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Overwatch |OT3| White, White, Blue, White
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I know I shouldn't think about them as much. I'd probably play better for it and enjoy myself more.
Does score/min mean anything on Master Overwatch? Just saw I'm ranked as #9700 as Tracer and #427 as Reinhardt. Doesn't sound like much but considering the size of the player base...
My Lucio needs work though.
Always sounds like "I'm going for the top [russian word]" to me
MadJackChurchill
Banned
Огонь по готовности. It means "fire at will".
Just like Mei's "冻住，不许走!" means "freeze, don't move!"
I got the game the other night. I have a feeling most teams are still gonna hate the newbie (i'll still sometimes blank when i have the perfect power/skill for a situation) but with a boatload of tf2 experience i'm doing my best to play my part. i'm level 10 now.
i also feel like reaper players will want to murder me. level 9 and 10 both lootboxes had a reaper legendary - plague doctor and then nevermore. nevermore is actually my favourite of his (el blanco being second) but i really don't see me playing him too much, at least not yet.
how does organising games work? is everyone just mass-adding people in their area from the google doc, or is it arranged on discord itself? (never used it before)
eu pc here.
i also feel like reaper players will want to murder me. level 9 and 10 both lootboxes had a reaper legendary - plague doctor and then nevermore. nevermore is actually my favourite of his (el blanco being second) but i really don't see me playing him too much, at least not yet.
how does organising games work? is everyone just mass-adding people in their area from the google doc, or is it arranged on discord itself? (never used it before)
eu pc here.
Ghost is Bad
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Огонь по готовности
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I always hear it as "Going for the toddler steal".
Which kind of makes me want to make a macro to enter "STEALING ALL YOUR TODDLERS" into chat.
Which kind of makes me want to make a macro to enter "STEALING ALL YOUR TODDLERS" into chat.
One Foul Note
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On a related note, I always hear Torbs as 'ol' King Cole!' I know it is molten core but my miss hear has been burned into my mind so much I can never hear it as that.
this has always been the case if you're a fast tracer.I just tried McCree and Tracer can apparently rewind out of stun animation, mid fan-the-hammer.Stun definitely played first. Either that or the stun is short than I'm expecting.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Apparently, I have a 135-150 ping. It is the best I could get in EU servers. I wonder how much of an effect this has on my (crappy) performance.
MadJackChurchill
Banned
Sick MLG trick from a Lucio console player: they habitually spam the jump button and don't really use their gun. Compensate and hook them with Roadhog. Have a Pharah back you up when they alt fire, or just murder them yourself because they'll be stunned longer at close range.
Also, Reinhardt's hammer kills me all the time when I get cocky. Swing slightly right of him for increased reach.
A while ago I saw a good video for SC2, saying that wins and losses aren't very important since the matchmaking system will try to match you up with similarly skilled players which will mean that just about every other game will be a loss. While that's not perfectly applicable to stats (and the MMR system is kind of wonky in this game), his point was that you should try to measure improvement in very specific areas every game. I.e. this game I will have perfect macro and never be supply blocked, and then focus hard on that aspect in the game. You can then measure your success in improving something, rather than looking at a more finicky result which to some extent is out of your control if you're matched up improperly.
I don't think this needs be taken to its extreme, but it's nice to both think of specific things you want to improve and then notice that they become easier with time as you are learning. I haven't played an online team game in more than a decade so I'm unused to thinking of proper team coordination. Right now I'm trying to always keep in mind where I am in relation to the rest of my team and I've been getting better at knowing when I can go in or to retreat. I'm also trying to improve my counterpicking by spending more time between respawns to actively think about it.
If I'm noticing improvements in my play that's worth more to me than looking at my stats.
I've added a few people from the document, but to be honest I have too much performance anxiety to hit most of them up for a game. It's easier to play with people you know already than be bad in someone else's game :/ (To my above post's point this is something I should improve so if you're willing you can hit me up for a game tonight, my tag is in the doc)
Spring Drive
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Don Draper's Hat
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Up to level 90 and feeling pretty good about my Xbox leaderboard positions. Win rate has suffered a bit over the past two days, though. :/
Where do you get this info from?
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
We had 3 snipers.
THREE SNIPERS.
Thug Waffle
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hmm... Anubis or Thunderbird for Pharah are up there, imo. Also that white/gold Tracer skin and the firefighting Mei
Symmetra has now overtaken D.Va and Zen as my most played hero. Feels good.
