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Overwatch |OT4| You Want A Good Genji, But You Need The Bad Hanzo

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exYle

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MarioHead3 said:
Except for all the times you end up boosting the wrong person, like when I tried to coordinate a boost with Genji's ult to cap Volskaya B and accidentally boosted Reaper instead.

We lost, but none of us could breathe after that from laughing so hard.
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I remember that

You big goof

I had my ult ready and everything =(
 
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GeeTeeCee

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Yessss, I got the sprinter Tracer skin out of a level up loot box; the only skin I really wanted. Loot boxes redeemed!

I hereby rescind all complaints about Overwatch, its loot system, and Blizzard.

Although if they're reading this and want to chuck that D.Va skin my way too, I'm not going to say no...
 
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truestatic

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Trying madly to hit 60 and I'm just stuck at like 57 eternally. It seems like if we have someone to qb the team and call the plays,m we win almost every time. Otherwise... not so much.
 
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LiK

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that chart is funny, calling Junkrat underpowered. but that's alright, i don't need to worry about him being nerfed.
 
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orthodoxy1095

Banned
The "no defense hero" warning needs to go.

It kills me to see that message flash while the last person is picking, often leading them to pick a defense hero that's worthless.

I don't get how people haven't figured out how bad that category is now. I know I played a lot of Torb in the early going, but people figured him out pretty quick, and the nerf just made him a dimwitted pick...
 
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Anne

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I think Pharah has been a bit more viable on PC after the McCree nerf. He generally has to 4 shot her now on body hits. Some pro teams are breaking her out on specific map segments too.

She's still risky to pick as long as Zen is still in every game, but McCree doesn't just straight delete her like in last patch.
 
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Antiwhippy

the holder of the trombone
I mean, I know pro is different from ranked in some key ways just due to skill level, but that graph is purely on usage rates of heroes and you'd know which hero is strong just from their pick rate. Our anecdotal thoughts on which hero is overpowered or not doesn't mean much compared to that.
 
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Anne

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Tbf most streamers smurfing kind of hit the wall on their mains where it's more or less impossible to rank up anymore. That makes for a very not entertaining stream, so they make a smurf and do something different with it to see how they rank up. Like Sure4 made a smurf because he wanted to get to the #1 spot doing solo q only. I don't mind that too much.

Blizz should really just fix the system. The 1-100 scale could be fine if it weren't so brutal and weighted towards 50.
 
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Arrrammis

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Anne said:
Tbf most streamers smurfing kind of hit the wall on their mains where it's more or less impossible to rank up anymore. That makes for a very not entertaining stream, so they make a smurf and do something different with it to see how they rank up. Like Sure4 made a smurf because he wanted to get to the #1 spot doing solo q only. I don't mind that too much.

Blizz should really just fix the system. The 1-100 scale could be fine if it weren't so brutal and weighted towards 50.
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True. Plus, some other major streamers feel forced to play the same 1-3 heroes to carry a team and maintain their rank. Shadder2k, a streamer who I enjoy watching, is ranked #3 on PC and he started a smurf because he felt that he couldn't play/learn other heroes or play with his viewers on his main account without losing a ton of ranks and ruining games for other people who are also rank 80+ by being less useful than he could be if he played Genji or McCree.
 
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Defuser

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I just realized how deadly and fun Mei is on Anubis map attack team.

Ice wall to block off the attacks and head to the left side.

Ice wall the final exit of point b to prevent them from contesting A.

3 different lanes for me to harass the team, gave a lot of heroes a headache because I cornered them in tight lanes so they can't run from my freeze.

Ult and ice block the spawn entrance to prevent them from contesting the final point.
 
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Kayo Police

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Anne said:
Tbf most streamers smurfing kind of hit the wall on their mains where it's more or less impossible to rank up anymore. That makes for a very not entertaining stream, so they make a smurf and do something different with it to see how they rank up. Like Sure4 made a smurf because he wanted to get to the #1 spot doing solo q only. I don't mind that too much.

Blizz should really just fix the system. The 1-100 scale could be fine if it weren't so brutal and weighted towards 50.
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Yea hopefully Blizz is actually looking into tweaking the Rank system, and not just saying they're looking into. Though Jeff did seem a bit salty about even going into the rank system we have in the 1st place. (I don't disagree with him, I prefer the beta system tons more.)
 
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Incendiary

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DurielBlack said:
Reinhart is starting to really piss me off.

He does stupid damage with that hammer.

Either the collision model on it is fucked up or my ping times are too shit. I was backpedaling shooting at a Rein as Reaper yesterday, he was flailing his hammer around fucking hitting me from like 20 feet away when his hammer model was nowhere near me. This was also that Reins PotG and the replay showed it as well. Some of the other people I have been playing with have noticed Rein's being able to hit people when seemingly the hammer head is whiffing through air.

I've noticed this on other characters as well. Had a Reinhart chase down Mercy while I was flying away and kill me mid-air with his magical ranged hammer attack.

The worst are the tryhard Rein's that are actually good and don't even bother with their shield. They just run into the middle of your team and flail about with their magical hammer that has magical range and wipe everyone out. Even more likely to happen with that Ana ult.

Sorry, just had to rant. Probably just a bad week of Overwatch.

*edit* I'm not talking about his actual ranged attack
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I've definitely noticed an increase recently of Reinhardts who just flail their hammer about constantly trying for kills, especially on KOTH matches. Had a match the other day where there were two Reinhardts and neither ever shielded, they just ran around the point constantly swinging their hammer, and it was actually effective because together they would kill anything squishy before they could deal enough damage.
 
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X-Frame

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Malo said:
My season high is 60 and I have 75 wins, I'm going to be playing a lot of overwatch over this last week and a half.

