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Overwatch |OT2| A New Low in Unlocking and Microtransaction Systems
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highlight intro.Roadhog is awful against McCree. What are you doing
It triggers me seeing Widowmaker get selected in attack. You have to be pretty good to be useful that way.
What is this argument? You can still hear yourself in first person. Also if being in first person made people not care about the character they were playing no one would give a shit about skins
flashbang damage + two fth if the shots all connect (which they will at close range vs roadhogg) will kill him even at full health with torbjorn and symmetra armor
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
He has 500hp. In TWO seconds.
The Omega Man
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Imaging you are fighting a freaking beast and on top of that you have to kill him twice, he should play more without his pocket medic for streams, I mean if he is not competing why a pocket medic? I want to see him more in real life situations against other players that might get occasionally healed or not, he's so good anyways.
But god tier Genji player than on top of that is constantly being healed is not interesting for me to watch.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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I'm rapidly losing confidence in Genji as players get better. People are learning not to shoot at him while he's deflecting, including Bastion. His risk is far higher than Tracer's, but his damage output isn't as consistent. That many squishy characters have very thin hitboxes makes his primary targets also the most difficult for him to hit. His reload time is too long. And despite being the hardest character to play, he's no harder to counter than any other character, losing to Roadhog, McCree, and Torbjorn. I feel like someone will try to dispute this with "well (insert Seagull/ any insanely good player) does well with him," but then, what does that matter? He's not even picked nearly as often as Tracer as far as I know. He doesn't harass as well as Tracer, he doesn't pick off single targets as well as Widowmaker. I feel like he's in this weird middle ground where he simply does a lot of things merely okay, and that buffing him wouldn't solve anything, he simply struggles within the game that Overwatch is.
mehrmantrout
Member
Lol, I live streamed it for DGAF - Got the tracer racing legendary a few decent skins/emotes and about 1350 gold, so I bought everything else I want (Pharah Anubis and the Lucio running man dance are the GOAT) and have 850 left
We're currently mooting some sort of weekly bet/pool for a 50 loot crate
I'm nowhere near that good the highest amount of kills I got with Genji is about 12, I am still trying to learn him.
super-famicom
Member
This is amazing!
Mei is Ubi approved!
Catchphrase!
They are controlling the zones, bro.
Even the Bastion?
gutterboy44
Member
How the hell do you aim Winston's leap? Is it always the same distance? Can you steer it in mid air? He is next up on my rotation of characters to play for a few rounds but I feel so incompetent with him.
When do you guys give up on heroes? No matter how much I try I can't click with any of the "dps" guys except 76. I havent touched Genji or Pharah but I just cant play Tracer/Mcree/Reaper. I think its because i cant flank for shit or be sneaky (I always hated "rogue-types" in games) so im just trash with those 3, and I assume Genji will be the same.
Same goes for Roadhog on tanks and Widowmaker/Bastion on defenders. Just cant play or more importantly enjoy them at all (which makes getting better at them hard).
To be fair I have a solid stable of heroes I play now, Winston is clicking with me now so thats another tank to add to Rein and Zarya, I have my pocket Lucio/Mercy for when theres a need for a healer, I love Symmetra, for defense I usually go Hanzo, Tor, Junk or Sym, and when theres need for dps I go Hanzo if theres no sniper, or switch around between Junk/76/Mei if we need to push and not so much snipe a turret or a Bastion. Thats what, 11 or 12 guys for any role? Not too bad I think.
Same goes for Roadhog on tanks and Widowmaker/Bastion on defenders. Just cant play or more importantly enjoy them at all (which makes getting better at them hard).
To be fair I have a solid stable of heroes I play now, Winston is clicking with me now so thats another tank to add to Rein and Zarya, I have my pocket Lucio/Mercy for when theres a need for a healer, I love Symmetra, for defense I usually go Hanzo, Tor, Junk or Sym, and when theres need for dps I go Hanzo if theres no sniper, or switch around between Junk/76/Mei if we need to push and not so much snipe a turret or a Bastion. Thats what, 11 or 12 guys for any role? Not too bad I think.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
True. Too many people can't handle the fact that sometimes your opponents are better, or made smarter hero picks, or simply outplayed you that round.
