dont think his joking, just got caught off guard by the hidden racism and generalisations made in his post, as a reply to someone talking about racism and generalisations made by people in game.
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dont think his joking, just got caught off guard by the hidden racism and generalisations made in his post, as a reply to someone talking about racism and generalisations made by people in game.
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Personally, I always have phenomenal games as Tracer on Numbani Attack. I'm generally okay with Tracer but I hardly ever lose when I play as her under those conditions.
I'm starting to see the odd Mercy even in pro games these days. I think the pros consider her viable on some maps, at least. There was that LH/LW Blue game where both teams fielded Mercy on Oasis, for example.
She's not actually that bad. She's really mobile, and her damage boost is good if put on someone who can put out reliable damage. A good Mercy is really annoying to hunt down if there are a lot of teammates spread out that she can fly to. It's just that Ana is the stronger healer with more combat utility in most cases.
I'm still not sure how to use her res, though. In pro games I see Mercy popping the res fairly early on to raise around 2 important people to keep a fight going, but I've also seen top Mercy players on stream doing the whole "run and hide, then zip in for a big res" thing that I sometimes see other Mercy players doing. Not sure which one I should go for.
She's not actually that bad. She's really mobile, and her damage boost is good if put on someone who can put out reliable damage. A good Mercy is really annoying to hunt down if there are a lot of teammates spread out that she can fly to. It's just that Ana is the stronger healer with more combat utility in most cases.
I'm still not sure how to use her res, though. In pro games I see Mercy popping the res fairly early on to raise around 2 important people to keep a fight going, but I've also seen top Mercy players on stream doing the whole "run and hide, then zip in for a big res" thing that I sometimes see other Mercy players doing. Not sure which one I should go for.
Karsticles
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I think the correct answer is the same as any other ult: it's not about how many you nab, it's about how big of a difference it makes in the match. I save Mercy's res for when I think the people I resurrect will close out a checkpoint, for example.
Shake Appeal
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You can turn all chat in the game off, as far as I remember. Not sure if there are actual parental controls.
Well whenever I play Reaper, 90% of the time I've forced the other team to go solo tank to counter it which pretty much means I was doing well on Reaper. And then I obviously swap if I'm having less impact. But it's just annoying that before the game starts people want me to switch off Reaper when Dva isn't really countering him anymore. I'm sure the same would happen if go Genji as well.
For some people you either pick Soldier/McCree or tanks as your DPS. Nothing else will do.
ivanthebearable
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I had a dream last night that there was a circus themed event in Overwatch with skins like a Harlequin Symmetra, Strong(wo)man Reinhardt and Zarya, Ringleader Hanzo and Trapeze Artist Genji. There was a mode where whoever's team was on fire the most during a match to please the crowd won.
Weird.
Weird.
SilentRacoon
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It's mostly a case of being aware of the circumstances in which your teammates died, if two of your teammates died near the objective and they are also down in numbers 2 or 3 or if they died under the use of multiple ultimates, then that's a value res right there. It all depends on your awareness to know when to make good use of it.
Garrett Hawke
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What happened to ghost is bad? Rip
I think it's a case of knowing what ults the other team has on hand. If the other team has large team wiping ults ready, the run and hide is probably better, otherwise it's probably better to use it to get important people back up
Bumbletron
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Interesting thing, apparently general ratings for OW have tanked since season start for the top end. At season start on PC ~3600-3650 was top 10%, but after the decay and working my way back up 3522 is apparently top 5% now. Either a ton of players started checking overbuff all of the sudden, or the top has become so much more competitive that people are falling out easier. Definitely feels about what master did last season now.
I saw that. One second he was there, next I refreshed the page and he was banned. He only posts in the Overwatch and LoL community OTs, so not sure what it was.
3000 hasn't changed over the season, for me. In Season 2, it was top 10%, but it's been top 25% for pretty much the entire duration of S3.
It's not an exact science, though. MasterOverwatch has the 95th percentile starting at 3900 right now on their graph.
