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Overwatch |OT| My Onlywatch Has Ended
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Shake Appeal
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Not really. Most heroes don't have hard counters, and most sensible team comps will mitigate the weaknesses your hero has. When I play with my usual friends, my selection pool is really only about four or five heroes deep (Genji, McCree, Junkrat, Winston, Lucio) and that's fine. It's actually helpful, because they can anticipate what I'm likely going to choose and when.
Also, some heroes are just pretty much always useful. If you "main" Lucio, Reinhardt, McCree... you're probably an effective pick 90%+ of the time.
My feeling is that if you're switching more than a couple of time a game, you're probably being too reactive and messing up your team dynamics. Counterpicking is important, but it's by no means decisive.
Kayo Police
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Let's be honest, we're all getting this for the loot crate meta.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Hell I'm East Coast-GAF, but my playtime sometimes seeps into Oceania-GAF
How can you not love playing with Ancestral Pirates and kiwis
I'll be available if you need backup
TheGoreMagala
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The PS4 GAF community is still a thing, right? I plan on playing this game with a ton of GAFers once it's out.
Kaffeemann
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This thread is moving too fast, I can't keep up
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Deleted member 325805
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There are a few skins I really want, I do love fluff content. Need me those chibi sprays as well.
Dance Inferno
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There's a fine line between switching heroes every 2 minutes and switching heroes when your team comp is being countered. By no means do you need to be able to play all 21 heroes, but I'd say you should be comfortable with a good 5-8 heroes at least.
Yeah I will prob just try to meet people online or add people on here.
I'll see if I an find any beta comparisons BC I bet it's how the final product will run.
I just don't want to sacrifice TOO much performance for better controller
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Anybody manage to find 5 IRL friends to play with?
I tried using GAF lists and Discord with R6:Siege - but my strange availability and the fact Discord names are different (and hidden from) the actual game, made it impossible to keep track of who's voice is who's; and overall - while I had a great time - wasn't as fun as playing with people you actually know from work/school/friend groups.
I tried using GAF lists and Discord with R6:Siege - but my strange availability and the fact Discord names are different (and hidden from) the actual game, made it impossible to keep track of who's voice is who's; and overall - while I had a great time - wasn't as fun as playing with people you actually know from work/school/friend groups.
Can't get the chibis in loot crates. Gotta earn those with hero specific achievements.
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Jotamide
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Waiting for G2A here. :/
notworksafe
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fwiw discord now lets you change names per server so a lot of us just have our bnet tags as our names
People need to get with the RNGospel.
When the prayers go up ☝️
The loot crates come down 👇
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-overwatch-console-beta-performance-analysis
This is what I could find on Xbox performance.
Sounds like I might actually choose an Xbox version over my ps4 for the elite controller.
So maybe ms has done something right.
This is what I could find on Xbox performance.
Sounds like I might actually choose an Xbox version over my ps4 for the elite controller.
So maybe ms has done something right.
Both, unfortunately.
Kayo Police
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What if you don't find 5-8 interesting characters? Most of the cast do not appeal to me gameplay wise.
I pretty much just main Mercy with a very rare and situational Pharah from time to time.
I really don't like the notion of being forced to play characters just for the sake of the team composition.
TheChillyAcademic
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I suppose there might be some confusion, PS4 GAF is using the general Group Chat, via either the system or more conveniently the PS Messager APP. A good deal of PC GAF is using discord!
Snkfanatic
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Man...those animated shorts were incredible. Wish there were more of them.
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Deleted member 325805
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That could be better or worse depending on the requirements.
Can't unsee.
You might want to ask the playstation people, but I remember people discussing the ability to use an xbox one controller on their ps4 with some type of adapter. I don't know much about how well it works or if the paddles of the elite are compatible with it, but if you are playing on ps4 and want to use the elite controller maybe someone from the ps4 community can clarify this.
If you decide on xbox you can add me. GT is the same as my name here. Anyone else can add me as well. If you send a message that says gaf in it I'll remember who you are.
