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Overwatch |OT2| A New Low in Unlocking and Microtransaction Systems
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LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Saw this yesterday. I've seen DVA do the same thing. A few other characters can go underneath and release their ults too.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Weekend'ish project, trying to see if I can design an Overwatch hero ... and its been fucking difficult! My best effort so far is a Mongol Eagle Hunter, which I think could be a badass idea if modernized and with sufficient gameplay context.
For a while I was struggling with the whole "she has an eagle, how does that work in an FPS? Is the eagle visible, invincible, does it cover too much of the screen?" Anyways, my latest is yet another amuptee, lol, but basically her arm IS the eagle, which can attach and detach at any moment.
As you can see, my dog is not particularly impressed, how dare he.
For a while I was struggling with the whole "she has an eagle, how does that work in an FPS? Is the eagle visible, invincible, does it cover too much of the screen?" Anyways, my latest is yet another amuptee, lol, but basically her arm IS the eagle, which can attach and detach at any moment.
As you can see, my dog is not particularly impressed, how dare he.
He was not firing in bursts you could see it on the kill cam. Like I said cant prove it of course. Everytime he killed me it looked like he had the ult up.
I'm still sore when I got nothing when one of my friends went to go and purchase 50 loot crates for me as an early B-Day present.
Overwatch is gonna be in a weird spot going forward, I think. Even if competitive ends up banning multiple heroes, the game itself still lets you select it and is going to be balanced around having them(which is why Winston's shield got nerfed originally). It's going to be hard for Blizzard to tweak everything in a way that satisfies everyone.
Pharah will be picked in single only so that sounds good.
You can just spray on tanks unless you're a god at headtracking though since they're so big
Sounds odd, but his gun actually has 0 recoil and is 100% accurate if you fire in ~5 round bursts. Thats one of the reasons he's so good at mid range.
You can just spray on tanks unless you're a god at headtracking though since they're so big
Its what caused Winstom sheild to be nerfed to complete trash.
RowdyReverb
Member
I wonder what the thought process was for allowing duplicates to be found in the loot boxes. I would honestly rather have a Halo 5 situation where there is just a glut of common items to collect, so even if you don't get anything rare, you're at least getting only new things with each box.
I guess they're just trying to stretch the content, and there isn't enough common junk to keep the rare things rare without dupes.
I guess they're just trying to stretch the content, and there isn't enough common junk to keep the rare things rare without dupes.
I don't think they're ever going to generalize single heroes, because frankly it'd just replace the current issues with a different set of problems altogether (a bad player hogging the required counter, people stubbornly choosing their "main" just because they might not be able to later, etc). But they could certainly do that in ranked, and hopefully it'd result in more balanced teams outside of the first few matches.
I just want there to be a game mode with it, but replace what is in place now.
Maybe it's only on consoles, but stacking torb's on defence is pretty much a free win.
By devil I hope you mean Imp Mercy.
RowdyReverb
Member
Balancing games to please both pros and pubs alike has always been a struggle since forever. I trust Blizzard to do it right, but I'm not sure what the answer is to keep all pros from choosing the same small set of "good" characters every game.
I've got the money now, but I'm actually more drawn to the Viking costumes
I would definitely rather play it but I'm also enjoying watching streamers play it personally.
I just really like the glowy pink bits.
Felix Lighter
Member
Are you talking about competitive or pubs because for pubs he's useful be definitely not required for victory.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Nah, have the time rando Reinhardts aren't even that useful. Everything's situational of course, but sometimes you don't even need a tank.
Dead to Rights
Member
Whenever I would play Mercy during the Beta hardly anyone would kill me, and even during launch week (console vervsion here) no one would bother, but now? Holy shit it seems whenever I pick Mercy the enemy team just focuses all their firepower on me. I'm dying constantly
Lend me your shoulder GAF. ;_;
Lend me your shoulder GAF. ;_;
I just finally got this game on PS4 and having some real fun but a few questions...
1. How do you actually counter Bastion? I know people are going to say it's easy if you're pro but I still feel like he's far too overpowered for those that lack skill.
