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[Don Draper's Hat]

A few days ago I unlocked Mei's "Sorry. Sorry sorry sorry..." voice line.

I'm now a Mei fan. That is by far the greatest line in the game.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Guy has 28mins on widow total.

In silver.

Getting headshots taimou would be proud of.

Makes you think.

Yeah, some level 28 plat guy crushed my team in his first five minutes on D.Va ever. Beginner's luck, I guess!

 

[Akuun]

Quickplay. I wanted to get a quick match in, end up being the sole healer in a party where everyone is spread apart.

Reinhardt is off on his own charging or swinging at people with no regard for anyone around him.

Two or three snipers who barely seem to be shooting or killing anything, while mostly ignoring the rain of bombs flying down on them.

A Reaper who is either pushing forward or waaayyy far off on his own and screaming for heals.

That was a total waste of time.

 

[iosa]

A few days ago I unlocked Mei's "Sorry. Sorry sorry sorry..." voice line.

I'm now a Mei fan. That is by far the greatest line in the game.

Haha yes,

Now try to put your wall under you, then cryofreeze on top and apologize for the giant middle finger.

 

[Conrad Link]

Every single game at silver/gold comp just becomes Bastion with Reinhardt shield and Mercy.... how am I meant to counter it? Git gud with Genji?

Last season I would almost never see Bastion at platinum lol, people would take him out instantly.

 

[SugarDaddy]

God, I love finding new and creative ways to use Mei's ice wall to surprise enemies/navigate maps. Pretty much just play her to parkour and watch people grief

 

[NeoRaider]

But that Pharah VL after she destroys Rein: "I'm sorry, Reinhardt"... lol

 

[xChildOfHatex]

Every single game at silver/gold comp just becomes Bastion with Reinhardt shield and Mercy.... how am I meant to counter it? Git gud with Genji?

Maybe flank from both sides and take out Mercy and Bastion at the same time? I guess it would be really difficult if you're playing solo.

 

[Theorry]

Placement matches started great already.
First match we attack. We get mid way until time runs out. 1 person leaves. Screwed then on defense.
Second match. Starts great as attacking. Going very fast through first objective. 1 person leaves for some reason. Cant get offcourse the second objective and are screwed on defense after that with 4vs5. Great fun...

 

[Antiwhippy]

Pros of playing with a bastion main:

Nano tank is a guaranteed wipe.

Cons of playing with a bastion main:

That's pretty much the only time we were able to push because our DPS has no mobility.

 

[Greddleok]

Every single game at silver/gold comp just becomes Bastion with Reinhardt shield and Mercy.... how am I meant to counter it? Git gud with Genji?

Last season I would almost never see Bastion at platinum lol, people would take him out instantly.

Do the same on defence, but do it better.

That, or triple tank. Or dive comp. Genji/Winston/Tracer will quickly fuck them up. Remember at the start of offence, you just need to trade 1 for 1.

 

[Finaj]

I have a question. Not sure if it has been answered yet.

Will the loot boxes you obtain in Arcade become Holiday loot boxes next week or stay normal ones?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Also, first time playing lucio again this season. I booped the enemy's ana and lucio off the cliff at the same time. They respawned, I booped them off again at the same time.

Ah, I've forgotten this feeling.

Got PotG too which is the only way lucio gets potg.

 

[Fancolors]

I have a question. Not sure if it has been answered yet.

Will the loot boxes you obtain in Arcade become Holiday loot boxes next week or stay normal ones?

They will. I think

edit: to elaborate, Blizzard's justification for removing the extra boxes whenever you prestiged was players not playing the game until the event started for the special loot. The arcade boxes are a way of making people constantly engaged. Not including them would be pretty disappointing.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

They will. I think

Isn't the loot determined as soon as you obtain the box? I don't think the loot boxes will give Holiday loot if you hoard them. Or am I wrong in assuming this?

 

[Newtype-001]

I have a question. Not sure if it has been answered yet.

Will the loot boxes you obtain in Arcade become Holiday loot boxes next week or stay normal ones?

Stay normal.
The contents are already determined as soon as you get them.

Edit: i misunderstood as well :x

 

[Fancolors]

Isn't the loot determined as soon as you obtain the box? I don't think the loot boxes will give Holiday loot if you hoard them. Or am I wrong in assuming this?

Oh they will. I thought the question was if the loot we get from arcade once the event starts would be normal or event ones.

