I have the huge amount of three legendaries in 62 levels, so that sounds about right.
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I have the huge amount of three legendaries in 62 levels, so that sounds about right.
Also Zen is a blast now, yesterday I was using his Ult to escape and carry allies to safety at the same time, it's awesome. Those extra 50 HP help a lot to compensate for errors in positioning. Before it felt that you had to be constantly behind a barrier or hugging corners, now you can be a little bit more carefree. You still need to be careful, of course, but at least you won't get oneshot by literally everyone as soon as they see you.
And D. Va feels so good, with clever shield usage you can at last TANK. And given she is a strange tank with huge mobility you can still safely troll and flank healers and low hp chars.
The tanks in this game are great right now, each serves a purpose and each is a blast to play once you get the hang of them.
And D. Va feels so good, with clever shield usage you can at last TANK. And given she is a strange tank with huge mobility you can still safely troll and flank healers and low hp chars.
The tanks in this game are great right now, each serves a purpose and each is a blast to play once you get the hang of them.
I think it's more likely players will just adjust to her ult timing eventually. That's the main thing that has changed. It doesn't have more range or more damage, just a shorter timer that people aren't used to yet.
divisionbyzorro
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Last night I played one game as Ana. I stopped a Soldier 76 ult and a Winston ult with my sleep dart.
My teammates immediately woke them right back up.
Never again.
My teammates immediately woke them right back up.
Never again.
Oh you wake up when you get touched in sleep mode?
Garrett Hawke
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Yup, people need to learn that if Ana has just snoozed someone it has a 10s timer that won't end as long as it's not interrupted by the character taking damage.
That's more than enough time to sit out most ults, but just one hit will set them right back up.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh man.
All these barrages.
Delicious.
All these barrages.
Delicious.
Thats true, but man you get absolutely no time to react with most maps.
Red Arremer
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However, Zenyatta's Orb of Discord does not count as a hit for the purpose of Ana's sleep dart. Basically if Ana sleeps someone, Zenyatta can walk up, put Discord on the sleeper and charge up his right click to headshot. 
Well it's kinda like reacting to high noon right? Instead of waiting for it to happen, the team just has to be more aware of the Dva in play.
yup, when I hear that I hide
Dead Prince
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my brain can't process it and need that extra second to actually start to cover xD
She's like...what she was supposed to be now. Not sooo strong, but just right and viable now. Just a few more hours of work and I will hunt people down even faster and finally safer <3
Edit: Also her ultimate not killing her is too funny. Loved doing her ultimate on the ptr and just killing everyone with my pistol, because everyone tries to hide.
Garrett Hawke
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I agree. DVas ult before was just kind of meh area denial, like a crappy version of Mei's. This makes it dangerous.
Had a chance to play some with the new patch last night. Only played Zenyatta, but still had a blast. Faster travel time on orbs is amazing, and it led to a lot more assists with discord. Extra health is great too, though having it be 50 HP and 150 shields might be too good right now.
Every match had at least one D.Va in it, as well as one Ana, but the D.Vas were doing way better than the Anas. Zenyatta makes her ult so much worse seeing as the discord orb lets you really put down boosted characters quickly.
Great patch so far, but I'm not great at the game and I only played 3 matches.
Every match had at least one D.Va in it, as well as one Ana, but the D.Vas were doing way better than the Anas. Zenyatta makes her ult so much worse seeing as the discord orb lets you really put down boosted characters quickly.
Great patch so far, but I'm not great at the game and I only played 3 matches.
ShadowsFell
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The weekly brawl is pretty damn fun. Tanks only. Some long Overtime periods. Haha
Err...git gud?
I had a 1v6 on Lijiang. Played as Winston and electrocuted the fuck out of the lined up team, right outside of the spawn room. Literally charged my ultimate in 5 secs. Jumped out, monkey business, game ends right as my ultimate dies. I laughed.
Dead Prince
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you can hit her from behind
You can sleep or kill a high noon. You can sleep or kill a soldier or genji or Roadhog or Winston ult. You can kill a tire. DVa's ult becomes one of the best unstoppable ults in the game now.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Goddamn Dva + reaper is a beastly combo.
It's like zarya + reaper except that you can protect reaper all the time as he keeps going on reaping.
So many whole hogs and barrages. I'm so full from eating all these ULTS.
It's like zarya + reaper except that you can protect reaper all the time as he keeps going on reaping.
So many whole hogs and barrages. I'm so full from eating all these ULTS.
divisionbyzorro
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I love Tranquility; it's like a counterspell for ultimates. Although I must admit that I sometimes instinctively use it selfishly to save my own ass when a teamfight starts to go sideways. I need to stop doing that.
Kor of Memory
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Whoever said you get a legendary every 10 levels was a liar. No legendary in both my level 20 and my level 21 boxes.
In my venture from 1-100 I got 6 Legendary skins and 4 Legendary coins, so roughly 1 Legendary every 10 levels.
However, in my venture from 101-170, I've gotten 2 Legendary skins, and 1 Legendary coin.
I don't know why, but my loot went to shit.
What sucks even more is the 2 Legendaries I got were duplicates.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also I think ana can do some work as a serious support work. You just have to actually play her as support. Had a great game where my constant burst healing + nano basically rolled over the other team on defense.
