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[Permanently A]

Just remember, everyone: Jeff Kaplan said we should all be good to each other.

Jeff Kaplan also wrote this back in his EQ days

"Whoever came up with this sheer fisting of an encounter can go fuck themselves. Do me a favor so I don't waste my guild's time on this kind of jackass shit-fest again, send me an email at tigole@legacyofsteel.net when you decide to A) Implement an encounter that wasn't designed by a retarded chimp chained to a cubicle A.)Get a Quality Assuarance Department C) Actually beta test the fucking thing and D) Patch it live. And please for god's sake -- do it in the order I laid out for you. Don't worry, I won't charge you a consulting fee on that one. And for good luck you might as well E) Pull your heads out of your asses. While you're at it rename the game to BetaQuest since you've used up you're alotted false advertising karma on the Bazaar and user interface scam of '01.Fix the Emperor encounter. Fix Seru. Rethink your time-sink bullshit. Fix all the buggy motherfucking ring encounters (I suggest you let whoever made the Burrower one do this since that dude apparently laid off the crack the rest of you were smoking). Fix the VT key quest. Fix VT (just guessing it's fucked up considering your track record). Don't have the resources to fix this stuff? Move the ENTIRE Planes of Power team over to fixing Shadows of Luclin AND DO IT NOW. If you don't fix Luclin, you jackassess will be the only ones playing the Planes of Power."

http://web.archive.org/web/20090608034937/http://www.legacyofsteel.net/oldsite/arc27.html

Does this look like the face of goodness to you?

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

for PS4 gamers, I hope this tweet has an error on when you can play:

PlayStation: Meet Tracer. Keep an eye on her — if you can.

Overwatch launches tomorrow on PS4. https://t.co/dhFe3xqj84

 

[Line_HTX]

One for each type:

Soldier 76
Bastion
Reinhardt
Mercy

Call of Duty Man AKA Soldier 76

Neat, thanks! Just eagerly waiting for nighttime to come now.

 

[Rafy]

A new NVidia driver is out 362.22:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/102997/en-us

Has anyone tested it to see if it breaks a bunch of stuff, like a previous one did?

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

for PS4 gamers, I hope this tweet has an error on when you can play:

PlayStation: Meet Tracer. Keep an eye on her — if you can.

Overwatch launches tomorrow on PS4. https://t.co/dhFe3xqj84

nah, the countdown for mine is under 4 hours

 

[Novum_Veritas]

Has anyone tested it to see if it breaks a bunch of stuff, like a previous one did?

Just installed it on my Notebook, runs fine here.
No BSOD or anything.

 

[Glass Shark]

Jeff Kaplan also wrote this back in his EQ days



http://web.archive.org/web/20090608034937/http://www.legacyofsteel.net/oldsite/arc27.html

Does this look like the face of goodness to you?

Don't you ruin this for me

 

[Bronx-Man]

Overwatch |OT| Bastion & Friends

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

nah, the countdown for mine is under 4 hours

until they get rid of Grace Chen....I don't trust the timers.

 

[Parham]

Man, you know people are desperate to kill time when they're complaining about a fuckin' OT title. Only 3.5 hours left.

 

[Sesuadra]

Has anyone tested it to see if it breaks a bunch of stuff, like a previous one did?

Everything alright in my desktop

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Those who preordered the digital PS4 version, have you gotten the extra stuff for the other Blizzard games yet? Are they just going to email us codes, or what?

reposting for new page. anyone?

 

[Spring Drive]

Overwatch |OT| Arguments never die

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Do we know when the embargo for reviews is up?

 

[Tabby]

Man, you know people are desperate to kill time when they're complaining about a fuckin' OT title. Only 3.5 hours left.

This thread is going to turn into a graveyard when the game launches. Everyone's going to be off playing.

 

[QisTopTier]

Ah good ol Shadows of Lucin

 

[Captain_Wreckus]

reposting for new page. anyone?

link

 

[Zomba13]

I'm fine with the OT being a GoT reference (you know, Overwatch protect people, the Nights Watch protect people, GoT recently started up again) but the Onlywatch thing kills it for me. Like I didn't know what it meant until I read someone here googled it to find out what it was.

Should have maybe referenced the Nights Watch vows? Like "Overwatch |OT| Night gathers, and now my watch begins"? Then again what do I know, I don't do OTs and I barely ever even make a thread so I dunno about title character limits.

 

[Rize_21]

Can't access OW's GAF Discord? are the servers down ?

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Anyone who played the beta at 1440p, can you share your specs and framerate?

Hoping I can maintain a constant 60 at max with an original Titan. Doubt it, but it's not a super looker, so maybe?

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

link

"Console copies of Origins and the Overwatch Collector's Edition have a code inside the game box that grants these items. If you purchased a digital console copy of Origins, you can claim these items using an in-game option in Overwatch after the game launches."

Cool, thanks.

 

[Admiral Snackbar]

reposting for new page. anyone?

That will be in the game itself. There will be a menu item to link your BNET account to get the items active. Confirmed in a Blizzard FAQ on the site.

 

[Zia]

Jeff Kaplan also wrote this back in his EQ days



http://web.archive.org/web/20090608034937/http://www.legacyofsteel.net/oldsite/arc27.html

Does this look like the face of goodness to you?

It was certainly a different time.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Anyone who played the beta at 1440p, can you share your specs and framerate?

Hoping I can maintain a constant 60 at max with an original Titan. Doubt it, but it's not a super looker, so maybe?

locked 60 with the game maxed at 1440p, 4790k at 4.8 & GTX 980 FTW

you'll be fine.

