She will be the new genji. Her kit is really something else. Once people wrap their heads around her abilities it will be scary. Alot of Potential.
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Incendiary
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Oh another funny thing that happened tonight - in the middle of the match as Lucio I thought for sure I was getting lag because I kept getting stuck and wasn't able to move and was like bouncing around in weird ways.
Turns out...it was because I kept bumping into a cloaked Sombra. Sombra is so good at hacking she can emulate lag. :|
I'm finally getting comfortable enough with Tracer where I feel like in season 3 I'll play more of her in competitive. As much as everyone was talking that Sombra was going to be Tracer 2.0 and why would anyone play her, I think Tracer's toolkit is just so much more useful for constant harassment.
Played a comp match on Gibraltar and I said fuck it and chose Tracer on defense. They pushed the payload to the other side of the bridge, but then I snuck around and just continually harassed them from behind, so the team was basically stuck under the bridge because the rest of my team was holding the payload, but every time they turned to advance I would pop up behind them and harass, so they had to turn around to deal with me which gave my team openings to kill them. It ended up being a pretty satisfying victory.
I definitely think Tracer is my favorite Offense to play, although I end up playing Soldier/Reaper more often in competitive just because of counterpicks (Soldier for Pharahs/mid-range problems, Reaper for tank-heavy enemy teams).
Turns out...it was because I kept bumping into a cloaked Sombra. Sombra is so good at hacking she can emulate lag. :|
I'm finally getting comfortable enough with Tracer where I feel like in season 3 I'll play more of her in competitive. As much as everyone was talking that Sombra was going to be Tracer 2.0 and why would anyone play her, I think Tracer's toolkit is just so much more useful for constant harassment.
Played a comp match on Gibraltar and I said fuck it and chose Tracer on defense. They pushed the payload to the other side of the bridge, but then I snuck around and just continually harassed them from behind, so the team was basically stuck under the bridge because the rest of my team was holding the payload, but every time they turned to advance I would pop up behind them and harass, so they had to turn around to deal with me which gave my team openings to kill them. It ended up being a pretty satisfying victory.
I definitely think Tracer is my favorite Offense to play, although I end up playing Soldier/Reaper more often in competitive just because of counterpicks (Soldier for Pharahs/mid-range problems, Reaper for tank-heavy enemy teams).
Wyndstryker
Member
Definitely more success being Sombra on defense than on attack. Need to figure out how to utilize her properly on attack
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also the arc of her teleporter is super weird to me.
Psychoward
Banned
SR is plummeting :/
Down to 222x something
Down to 222x something
MarioHead3
Banned
I have Buttchin and Vault on my team.
Getting walled off is seriously one of the most annoying things in the game. What I hate the most about Mei's kit isn't the fact she freezes you, but being seperated from your teammates and getting picked off and ending a push early.
RecRoulette
Member
I was thinking about how this would work. Would you just do 6v6 in a big arena like map? Or is there a way to do 6v6 on regular maps but throw in an objective or something so people don't camp the whole time (like Search and Destroy).
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
MarioHead3
Banned
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Says the attack Symmetra.
Incitemaybe
Member
So was it a terrible idea to dip into competitive during a free to play weekend?
I didn't know 😬😂
I didn't know 😬😂
MarioHead3
Banned
Ya'll bitches wish you had my sick attack Symmetra skills.
There's no way anyone could have gotten to a high enough level to actually start playing competitive unless they were playing nonstop.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You still have to be 25 to go ranked right? Doubt anyone can level up that much at the time given.
MarioHead3
Banned
Even then, you'd have to have a pretty low MMR to actually be matched up with them.
Incitemaybe
Member
Perhaps someone could look at my stats online and assess if I'm painfully below average as a player? I did stop playing for two months or so and just picked it back up again with Sombra's release so I'm sure there is some rust to shake off but game by game I've been doing pretty good today just that Ive been on the losing team for every single competitive match today without fail. I've never experienced that before. I just dropped below 2000 and my jaw has hit the floor.
Psn: Incitesyne
veloxStrix
Banned
I got matched with a duo of Unranked people while I'm sitting at 3400 SR. They were awful. No clue what they were doing at all. No clue what they were doing in my game, especially since I had been placed with at least one trailer park reject each game who wanted to whine the whole game about everyone but themselves.
