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Overwatch |OT5| 15 Million Strong, None Are On The Payload
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I want season 2's weapons to be fun instead of gold.
Give me my BBall Zen.
Give me my BBall Zen.
MarioHead3
Banned
RespectThySole
Member
Already had gold D.Va. Gave my second gold to Tracer. Was a tough decision since there's several characters that I play regularly besides those two.
STAHP
Managed to get to 66 in season 1, pretty decent but it's too difficult to get any higher without a full team talking to each other.
Also RIP Genji, those nerfs are bad. Sad that Blizzard gave into the crybabies. Should have just changed the Ultra duration time that's it.
Oh well, I'm glad I don't have time to play any more so it seems like a good time to quit. Great game, probably my GOTY.
Also RIP Genji, those nerfs are bad. Sad that Blizzard gave into the crybabies. Should have just changed the Ultra duration time that's it.
Oh well, I'm glad I don't have time to play any more so it seems like a good time to quit. Great game, probably my GOTY.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Finally
MarioHead3
Banned
I don't like the golden weapons for most characters (they're gaudy), but Junkrat and roadhog are probably most incongruent with a golden weapon of anyone.
Everything about him speaks to a poor and underprivileged live. He has a pegleg and a clearly robotic arm, compared to Symmetra's almost entirely humanlike one. He's dirty and in poor health and wearing worn down pants, etc. His very gun itself is barely holding itself together. Roadhog is in the same boat, to the point that he has to use random scraps instead of real ammunition.
Not saying you shouldn't use it or anything, of course. You do what you want. This is just a me thing. I'm a stickler for narrative, and a Junkrat carrying around a gold gun seems out of character. I wouldn't do it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
slightconfuse
Banned
American McCree was definitely the best skin
MarioHead3
Banned
A man with flaming hair shooting exploding pool balls also seems a bit off, but you're right, golden guns are going way too far.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Mercy's staff in gold looks rad with the Amber skin. That's what I wanna do eventually
Not sure if serious.
I mean, true, but usually that's so they can sell it.
Gold is also a very soft metal. It's much worse as weaponry than iron/steel.
Junkrat would have to eschew both financial and tactical practicality to be toting around a gold gun. Which wouldn't necessarily be completely out of character, the guy DOES have a few screws loose. I just didn't expect it on that level.
I am deadly serious about narrative. Always.
It's not about realism, it's about character theme consistency.
It's not a big deal though. Like I said, it's just something I personally wouldn't do because I recognize this is a particularity for me.
RespectThySole
Member
Still don't have this skin...
Junkrat is one of those guys who is secretly wealthy but likes to live the life as a hobo. True story.
clockworkinyou
Banned
Hanzo
Hanzo will now experience a 30% decrease in speed while aiming (formerly 40%)
Maximum projectile speed has been increased by 30%
Fuck outta here with this.
Hanzo will now experience a 30% decrease in speed while aiming (formerly 40%)
Maximum projectile speed has been increased by 30%
Fuck outta here with this.
optimus8936
Banned
I mean, we are talking about a game with a talking monkey and a 40 year old edge lord. I think we can throw real life stuff like this out of the water lol.
How much did everyone climb or fall from their initial rank. Interested in how accurate it was or how much people improved over the season.
Placed at 58, immediately fell to 55 and stopped playing for a few weeks. Climbed up to 70 before falling to 68 at the end of the season.
Placed at 58, immediately fell to 55 and stopped playing for a few weeks. Climbed up to 70 before falling to 68 at the end of the season.
ScottSullivan
Member
That's pretty dramatic man, isnt 68 like top 1000?
I placed at 58 at ended up at 55, kinda bummed with my 204 points I can't get a gold weapon before everything goes to 3000
And he's back to his broken hitboxes.
Pharah really needed someone else to push her even more out of the meta.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Been hovering between 40-50 all season, but I haven't had a chance to really go for it.
optimus8936
Banned
Started at 52 and climbed all the way to 72 and top 500. Pretty proud of myself for climbing so much.
Again, less about realism and more about thematic character consistency. It just doesn't mesh somehow.
But I'm the kind of guy who is uncomfortable using the otherwise awesome Nihon skin because the streaks from his sword and Shuriken are green even though his color highlight has turned to red (or blue if you use the Carbon Fiber skin or yellow if you use the Chrome skin) and it doesn't fucking follow suit and the inconsistency drives me fucking crazy.
the skins are going to break you, if they haven't already.
slightconfuse
Banned
Road hog gets a golden hook too
Think it's more top 3/4000.That's pretty dramatic man, isnt 68 like top 1000?