2. What are some of the widely known "good characters"? I've tried D.Va and Bastion and they both are pretty good. But I'd like something with good damage and mobility.
3. How many loot boxes would you get from say 30 hours of play? It's ridiculous that it's the only reward in this game (from what I can tell).
1. How do you actually counter Bastion? I know people are going to say it's easy if you're pro but I still feel like he's far too overpowered for those that lack skill.
2. What are some of the widely known "good characters"? I've tried D.Va and Bastion and they both are pretty good. But I'd like something with good damage and mobility.
3. How many loot boxes would you get from say 30 hours of play? It's ridiculous that it's the only reward in this game (from what I can tell).
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Having a tank is useful and hes the most noob friendly, but that thought is incorrect. Bastion can shred him, Junkrats bombs go through the barrier and Mei and Pharah can deal with him.
He enables more "tradtional" play, but theres many other ways to go.
TheRedSnifit
Member
Yeah, there's a reason comp TF2 only became semi-popular once they chose a format where half the classes are never used. I can't imagine that Overwatch will be a popular eSport when half the maps involve one team turtling and the other team sloooooowly escorting a payload.
RowdyReverb
Member
People are getting wise. Remember back in the beta when you could just melt the other team with one Bastion? Good times
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
I played this game too much and am level 94. So, the game now gives me horrible matches every single time. Generally teammates from level 10-30 who barely have an idea how to play this game.
Why does it do that? Does it think I can carry them or something? It's just loss after loss unless I play with a party entirely of friends. And I mean entirely, if we have 4 people it will just give us 2 trash randoms and we lose.
Why does it do that? Does it think I can carry them or something? It's just loss after loss unless I play with a party entirely of friends. And I mean entirely, if we have 4 people it will just give us 2 trash randoms and we lose.
Not to be a dick but its very likely that anything you said after the words "so I've only been playing it this weekend" would be incorrect lol
And yes your statement about Rein is fact not true.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, I saw that yesterday. Gotta give it a try.
You know what would happen if I tried that? I would imediatly fall to my death ;_;
Holy shit
Poodlestrike
Banned
That is because you are unversed in the ways of the Rocket Queen.
(Real talk, if I tried that I'd make it over there, get out the first syllable, and immediately get sniped or hooked or whatever. Every time, without fail
)robertlebrone
Member
I pick Reinhardt almost exclusively unless someone picks him first.
I can't wait to try that with Genji
then fail and cry that I'm bad at this game
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Out of all the characters I feel like bastion is the one that needs a rework the most, because now he's either a noob wall or a very situational tank buster.
That is because you are unversed in the ways of the Rocket Queen.
(Real talk, if I tried that I'd make it over there, get out the first syllable, and immediately get sniped or hooked or whatever. Every time, without fail
Too much justice.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Eeeeeeyup.
A character that goes from OP Pubstomper to low-tier clown pick is not a well designed character.
AND NO, HE DOES NOT NEED A NERF, before the "lol why you asking them to nerf bastion" force shows up. He needs a total overhaul.
Never enough JUSTICE.
brianjones
Member
yeah I feel like they made his Ult so good because they know he's weak af
CaptainofIndustry
Member
Played last night for the first time. Actually played a few gaffers for a little while and then jumped on with a buddy from work.
You guys and gals weren't kidding. This game is amazing.
You guys and gals weren't kidding. This game is amazing.
Snipers can shut him down easily since his bullets are weaker at long range so they can take minimal damage. Alternatively if you're Pharah you can stand at the corner hiding, then peek out and fire a rocket quickly before hiding. Do that quick enough and you can take out a Bastion before they damage you too much or heal. Junkrat could be good but I don't use him so I can't say for certain.
Depending on how your win rate is it needs to keep you at 50%, it matches you based a hidden variable, and pairs you based on whether its time for you to win or lose.
RowdyReverb
Member
It would be nice if his recon mode wasn't completely useless so you could at least have a play style with him other than "where's a good spot to camp?"
Tragicomedy
Member
Both the devil and imp skins for Mercy are terrible. Sigrun or bust. Valkyrie is also acceptable.
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