As someone who plays Pharah, this is only true up to a certain rank on Competitive. When Team rank started to encroach into high 50s, more and more people are countering with Soldier 76, D.Va or another Pharah.
I'm currently 62 and the days of just fluttering around raining rockets without punishment is becoming uncommon. If it's not another Pharah coming after me, it's a Soldier 76 or a Reaper waiting for me to land. I've even seen D.Va's flying up and ramming me and taking shots as she falls. (I immediately incorporated that D.Va tactic!)
Yeah im pretty sad that pharah is kind of off the table for pc now lol, played her like crazy last patch
what's going on with Pharah on PC? sorry, too many discussions went by.
IIRC, the McCree buff makes him a hard counter to Pharah.
Oddly Reaper players are some of the few who might actually pop some shots at her, at least the remnants of shotgun scatter might hit no matter how minimal the damage I guess.
Nope. High 60s, people still don't on average. Well, lost a lot, but didn't when I was high 60s. Because, after all.As someone who plays Pharah, this is only true up to a certain rank on Competitive. When Team rank started to encroach into high 50s, more and more people are countering with Soldier 76, D.Va or another Pharah.
Just wait until you have a perma mercy on your butt at all times, and just wait until you learn the maps well enough where you never land in open space and just go from top of building to top of building
what's going on with Pharah on PC? sorry, too many discussions went by.
IIRC, the McCree buff makes him a hard counter to Pharah.
Entire pc meta is slowly being defined by mcree, along w/ ana release and zen buff spurring ppl on to play them as secondary supports. I kinda expect mcree to be toned back a bit, so hopefully i can go back to picking her.
oh yea, they took away the dmg fall off right? yea, that's gonna suck when it hits consoles.
I'm a little miffed. Usually the team averages are 1 or 2 levels off, which is fine.
I just played a game with my team average at 67, and the enemy team average at 72.
That actually a big difference, and we felt it the entire match as well...
If anything it's incredibly demoralizing right off the bat.
anyone else on PS4 here that I should friend request
PSN is MC_Giygas
Had a game winning quad kill (+ D.Va's mech) with Reaper.We've all had those games, where you know you rightfully deserved the POTG, yet it went to someone else's completely undeserving play. Describe yours!
it's fun. lots of people play solo without chatting. it depends how much you care about winning.
Both are fun imo, what system are you going to play on? PC is fine since you can just type and console literally no one talks so you should be fine
It's still fun but you'll run into pockets of frustration if you are really competitive. I caved and have used the mic that came with ps4 once in a group so far. "There's a reaper behind us" vs your whole team being wiped by a reaper. I still play the game 90% of the time without a mic, mostly with one friend who doesn't have a mic either, and it's still fun. Getting rid of hero stacking for ranked mode should help a lot for non-mic people as you won't have to make on the fly massive team composition changes.
why are you maining a character in overwatch? smhi don't get that video since i'm a Pharah main.
I'm gonna play it on PS4. Winning is fun, of course, but I don't really care about competitive play. I'm just looking for something fun to unwind for 1-2 hours in the evening.
Is there some kind of clan feature? Or let me put it this way: Is there a way to restrict matchmaking to fellow GAF users (either via ingame clans/groups or via PSN communities)?
why are you maining a character in overwatch? smh
does anyone remember posts like these from OT1
We've all had those games, where you know you rightfully deserved the POTG, yet it went to someone else's completely undeserving play. Describe yours!
Had a game winning quad kill (+ D.Va's mech) with Reaper.
Lucio gets POTG for booping someone off a ledge.
Just wait until you have a perma mercy on your butt at all times, and just wait until you learn the maps well enough where you never land in open space and just go from top of building to top of building
That's basically the matchup I had last night when we won and I didn't rank up. So frustrating, lol.
TJ-Ramirez
I've added a few people in here, but they never accept. RIP ;(
We've all had those games, where you know you rightfully deserved the POTG, yet it went to someone else's completely undeserving play. Describe yours!
Yeah. I've always wanted that. I've faced a Pharah w/ pocket mercy combo once on console but it was on a level 72 team but we lost because it was a great level 72 team and we were level 62.