I really really want a movie
Discord can be used to find any platform with LFG section
StrangeTaco
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Some of them are fairly easy, a few of them are pretty difficult though unless you're really trying for it.
VoIP overlay is something new to Discord, in fact they just added Overwatch as a supported game so you should be able to keep track of who's who now while talking in game
Captain_Wreckus
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buy the game on PC and upgrade your PC when you can. It will run on a 630M, but definitely not at max graphics settings (i recommend med settings without knowing the rest of your specs). Save the cost of the Xbox one, game, & controllers and put it towards a new PC.
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Shake Appeal
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Sure, and I think the best way to get good at those 5-8 is to try playing as the other 13-16 heroes you favor less.
E.g., I only discovered my love for Winston after he repeatedly frustrated me as Genji/Widowmaker. I wanted to see why he was so effective against me, but he ended up becoming my preferred tank. I also learned what situations are scary or threatening as a Winston, which helped me improve my anti-Winston game in turn. (I'm still not going to stoop to using Reaper, tho...)
But a few weeks or months from now, when everyone has (hopefully) experimented with every hero, there's nothing wrong with narrowing your focus to a handful of heroes that you are most effective with, especially if you have a regular crew whose choices complement yours.
Fantastic OT, terrible title.
DirtyLarry
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This is personally the reason I am so excited about this game.
Truth is I all but stopped playing FPS's online because of pretty much exactly this reason.
Limited time just is not conducive to a lot of MP games out there these days.
Except with Overwatch during the beta even though I only played it a few hours and there were always people with way more time clocked in playing, I still felt as if I was contributing to the team.
That is awesome. And that is why at 41 years old, I am excited to play a MP FPS again.
Zera_Bloodwinter
Member
I'm ok at FPS, not really my thing but I'm going in blind into Overwatch and I'm ready to get my ass kicked. Let's do this!
TheChillyAcademic
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Well all the same >.>
Shake Appeal
Member
Amen. And given how much the devs rhapsodize about 90s team shooters during the Gamespot retrospective, I think they feel the same.
I played the beta on XB1 for over 24 hours, the performance was rock solid. I too prefer that controller, but I'm double dipping anyways because my kid tends to take over the Xbox for Destiny, lol.
The beta sold my on this game within 20 minutes. In fact, this game drove me to build a PC so I can get a taste of some kb/m action. I already preordered the origins edition on PS4 and I'll be playing that until I get the PC built (hopefully Thursday or Friday). Are the character skins the only difference in PC versions? If that's all it is then I would rather just get the $40 version.
StrangeTaco
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There are some bonuses for other Blizzard games but nothing really substantial.
Captain_Wreckus
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This is the why I was intrigue buy this game and eventually pre-ordered it. After watching more videos and reading the beta thread and now this speed train full of hype thread, I cannot wait to play this tonight.
Dance Inferno
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Agreed, that's a good way to expose yourself to new heroes. However certain heroes will just not click for you at all. I can't get the hang of Winston at all, for example. I can play Roadhog and Reinhardt and even D.Va and Zarya to an extent, but Winston completely flummoxes me. His playstyle is so foreign to me.
However, I do still switch to him in certain scenarios. When there's a Widowmaker standing on a ledge eating up our team I'll switch to Winston and just wreck her. So even in that scenario, it's good to know the strengths and weaknesses of all the heroes so that you can use them in the one or two scenarios where they will make a difference to your team.
On 100ppp we're still halfway there!
Exactly why I decided to order through CDKeys.com
Instead of waiting for my Amazon copy tomorrow.
They have been referring to this 'season' of animated shorts, so I would say there's a fair chance we'll see more in the future.
D.Va short, Blizzard pls
Lady Siara
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Have you actually tried them all? There were characters I wasn't too excited about conceptually but after trying them all, they all play really well. It's kind of amazing.
You can roll with two characters but your overall effectiveness will be limited. The game is balanced around switching. It's your choice to ignore it.
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