That's exactly how it works. The Rein needs to be able to balance shield health in a way so that he can protect his team and not lose shield when they can be jumped on. The ideal way things should work is that Rein's shield dying is an advantage a team can work with. Right now Rein's shield dying is kind of a death sentence.
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That's exactly how it works. The Rein needs to be able to balance shield health in a way so that he can protect his team and not lose shield when they can be jumped on. The ideal way things should work is that Rein's shield dying is an advantage a team can work with. Right now Rein's shield dying is kind of a death sentence.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's how it works already. It's nearly the whole point of having a Reinhardt.
Wyndstryker
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Just wondering if it's possible to have a GAF tournament or something since we can do customs. Of course timing is an issue but it would be interesting nonetheless.
ArgyleReptile
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I can't believe it. I actually used Dragonblade effectively for the first time.
Incendiary
Banned
I like both of his epic skins - the bone one is neat and the shiny gold one looks cool in my opinion.
All his legendary skins are trash, though.
You think the fact that a tribute to the worlds most dullest sport being his best pose is a statement on how utterly dishwater boring Soldier 76 is?
To each his own, I guess. Everything about Soldier puts me to sleep.
Wonder if mei will get more usage if it's going to be a poke meta to allow shield to recharge. It's already effective on maps like hanamura and kings row.
What I mean is what will stop it since even with Reinhardt you'll get poked. Poke back harder? Have a better Reinhardt than theirs? Bit tired since it's 2am so questions probably have obvious answers
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I think it speaks more to his dadness.
How would teams be made? Out of a hat or just find 5 others to form a team with?
Pretty much.
I actually find Soldier pretty fun to play, but yeah his emotes and skins generally suck.
PC GAF has done some scrims. We don't have enough people for a tournament, we barely have enough for scrims.
You have a better Rein, your team pokes better, positions better, knows when to stop poking and engage, can fight, etc. Lots of ways to play it out.
MarioHead3
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As others have said, Soldier 76's key point is his age and "dadness". That's the best thing about him, and I love it. His "young punks get off my lawn" line, his tacky gold suit which is a relic of the fashion thirty years ago, his official-sport-of-old-men golf pose, his legendary Daredevil outfit's tacky-arse 70s hair style. I really enjoy his design and Blizzard seems to have a lot of fun with it, too.
toadsworth
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Holy Shit! Very nice. You were on fire for almost 10 minutes!!
EroticSushi
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Less than 3 days to get the rest of the summer skins. Still missing Mercy and Genji.
So. Many. Dupes.
So. Many. Dupes.
xaosslug
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Terareflection
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I got that Americree, and I only spent $10!
Poodlestrike
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Mei is an absolute KotH MONSTER on PTR right now. Ult covers the whole damn point, and if she catches enough people with it she'll have another ready in <30s. That shit is ridiculous.
Ohhhh no.........
Wyndstryker
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playing QP with double sym, double torb, double genji on volskaya def felt so wrong. It worked but i felt bad for the attackers having to just go through so much turret fire. turrets firing away with genji's just picking off everyone
xaosslug
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it's needed to make her viable @ higher levels, tho! >_> <_<
If we're talking just everyone here, you might see less genjis and more hanzos but thats it. nothing huge. When it come to the pros, he wont get picked at all because in their world a "good enough" character is not enough. They need to squeeze every little bit of power out of a character and small weaknesses become huge for them.
In the pro world it's going to be reaper, mccree, tracer as the dps of choice. healers lucio for sure even with with nerf getting back faster to do engagements quicker to beat the clock will always be required but the second heal spot is going to be shared by zena nd mercy again depending on the situation and whether on attack or defence and the makeup of your team (maybe what the team feels better with), with zen slightly beating mercy in picks based on ult (it's better to stay alive and fight than die and be ressed).
Mei's buff is not going to change much for how much shes picked. She might get picked a little bit on koth matches but we'll see.
tanks it's going to be rein, zary, dva mostly with winston and hog maybe getting picked more when the opponents don't have a zen
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Kinda is. Still don't think she's optimal for koth. Zarya does that but actually better.
divisionbyzorro
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I haven't played since Sunday (business trip) until today.
Holy cow. It's like all the competitive queue players are on a Purge or something. Quickplay went from fun to total cancer.
Holy cow. It's like all the competitive queue players are on a Purge or something. Quickplay went from fun to total cancer.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Like honestly, the increased radius of mei's ult is nice, it's more the being able to bypass shield that's the biggest gamechanger to me.
it's what happens when there is no competitive to weed them into
Antiwhippy
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Shake Appeal
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The original hitboxes are so crazy. Meis cross-mapping me. Hanzo is... insane.
On the other hand, it feels far easier getting headshots with McCree and my Zen is throwing beachballs, so there's that.
Also PTR competitive is all over the place in my placements so far. Absolutely crushing some games, and then we played a guy with a Top 500 icon who got 70+ kills with McCree.
On the other hand, it feels far easier getting headshots with McCree and my Zen is throwing beachballs, so there's that.
Also PTR competitive is all over the place in my placements so far. Absolutely crushing some games, and then we played a guy with a Top 500 icon who got 70+ kills with McCree.
Atraveller
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Shoots through space-time.
falconxcrunner09
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I need 5 credits to have 1000 to buy a legendary skin. So I was really hoping for a duplicate spray. No duplicates but I got the Tracer Sprinter skin that I wanted. :3
Wat. Her portrait looks really really weird...
Wat. Her portrait looks really really weird...
Poodlestrike
Banned
loooool
But honestly Hanzo felt kinda balanced during my PTR matches over the last few days. Useful, but not overwhelmingly so. Present in most games but that's aight, they can tone him down a little bit and it'll be okay.
It's just a Sonic arrow.
same shit happens ot Reinhardt. Glad Zarya gets fucked by it now too
Shake Appeal
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Got Summer Games Genji! And Summer Games McCree! Will probably never use the latter over Gambler McCree, though. Those were the only ones I wanted after getting Summer Games Mercy (i.e., best Mercy) early on.
catch up on other games
Same. I think I'm gonna take a break from OW until Season 2 comes out.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I played qp even when there's rank and it's fine.
You get bad games, you get good games.
You get bad games, you get good games.
slightconfuse
Banned
They need to roll a comp option into quick play.
Had a team of 2 mei and 2 symetera
Had a team of 2 mei and 2 symetera
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What do you think? I think her ult being able to bypass shields is kinda huge but i need to hear so.e opinions from someone who's actually better at the game than me.
What do you think? I think her ult being able to bypass shields is kinda huge but i need to hear so.e opinions from someone who's actually better at the game than me.
The ult radius is really, really crazy. Like if you get just a halfway decent wall you can ult and trap an entire team. I'm getting solo triples and quads with Mei ult for no real good reason.
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