Kor of Memory
Member
What if a hacked DVa lost the ability to eject and just blew up with the meka?
It'd be like a nerf DVa buff Sombra in one go?
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It'd be like a nerf DVa buff Sombra in one go?
Vital Tundra
Member
Yeah she shouldn't get her mech immediately if she ults when it's destroyed for sure. It's bullshit she can hope right back in when you earned the mech kill. D. Va, while I main her, is way to good with way to few weaknesses. Mei can counter her well, but all you gotta do is boost away after she freezes you the first time.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
Coming from a fighting game background I like the way those games have handled rankings. Start from the bottom and if you're good work your way up. I don't agree with everyone starting from different spots. I placed 3k last season and started this season again at 3k. It's very stagnant.
TheDrizzlerJ11
Member
This would be awesome and perfect.What if a hacked DVa lost the ability to eject and just blew up with the meka?
It'd be like a nerf DVa buff Sombra in one go?
Kor of Memory
Member
Start with the Mystery Heroes (or Winter Mystery) under the Arcade section.
It gives you a random hero every time you die, and is a great way to sample a lot of characters in one shot.
The game is very reliant on audio, so make sure you can hear well. Audio cues are incredibly important, to the point blizzard balances the game with it heavily in mind.
Death's are super important, and if you ever notice that you team has obtained 2 kills pretty close by, that should be your cue to move forward and take ground/the objective.
Kill feed is off by default, I recommend turning it on.
I also recommend turning on ally health bars under specific characters (76, and Zarya mostly).
Finally, I recommend leaving the crosshairs on their character defaults for a while until you've gotten to know them. Then, once you have, switch to the small dot crosshair for better headshot stuff. The default crosshairs are interactive though, and help familiarize you with weapon bloom and things like that.
Edit: Also, watch the kill cams to see how other characters are played by other people so you can more quickly understand even more characters.
Wyndstryker
Member
Had a comp match with someone from europe. He says he's playing in NA servers because the EU servers are extremely toxic.
Anyone who plays both servers, any clue on which is more toxic?
Anyone who plays both servers, any clue on which is more toxic?
The grass is always greener
NeoRaider
Member
No one can answer you this. Because it's about the personal experience. Both can be toxic, i mean if you play with randoms you can encounter toxic players everywhere no matter the region.
Exactly the sort of advice I was looking for, thank you!
DLing updates now. Whelp!
Depends on the time I'm playing. E.g. Sat morning EU is bullshit on EU I rather play with the night owls from west coast US. Playing evening EU is fine. A lot more mature players evenings during the week imo.
BaronLundi
Member
Lost it at Lijang Tower.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
What was everyone's favorite meta since the game released?
Tank buster McCree with crazy Widow?
Genju?
Lucio/Zen dominance?
Not sure what the meta before this previous patch would be called, but Zarya was insane, Ana was even better than now. The meta that season 2 began with.
Or the no DPS, all tank and healing meta we are in now?
I think beginning of season two was great. Tracer was so damn fun to play as in that meta, now I never get to play her
This current meta does feel really wonky and not quite what this game should be IMO. But it does get major points for the ult nerf. And at least it's more of a comp that is super OP not necessarily one character (before you say Ana just remember that she has only gotten worse in the past few months, just because she works great with tanks who are in the meta doesn't mean she alone is as good as Zen, McCree, and Genji have been in the past.)
Tank buster McCree with crazy Widow?
Genju?
Lucio/Zen dominance?
Not sure what the meta before this previous patch would be called, but Zarya was insane, Ana was even better than now. The meta that season 2 began with.
Or the no DPS, all tank and healing meta we are in now?
I think beginning of season two was great. Tracer was so damn fun to play as in that meta, now I never get to play her
This current meta does feel really wonky and not quite what this game should be IMO. But it does get major points for the ult nerf. And at least it's more of a comp that is super OP not necessarily one character (before you say Ana just remember that she has only gotten worse in the past few months, just because she works great with tanks who are in the meta doesn't mean she alone is as good as Zen, McCree, and Genji have been in the past.)
