orthodoxy1095
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Yeah that'd be nice. I'd actually rather just play KOTH myself. At least for now.
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I really hope that they somehow make it to where supports can get the play of the game when they deserve it.
I know it would probably be difficult, but I have made some absolutely game changing plays with Lucio/Winston that most definitely lead our team to victory, yet the play of the game always goes to a triple kill or something. There's hardly any point in having the cool highlight intros for the support characters at the moment because they don't even get them.
At least they have that like thing in the post game that usually highlights them. That's neat.
I know it would probably be difficult, but I have made some absolutely game changing plays with Lucio/Winston that most definitely lead our team to victory, yet the play of the game always goes to a triple kill or something. There's hardly any point in having the cool highlight intros for the support characters at the moment because they don't even get them.
At least they have that like thing in the post game that usually highlights them. That's neat.
ViewtifulJC
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The side facing Symmetra, you can see arrows before you lay the teleporter. I'll see if I can find the screenshot I took the other day.
I wouldn't say it's easy, especially for people with other life responsibilities and don't have the time to grind.
Don't get me wrong, it's cool that you can earn it, but I wish there was still a way to earn a few more coins here and there.
Pharah is a pretty low tier hero currently as widowmaker, who is an s-tier hero (barring some map with poor sightlines) shuts her down completely. Without the counter, she's a solid and balanced hero
The reason why mccree is so obscene is that he is the most effective counter to fast flankers and win 1 v 1s, on top of shredding tanks and an insane ult that denies entire lines of sight for 50% ult charge.
They dont even compare, honestly. Pharah is specialized and excells at dealing with short range chars ; mccree is great at anything that isnt sparring with snipers
They come out towards Symmetra as she's placing it. There are arrows on the floor to show it too.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Yeah, I've been keeping track.
I'm on level 29, with about 20 hours into the game.
So far, I haven't unlocked a single legendary. I have unlocked just shy of 1,000 coins between drops and duplicates - the cost of one legendary.
I've also spent about $34 on boxes, and with that, have collected another ~1,400 coins.
So even with money, the odds are you're gonna have to spend about ~100 hours on the game just to unlock five or so of your favorite legendaries - that's not even one legendary for 1/4th of the cast of heroes.
Money helps - but even then, you're not rewarded for being cheap.
The drop rates - at least in my very narrow experience - are pretty low.
EDIT: Fwiw, while I would like better drop rates (or a way to guarantee/purchase certain items), I have no problem with the implementation here. It's all cosmetic. So long as their post-game support is very good - regular updates for at leas the next couple years, including maps and heroes - I'm a happy camper.
More Fun To Compute
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Widow and McCree are S tier but Pharah is easily A tier not low tier at all.
Unrelated but apparently my friend and I played against you yesterday and you kept killing him as Mercy on Li Jiang.
Small world we live in.
SDCowboy
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Or have map voting.
Beautiful Ninja
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So I was just in a Lijang Tower where the opposing team went Quad Winston with 2 Lucio's. Worked on the initial push to cap the point, but my pubbie team was smart enough to pick some Anti-Winston tech with a couple of Reapers and a Zenyatta, and we slayed some monkeys.
Next round they tried double sniper no healer on KOTH. Went as poorly as you'd expect that to go as well.
Next round they tried double sniper no healer on KOTH. Went as poorly as you'd expect that to go as well.
Roadhog tier.
SmackAttack
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Had a game earlier where I moved the payload to the finish as Tracer just sitting on it. My team was pinning the other down so well that I just sat and won the game for us. Was pretty funny.
Said it in the beta but unless they overwork the POTG I think it's useless. Want people to play a bit more of each class but barely see support up there on the big screen
Support Class stays getting disrespected
Acerac
Banned
Towards you. It's really confusing I think, it should be the other way.
Played my first game as Zarya and completely carried the payload by myself. I was the only one on it the whole match and we somehow won. Either my team wiped the other team clean ahead of me or the other team was just straight trash. Either way I got almost 3:30 objective time without dying and it was rad.
And have an extra step that takes another thirty seconds? I'm good.
Honestly, one of the best traits of the game - or at least Quick Play - is you're only concern is your hero (and hopefully the overall team comp). Picking a mode, picking a map, and then picking a hero? That adds up. I like how quickly you get in an out now.
More Fun To Compute
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Hard to say I think. He is very strong but the other team will build ult meter from shooting him. Also the magic of his hook comes from it having near top priority in server side code so if comp uses high tick rate servers he could be harder.
keep fighting the good fight
bringing dignity to overwatch
lmao im so sorry
That vine is too true.
Multiple Winstons is probably one of the easiest things to counter. We went up against 5 Winstons and a Mercy on Watch Point: Gibraltar, and they managed to capture the first two check points without much resistance because we weren't expecting it. We changed to Reaper, McCree, and Bastion, completely shutting them down and forcing them to change strategy.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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GAF what is your favorite map?
I like the Japanese and Egypt one for now.
Worst is the one in China.
I like the Japanese and Egypt one for now.
Worst is the one in China.
Because it's not really used as an attempt to strategize, but rather as a "I'm going to use it, try to take advantage" warning button.
http://www.planetoverwatch.org/12-overwatch-tier-list-and-hero-meta-report-the-payload-report
Pretty low usage rate, despite lower amount of widowmaker picks than weeks before
Super volatile meta still of course, but with these swings i think pharah will be sitting nicely in between top and lower tears.
Yeah, he's got some pretty nasty bugs affecting the position of hooked targets (where they land can vary), but he deals pretty nicely with Winston in particular
orthodoxy1095
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He's B or C tier.
Kayo Police
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That's fine for quick play, but competitive rank better have a map voting/banning.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
There is no way Pharah is A tier material.
She's a perfectly average hero.
More Fun To Compute
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That's because of allowing duplicate picks. Pharah and Soldier are high tier dps heroes.
Nah, you clearly missed the discussion that she's stronger than McCree.
I really should have noticed those arrows =X
It's kind of nice this way so you can place it in corners.
It's kind of nice this way so you can place it in corners.
SDCowboy
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Nope. Have voting on the bottom while the other crap is being shown.
Speaking of things taking too long, though, they really need to reduce the pre-match time.
Garrett Hawke
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What the fucj
It's not just Widow though, McCree is also really good against Pharah.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Wtf.
She certainly can kill him, and is one of my preferred ways to kill him, but she's not a stronger overall hero, since you know, she doesn't tear a tank apart in two seconds. Plus a good McCree can actually probably shoot her down.
It was too dumb to repeat.
RowdyReverb
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I do, but not at this moment. Add RowdyReverb to your friends
That would make sense too but its not used like that, they just say "my ult is ready" after another wipe, then panic use it and thats it. They dont check if the group is with them so whats the point?
You can have mine, I hate it :/
widowmaker is hard on everyone that isn't reindhardt and roadhogg. Mccree isn't doing well against her either.
Well thats kind of a copout right? The alternatives for mid range deeps are literally only those 2 heros (Well, junkrat is there i suppose). Besides, we dont know how universal rulesets will play out so i dont think its fair to say she's a-tier. Thats like saying mercy and lucio are s-tier supports
It's pretty clear at this point Ranked needs to be its own beast. I'm curious to see how they respond to the mets in general though, since quick games alone are already getting on people's nerves and for good reason.
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