 

[Rizzi]

Starting to get a little better at playing Sombra. She still feels kind of weak, but picking off low health targets is fun.

 

[Finaj]

Oh they will. I thought the question was if the loot we get from arcade once the event starts would be normal or event ones.

That's what I meant.

 

[SugarDaddy]

Sombra's hack should just be instant with a CD, I'm not really seeing the need for it to have the wonky charge up it has currently. Would make it way more useful in fights

 

[Blues1990]

Maybe I'm doing this wrong, but you are supposed to use Lucio's ultimate ability when you carry your team through choke points and overwhelm the enemy, right? With how powerful D.Va and Soldier: 76 are, I feel that Lucio's Ult is becoming increasingly useless.

 

[iosa]

Speaking of boxes, I just bought Overwatch for PC but i'll try to wait Tuesday to start playing.
i'll probably play the practice range though to get a hang of those new controls (making the switch from PS4)

 

[xChildOfHatex]

That's what I meant.

Whoops... Sorry about that. Misinterpreted that one.

 

[yeehamuffins]

Sombra's hack should just be instant with a CD, I'm not really seeing the need for it to have the wonky charge up it has currently. Would make it way more useful in fights

That's my main problem with trying to use her. In theory she'd be good for breaking a hard Reinhardt defense by slipping in behind the group and hacking him, but I never manage to get the hack off in time before he turns around, and he or one of his teammates ends up icing me.

Either make the hack go faster, or remove the second of delay between coming out of your cloak and being able to start hacking or shooting, would go a long way to making Sombra more viable. As it is right now, I played her a few times when she came out, and now I barely touch her.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Sombra's hack should just be instant with a CD, I'm not really seeing the need for it to have the wonky charge up it has currently. Would make it way more useful in fights

It's pretty fast as it is (like 1.2s?), especially since you can prefire it, and people do need some sort of counterplay.

I'd like them to up the duration on it a tiny bit. And I also thought yesterday it might be cool if it actually disoriented the target more. Like glitched out their vision in addition to removing directional audio. That might be too annoying or inconsistent for people to stomach, though.

The problem isn't with getting hacks off, honestly. Sombra would be fantastic if the game were 7v7. But in a 6v6 context, and especially with the meta the way it is now, and healing being so readily available and so powerful ... she just doesn't do enough burst damage to be worth picking ahead of more conventional DPS. Also, her kit is way too situational and encourages gimmicky strategies. The health pack stuff is a little silly as it stands.

 

[Terareflection]

Anyone know of any advanced positioning guides? I feel like 90% percent of my deaths consist of being in wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[The Driver]

Is there anything worse than going in to OT as Lucio and being killed mid beat drop because you did it from on top of the payload like a idiot, just as the push starts and watching as your teammates slowly fill up the killfeed one by one? ._.

If there is one thing that gets annoying about the higher elos is that as the matches get closer, the bigger impact any mistake is. If you don't roll over your opponents from the get go you run the risk of some heartbreak in those last few seconds. A missed ult or a single pick is so huge when everyone is mechanically sound.

 

[Newtype-001]

Anyone know of any advanced positioning guides? I feel like 90% percent of my deaths consist of being in wrong place at the wrong time.

In general positioning ranges from hero to hero but heres a basic general video to help work out positioning.

https://youtu.be/ba46jIWwp0Q

 

[Veelk]

Overwatch moments.

 

[Ramirez]

DVa is just a chore to fight now, ugh.

 

[ohkay]

Maybe I'm doing this wrong, but you are supposed to use Lucio's ultimate ability when you carry your team through choke points and overwhelm the enemy, right? With how powerful D.Va and Soldier: 76 are, I feel that Lucio's Ult is becoming increasingly useless.

Make sure you turn on speed boost too, but sound barrier isn't necessarily an I win button if your team can't capitalize off of it

 

[Mutombo]

Do the same on defence, but do it better.

That, or triple tank. Or dive comp. Genji/Winston/Tracer will quickly fuck them up. Remember at the start of offence, you just need to trade 1 for 1.

I think he means: how to tackle that when you're on offense?

Especially if you solo que. I've never played a 'dive composition' for that matter. But yeah, if you have a few teammates that help you: get up to their faces, do damage, make them panic, and hope the rest of your team does the rest when you're dead.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Keep getting put into games that players rage quit. I think I've went 2 - 28 in the past 24 hours :/

 

[Paltheos]

DVa is just a chore to fight now, ugh.

