of fun and frustrating. I love his Support game, but his main weapon sucks big time. The R2 blast is loads of fun though.

Zarya(?) was the other character that pleasantly surprised me. I'll probably spend a bit more time with her as well.
 

Zackat

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Man they boot you so fast if you don't choose a hero quick. Like less than 10 seconds it seems. I was just trying to decide what to go with my team and I get booted on PC. Did they fix that problem on consoles where people would be afk for games in a row?
 

jmelons

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My experience so far with this game:

Hop in to discord, find a group
Win 2-3 games in a row, spirits are high
Lose 1 game
Entire group instantly disbands
Repeat

Getting old. I love the game, but people are so fragile.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
I been in that position at times too, when no one else want to do support, and I feel there the need for one. But anyway I should probably work on at least another offensive hero beside Pharah if there already a support in a attacking team. I just can't get into tanking much through.

Actually sometimes the healing isnt doing much when you are trying to push that last bit and its good to switch to dps or another tank to disrupt. Even healers should switch if needed

What does Torbjorn say when he activates his ult? Always sounds badass.

Molten Core
 
So here's basically the comp meta at this point:

1 Lucio
1 McCree
1 Mercy/Symmetra/Zenyatta
1 Reinhardt/Winston
1 Damage oriented flex
1 tank oriented flex

#NerfMcCree #Makemoresupportsandtanks
 

Ambient80

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I posted in another thread but I don't care. Just unlocked one of the Valkyrie skins for Mercy. Also have enough gold to unlock another legendary skin but I think I'm saving all gold until we get new stuff. I'll just unlock everything by boxes until then.
 

cHinzo

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Ugh blocking like almost 40k damage as Reinhardt and still lose sucks. Nobody cleared the Pharah shooting rockets from the roof. >_> Would have rather played another character and have fun instead.
 

ExVicis

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I totally agree. I've change heroes a few times if things aren't going well and something else is needed. However, most people just stick with the same hero regardless, as you said.
It's very frustrating as if things aren't going smoothly I'll change heroes on average three times. But I'll see the same Hanzo or Widowmaker at the end of the game that I saw at the beginning that's done very little to help except maybe the occasional Ult.

Then these same people will get mad during a game and say "Of course we're gonna lose!"

If I'm the only thing keeping my team alive then why the hell should I switch?

Switch to a different support then.

Maybe Lucio needs a turn, or Zenyatta.
 
Why, exactly?

He's more of a 1v1 hero (villain?) than a true tank who helps his team push forward with shields (Rein) or the way Winston can drop shields and jump to the back line to disrupt snipers. Even Roadhogs who are playing in a clump with the rest of the team aren't really tanking anything. Watch some competitive matches and see how people fight behind their Reinhardt.

I know a lot of people think they're being awesome with a 75% hook rate, but it would be so much better if that spot was a Winston or Reinhardt.

He also just not that good and as people get better it will become more and more apparent.
 

Ken

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Ugh blocking like almost 40k damage as Reinhardt and still lose sucks. Nobody cleared the Pharah shooting rockets from the roof. >_> Would have rather played another character and have fun instead.

Implying blocking 40k damage isn't fun.
 
Getting really ticked off playing with people during the attack phase of a payload match who don't actively push and close the gap between the payload and the final objective. I'm all out in the open as D.va blocking shit with my matrix, mowing down anybody who dares to get close to the payload to the best of my ability and the rest of my team just hangs back around the corner and leaves me to juggle everything and inch the payload closer and closer. Widowmakers in particular seem to be obvilious to the fact that they have a decent secondary autofire mode and a mine to bait and drain enemies for closer range fights and they can use their grapple to zip onto other platforms to flank and snipe and give the attackers support.

It boggles my mind how often people seem to totally ignore the payload.
 

vakarian32

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And then B) the classic "no tank, no healer".

Yeah I've been in that situation a few times, when your whole team is split up and more interested in playing TDM there's no point picking Reinhardt or Mercy for example, as you need one or two players backing you up to be effective. I found I was better off going a tank or support class that is more solo capable like Roadhog or Lucio.
 
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