I don't know why Blizzard is so bad at balancing. It was obvious instantly that McCree would be too good now and they still kept the buffs to this patch. Oh well I love playing him so I'll just enjoy my time until he gets nerfed again.
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I don't know why Blizzard is so bad at balancing. It was obvious instantly that McCree would be too good now and they still kept the buffs to this patch. Oh well I love playing him so I'll just enjoy my time until he gets nerfed again.
LurkerPrime
Member
Didn't realise the patch went live today. It is D.va's time to shine!
RespectThySole
Member
Pushing an ulting Bastion off the map with Lucio's alt fire is so good.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Or let's see how the meta posts out before saying everything is unbalanced.
optimus8936
Banned
Just went against 6 Hanzos on PS4. They didn't even stand a chance. I can't tell you how many leavers they had through the match, made it kind of boring, but hilarious at the same time.
It's pretty obvious in this case though. Even a lot of pro players think he's amazing now. Meta wise something like Ana is harder to predict but McCree atm? He is a sure thing for most serious teams.
Honestly he's better now than he was before the fth nerf. Why? Because Widow isn't as strong anymore and now McCree can basically be sniper-lite without worrying about Widow ruining his day every time. Like Seagull said, why run Widowmaker anymore when you can play McCree who will just 2-3 shot that Widow anyways. Maybe he was a tad too extreme in that as I believe Widow will still have her uses but yeah.
Hellshingu
Member
McCree is going to get nerfed again
He is ridiculous how he is right now.
Unfortunately he rewards people with great aim. I think the only way they can make people on both sides happy is bump his damage down to 55-60 for both LMB and FTH while giving FTH a cooldown. Although I feel like this won't work out very well in the long run.
I think they also need to revert the S76 changes to give him some reason to be picked over McCree in some comps.
Spinosaurus
Member
I'm surprised at the amount of times I've had to switch to 76 to deal with a Pharah that's giving us trouble. :V
Almost 5:30PM why does everyone play so late? Just wanted a few quick games in Comp. sigh
There have been times where I've gone from full HP to dead in an instant and I'm like "well I must have got sniped just as McCree hit me right?", then I see kill cam and nope, just McCree.
It's not just him either, everyone just dies so quickly now, I think it's made the game worse. I felt that way on PTR and I feel it here too, fights are less strategic and more "blow people up". It reminds me of WoW when they'd tune the raids to ridiculous one shot and you're dead levels instead of making new and fun mechanics. They knew that wasn't fun so started designing better raids.
It's not just him either, everyone just dies so quickly now, I think it's made the game worse. I felt that way on PTR and I feel it here too, fights are less strategic and more "blow people up". It reminds me of WoW when they'd tune the raids to ridiculous one shot and you're dead levels instead of making new and fun mechanics. They knew that wasn't fun so started designing better raids.
Ugggh, that double Tracer. Teams who run that or double Reaper are basically admitting they're terrible and need every ounce of cheese they can get on consoles.
I added you a while back from the community tab, but you never accepted.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The fth nerf sim makes him susceptible to reaper when he can't delete him in one combo. Widow was greatly diminished already anyway. With dva in the meta right now there are more ways to block off shots. I was thinking that Winston could still pretty much get rid of mccree for free but that might not be the case with zen being more prevalent.
I don't doubt that you're right but my first instinct whenever significant changes go live is to wait it out and see how it plays out in the pro meta.
Part of me agrees with this. Everyone constantly jumping just feels dumb and is kind of irritating to have to do.
Agreed. I hate it when you're beating another team and they decide to switch things up and use cheesy hero stacking strategies in order to win. Pretty much everyone in our core PS4 group hates that to be honest.
LurkerPrime
Member
Forgot to mention my wonderful protip:
Reduce your mental stack! Change the colour of your aiming reticle to something that stands out, like bright green, today! Your accuracy will soar! You will become a god amongst men! You will know no equal~
And it's 100% true.
Reduce your mental stack! Change the colour of your aiming reticle to something that stands out, like bright green, today! Your accuracy will soar! You will become a god amongst men! You will know no equal~
And it's 100% true.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Community has gotten worse since I last played, it's horrible. Had some teammates bitching at me a whole game just now. Instead of whining, why not try to push yourself? Why bitch to the enemy team about me after? So annoying.
optimus8936
Banned
No, not yet.
No. It's going through the certification process right now. No release date has been given.
Instead of these monthly large balance changes I wish they'd do smaller changes every week or two. It's dumb watching heroes swing wildly from top tier to bottom to top again like this.
Kor of Memory
Member
Ha! compared to Destiny this is smaller chunks at a time. I'm totally fine with this pace.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That sounds really reactionary and bad in that it doesn't allow the pro scene to adapt to the changes at all.
I come from a fighting game background though.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
McCree is going to get nerfed again
He is ridiculous how he is right now.
Its amazing how since closed beta in Nov they have consistently managed to fail to balance McCree. He's either THE BEST DPS character in the game, or super mediocre to the point that barely anyone plays him.