I placed at 58 at ended up at 55, kinda bummed with my 204 points I can't get a gold weapon before everything goes to 3000
I think your 204 will go up to 2040 next season. They said the PTR CP balance staying the same was a bug that'd be fixed for live.
Your current CP gets x10 as well.That's pretty dramatic man, isnt 68 like top 1000?
I placed at 58 at ended up at 55, kinda bummed with my 204 points I can't get a gold weapon before everything goes to 3000
Lavalamp1138
Member
My friend was hoping to hit 65 before the season ended. He was 63 and couldn't play till the evening after med school classes. He won his first game and got to 64. But as soon as he tried to queue up for another it said "Thanks for Playing." He's so bitter right now hahaha. Meanwhile I hit 69 a few days ago and left it at that.
clockworkinyou
Banned
Seriously.
At least that chump Genji got what he deserved.
Who the fuck deserves that kind of mobility and an 8 second fucking stupid range ult.
Skins change the character theme. And are rarely contradictory of the character theme anyway.
Like, Junkrat completely fits in his Jester or Scarecrow outfits. They feel like the kind of things he would wear on a particular mission that required them.
Other stuff changes the character WITH the skin. Like Tracer gets the voice line "Wanker" when wearing her punk outfit, or Mercy adds "....For a price" to her usual "heroes never die!" quote.
So the skins are fine. But a gold gun on a junkrat doesn't seem to fit with anything. Maybe one of the Jester outfits, if we assume he's a high Jester to a king of something.
For myself, I've been stuck at 43 and couldn't climb out of it. I tried soloing, but the teams that I was paired up with were steamrolled by the opposition. I did my best to heal with both Lucio and Zenyatta, but people went out of my F.O.V. (behind walls, etc.) so I couldn't heal them properly. And people keep leaving me alone as Zen, so I had to be extremely cautious when someone sneaks up behind to tear me to shreds.
With the people I was able to team up with on GAF, they were not only supportive, but the open communication had helped immensely. For Season 2, I'm going to stick with PC GAF teams to get me up the ranks, as it's too stressful to go at it alone.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Yep my biggest problem is that for most of my favorite characters the gold looks worse than regular (Zarya, McCree) I don't think it fits Roadhog at all. Lucio is cool but I don't play him enough, Zen is hardly any difference.
I think I gotta go with Tracer.
But god damn if they announce that S2 awards are different I'll be salty as hell. Not crazy about golden guns.
I think I gotta go with Tracer.
But god damn if they announce that S2 awards are different I'll be salty as hell. Not crazy about golden guns.
Run out of real money you mean. Blizzard gotta sell those loot boxes you know?
What kind of mission would require a jester or scarecrow outfit?
It's all just in good fun. Trying to apply real world logic to this stuff saps all the fun out of it.
Placed at 56 (season best too), bottom was 53, finished at 55.
Played less than 50 games though.
MarioHead3
Banned
Well, they can't do golden guns again, so prepare for salt.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
That is amazing, congrats. I thought I was good going from 50 to 67 O_O
I'm probably twice the player now than I was when S1 started.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I climbed from 49 to 60 then fell after that after some bad losing streaks. I think I definitely improved a lot since my placements matches, though.
In a cartoonish world like Overwatch? I can think of a bunch of situations. It's not that hard. Hell, LiK gave a decent excuse for it. He's secretly rich but likes to live as a hobo for laughs. That could potentially be a Junkrat thing to do. So, I'm not trying to apply real world logic, but trying to make some kind of sense out of it.
And it doesn't actually bother me as though it's a problem in the game or anything, if that's the impression I'm getting. It's not like I'm calling out for people to not use it or for blizzard to change it. I'm just remarking that it doesn't fit his character like the other costumes do, atleast for me personally.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Why do we think that every season gets unique rewards though? I don't get that impression at all.
In a cartoonish world like Overwatch it's not hard to imagine him getting his hands on a golden gun, either.
Neither do I, and they haven't hinted at it either so I'm not sure why people are getting ahead of themselves and talking like it's been confirmed.
MarioHead3
Banned
I would be shocked if they never did any new season rewards, and golden guns were the only thing you could ever get with competitive points.
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