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[shanafan]

The "Play of the Game" music is so rad. Has like a Marvel movie score feel to it

 

[sneakypete]

Is there any way to disable spectator mode for myself? This might end up killing the game for me. I can't get into any games with friends without being in spectator mode. I would rather just not be able to join. Literally every friend game I join, I am in spectator mode. I even got an invite from a friend and landed in a party of 6, and the game had 4 of us (not me) plus 2 randoms. Wtf?? This is the worst party system I have ever seen, made especially bad by the need for a party in this game.

Why don't you just type /w YourFriendsName and ask if there is a spot open on their team? Or wait until the match is finished and have them back out and get you in the party?

I don't really get the complaint - maybe because I've experienced the hell that is shitty NAT party systems on Xbox but Overwatch feels extremely polished to me(on PC).

 

[Kor of Memory]

Can someone explain to me the difference between Health (White), Armor (Yellow), and Shields (Blue)?


Is there a difference at all, or is it just more numbers?

Like, do certain projectiles do more to health than armor or something?

 

[Boogdud]

soldier: 76 complaining about hacks

poetic justice

Lol I didn't even think of that. Well, I want 5x damage too!

 

[abundant]

The group is called support, not healers. I'm going to bet we are going to get more support people that aren't based around healing. Support is a broad scope.

The problem people are having with Symmetra being labeled as Support is that it's misleading. She's the only Support that needs another Support if you are attacking.

Misleading as in the message of No Supports goes away when picking Symmetra. For Attackers, you would still need a healer.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Nice try, Tracer.

I hooked a Pharah out of the sky and into the blast radius of a D.Va explosion. I was so proud of myself.

 

[LlamaJohnson]

Yes, so that you can see who is currently playing and invite/request an invite to their party.

Thanks.

 

[Baliis]

Can someone explain to me the difference between Health (White), Armor (Yellow), and Shields (Blue)?


Is there a difference at all, or is it just more numbers?

Like, do certain projectiles do more to health than armor or something?

Health is normal, nothing special, can be healed. Armor can be healed like health and gives damage reduction. Shields regenerate over time.

 

[MisterShine]

Can someone explain to me the difference between Health (White), Armor (Yellow), and Shields (Blue)?


Is there a difference at all, or is it just more numbers?

Like, do certain projectiles do more to health than armor or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvoZ3j185E

This explains how the player mechanics work, including health/armor/shields

 

[SDCowboy]

Its based on the item rarity. I think common duplicates are only worth 15.

Oh, ok.

 

[spiritfox]

So if you launch your self destruct straight up as D.va it would explode before it hits the ground. It might be useful to gain LOS.

 

[Listonosh]

I wish the hero skins fit in properly with their backstory. Some of them seem fairly random and don't seem to fit their persoality or what they do; Lucios hockey skin, Junkrats Scarecrow skin, Soldier 76s Daredevil skin etc. I don't know if i'm missing something but they seem out of place to me.

I think that does fit. I'm sure I've heard him say something about not bringing his equipment for a quick pickup game, or something along those lines.

 

[markwaters]

Can someone explain to me the difference between Health (White), Armor (Yellow), and Shields (Blue)?


Is there a difference at all, or is it just more numbers?

Like, do certain projectiles do more to health than armor or something?

Health is how it is in every game. You die at 0 health.

Natural shields are like health, except they will recharge without healing or health packs. Symmetra's shields just act like extra health and do not recharge.

Armor reduces incoming damage and natural armor heals like health with health packs or support healing. Torbjorn's armor pack just acts like extra health with the benefit of the reduction. The damage reduction is a flat reduction of 5 points for any damage that is 10 or more (i.e. 25 damage does 20 to armor). It is 50% if the incoming damage is less than 10 (i.e. 6 damage does 3).

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

seeing these advanced tactics evolving

had my team wiped twice from timed zarya singularity ult with a mcree ult

had us snatched all together and mcree with the high noon and 6 dome shots--GONE, just like that

fuck...I am excited for ranked play.

 

[therapist]

Any good strategies against 4+ bastions on defense?

