I don't understand what makes it a lazy design decision.
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Affeinvasion
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I've never noticed cuz I never die as him.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Only thing I dislike about junkrat is his steel trap.
But that alone makes me hate him.
But that alone makes me hate him.
npanciroli
Neo Member
I feel like I've gotten to a level where there is so many good widowmakers all I want to do is main Winston permanently. She can single handedly ruin my enjoyment in matches.
Yeah been happening to me a lot recently, very annoying.
You only get one at a time, it's not an insta-kill or even guaranteed kill unless you dedicated both of your abilities to it or camp it, it can be destroyed or avoided completely. Feels pretty fair to me compared to the other bullshit in this game lol
His super is ridiculous as well. I find it very annoying that POTG is almost always high noon or junkrat spam. Both take zero skill to pull off.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Rip tire dies to anything. 100hp. It's actually pretty difficult to pull off well against good players.
npanciroli
Neo Member
It's the radius on it that bugs me.
afreaknamedpete
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I've found the longer I play the less useful I see ultimates like Barrage, High Noon or Self-Destruct do anything and the harder it is for myself to pull them off as people become aware of their limitations.
But Riptire and Deathblossom still shred teams, mostly because of the huge up front sudden damage they cause. You can theorhetically prevent them but both abilities give you so little time to react before you're dead that they come off as OP and frustrating.
RecRoulette
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As many bad things as I've said about Mei, she probably has the best highlight intros in the game.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
According to my stats page I've spent over 50% of my time playing as Mercy. I like Mercy and all, but I think that most of the time I just pick her because nobody else chooses a support, and I want to win and feel like I never win when we don't have a support.
I should start being more selfish.
I should start being more selfish.
MakeshiftChef
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That was really nice!
A 24 Eliminations and no deaths Genji run on KOTH Nepal. It was really fun.
KOTH mode is GOAT in this game.
I'd rather they look at the instant tracking on Turrets that's faster than what you see on the damn screen instead.
Junkrat's blowing up upon death is meh once you memorize it.
KOTH mode is GOAT in this game.
I'd rather they look at the instant tracking on Turrets that's faster than what you see on the damn screen instead.
Junkrat's blowing up upon death is meh once you memorize it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I know. It's entirely irrational. But still, nothing gets me more "oh goddamnit" than his steel trap.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
That's fun to watch. I need to practice Genji some more. I had one good match using him but most of the time I just embarrass myself.
LurkerPrime
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Target Rich Environment
Needs a Soldier 76 head on that trooper. Aside from that... perfection.
And I suppose the bots should be D.vas and Bastions.
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
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I can finally play the game!! (there is a super secret option for low spec PCs) at 30 fps but it's something
LOL why is no one shooting at you....
LOL why is no one shooting at you....
Pair up with a Zarya, go ham. If no one can do that for you, hope that the enemy team is full of immobile heroes and hit them all during the final push a couple meters from the Payload. Another good area is the hut in Lijiang Assault.
This is awkward...
Deathblossom still is deadly, but I haven't seen Riptire being very efficient at all in the last 100-or-so games. It generally gets taken out or the team manages to spread out before impact. Can't remember seeing a Junkrat POTG in a long time, Barrages are way more common to me.
I think I'm at the player skill level where people are good enough to spread out from or shoot dangerous things, but not yet skilled enough to level up their ultimate skills to be more stealthy and efficient with them, coming from weird angles etc.
Edit: This (and with this skin) is probably the best highlight intro of the game.
Is this a regular occurrence for you?
The D.va appreciation on this page makes me happy.
RAMYEON NEON IS MWONDEUL
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orthodoxy1095
Banned
I just found that I got it naturally.
I popped ult, lept onto the stalled payload, whacked some shit and got it.
Incendiary
Banned
It's funny how my opinions on who my favorite characters are change so rapidly. After my first ten or so hours with the game, I thought my favorites in each category were Pharah, Mei, Reinhardt, and Lucio. Now at twenty hours, my favorites are Tracer, Junkrat, Winston, and Symmetra. The niche I seem to fill the best is solo disruption while my team advances on an objective - once I've gotten the hang of zipping around as Tracer she's definitely my favorite on offense. And Winston is the most fun tank because you get to jump in and make everybody flee for the hills.