His design is just fucked. He has no mobility or heals, the only thing going for him is his hitscan damage. They take that away he's useless, but if you make it good he's God with a handcannon. Dont see if there's any middle ground here without an extensive back to the drawing board on this guy.
NRS balance patches BibleThump
Kor of Memory
Member
Nah... It's just going to take some fine tuning with where his damage drop off begins.
Man... I need to start charging for rank gains like old Trials of Osiris scumbags used to do for Mercury trips.
Spinosaurus
Member
It's true. I did that and my accuracy with McCree shot up to nearly 40%. (On console btw)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
People wanted a character concept where they can deny ults.
Dead Prince
Banned
first game of the day after patch.
Ilios.
i picked Torbjorn for the fun of it on QP.
just started dropping turret and moving away from it so they don't know where it's at as i pea shoot them. ended up placing a turret on point. holding the point for 99% before i died and and lost the point LOL RIP. so i went pharah but zen was just after me. so i ended up tracer and we ended up winning the first round.
next round was Wells. so i picked hanzo just to see if i can aim with him. totally nailed it. someone walked into the scatter arrow and insta killed. i actually stayed on the point and just shooting arrows. those headshots feel so satisfying with him.
won 2-0
Ilios.
i picked Torbjorn for the fun of it on QP.
just started dropping turret and moving away from it so they don't know where it's at as i pea shoot them. ended up placing a turret on point. holding the point for 99% before i died and and lost the point LOL RIP. so i went pharah but zen was just after me. so i ended up tracer and we ended up winning the first round.
next round was Wells. so i picked hanzo just to see if i can aim with him. totally nailed it. someone walked into the scatter arrow and insta killed. i actually stayed on the point and just shooting arrows. those headshots feel so satisfying with him.
won 2-0
Some of the changes are catching me off guard.
- Lost a duel as S76 since my healing station got nullified by Ana bomb.
- Lost on Volskaya attack since I by mistake left the point in overtime, which burns out increasingly quick now. I even hade Lucio ult which we could have used to probably win.
- Consistently surprised at dying by McCree headshots from midrange. He does how much damage?!
Between tonight and yesterday I've dropped quite a few ranks. Will be interesting to see if I stabilize.
Btw Ana felt pretty great in the game I played with her. Can't wait to try her out more, didn't run her in comp since I'm not confident enough for it yet. Dva feels great now too. If they can remake some other classes in this way (hi Bastion) that'd be great.
- Lost a duel as S76 since my healing station got nullified by Ana bomb.
- Lost on Volskaya attack since I by mistake left the point in overtime, which burns out increasingly quick now. I even hade Lucio ult which we could have used to probably win.
- Consistently surprised at dying by McCree headshots from midrange. He does how much damage?!
Between tonight and yesterday I've dropped quite a few ranks. Will be interesting to see if I stabilize.
Btw Ana felt pretty great in the game I played with her. Can't wait to try her out more, didn't run her in comp since I'm not confident enough for it yet. Dva feels great now too. If they can remake some other classes in this way (hi Bastion) that'd be great.
The all chat bitching is almost funny since it's so passive aggressive. Hey other team of unknowns, I'm definitely not with these other losers of my team, pls believe me I swear I'm good
Nah... It's just going to take some fine tuning with where his damage drop off begins.
Man... I need to start charging for rank gains like old Trials of Osiris scumbags used to do for Mercury trips.
Don't you love my Lucio?
Invite me for more later. Kinda funny how higher ranked guys still leave the damn game when losing.
Burning Water
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What fighting game(s)?
RespectThySole
Member
3 matches in a row now where at least half the other team leaves so I get shitty ass rank gain. Fuck this, Blizzard needs to be stricter on leavers.
Kor of Memory
Member
Don't you love my Lucio?
Invite me for more later. Kinda funny how higher ranked guys still leave the damn game when losing.
That was actually pretty abnormal.
Of all the games I've played over the last 5 or 6 days, I've had leavers maybe twice.
Today, alone, it's happened like 4 times.
What's the current penalty and/or threshold?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Main loves were arc sys fighters, 2nd for snk, then street fighter like everyone else.
Dead Prince
Banned
too much caffeinne. my hand is shaking and i can't even properly aim and i'm playing hanzo. picked him on attack. so far getting paired with people who i can shoot lol. but fml. i need to calm down xD
but we won. killing the tracer because she's not good at blinking lol.
and we won the round too.
but we won. killing the tracer because she's not good at blinking lol.
and we won the round too.
Dead Prince
Banned
when you know what youre doing he can be.
not playing rank because servers seem to be unstable still.
not playing rank because servers seem to be unstable still.
BBPunjabi816
Member
My guess is it'll be out by Friday (hopefully sooner) if it is like the Competitive mode patch.
Angelus Errare
Banned
But...D.VA could always cancel ults with defense matrix D:
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