Switched over to Titanfall. Had a blast. I'm close enough to 3500 that I'll probably end up playing more just for the comp points, but it definitely hasn't been fun the last couple of days.
Switched over to Titanfall. Had a blast. I'm close enough to 3500 that I'll probably end up playing more just for the comp points, but it definitely hasn't been fun the last couple of days.
MarioHead3
Banned
The game might have put them on your team to "balance" the teams.
Of course, it doesn't account for the fact that they're worse than useless.
xaosslug
Member
after 3ish minutes, finally find a match. Defence of Eichenwalde, team composition looks like Torb, D.Va, Ana, Bastion, Junkrat, and Roadhog... the Roadhog's not feeling the composition and quits ending the match, thankfully.
it's gotta be a sign. Dodged a bullet? I'm done for the night.
it's gotta be a sign. Dodged a bullet? I'm done for the night.
MarioHead3
Banned
I don't even know how to pronounce whatever that name is supposed to be.
Plus, it's easier to make fun of you as "Buttchin."
buy teh haloz
Banned
Supposedly you can't be matched with people in placement from diamond upwards, but I was matched with a pair as well. Fortunately they weren't bad.
MarioHead3
Banned
You can't be in a party with them. You can still be matched with/against them.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Shields uptime 30% card.
MarioHead3
Banned
100% card uptime.
I wanna see the receipts.
PayOffWizard
Member
I was playing some comp Saturday night and I'm not sure why but I started going up by over 100 points per win. I was pretty drunk at the time so I'm not sure if I was on a win streak but I went from 2450-2850 with a record of 7-7
I do remember one game where I finished with 5 golds so maybe that had something to do with it.
I do remember one game where I finished with 5 golds so maybe that had something to do with it.
MarioHead3
Banned
I have multiple witnesses.
I skipped the tutorial and went blind run lol.
Luckily it wasnt a complicated game to understand. I do understand a bit of moba gameplay since i did play warcraft3 before and a bit of LoL.
super-famicom
Member
Just finished up a bunch of brawl matches with a group of friends so we could get the arcade loot boxes. Holy shit was that a ton of fun. Justice Rains From Above (Pharah and Mercy only) on Eichenwald was my favorite. Everyone was dogfighting in the sky, but my pocket Mercy and I just stealth pushed the cart. Then crazy shootouts on the push to the final point.
Your top 4 characters in QP seem to have pretty average stats. That steep drop in SR looks incredibly painful though.
Using your mic helps.
I think you were grouped up with us on Saturday and you either had chat disabled or just werent paying attention.You know, I just realized.
Blizzard has finally removed a blatant and unnecessary obstacle to how they balance their games. When stacking was allowed, they balanced the game around that. When stacking was removed in competitive, but left in QP, they had the issue of trying to balance 2 different modes.
For example, console Torbjorn's turret damage was perfectly fine, but it was not managable if there were 3 off them on the field. Now that only 1 Torb is permitted in any game, they can just focus on balancing the game around a single game mode.
This means that we might see some buffs to characters that would be otherwise overpowered if you could use multiples of them.
Blizzard has finally removed a blatant and unnecessary obstacle to how they balance their games. When stacking was allowed, they balanced the game around that. When stacking was removed in competitive, but left in QP, they had the issue of trying to balance 2 different modes.
For example, console Torbjorn's turret damage was perfectly fine, but it was not managable if there were 3 off them on the field. Now that only 1 Torb is permitted in any game, they can just focus on balancing the game around a single game mode.
This means that we might see some buffs to characters that would be otherwise overpowered if you could use multiples of them.
Buffs and nerfs always revolved around competitive play, that theyve disabled stacking in QP and just created a new mode in Arcade called No Limits makes little difference as to whom they buff and nerf... I think.
MarioHead3
Banned
They'll hopefully at least revert Torb's nerf. I imagine Symmetra's turrets will have some damage tweaks whenever she gets reworked.
Then why is Torb still doing only 2/3's of the damage he should be (on consoles...though he could use a rework on PC too)? Though I do agree they've mostly been balancing around competitive, but they have left changes they made based around stacking intact.