 

[Permanently A]

Don't you ruin this for me

His username was Tigole Bitties.

 

[peakish]

Anyone who played the beta at 1440p, can you share your specs and framerate?

Hoping I can maintain a constant 60 at max with an original Titan. Doubt it, but it's not a super looker, so maybe?

I ran in 1440p i5-4670K, GTX660 at 60fps without drops. Lowered most settings and everything was fine.

 

[Tabby]

It's nice watching a Q&A where the developers answer the real questions.

 

[Sesuadra]

Anyone who played the beta at 1440p, can you share your specs and framerate?

Hoping I can maintain a constant 60 at max with an original Titan. Doubt it, but it's not a super looker, so maybe?

3770k
GTX780

I played the game and had forgotten that I still had my GTX down clocked/energy saving mode. Still hit 60fps on high @1440p

 

[MUnited83]

Overwatch |OT| My Onlywatch Is Ticking

 

[mintyice]

Are they doing a PC Preload for this?

 

[Tabby]

Are they doing a PC Preload for this?

Yeah it's ready to go for me. It's showing a play button.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

It feels good to be excited for a Blizzard game multiplayer-wise because you know the game isn't going to die within a month of release.

...or ever.

 

[Glass Shark]

It's nice watching a Q&A where the developers answer the real questions.

"Exactly how awesome is Overwatch?"

It feels good to be excited for a Blizzard game multiplayer-wise because you know the game isn't going to die within a month of release.

...or ever.

People in other threads are predicting it's going to have a 1-2 month life span.

lol

 

[Novum_Veritas]

Are they doing a PC Preload for this?

Pre-load is online since the 20th May.

 

[CountAntonius]

Launch day Q&A from FB

Starts around 7 minutes in. Jeff Kaplan answering questions.

-Competitive mode won't be in at launch they are aiming for end of June
-Seasons will be around two and a half months long with a two week break in between
-They are trying to redo the entire sudden death for competitive
-The Hero Cinematic is the end of "Season one" there will be more seasons for cinematics.
-Weekly Brawl will be a testing ground for game modes and things that may eventually make it to the standard game.
-There will eventually be a guild/clan system.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

-Competitive mode won't be in at launch they are aiming for end of June
-Seasons will be around two and a half months long with a two week break in between
-They are trying to redo the entire sudden death for competitive
-The Hero Cinematic is the end of "Season one" there will be more seasons for cinematics.
-Weekly Brawl will be a testing ground for game modes and things that may eventually make it to the standard game.
-There will eventually be a guild/clan system.

I love the idea of using weekly brawl to test new modes.

 

[Z_Y]

Sooo...how do I buy this on X1? The store page for the non-$100 version just says "Bundle only" on my end.

https://store.xbox.com/en-AU/Xbox-One/Games/Overwatch-Origins-Edition/7de69d6f-0da2-44e7-805f-ee0a0ea87d1a

 

[Sesuadra]

-Competitive mode won't be in at launch they are aiming for end of June
-Seasons will be around two and a half months long with a two week break in between
-They are trying to redo the entire sudden death for competitive
-The Hero Cinematic is the end of "Season one" there will be more seasons for cinematics.
-Weekly Brawl will be a testing ground for game modes and things that may eventually make it to the standard game.
-There will eventually be a guild/clan system.

Sounds good. Gives people time to learn the game and then let's jump into competitive mode

 

[mohsinkhan]

When is the review embargo up? The OT has me curious!

 

[zeroforty]

G2A taking that sweet time with that key delivery Any one got their key from them yet?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

People in other threads are predicting it's going to have a 1-2 month life span.

lol

Blizzard still releases updates for Diablo II so that's just delusional

 

[Glass Shark]

When is the review embargo up? The OT has me curious!

There is no review embargo because press didn't get early access. They're going to get to start playing right along with everyone else.

 

[Eduardboon]

How is input lag on pc with Vsync and controller compared to consoles?

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Sooo...how do I buy this on X1? The store page for the non-$100 version just says "Bundle only" on my end.

https://store.xbox.com/en-AU/Xbox-One/Games/Overwatch-Origins-Edition/7de69d6f-0da2-44e7-805f-ee0a0ea87d1a

https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...r-Bundle/cf75088f-4cab-4bd2-b532-9492c8343253

You can't buy the game by itself on consoles

 

[Ramirez]

Am I crazy for thinking the PC and console thread communities should be seperate? They are balanced differently, no?

 

[Jotamide]

No key from G2A yet.

comeon

Just got mine, check your email!

 

[jaaz]

Coming into this completely blind, didn't even play the beta. Bought it on PC. Is this clearly a KB+M game, a game controller game, or both (i.e., doesn't matter, both are viable)?

 

[Terrorblot]

-Competitive mode won't be in at launch they are aiming for end of June
-Seasons will be around two and a half months long with a two week break in between
-They are trying to redo the entire sudden death for competitive
-The Hero Cinematic is the end of "Season one" there will be more seasons for cinematics.
-Weekly Brawl will be a testing ground for game modes and things that may eventually make it to the standard game.
-There will eventually be a guild/clan system.

Guild / Clan system, ooooooh. My interest is piqued. I hope it actually does something for a change, too many games these days say they are implementing a Guild / Clan system and it just ends up being the ability to add a prefix to your name and nothing else.

 

[LordofPwn]

Something I really love about it!

have you had a chance to watch their GDC talk about the audio in Overwatch? fascinating stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60P0hzTTJ4Q

 

[HariKari]

Am I crazy for thinking the PC and console thread communities should be seperate? They are balanced differently, no?

Kaplan even mentioned they weren't going to keep them in lockstep with each other in the Q&A today.