Maybe Zen meta since it's pretty much the opposite of the tank meta?What was everyone's favorite meta since the game released?
Tank buster McCree with crazy Widow?
Genju?
Lucio/Zen dominance?
Not sure what the meta before this previous patch would be called, but Zarya was insane, Ana was even better than now. The meta that season 2 began with.
Or the no DPS, all tank and healing meta we are in now?
I think beginning of season two was great. Tracer was so damn fun to play as in that meta, now I never get to play her
This current meta does feel really wonky and not quite what this game should be IMO. But it does get major points for the ult nerf. And at least it's more of a comp that is super OP not necessarily one character (before you say Ana just remember that she has only gotten worse in the past few months, just because she works great with tanks who are in the meta doesn't mean she alone is as good as Zen, McCree, and Genji have been in the past.)
What was everyone's favorite meta since the game released?
Tank buster McCree with crazy Widow?
Genju?
Lucio/Zen dominance?
Not sure what the meta before this previous patch would be called, but Zarya was insane, Ana was even better than now. The meta that season 2 began with.
Or the no DPS, all tank and healing meta we are in now?
I think beginning of season two was great. Tracer was so damn fun to play as in that meta, now I never get to play her
This current meta does feel really wonky and not quite what this game should be IMO. But it does get major points for the ult nerf. And at least it's more of a comp that is super OP not necessarily one character (before you say Ana just remember that she has only gotten worse in the past few months, just because she works great with tanks who are in the meta doesn't mean she alone is as good as Zen, McCree, and Genji have been in the past.)
It's really beta Genji/Zen nonsense > 0HL Winston/Lucio/Tracer/etc > Widow + FtH > PharMercy Rez > Zen/Lucio and deathball dive > Beyblade > current tank meta.
Zen/Lucio meta was my fave by far. The viable hero pool was fairly limited, but mechanical skill, aggressive strat execution, and the map specific picks like Mei/Junkrat were exciting. It still had a lot of problems I'm glad are gone, especially ult snowballing garbage, but there was a lot of cool stuff going on otherwise.
Viability was a bit wider in Beyblade meta, but tbh I still hate the fact that every single strat revolved around Ana's Nanoboost in some way.
Meccs
Member
You and (almost) everyone else.
Human Trashcan
Banned
I'm from EU and I have played some on NA servers. Not enough to say definitively, but there is a not-insignificant amount of toxicity on EU comp for sure. Sometimes really bad, some ignorant dumbass was just throwing the n-word around yesterday in voice chat, so I just reported him for all the good that'll do and left voice chat. I've never had anything like that happen on NA. I'm sure it's there too, but the times I've played on NA, I don't think I've ever heard toxic voice chat, while I've experienced plenty of name calling on EU voice chat.
Most people in voice chat sound like they're in their 20s to me and it usually takes me 1-2 minutes to get a match, so I dunno.
Human Trashcan
Banned
same, I think 1-2 minutes is fine but the game will 99% of the time say estimated time is 18 seconds or some bullshit, and it hardly ever is
Christmas Break likely explains why my teams are so terrible during the day. I took this week off of work.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
It's usually older people (20s-30s) I get matched with, and tbh the noticeably younger folks have been pretty chill and very open to teamwork.
As for #2, not sure. It's kind of hit-or-miss with me, some comp. games are instant as soon as I hit the button, some take up to a minute. It usually falls on the shorter end of the spectrum though.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
1. Wait three minutes to find a game.
2. Wait one minute for game to start.
3. Annihilate the enemy teams defense in the first 30 seconds.
4. Person on enemy team leaves the game, game gets canceled, no one loses or wins.
Hate how this is a thing :/
2. Wait one minute for game to start.
3. Annihilate the enemy teams defense in the first 30 seconds.
4. Person on enemy team leaves the game, game gets canceled, no one loses or wins.
Hate how this is a thing :/
Well, the guy that left the game loses, at least.
What really sucked is when they could leave and exploit the glitch that allowed them to not lose any SR.