I played a match yest , we took A in no time but B was just impossible , 4 bastion turrets seems a bit OP.

I guess maybe Genji , or the reaper to get close , or maybe the mech with the shield to counter it?

i got mcree's gambler skin its nice

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[Zemm]

There's only one class I feel needs tweaking and that's Mei, like her freeze gun should be half the range it currently is and she'll feel more fair. All the other classes seem fine balance wise.

 

[toastyToast]

Still no purple or orange skins at level 17. This shit is stupid

 

[Whales]

Any good strategies against 4+ bastions on defense?

I played a match yest , we took A in no time but B was just impossible , 4 bastion turrets seems a bit OP.

I guess maybe Genji , or the reaper to get close , or maybe the mech with the shield to counter it?

i got mcree's gambler skin its nice

all genji, reflect their asses

 

[Salty Rice]

Why did you report him? Bastion is a robot he doesnt have a mom.

 

[mbpm1]

Any good strategies against 4+ bastions on defense?

I played a match yest , we took A in no time but B was just impossible , 4 bastion turrets seems a bit OP.

I guess maybe Genji , or the reaper to get close , or maybe the mech with the shield to counter it?

i got mcree's gambler skin its nice

Heard people say to go Farah

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Why did you report him? Bastion is a robot he doesnt have a mom.

I birthed bastion.

 

[ShadowsFell]

Thanks.

I asked on the last post of the last page, so you may not have seen it, but how do we join the Gaf group for that? I found the Google doc, but can't seem to edit it to add myself.

 

[SmartWaffles]

Health is how it is in every game. You die at 0 health.

Natural shields are like health, except they will recharge without healing or health packs. Symmetra's shields just act like extra health and do not recharge.

Armor reduces incoming damage and natural armor heals like health with health packs or support healing. Torbjorn's armor pack just acts like extra health with the benefit of the reduction. The damage reduction is a flat reduction of 5 points for any damage that is 10 or more (i.e. 25 damage does 20 to armor). It is 50% if the incoming damage is less than 10 (i.e. 6 damage does 3).

Symmetra's shields do recharge.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Still no purple or orange skins at level 17. This shit is stupid

I didn't get a legendary until 23.

 

[therapist]

all genji, reflect their asses

Alright so Genji / Farah might be the way to go , thanks fellas

 

[Zemm]

Also the amount of mcree's and reapers and soldiers and pharrahs you can destroy with roadhogs chain when they're doing their ultimate is so so satisfying.

I'm so glad they prioritise enemy sounds and voices over your own team, as soon as I hear one of their ultimate sayings it's time to hook them in.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

The "Play of the Game" music is so rad. Has like a Marvel movie score feel to it

Combined with a badass hero introduction, it's really fucking cool. Love watching the POTG.

 

[mbpm1]

I birthed bastion.

Sending good vibes your way to counteract that guy's death wishes

 

[SlickShoes]

I didn't get a legendary until 23.

Level 4 for me, but in closed beta I never got one between level 20 and 40, random is random.

 

[mstevens]

Do lifetime stats make any sort of difference in this game or matter at all? I'd like to experiment with several heroes but I know it's gonna be ugly for awhile.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

stats dont matter

 

[Apathy]

I think that does fit. I'm sure I've heard him say something about not bringing his equipment for a quick pickup game, or something along those lines.

Well the line was probably put in after the skin not the other way around. That's why it fits.

 

[Rize_21]

A mlg Bastion will wisely shoot some preventive bullets and wait for Genji to finish his deflect animation before releasing the rain bullets. It works wonder.

 

[abundant]

all genji, reflect their asses

I found the best strategy to counter a stacked team is to go all in with their counters. I played a game last night where the Defending Team went with multiple Torbjorns, so we went with multiple Reinhadts and destroyed their puny turrets with ease.

 

[Dubz]

Anyone want to play on PC? I just got this and might suck a little for a bit.

dubz#1516

 

[nOoblet16]

It's ridiculous how battle.net works.
So they have battle tags becuse people can change names at any time and have duplicates, but Battlestar separates that..yet if you want to add someone from a different region you have to change your own region to the person's you are trying to add..and when you do add you only see the friends who are from that region in your friend list and not any of your friends from your own region.