It just kind of frustrates me that they focus on trying to balance already popular picks like Soldier 76 to some ideal perfection when other characters that could truly shake up the meta if they were good enough to actually use get neglected.
In fairness, Blizzard is extremely cautious and they probably have good reasons and I sympathize that balancing 23 characters is a monstrous task, but some of the changes needed are just so obvious.
Well I mean, they "buffed" Torb with his scrap generating which makes him soemewhat viable. Ive also seen Torb being picked more on PSN post patch in Comp play and doing pretty well. He could probably use another buff like you say but I think hes in a better spot now than before, I personally still wouldnt pick him tho lol
It's actually pretty fun. But dead easy with a full party vs beginner AI lol.
It's pronounced 'exile' but spelled how Reaper would spell it
Players tend to pick whoever's been buffed somewhat regularly. Attack Torb still makes me cry whenever I see him. And Widowmakers.....*sigh*
As a shortlist, here are the changes I'd like to see:
I actually like Pharah's rockets giving a slight knockback effect. It's a bit harder to aim, but it also disorients the enemy and it also provides a challenge to the pharah player to aim properly instead of just spamming them on a target. I'd rather give her 50-100 armor to survive McCree's better (though on console this is less of an issue).
I think Sombra could use a tiny bit less health or less DPS, but I want to see how she fits into the game more before I make final say.
Genji needs to let the last swing land before sheathing his sword if the timer ran out midswing, rather than stopping the attack. It's just annoying and unfair.
Widowmaker needs a total rework. She's just awful, especially on console where precision aiming is a fantasy. IMO, reduce her grapple cooldown as much as possible, let her throw down more venom mines than 1, and rework her ultimate to have some kind offensive capability.
Torb could use a damage upgrade on his turret.
Mercy needs something done with her. Her survivability is helped by her buff, but I still can't get over how she can only do one thing at a time, while all other support heroes multitask, yet they all do a comparable job to her. She serves no purpose at the moment that can't be filled by other characters. I don't know what to do with her, but something is in order.
I see no reason why Soldier's buff needs to be as significant as it is. I don't think he needed a buff at all, but if he's going to get one, this is too much. It went from 17 to 20. 18.5 at best, please.
I'd like to see players have to work harder for Zarya's energy charge. I think she'd be a more interesting character if a shield only gave a max of 30% charge, because it's just so ridiculous easy to build them up as is. Make them earn that redonkulous damage she does.
Maybe up the speed of Hanzo's ult? It's so easy to avoid that it barely gets any kills and is limited at best as an area denial.
D.Va should have an infinite DM that she can still fire through because she's the best ever.
Other than that, I'm mostly satisfied with Blizzard's game. I'd have to see what they do with Symmetra before I comment on her.
MarioHead3
Banned
Fine, you can be Buttchin the Exiled.
Psychoward
Banned
yeah torb needs another buff before I'd consider using him in comp, especially since I just got woodclad and want to use him more
1 HL is a godsend though
1 HL is a godsend though
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Knowing you I'm surprised that there's no mention for mei. >_> <_<
Psychoward
Banned
Sombra definitely doesn't need a DPS nerf. She's still Worse Tracer With Better Ult That No One Capitalizes On
I feel my hatred drifts from hero to hero as I play more .
I first hated Mei. Then I learned to hate Tracer, as I ran into more good tracers. Then for a while, there was a balance between the two. Part of it is that as I change characters, the ones that are effective against me also change. If I were maining Reinhardt, Sombra's would be the bane of my existence right now. As is, not so much. It's a matter of where you stand, and what the current patches are. Still, her icicle thing could be reworked.
I feel Junkrat is the most annoying hero of them all right now. Not in an overpowered way, not like I'd nerf him or anything, but I always hate dying to him when he's clearly not even aiming and just spamming grenades in my general direction and I just happened to get hit. Or when he just throws out his mine and detonates it so immediately that there's no way to react to it. It doesn't help that I'm learning to play tracer, whose Junkrat's personal prey. His grenade spams are even more dangerous to her, and his traps leave me helpless.
yeah torb needs another buff before I'd consider using him in comp, especially since I just got woodclad and want to use him more
1 HL is a godsend though
What would you suggest for another buff for the "Swedish" dwarf? A part of his offensive tool kit his turret, so it's important to not go overboard with the damage buffs for either.
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