They shouldn't even bother with that estimated time thing, it's always waaaaay off or even worse just says "UNKNOWN"
All right sending you a friend request. Dark5tar1#1616
Meccs
Member
And you don't think that is kinda high?
For 12 person skill-based matchmaking? Not really.
I played League of Legends, one of the most popular games in the world, and still got queue times of over a minute for 10 people.
Blizzard could likely increase the speed of matchmaking significantly by reducing their requirements for teams to be of similar SR. That would negatively impact match quality, but the queue times would be quicker. It's a trade off, but I would prefer longer queues for potentially better overall match quality.
My average queue time seems to be around a minute for 1-3 person groups anyways ¯\_(ツ_/¯
My average queue time seems to be around a minute for 1-3 person groups anyways ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Cheat Code
Member
Just beat a duo doing that exploit in 3v3. Feels good to beat those idiots.
A Lucio/Soldier rush stopped them even doing it.
A Lucio/Soldier rush stopped them even doing it.
Vital Tundra
Member
Oh my gosh I didn't even think about that. I've been getting pissed at competitive play the past week and now I know why. We are essentially in a weekend that lasts a few weeks.
Meccs
Member
It's the same for "Quick" Play though. Sometimes takes 3 minutes, way more if you count the stupid skirmish too. Pretty weird for a game that is supposed to have so many players.
Bumbletron
Member
Gonna post this again to gauge interest
Anyone on PC who is down to scrim and do matches on PC should let me know. I'm thinking about setting up something where we do weeklies and I can cast and provide some feedback and stuff as well. I've been thinking of getting into casting a bit and setting up something on my own is probably the best way to do it. Plus it's good for team/strategy building as well, as we could run through positioning advice things/ that could synergize better and the like afterwards.
Anyone on PC who is down to scrim and do matches on PC should let me know. I'm thinking about setting up something where we do weeklies and I can cast and provide some feedback and stuff as well. I've been thinking of getting into casting a bit and setting up something on my own is probably the best way to do it. Plus it's good for team/strategy building as well, as we could run through positioning advice things/ that could synergize better and the like afterwards.
Quick play still uses skill matchmaking.
I would be down, im in europe so not sure about timezones. Honestly the 100+ ping would be ok, I don't mind playing Lucio and doing some shotcalling or some other non aim intensive hero even though I prefer dps/ana.
http://masteroverwatch.com/profile/pc/eu/caesar-2952 3800 high in case it matters, keep me updated.
Played some arcade games (the one that switches characters after a death), a 1v1 which went to 4/4 and I won in the fifth (got pretty tense at the end), and a few quick plays.
First impressions are very positive. I love the weight of the characters and the weapons have decent feedback. It all feels incredibly solid.
Movement is the best part, it's a joy to move across the battle field.
Did not know this was 60fps on ps4. Very pleasant surprise.
First impressions are very positive. I love the weight of the characters and the weapons have decent feedback. It all feels incredibly solid.
Movement is the best part, it's a joy to move across the battle field.
Did not know this was 60fps on ps4. Very pleasant surprise.
Psychoward
Banned
I don't mind the queue times tbh, the way it manages to get a game of two teams within like 5 SR is impressive. Plus I know I'm going full Blizzard fanboy "this bad thing is actually good" here but the queue times give me a chance to breathe after comp games.
Also weird the event is ending on the 2nd, figured it'd be the 3rd since that's a Tuesday although maybe they're ending the event when the lootboxes reset? Either way I wonder if it's going to end an hour early like the last two events...
Also weird the event is ending on the 2nd, figured it'd be the 3rd since that's a Tuesday although maybe they're ending the event when the lootboxes reset? Either way I wonder if it's going to end an hour early like the last two events...
Solo queuing for ranked?
Psychoward
Banned
I JUST HAD A QUAD HIGH NOON SET UP AND A WIDOWMAKER SNIPED ME AS MY FINGER PULLED THE TRIGGER FUCK
Gaffers only? Might be interested. Dunno if you want really really good people for your scrims though. Is diamond ok?
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