Any good strategies against 4+ bastions on defense?

I played a match yest , we took A in no time but B was just impossible , 4 bastion turrets seems a bit OP.

I guess maybe Genji , or the reaper to get close , or maybe the mech with the shield to counter it?

i got mcree's gambler skin its nice

Multiple Genji and Winston's, two Winston's would disrupt the game enough to provide distraction for Genjis.

 

[Permanently A]

A mlg Bastion will wisely shoot some preventive bullets and wait for Genji to finish his deflect animation before releasing the rain bullets. It works wonder.

An mlg Genji uses the deflect as cover to close the distance, swift strike in and farm Bastion's core.

An actual mlg Bastion gets up and hauls ass when he sees the Genji coming.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

And no one on your team thought to swap to widowmaker and two shot it?

Or Reinhardt and shield it?

Or Winston and shield?

Or...or...or...


I love how the game presents so many options but right now the meta is to complain about how something is broken as opposed to thinking of a character that can stop the "unbeatable"

 

[Zeliard]

I really like Zarya, but I hate how her ultimate is pretty worthless if you're not playing with friends or communicative pubs. It's one of the best ults for its utility, but only if your team is on point and can communicate well.

If you have a high enough charge when you pop the ult you can wipe them all out with Zarya alone. Just lob some bombs in there and finish off any straggler with your primary. You can literally get an entire enemy team wipe with Zarya alone.

 

[ElyrionX]

I don't get it. Yesterday, I won 10 games in a row. Today I am losing 10 games in a row. Why are the games so streaky?

 

[T.O.P]

So...you a Bastion player? huh

 

[vypek]

I found the best strategy to counter a stacked team is to go all in with their counters. I played a game last night where the Defending Team went with multiple Torbjorns, so we went with multiple Reinhadts and destroyed their puny turrets with ease.

Did you win? Wondering if we played together. This sounds similar to a match I had last night. We were rolling with 6 Tor for a while but the enemy team couldn't finish pushing the payload.

 

[notworksafe]

I want to know this too, any GAF community for easy adding of players on PC? Add me pls ARMADA#11113

If anyone is looking for people to play or just wanna chat about the game, or even just wanna use a voice chat room we have Discord channel available to people from all regions/platforms: https://discord.gg/0zS6rDjznAycGB24

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Why did you report him? Bastion is a robot he doesnt have a mom.

everyone has a mom, even robots

So...you a Bastion player? huh

Nah that wasn't me.

 

[abundant]

Did you win? Wondering if we played together. This sounds similar to a match I had last night. We were rolling with 6 Tor for a while but the enemy team couldn't finish pushing the payload.

It was close (came down to two Overtimes), but we won in the end.

 

[nOoblet16]

An mlg Genji uses the deflect as cover to close the distance, swift strike in and farm Bastion's core.

An actual mlg Bastion gets up and hauls ass when he sees the Genji coming.

This is true, if the Bastion is still set up and not moving then he is not 'mlg Bastion".

Also you can stand on top of Bastion and he won't be able to hit you if he is set up while you can keep hitting him. He wouldn't even know you are on top of him because he can turn just as fast as he normally can so he will just try to check his corners and by the time he is able to do something it's too late.

It's generally the better option if you've got a jump on a full health Bastion and are playing Genji because if you just shoot his core he will turn and then you'll have to fight him normally while he keeps shooting.

 

[markwaters]

Symmetra's shields do recharge.

TIL. They usually break as soon as you take damage because of how small the shield is in my experience, so I didn't think so.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

TIL. They usually break as soon as you take damage because of how small the shield is in my experience, so I didn't think so.

They keep recharging til you die or symmetra changes characters.

 

[vypek]

It was close (came down to two Overtimes), but we won in the end.

Ah okay. Sometimes I wonder if I run into gaffers while I am playing. Our opponents last night used multiple Rein for a while and it worked for some time until they got to a big open area where we could set up the turrets to flank.