Yeah, she's a mite strong imo. It's really bad when I have near full charge as Zarya and need several seconds to melt through all that armor. Too many of her hit points are armor imo - Some of them should be converted to raw health (100 points maybe?). Defense Matrix is a strong enough defensive tool as is - She doesn't need all that armor too.

 

[rulerk1]

DVa is just a chore to fight now, ugh.

When playing a sniper she is so annoying. my Zarya can knock her out or cause her flee tho. So glad they waste time trying to DM pulse beam too lol

 

[Newtype-001]

When you accidentally eat a graviton
:33333

 

[xaosslug]

the first time I heard Sombra's "cheers, love!" VL after killing Tracer I was ROTFLMFAO <3

 

[Visualante2]

> people mad at me for picking torbjorn in ranked
> they take torbjorn just to spite me
> i go symmetra
> no no not symmetra, just give them torb!

 

[AppleSautts]

So, I'm on a MASSIVE losing streak right now. In the beginning I was at 2400 and now I'm at 1644. But what really has me baffled is that I've lost about 100 points PER GAME for the past 5-6 games. I don't think I'd say I'm playing well right now, but I don't think I'm playing any worse than I was when I was only losing 20-30 points for a loss.

 

[Nimby]

I want to see everyone's opinions on maps in this game.

Rank maps that you are most comfortable playing on to least comfortable.

Numbani
King's Row
Gibraltar
Hollywood
Lijiang
Nepal
Anubis
Eichenwalde
Hanamura
Dorado
Route 66
Volskaya
Ilios

 

[ohkay]

So, I'm on a MASSIVE losing streak right now. In the beginning I was at 2400 and now I'm at 1644. But what really has me baffled is that I've lost about 100 points PER GAME for the past 5-6 games. I don't think I'd say I'm playing well right now, but I don't think I'm playing any worse than I was when I was only losing 20-30 points for a loss.

You lose a lot more per game based on how big your losing streak is

 

[cyborg009]

For those who are having issues with D.va just play zen and watch her melt.

 

[Data West]

Lucio sucks so bad for solo-healing now. After the last patch, I'll pick Mercy or Ana if I have to solo heal. If you're Lucio, all you can do is shrug while the tanks look for health packs, on top of not even being able to use speed boost.

It's a good thing they nerfed Lucio's healing so Mercy could feel special again. Because Lucio's healing was definitely the issue and not Ana's bio grenade.

And now it's hard enough to get one healer and the one healer that could handle disorganized mess solo queue teams can't even do that anymore.

Thanks Blizz!

 

[Croc]

the competitive matching has been pretty wild this season so far. I've either been on teams where we completely destroy the other team, or where we get completely destroyed ourselves. There's been no inbetween so far. Hopefully it ends up evening out but so far these matches have not been very enjoyable.

 

[AppleSautts]

You lose a lot more per game based on how big your losing streak is

Well, at least there's an explanation. I'm buried under an avalanche right now.

 

[AbaFadi]

I want to see everyone's opinions on maps in this game.

Rank maps that you are most comfortable playing on to least comfortable.

Numbani
King's Row
Gibraltar
Hollywood
Lijiang
Nepal
Anubis
Eichenwalde
Hanamura
Dorado
Route 66
Volskaya
Ilios

Hard for me to rank them all, but I like King's Row the most and hate Ilios the most. I would put all payload maps higher on the list.

 

[TheOMan]

Man - something clicked for me with Soldier 76 yesterday, people seemed to be running into my bullets for me, it was great. Granted, I'm still playing Quick Play, but it was easily the best string of games I've had so far.

 

[Nuno Pinto]

Hard for me to rank them all, but I like King's Row the most and hate Ilios the most. I would put all payload maps higher on the list.

Same. I also like all of the KOTH maps, though Ilios is definitely the worse for me.

Assault maps are horrible with randoms, not so bad with a group. Anubis is probably the worst of the three.

Escort/Hybrid maps are all ok except for Numbani. When I see that map I'm already mentally defeated since my winrate there is just absolutely terrible.

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

Ilios and Hollywood are my favorite maps. I don't understand why everyone hates Ilios so much. Playing Pharah on that map is a blast.

 

[ohkay]

I don't know how I'd rank them all, but Lijiang would be at the top because Tracer