I'm not saying that it's super easy to take down a Pharah but keeping her at a distance mitigates her effectiveness tremendously. With the GAF crew that I roll with, any time we face a Pharah that's getting on our nerves, one of us switches to Soldier 76 and it just keeps her at bay and keeps her from just dominating us. Entire momentum of matches including escort and king of the hill matches changed when one of us pays attention to Pharah.
Keep in mind that my experience with Competitive Overwatch is colored by the fact that I never play solo.
POTG has been screwed up pretty badly ever since Comp was released, imo. i've seen POTGs where people did absolutely nothing.
can't tell if torb joke
Hard defense match on King's Row, reds made steady progress throughout - nothing we could do to stop them, it seemed, so in desperation I went Reaper to hunt their Mercy.
In the last seconds of the match, I teleport above them, but they're all spread out. I possess myself with patience - keep hidden, and wait for the perfect moment.
Starts at 21 seconds: http://youtu.be/m08REPlCsF0
PotG went to a Genji getting a double kill.
I'll ride with you homie, unless you're from the UK in which case we would lag each other too much to enjoy the game. PSN: killdatninja
I'm usually on around 5pm-11pm pst, normally at least duo-queuing with friends.
Yeah im pretty sad that pharah is kind of off the table for pc now lol, played her like crazy last patch
Really hope ps4 gets the ana patch soon. Kinda lost the will to play after seeing so many streams of the new changes.
Really hope ps4 gets the ana patch soon. Kinda lost the will to play after seeing so many streams of the new changes.
I'll be on a lot more again once that hits.
She is not off the table unless you are rank 80 playing against ESL teams every match.
Really hope ps4 gets the ana patch soon. Kinda lost the will to play after seeing so many streams of the new changes.
I'll be on a lot more again once that hits.
She is not off the table unless you are rank 80 playing against ESL teams every match.
random questions, but does anyone has any insight into when they will release the newest update/patch on the PS4 version?
TJ-Ramirez
I've added a few people in here, but they never accept. RIP ;(
As someone who plays Pharah, this is only true up to a certain rank on Competitive. When Team rank started to encroach into high 50s, more and more people are countering with Soldier 76, D.Va or another Pharah.
I'm currently 62 and the days of just fluttering around raining rockets without punishment is becoming uncommon. If it's not another Pharah coming after me, it's a Soldier 76 or a Reaper waiting for me to land. I've even seen D.Va's flying up and ramming me and taking shots as she falls. (I immediately incorporated that D.Va tactic!)
I don't know. I'd say Lucio is one of the closest things to a carry hero in the game.
Any good recs for an Overwatch podcast?
What does everyone think about the direction Blizzard are taking with McCree? The OW subreddit doesn't seem too pleased; he seems to be a mid-range sniper now, like Hanzo in a way. I've tried to play him before & after the patch and I just do not like his kit, I find him really boring which is strange because I LOVE pistols & revolvers and will always choose to use a pistol if I can.
PSA: If you got gold eliminations as Lucio it doesn't mean you are hot shit killing everyone while everyone else is fumbling. It means you tagged the enemy for 5dmg with one of your balls which is not hard to do since you spam it constantly.
Nah, I think if a Lucio is topping the kill charts, no matter how much damage he's laying out, the team is probably shit. There's simply no way he can get access to the amount of kills offensive characters do, cmon.
better quality matches with better players is the theory. altho when i was playing with Kor we played against guys who were 10-20 ranks higher than me and i didn't find them that much better.
I think you can, but you have to be at least 20+ rank higher than the average to do it. I guarantee you that if you put Seagull on a rank 40 smurf, he'll win 90% of his matches.
Friend me! PSN is IKizzLE. Mid 60s, and roll with teams between low 60s and low 70s.That's basically the matchup I had last night when we won and I didn't rank up. So frustrating, lol.
TJ-Ramirez
I've added a few people in here, but they never accept. RIP ;(
no clans and group feature is pretty garbage. you need to be invited by someone to group up with them. you can't even join a friend's game and be in the same group automatically. at least you get XP bonus when you're in a group.
i thought you were serious and was about to spew some crap at you. lol