Mobius and pet octopus
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Tracer vs mei, people thought mei countered tracer. Really not true as well. But unlike mccree, mei's right click does 1 hit kill a tracer with a headshot.
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Overwatch |OT| My Onlywatch Has Ended
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Subpar Spatula
Banned
I know BB wasn't selling well, but daaamn.
Not like it matters. Unless big streamers pick Overwatch as their main game or it becomes a big ESports hit then it will eventually dip to the low 1000s. The top streamers of Overwatch (that make up, like, 80% of the viewers) are variety streamers. Heck, if Lirik streams it, then he makes up, like, 40% of the viewers; Summit does 25%.
and then you run into one with situational awareness that spins around and instagibs your tracer/reaper. Genji is a way safer option for flanking a Bastion, even if it turns around you can deflect either for the kill or a chance to hide. Not saying you can't take one out with those characters but there's more efficient ways to do it.
Pharah works great at range and can peekaboo one pretty well even in its kill zone, provided there's some healing available. But I mean if a Bastion is setting up out in the open with a long line of sight to it, it's basically dead anyways. Then again, I was spectating some friends last night and I was facepalming the whole time an enemy Bastion on the payload just obliterated them nonstop. One single Pharah would have handled that problem instantly but none of them switched off their characters.
It's just kind of weird. Normally I can tell if we're going to win or lose based on how the first two checkpoints go, but on Route 66, none of that matters because the final stretch is extremely hard to get through.
Stone Ocean
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Yeah, OW stream numbers don't really mean anything until we start getting an actual streaming community with dedicated players.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Breathing is OP
Nerf oxygen pls
Nerf oxygen pls
I don't think a teleport nerf is needed due to the fact that her HP pool is 150...shes basically a one shot body bag against a sniper...unless you give her 200 HP, then yes a teleport nerf wouldn't be so bad
InfectedZero
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People still whining about Bastion? Sheesh.
TheLetdown
Member
The end game voting cards reward not changing your character, which is counter to what the game demands and encourages.
Pulling off of DPS because you need Winston's shield to take a point will inherently hurt your DPS number. Same with switching from a healer to a tank because your team of Genjis can't push a payload.
I'm not sure what can be done about it, though. I'm just saying I don't necessarily blame the vast majority of people that don't swap and counter pick when the system reinforces their decision.
Pulling off of DPS because you need Winston's shield to take a point will inherently hurt your DPS number. Same with switching from a healer to a tank because your team of Genjis can't push a payload.
I'm not sure what can be done about it, though. I'm just saying I don't necessarily blame the vast majority of people that don't swap and counter pick when the system reinforces their decision.
RecRoulette
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Bastion has just enough health where he should be able to survive whatever damage Tracer and Reaper dish out assuming the Bastion doesn't ignore them.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
lmao, no, not unless she gets a buff somewhere else.
Nothing "counters" Tracer, but yeah as Mei I'm not super panicked.
Demoskinos
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Spoken like someone who doesn't know how to deal with tracer. If you're having trouble with Tracer play Junkrat. His trap is one of the scariest things for a Tracer player. And unless they are *highly* observant you can usually get away with throwing it down in the middle of combat and having her step on it. Then watch as Tracer panics while she is caught.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I think the words "OP" and "nerf" need to be banned in all future OTs unless we're talking about D.Va's catchphrase.
I've shot at the tumbleweed thinking it's the hay junkrat wheel lol.
I have PTSD from Junkrat.
Demoskinos
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I know search times have been really bad this morning. Dunno why. At one point my estimated time to get into a match was "unknown" =|
I legitimately never feel more OP or more helpless in this game than when I play Zenyatta. It either comes together perfectly and I dominate the enemy while keeping allies alive, or I don't do much other than die.
Zomba13
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Nerf D.Va's voice lines they are OP winkyface
Deaf Spacker
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I'm enjoying it so far, I don't have the fastest hands and I am using a controller so I mainly play as Reinhardt.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
You're killing me mang.
Moff
Member
so I hit level 20 without a single legendary skin, a had a few victory poses for characters I rarely play.