Haha, good point. That's why I hated playing mid in Dota. Everyone is up your ass if you lose the lane.
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There is definitely an audio cue. You hear her say her "Noone can hide from my sight" line in French. Just like when an enemy Mercy uses her revive, she says her "Heroes never die" line in German. That's how you can tell it's an enemy ult.
The trick is to wait until the enemy starts shooting to begin deflecting, don't just run at them and deflect as soon as they see you hoping you'll catch some bullets. You need to really read them. Ideally you shouldn't be out in the open long enough for them to kill you(so deflect time + escape time, OR if you are close enough, deflect time + time it takes to get the kill), so just time your appearances better. Genji hasn't dropped off in effectiveness and I don't think he ever will, you just have to become really efficient and crafty with him to do well.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Wouldn't it be awesome if Winston gets a Donkey Kong outfit?
or Genji like Gray Fox?
DO IT BLIZZ!
One of his skins already makes him look 90% alike to MGR Raiden
TheCanisDirus
Member
There is a TON of this. Sometimes we just get crushed by better, smarter players with quicker reaction time and better teammates.
Doesn't really mean any of these characters def needs a nerf/buff.
there's a cue but it's quieter than most and isn't global. if she pops it far enough away you can't hear it at all.
Spring Drive
Banned
I don't know if I just got lucky but Tracer is fun to play. No one can hit me
She's a sniper. She does it far away so you can't hear her.
so triple question mark right back atcha.
She's super hard to hit especially by players who aren't used to fighting her. Really fun character to mess with people.
Seagul is amazing but yeah that pocket Mercy (its a pocket dmg buff also dont forget) cant hurt. I actually think about that a lot as Ive been slighyly improving my Hanzo play, like the amount of times I snipe aomeone and they have a sliver of health left, if I had that buff it would have been a kill. Or when im on a hot streak and finally get killed, would be nice to instantly be ressurected. Not to mention when youre low health and have to get a health pack, or simply walk around with half health, something he never does.
Do not mistake this for even remotely shitting on his skills, or even thinking that im saying "well if I had a pocket Mercy I'd be as good lol", its just something I think about when Im playing Hanzo and run into those situations.
My only complaint about the game so far is it feels like I'm playing the same maps over and over. I mean, I've booted up the game 3 times today and all 3 times it put me on Kings Row. I play that map far more than the others I believe. It's always the payload maps too. I rarely get to play the KOTH ones. Is it just bad luck?
HELL OF A EDIT: Just clicked search for game....guess where I'm at? KINGS FUCKIN ROW FOR A FOURTH TIME. This cannot be coincidence.
HELL OF A EDIT: Just clicked search for game....guess where I'm at? KINGS FUCKIN ROW FOR A FOURTH TIME. This cannot be coincidence.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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Then they simply stop shooting as soon as you deflect. That only works against Pharah and Junkrat, since you can bait them or deflect on reaction. Anyone with hitscan, they merely stop shooting for 2 seconds.
Yes
Also unless one of the teams rage quits you usually play 2 games per map, one attack one defense
Probably feels that way because they replay a map but switch roles for payload, but koth are usually best of 3 matches that don't repeat.
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
Hiding behind you, lol
The Omega Man
Member
Totally understandable, that's why teams with 2 healers are hard to beat.
I'd be glad if my team hid behind me. Half the time they run ahead to get mowed down by a hail of bullets or some other direction to "flank" never mind my inability to shoot at turrets and bastions while I have my wall up.
Deflect is mostly used to cross distances without taking damage then, don't use it as your primary source of damage. Your main damage should be your shurikens, ultimate, and the finisher skill. Deflect can be used to get some extra damage and a rare kill in, but it sounds like you're depending on it for the wrong things...
Dead Prince
Banned
idk how many times i got out thinking i was already in the right direction to the checkpoint.
Winston's leap is basically just a big rocket boost in whatever direction you're facing, followed by losing all momentum when you contact the ground and splashing everybody around you.
So aiming his leap is mostly a matter of pointing your viewport along the parabola you want to travel on. If you point too low, you'll hit the ground too quickly. You want to point upwards. Kinematics, bro!
Incitemaybe
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Last night playing Mercy I had to push the payload by myself. I know your pain.
Just waiting for him to drop the fucking shield so they could shoot!
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