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[Blizzard]

I don't know if it needs a nerf so much as the networking needs improvement. Seagull was talking about at one of the tournaments where they did LAN there was 0 bullshit hooks. They only pop up when server latency is a thing.

Personally, I think he should never have first strike after his hook. That way he can gib some but not every single hero. Ones that can escape, escape.

Unfortunately, he can't first strike everyone because of the warped placement post-hook. Or did they finally fix all the situations where people get pulled far from you, genjis slide to the side, lucios get pulled behind you, etc.?

I'd be ok with nerfing him a little if his hook actually worked correctly.

 

[Anne]

Like, to put healing field into perspective, if Soldier drops it in a 1v1 against McCree, McCree needs to double dink him to win. That's pretty rough, and more situations like that play out with other characters. It'd be easy to balance that thing by hitting the CD a bit so it's easier to play around/

The only real reason Soldier is so dominant is that he has survivability the other DPS don't have. If Roadhog pops out of nowhere, sprint saves his life. If D.va dives him, healing field gets him out with sprint. etc. McCree just fucking dies, as do many other DPS. In a world where McCree doesn't have to worry about that 24/7, McCree actually has more potential kill power than Soldier.

I'd rather see how Solider does in a game where Genji/Tracer/Winston are more viable before he gets touched. Conceding that, if you did feel the need to nerf him healstation is a really good start.

 

[FatCatAttack]

That soldier rose up so quickly after such a small change in damage is what is alarming. The game's balance is not in a good spot if it exists on such narrow margins.

Nerfing his utility doesn't help anything. Utility is ultimately what seperates the characters and keeps you from just picking the "most efficient" left clicker. If you de-emphasize soldier's utility you exacerbate the musical chairs situation you already have between soldier and mccree. Where one is always picked more than the other depending upon the patch because it boils down to who is left clicking the best at the moment.

In general hitscan needs a rework. It's way too damn strong for an arena shooter and closes too many doors. Soldier and McCree having high base damage is fine their headshot capability needs to removed.

 

[IbukiLordSA]

First game I entered I got the Oasis map, only saw 2 of the 3 stages. Team wiped the floor so we dominated the match, feels good to win first time on a new map. Uploaded the final round,was running around like a fool looking for health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDUFwq2HaUY

 

[Chuck]

Did they change Junkrat's concussion mine?!

 

[Red Arremer]

Sorry, I meant to say sprays.

It's the Male Witch Doctor, the Female Demon Hunter, the Male Barbarian, the Female Wizard, the Male Crusader, & the Male Monk, in case if anyone wanted to know.

And there's a new player icon of The Dark Wanderer (the helmeted skull on Diablo 2's cover) as well.

 

[rulerk1]

Something is going on with the ping ATM

Idk what

Mine was only 646mb~

yeah i checked it said that too. I dont know why it said 10 gb the first time tho

 

[Prelude.]

Sorry, I meant to say sprays.

It's the Male Witch Doctor, the Female Demon Hunter, the Male Barbarian, the Female Wizard, the Male Crusader, & the Male Monk, in case if anyone wanted to know.

Aren't those old? I'm pretty sure the bolded were in already.

Edit: Oh, sprays. Thought you meant icons.

 

[Anne]

Dude, all of the mainline DPS are interchangable right now depending on what comp you are running. Projectile and hitscan both have very strong heroes. I'm telling you, tank meta is just making it seem like you can't pick shit except for Soldier out of the available line up. Most high level DPS players will tell you playing DPS sucks right now because you get blown out the water by tank teams, so you generally just pick Soldier since he's safe.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Personally, I think he should never have first strike after his hook. That way he can gib some but not every single hero. Ones that can escape, escape.

That would absolutely destroy the character. Way worse than any hook cooldown would.

 

[Blues1990]

And there's a new player icon of The Dark Wanderer (the helmeted skull on Diablo 2's cover) as well.

Yeah, that was a sweet addition. Shame that it will take a bazillion years to obtain, which is weird how the player icons are the rarest items to earn in Overwatch.

Also, I love the NYR voice lines the characters have with today's update. Junkrat wants to travel more, Mei want's to "control her temper", Zarya want's to break her old weight lifiting record, and Pharah wants to take a day off for some TLC.

Did anyone else catch what the other characters say?

 

[antitrop]

Anyone on ps4 hanging out in QP?

I'm only level 12, and I know this is easy mode in comparison to comp, but I'm doing pretty well.

I'd love to team up if anyone's interested. Psn: astropoff

My reflexes aren't what they used to be, but my experience with FPS is solid (pro gaming background in my youth).

Current favourites: Zen and Soldier.


I know these will drop when I start meeting better players, but I'm really excited about testing my abilities.

Those stats are pretty solid, I would just work on your Transcendence timing.

 

[Psychoward]

Sorry, I meant to say sprays.

It's the Male Witch Doctor, the Female Demon Hunter, the Male Barbarian, the Female Wizard, the Male Crusader, & the Male Monk, in case if anyone wanted to know.

Damn, got me all excited

 

[GraveRobberX]

Thought Winter Wonderland event was over?
Also no mode that exclusive to Oasis?

 

[Ricerocket]

Thought Winter Wonderland event was over?
Also no mode that exclusive to Oasis?

I think they fucked up and forgot to flip it off for today's patch. All the heroes start a match talking about their new year's resolution lol.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Thought Winter Wonderland event was over?
Also no mode that exclusive to Oasis?

I'm conflicted. Extra chances as Winter skins, but no oasis playlist

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Thought Winter Wonderland event was over?

Don't jinx it. Hopefully it will last through tonight to give me a couple more shots at Yeti Winston and Nutcracker Zenyatta. Got the Elf Tracer and winter Zarya in the two boxes I opened last night and thought that would be my last go at it.