I really don't like the box system, I hope they add a way to earn currency regularly and guaranteed, daily quests for instance. but they probably won't to make people buy those boxes with real money.
I really don't like the box system, I hope they add a way to earn currency regularly and guaranteed, daily quests for instance. but they probably won't to make people buy those boxes with real money.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Man Winston is incredible for just fucking shit up
Almost invaluable in control modes.
Almost invaluable in control modes.
TheLetdown
Member
Dead on. I'm pretty sure I was a LOT better with him in the beta. I don't know if they changed him in any way or if I just suck more now.
AnathemicOne
Banned
Overwatch semi-lore update done in a style of a journalist article came up yesterday if anyone is interested.
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20130523
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20130523
Disheveled_Zen
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Oh man, do I love it when people ball up in a tight space as Reinhardt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUeVm27rKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUeVm27rKk
stop. don't even go there.
Zomba13
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I don't think stats are kept for the weekly brawl, just Quick Play, Competitive and vs AI.
why would anyone play for the carda in the first place? Thats kinda a rhetorical question, because I know the stupid reason.
D.VA 1 : Bad Guys 0
SDCowboy
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Man, the amount of salt towards Bastion is truly reaching hilarious and pathetic proportions. I had a guy on my own team (after we won easily) get super pissed off because I was turreted on the payload wiping out the other team. People seriously get pissed when a Bastion either get's gold in kills or POTG, like either matter beyond ego or some kind of pride.
I've never seen this in another MP coop game before where people get pissed off at teammates specifically because they did well and significantly helped the team win.
I've never seen this in another MP coop game before where people get pissed off at teammates specifically because they did well and significantly helped the team win.
People who think Bastion needs a nerf are fucking crazy.
When he's in sentry form he's thin like paper. 1 or 2 arrows from Hanzo or grenades from Junkrat and he's dead.
Plus he can't even move around, so he's an easy prey for Tracer, Reaper, Genji etc.
When he's in sentry form he's thin like paper. 1 or 2 arrows from Hanzo or grenades from Junkrat and he's dead.
Plus he can't even move around, so he's an easy prey for Tracer, Reaper, Genji etc.
Good Zenyattas are legitimately annoying to fight.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Sounds like the opposing team to Torbjörn was shit mate.
Although I do have my doubts that he was actually sitting next to his turret.
SDCowboy
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Yeah the boxes seriously need to be buffed. I mean, I get there needs to be some incentive to buy more boxes, but this isn't a free to play game. There has to be a happy middle ground, and currently, the amount of pure shit in most boxes isn't even close to acceptable.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Feeling ya' here. Got 7 or 8 hours behind Lucio and my next most-used is Tjoy at 40 minutes or so.
I just won a Frog suit last night :3
orthodoxy1095
Banned
My only complaint about the boxes is that you can get dupes. If I knew that getting a shit item like a spray I don't want meant that it was "crossed off" so to speak, I'd be a lot less annoyed.
But I know they won't remove that so meh.
The 'kill streak' was probably just because the turret got some shots in on everybody his team was taking out. The thing doesn't even do that much damage unless he's in molten core mode.
Regardless it's one of the easiest things in the entire game to deal with by switching characters. If it was any weaker it might as well not be there. I don't play Torb often but I pretty much only use the turret to keep Tracers off the point while I run around shooting people on the front lines.
Shifty
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That's some tech. I'mma use that.
I don't think nerfing characters is the right way to go about balancing this game. Bastion, Tracer or Mcree, if you nerf their major tools they will become less enjoyable to play. That's what happened to League of Legends. Strong, interesting characters like Singed, Jax, Riven and many others saw nerfs until they became both nonviable and unenjoyable to play.
Better way to balance the game would be to buff characters who are supposed to counter them to make them more effective. That way you still retain what made the character's effective while also allowing a way for outplays to happen.
Better way to balance the game would be to buff characters who are supposed to counter them to make them more effective. That way you still retain what made the character's effective while also allowing a way for outplays to happen.
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