The power of psychology. I thought McCree's buff came in yesterday and had my best matches with him. Looking forward to trying him tonight with placebo removed.
As a D'Va with a high success rate I'm surprised at the buffs she's been given. Her two lives and rapid mech recharge allowed her to last for ages in the right hands. I never thought DM was her main focal point either, her boosters got her out of a lot of trouble.
Glad about the Zen buff and Ana introduction though. Support has just become a lot less predictable.
As a D'Va with a high success rate I'm surprised at the buffs she's been given. Her two lives and rapid mech recharge allowed her to last for ages in the right hands. I never thought DM was her main focal point either, her boosters got her out of a lot of trouble.
Glad about the Zen buff and Ana introduction though. Support has just become a lot less predictable.
Getting behind her when she has an entire team and can jet away? Okay.
Garrett Hawke
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play zarya and melt her.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I get 10,000 damage blocked fairly regularly as Dva.
That's reinhardt territory right there.
That's reinhardt territory right there.
I suck with Reinhardt and I'm good with everyone else. 3 stars for me!
I really like the Dva vs Zarya matchup right now, at least in theory. It's that much easier for a Dva to block a Zarya ult either in transit or after it lands, but Zarya's beam penetrates her field so they sort of counter each other. I've had a game with me on the Zarya side of this and it was really fun to chase them away with my beam. Combo'd really well with a Mei freezing them at the same time. Had to hold onto my ult until their mech was down though. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out after a couple of weeks.
Edit: Btw, since Blizzard are talking a lot about how skill ratings form a pretty much perfect Bell curve I wonder if they'll start showing where we place on it as our rating in the future. Would look kind of neat and properly show what the number represents which they don't think the number itself does.
Or maybe I just like Bell curves.
Red Arremer
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Was any of them Gothic Zarya? If no, then you do not deserve to cry, as it is my only Legendary so far.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
OMG now that I can be in a team that isn't 4 anas she is so much fun.
Her burst healing is super strong. Like, kinda ridiculous honestly. You can top up tanks faster than mercy. Also scoped healing has it's uses, but I'm pretty close behind my team 90% of the time. Scoped healing is good to heal that flanker causing havoc behind enemy lines though.
Also nana boost is bananas. It builds up super fast too when you're constantly healing.
Her burst healing is super strong. Like, kinda ridiculous honestly. You can top up tanks faster than mercy. Also scoped healing has it's uses, but I'm pretty close behind my team 90% of the time. Scoped healing is good to heal that flanker causing havoc behind enemy lines though.
Also nana boost is bananas. It builds up super fast too when you're constantly healing.
Garrett Hawke
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same, I think it's a really good matchup atm. it's so satisfying to take down the DVa who thinks that she is invuln cus she has her defense matrix up. It also causes many of them to panic in my experience
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Haven't been able to crack 6000 yet healing with ana, but that's because her matches tend to go ridiculously fast. Might change later on, but nano boost is just so good at pushing the line. Don't think I've played her on defense yet though, but I think she might be the go to secondary (or even primary) healer for attacking groups.
divisionbyzorro
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I don't have a good feel for when to pop her ultimate. Do you just drop it immediately when the next team fight starts? Or are you trying to wait for "the right moment?"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Call out your ultimate, see where everyone else is, and wait for the enemy to make a group push.
optimus8936
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Generally, it depends on the team comp. If you've got a good Genji, save it for his ult. Rein also does really well with a nano boost. Generally give it to someone who has good DPS and will always be in the front lines.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Roadhog too. Reaper also. Literally shreds the whole team.
If you see a reaper behind the whole other team don't hesitate.
If you see a reaper behind the whole other team don't hesitate.
PalaceBrother
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Sorry for repeating this question again, but is there an easy way to add a large number of people to my PSN friend list? Having to do each one via the controller is brutal.
Do it with the PSN app
Little questions:
Why did Blizzard include a crouch button? The only possible reason I can think of is that they had an extra button and couldn't think of what to do with it, but then they gave Torb and Mercy an alternative weapon and placed it awkwardly on the D-pad? The only thing I've ever seen crouch used for is so a dirty Torb could look up a Widow's skirt.
Also, did they add a weapon skin viewer to the PS4 or am I just insane? I could have sworn this wasn't a feature before, but I saw no announcement or anything, I just noticed a "view equipment" option in the Hero Gallery when picking costumes and now I can see how any given skin will change the look of my weapon.
With D.Va's 3 second timer, is it still a viable strategy to shoot the meka up in the air and have it fall down to the enemy? Or do I risk it exploding midair?
Why did Blizzard include a crouch button? The only possible reason I can think of is that they had an extra button and couldn't think of what to do with it, but then they gave Torb and Mercy an alternative weapon and placed it awkwardly on the D-pad? The only thing I've ever seen crouch used for is so a dirty Torb could look up a Widow's skirt.
Also, did they add a weapon skin viewer to the PS4 or am I just insane? I could have sworn this wasn't a feature before, but I saw no announcement or anything, I just noticed a "view equipment" option in the Hero Gallery when picking costumes and now I can see how any given skin will change the look of my weapon.
With D.Va's 3 second timer, is it still a viable strategy to shoot the meka up in the air and have it fall down to the enemy? Or do I risk it exploding midair?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also man i just realised that nano boost breaks the sudden death system even more now. I don't think it's possible to defend with nano boost in play.
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