 

[Meccs]

Been playing all day and now a new map drops and I haven't played it yet... this game is ruining me!

 

[Vol5]

Anyone else experiencing lag or general strangeness? Im in the UK and I think I'm being directed to US servers causing me a crazy amount of lag.

 

[GraveRobberX]

I'm just asking lol
Crazy, I grinded 9 wins for loot boxes in Arcade, earned 3 extra along the way, so 6 total last night
If event continued I would've played earlier!

 

[Kor of Memory]

Bought the Winston skin a couple days ago because I was worried I wouldn't get it before the event was finished.

I've since gotten in twice...

 

[Red Arremer]

Bought the Winston skin a couple days ago because I was worried I wouldn't get it before the event was finished.

I've since gotten in twice...

I didn't spend credits until yesterday, when the event was supposed to end. Got the Winston skin as well, was the only one I was missing. Along with a purple emote and a highlight intro.

 

[Gurrry]

Just got my FOURTH Santa torb duplicate.

Good god wtf is that shit

 

[ViewtifulJC]

with every death comes honor

with honor...

Spoiler

redemption

 

[Nimby]

Anyone else experiencing lag or general strangeness? Im in the UK and I think I'm being directed to US servers causing me a crazy amount of lag.

Yes. I am on PS4 and noticed my Symmetra orbs and turrets were about a second behind, maybe half a second.

Also, Winter Premiere starts in an hour and 30. FaZe, Immortals, compLexity, Kingdom, Luminosity and others will be there. Cloud 9 and Fnatic dropped for some reason?

 

[Papercuts]

I spent my credits on nutcracker zen and elf tracer on sunday but opened santa torb since the event seems to still be going which is nice since a dupe would feel awful.

Also got the christmas Mei on PC where I'm only like level 7 or something. I somehow got dupe voice lines and sprays already.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

not even seagull can make 4 tanks + lucio/ana cookie cutter meta fun

 

[Wimps]

Turned on PS4.

Updated Overwatch.

Only getting games with crazy lag now. Unplayable. Never had this before.

EDIT: Apparantly I'm not the only one. Hope they fix it fast.

 

[Plywood]

with every death comes honor

with honor...

Spoiler

redemption

I DO

what

I must.

Spoiler

Sake!

 

[ivanthebearable]

YOU. Are Al👏🏼Rea👏🏼Dy👏🏼 Dead.

 

[LucidMomentum]

not even seagull can make 4 tanks + lucio/ana cookie cutter meta fun

As someone who played Rein / D.Va in Season 1 and Zarya in Season 2,

Y'all just salty.

TANK 4 LIFE.

 

[bs000]

running into a lot more blatant aimbots in low diamond recently. losing points to that makes me so sad.

 

[Mr.Marston]

God, the lag on PS4 right now.

It's not unplayable but it's enough to make me not want to right now.

 

[Grisby]

Extra event time got me sym's outro which was the last thing I wanted.

with every death comes honor

with honor...

Spoiler

redemption

Thanks Ganzo.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I'M NOT A PSYCHOPATH.

I'M A HIGH FUNCTIONING PSYCHOPATH.

 

[Ricerocket]

Well glad it's still xmas, just got Reaper's shiver skin.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Does anyone else win Ranked matches by waiting a couple of hours between games?

 

[Nimby]

running into a lot more blatant aimbots in low diamond recently. losing points to that makes me so sad.

Try and draw the game? Type in chat so the other team knows too.

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

Did I just see Bumble in a game with Seagull and Shadder2K?

 

[Braag]

Was in a game where our Mei kept building walls infront of our spawn point to prevent us from getting out. It's all he did the entire match.
Everyone decided to report him and his answer was "lol it's just qp".

Why do people think because there happens to be a competetive mode that the rest of the modes are just a place you go to fuck around and ruin everyone elses fun.

 

[LucidMomentum]

Try and draw the game? Type in chat so the other team knows too.

I've had people leave matches where I'm the only one left, and the other team will apologize while stomping me and ripping the SR out of my poor heart.

I tell them "if you were sorry you'd let me tie this up" but no one's ever really sorry with a win.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Like honestly, playing both mccree and soldier on my alt account recently, and while I'm way more inconsistent with mccree (which is a skill thing and not really a balance thing) i find that my ttk with mccree is way faster. Pharah for example dies faster to mccree than soldier for me.

 

[Red Arremer]

Did anyone else catch what the other characters say?

I heard Zarya wanting to establish world peace, and Reinhardt continuing to fight for justice, as well.

Edit: And DVa's resolution is to catch up on all the games she wants to play. Good luck with that.

 

[Newtype-001]

Seeing the throws in Seagulls stream lol

 

[AbaFadi]

Did I just see Bumble in a game with Seagull and Shadder2K?

Different Bumble

 

[Plesiades]

Did anyone else catch what the other characters say?

Winston wants to eat more bananas, less peanut butter.

I think D.Va says something among the lines of playing more video games. What a surprise.

 

[Thickstone]

What does Zarya say during her ultimate?

I always understand 'I'm going to St. Augustin' but that's probably not what she says, lol

 

[Red Arremer]

What does Zarya say during her ultimate?

I always understand 'I'm going to St. Augustin' but that's probably not what she says, lol

She says "Огонь по готовности", which translates to "Fire at will".
To latinize it, it's: Ogon po gotovnosti.

 

[Thickstone]

She says "Огонь по готовности", which translates to "Fire at will".
To latinize it, it's: Ogon po gotovnosti.

Neat, thanks!

Can't unhear though

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

I heard Zarya wanting to establish world peace, and Reinhardt continuing to fight for justice, as well.

Edit: And DVa's resolution is to catch up on all the games she wants to play. Good luck with that.

DVa has a backlog? GAF Goddess confirmed.