Good album 👌Up to level 90 and feeling pretty good about my Xbox leaderboard positions. Win rate has suffered a bit over the past two days, though. :/
kubricks
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I just tried McCree and Tracer can apparently rewind out of stun animation, mid fan-the-hammer.
Was at low health then I got killed by Genji's deflect during my FTH.... he must have deflected my last bullet.
Just need to be quicker on my clicking lol.
Mobius and pet octopus
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What do these icons mean?
Connection issue, perhaps packet loss.
Kagoshima_Luke
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Had a Genji deflect my Mei alt back and froze five of my teammates.
Feels bad, man.
Feels bad, man.
Yeah. That's the Prestige system. Once you hit 101, you start over at Star Lv 1. It also takes the same amount of xp you needed for lv 1-100. This means that reaching lv 102 from 101 only requires 2000 xp.
Braag
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I've managed to escape McCrees flashbang + FAN several times with deflect. You need to do it real fast in order to kill the Genji or Tracer without them escaping.
Same thing with Roadhog's hook, you can deflect his shot after getting chained. Though it's 50/50 whether he kills me or if I manage to deflect the shotgun blast, not sure is it because some Hog players shooter faster after hooking or is it just the game randomly picking one players action over another.
I have that symbol flashing in every game played since beta. Yet every test I run shows an absolute rock solid connection and ping rate, and I have zero issues in this game (or any Blizzard game). It definitely seems to be false flagging at the moment.
Dr. Buni
Member
The packet loss symbol is different, it appeared a lot for me last night. Every time I used some mobility ability like D.Va's booster or Reinhardt's charge the hero would weirdly flick around ._.
It is because the hook is a glitchy mess. If the Roadhog is holding down the button you shouldn't have time to react after the hook, but sometimes you not only can, but you will be pulled behind or above Roadhog.
Haha, awesome. Come to think of it, can Genji deflect Tracer or Zarya ults the same way?
About that, I've read that it's actually better to hold your escape button (Tracer E for example) than to spam it when hooked or flashbanged ie you're more likely to escape. Does anyone know if there's truth to that?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Yes and yes. And yes.
Lyndzei
Neo Member
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/7779What do these icons mean?
Detailed information on "Network icons".
You can also see the detailed connection graph by pressing Shift + Ctrl + N.
I do see the two icons regularly myself but they don't seem to have any impact on my gameplay. I noticed that I don't have them when using a VPN though, but it made no difference in game.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
I'm loving this patch! I can kill McCree as Winston! What a beautiful day
toastyToast
Member
I think I'm getting burnt out. Matchmaking seems to hate me these last few days.
Lol. Killing Genji with symmetra is easy if he freaks out. Deflect does nothing and aiming with he surikens is hard if you keep bouncing around.
Ogon’ po gotovnosti (for yourself and enemies)
Fire at will (For friendlies)
Bumbletron
Member
I always thought she said, "I'm going to forget amnesty" which was slightly strange, but still made some form of sense.
Dr. Buni
Member
I love that line.
Matchmaking hates everyone, it needs to keep you in a 50% win rate, after all
Jimnymebob
Member
Zarya's my 3rd most played hero behind Zenyatta and Widowmaker, and I only realised on Monday that her charge level is shown under her cross hair. I used to just guesstimate what it was based on the size of the energy sphere. I feel like a complete idiot now.
Is Widowmaker getting the same PC nerf on the console versions? As a Zenyatta I'd be happy for her body shot damage being nerfed, but as a console Widowmaker I admitted find myself getting a lot of kills via bodyshots, so the nerf would be a double edged sword for me.
Is Widowmaker getting the same PC nerf on the console versions? As a Zenyatta I'd be happy for her body shot damage being nerfed, but as a console Widowmaker I admitted find myself getting a lot of kills via bodyshots, so the nerf would be a double edged sword for me.
That makes sense, and I do my best. I guess I misinterpreted the complaints to mean that I should be watching her all the time.
I actually am going to try playing a game where I just watch my Mercy as McCree or something and see if it's an effective strategy...
More Fun To Compute
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Playing soldier can be depressing because of the games when you get 5 gold medals and lose including gold for out healing the mercy. Got to remember to never tell people that they are playing the totally wrong character for the map and enemy team it never goes well. Just take the forced 50 on the chin and ignore the game.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
When Reinhardt says "group up with me", and then he dashes into a group of enemies and dies in seconds.
More Fun To Compute
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People who think that Rein is a "fun" character because he can smack the enemy team down. SMH. He's a boring character where the actual best play you can make most of the time is to stand perfectly still and hold right mouse button. Stop trying to enjoy the game.
Dr. Buni
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