I need that Zarya golden gun.
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I am deciding between the Zarya particle cannon and the Reinhardt rocket hammer. I think Zarya though since as Rein most of the time will be spent shielding anyway.
 
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Antiwhippy

the holder of the trombone
I'm saving my cp.

Hoping for something not lame like golden guns next season.

Also i got an American red blue and white revolver so that's pretty rad.
 
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SonicAaron

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Can someone be really kind and answer me a quick question?

My friends all seem to love this game. But looking at footage it looks like a lot of special OP powers like destiny are constantly being spewed out. So I'm confused.

Is it just a class based FPS, does it have TDM etc... Are the health levels like Destiny or quick like Call of Duty. I'm just not sure exactly what it is.

If someone here who plays the game a lot could gimme a real quick run down that'd be great. TDM... Time to kill. Those things.

Thanks a lot! Really want to get it but im too cautious.
 
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brian!

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it's tf2 where the heroes are amped up versions of fps tropes from other games + activatable skills. no deathmatch atm.
 
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optimus8936

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SonicAaron said:
Can someone be really kind and answer me a quick question?

My friends all seem to love this game. But looking at footage it looks like a lot of special OP powers like destiny are constantly being spewed out. So I'm confused.

Is it just a class based FPS, does it have TDM etc... Are the health levels like Destiny or quick like Call of Duty. I'm just not sure exactly what it is.

If someone here who plays the game a lot could gimme a real quick run down that'd be great. TDM... Time to kill. Those things.

Thanks a lot! Really want to get it but im too cautious.
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The health levels vary between characters, but the TTK of the game isn't COD fast by any means. Also, the super powers are no where near as powerful as destinys supers where they have to be very strategically placed otherwise they won't do anything. There is no TDM, only objective modes. The game is great in a way where it can fit so many different play styles for so many different people. You really have to play the game to know if you would really enjoy it.
 
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pelicansurf

Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Too many people asking for a Genji nerf right now. Makes me scared. I think he's fine (as Genji main). He's a hero that's super shit at low skill levels and might as well be god at high skill levels. However he can be neutered by having a Winston chase him around. Winston might not kill him consistently or at all, but you can't ninja when you're using your slashes to avoid a monkey.
 
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orthodoxy1095

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I'm not sure how you fix the rank system. You've got a loser like me who's in the upper 40s and I'm sure that looks weird when I play with Gaffers who are 60+.

Probably not really, I'm sure our opponents figure out I'm the weak link quickly ;___;
 
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Incendiary

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SonicAaron said:
Can someone be really kind and answer me a quick question?

My friends all seem to love this game. But looking at footage it looks like a lot of special OP powers like destiny are constantly being spewed out. So I'm confused.

Is it just a class based FPS, does it have TDM etc... Are the health levels like Destiny or quick like Call of Duty. I'm just not sure exactly what it is.

If someone here who plays the game a lot could gimme a real quick run down that'd be great. TDM... Time to kill. Those things.

Thanks a lot! Really want to get it but im too cautious.
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Some people play it like TDM but the game is objective based - usually capturing a point or trying to escort a payload across the map. It's divided into four classes: Offense (DPS), Defense (holding a point), Tank (high health/damage absorption) and Support (healers/status buffs & debuffs) so health is different depending on the class/character you choose. The ults are all character specific but you can use them poorly and it's more important to use them in a strategic situation than pull the trigger immediately.
 
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Prelude.

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It's so frustrating when you're having connection issues, but you don't realize it because you're not experiencing any lag or jumping around until you die and never respawn until it eventually disconnects.
 
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Kiro

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Yaaa finally got to rank 56!

Kings row defense and they attack us first. Our teammate leaves near the end when they get the third point. 3-0. Screw it, we will try 5v6. My roomie goes soldier and I go zen. Struggle at first but then our team is steamrolling. We tie it up 3-3. Sudden death and we are offense again. We Fricken take it for the win.

My roommate: 30 000 (48% damage given)

Me: 18000 healing (44%) and most objective kills.

Our 3 teammates were great too. I messaged the quitter and called him a little bitch. No shame.
 
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Sn4ke_911

If I ever post something in Japanese which I don't understand, please BAN me.
Kuro said:
People abusing the rank system https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4wjofj/there_are_a_very_large_number_of_players/
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Man this is pissing me off.

Forsen does it too.

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"to practice new heroes" yeah right asshole
 
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Incendiary

Banned
Just won on a competitive match where the enemy Reaper kept teabagging after every time he did his ult. It's really satisfying to beat people like that. Also really satisfying because he didn't get a card at the end either.
 
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Kamion

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If I see one more Junkrat or Soldier shooting from outside the point during Overtime I'm gonna riot.

I wish people finally realised they're not useful if 4 people from the enemy team are on the point but only 2 of ours are and the other 4 are off somewhere shooting AT the point.
This is especially gruelling when we'd win if they just got on that point ;_;
 
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yeehamuffins

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Kamion said:
If I see one more Junkrat or Soldier shooting from outside the point during Overtime I'm gonna riot.

I wish people finally realised they're not useful if 4 people from the enemy team are on the point but only 2 of ours are and the other 4 are off somewhere shooting AT the point.
This is especially gruelling when we'd win if they just got on that point ;_;
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Yeah, one of the first players who ever friended me when I started playing was the type who always picked Junkrat on KotH and stood a mile away from the point firing grenades in its general direction. Whenever he offers a group-up now - by sheer coincidence, really - I tend to always be heading out/going to bed and have time for just one game, if that.
 
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Soulflarz

Banned
Happy it's all off your highest rank since I said I can screw around with a friend in ranked all night cause were curious how much harder dual queue is

feels good
 
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