I still like pretty much every character. I haven't quite gotten the hang of Genji or McCree yet, they're probably my least used. I finally had a good game as Hanzo, though, although if I'm going to snipe I still think I prefer Widowmaker with her assault rifle backup. A few times I've caught people offguard by jumping into the thick of things and using the assault rifle instead of standing back and sniping and it's helped my team clear out an objective.
Mei's Frosty and Going Up are my personal favorites. I also like Symmetra's Askew.
I still like pretty much every character. I haven't quite gotten the hang of Genji or McCree yet, they're probably my least used. I finally had a good game as Hanzo, though, although if I'm going to snipe I still think I prefer Widowmaker with her assault rifle backup. A few times I've caught people offguard by jumping into the thick of things and using the assault rifle instead of standing back and sniping and it's helped my team clear out an objective.
Mei's Frosty
and Going Up are my personal favorites. I also like Symmetra's Askew.Dash + Defense Matrix is what makes D.Va worthwhile as a disruptor tbh. Definitely fun opening up Reinhardts, too. Can sneak through their shield and tack on a bunch of damage. They turn around to try to block you and the rest of your team gets their turn.
I should go play another game...
You should play another hero.
Maybe it's my fighting game heritage, but I really wish people would leave this game alone on the balance side for a while. It feels so well balanced for me. Or at least balanced enough to where it should settle for a few months before making any nerf/buff decisions.
Macree seems fine to me. If you look out for him and avoid his stun, he's dead after his roll.
D.VA doesn't seem like she needs buffs, she's fantastic at suppression which seems to be her main goal.
Stop yelling at Blizzard. Let it happen for a while. This game is exceptionally well balanced at release.
Macree seems fine to me. If you look out for him and avoid his stun, he's dead after his roll.
D.VA doesn't seem like she needs buffs, she's fantastic at suppression which seems to be her main goal.
Stop yelling at Blizzard. Let it happen for a while. This game is exceptionally well balanced at release.
Second only to talking seductively.
toastyToast
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Fuck off Lucio. One more hour and he won't be my most played character anymore. Heal your own damn selves.
It's cool that McCree 'seems fine to you' but Blizzard has already conceded that McCree's damage output is too overtuned and his problem isn't his stun anyways. It's being able to open up tanks and melt them in three seconds when his intended purpose is a check and balance against high mobility flankers like Tracer and Genji.
At a competitive level, D.Va is situationally better than Winston in a handful of situations and a whole lot worse in most others. Her damage up-close and her fall off is extremely aggressive and doesn't match up with her problems being focused down. Which Blizzard has also conceded. The reason why all anyone can seem to talk about regarding patches are McCree nerfs and D.Va buffs are because they're in the works.
SkullHydra
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I feel like this too sometimes. More hours as Lúcio than anyone else, and I don't even love him. He can definitely be fun, but I frequently feel like I *have* to play him unless I'm on a full team of GAFfers. Alternating playing the healer definitely helps.
Hit level 81 and finally got 50 unlocks for the only character that matters.
My total unlocks so far: Orange = 12, Purple = 23, Blue = 52
Everything was free.
Master Overwatch stats:
I'm so good with D.Va now that I can use her for any non-healer role, and the only character capable of countering me is Zarya.
My total unlocks so far: Orange = 12, Purple = 23, Blue = 52
Everything was free.
Master Overwatch stats:
I'm so good with D.Va now that I can use her for any non-healer role, and the only character capable of countering me is Zarya.
kubricks
Member
Why?
His ultimate has a long and LOUD start up, it was very effective on the first few days, now everyone is aware of it making it much less effective. Not to mention you can shot to blow up the wheel... and it doesn't have much hp.
He needs a good ultimate anyway due to his low direct damage output?
D.va isn't your waifu unless you're #1.
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