Could be a lot of people up there stopped playing and decayed down to 3000
Bumbletron
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I did have a friend remind me of the season start bonus everyone got where everything was much more volatile. It could be that a lot of people managed their way up there with that, and couldn't hang when the gm's started to come in.
Hellwarden
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I'm personally best with heroes that I can spend the majority of the match running away like a huge coward.
I think it was the Faker thread that got him banned.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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That on fire mode sounds kind of awesome
Add Popcorn machine Bastion & Clown Zenyatta (because we need something more creepy than Nutcracker Zen), & I'm down.
To be fair, hit-and-run tactics are the lifeblood of like half the cast in this game.
the eating ogre
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I had an odd bug where we were on defense, and my camera was locked in place, right at the enemy spawn doors.
i'm getting those bugs on PS4 too. happens randomly.
I'm so trash on numbai on attack I just go ana or lucio.
Is winston vs roadhog the only impossible matchup in the game? I mean winston alone can't kill roadhog by himself in any situation aside from enviro hazards like pushin hog off a cliff with his ulti. I can't think of any other character who can't in theory out damage hog during his heal cooldown?
Also Winston needs a buff. So many characters have been buffed while Winston remains unchanged and thus by default makes playing as winston that much harder. The skill ceiling for proper Winston play has always been pretty high as it was. If NOTHING else, then at least make his tesla gun outdamage Mercy's healing by 1dps. It's bullshit that you can't kill a Mercy healed target. And buff that shields hp, or reduce the cooldown to 10 seconds. I don't know, do something. I already feel the effects of other buffs in the game as Winston. It's noticeably harder against myriad of opponents these days as a Winston.
Also Winston needs a buff. So many characters have been buffed while Winston remains unchanged and thus by default makes playing as winston that much harder. The skill ceiling for proper Winston play has always been pretty high as it was. If NOTHING else, then at least make his tesla gun outdamage Mercy's healing by 1dps. It's bullshit that you can't kill a Mercy healed target. And buff that shields hp, or reduce the cooldown to 10 seconds. I don't know, do something. I already feel the effects of other buffs in the game as Winston. It's noticeably harder against myriad of opponents these days as a Winston.
ivanthebearable
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Why are you going for the Mercy healed target when you can just go for Mercy?
broncobuster
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12 boxes and no legendary skins 
This is the worst luck I've had with these events.
This is the worst luck I've had with these events.
therealminime
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Why is it that so often now in Mystery Heroes my team gets the absolute worst team comp ever and the other team has the best? It's been like a dozen games in a row where we just get utterly fucked the entire game because of them having a god tier comp. Ugh, I just want to have fun, silly times in Mystery Heroes.
Ideally yes, but it just makes me angry to see a genji with 50hp and start finishing him off only to have a Mercy start beaming into him leaving me unable to kill him and the mercy is too far away to zap and then so much time has passed that their friends are coming to gank me.
therealminime
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Wow them PTR changes!
TheLetdown
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Eichenwalde change looks pretty cool. It should up the intensity of that last section. At the least, it may give a chance for the team fight to take place somewhere other than those corners.
What are you talking about?
These are pretty big changes. Being able to adjust auto-targeting sensitivity will help a lot.
Mercy's invulnerability while ressing is a huge buff. It would increase the salt of big resses by a lot, and I can see some good players possibly using a well-timed res as a way to save themselves from certain death situations.
Bastion's buffs look interesting. Being able to self repair while moving around is huge. If he can shoot while self repairing and moving, he may suddenly become amazing at 1v1 like Soldier.
Mercy's invulnerability while ressing is a huge buff. It would increase the salt of big resses by a lot, and I can see some good players possibly using a well-timed res as a way to save themselves from certain death situations.
Bastion's buffs look interesting. Being able to self repair while moving around is huge. If he can shoot while self repairing and moving, he may suddenly become amazing at 1v1 like Soldier.
I like all the PTR changes except for -35% damage while in Sentry mode. No. Nope. I'm sorry, if a Tracer can't blow her ult to take out a Bastion - if a Reaper or Pharah ult will just barely, maybe kill him in Sentry - that's way too survivable.
Or that's how it feels in my head.
Or that's how it feels in my head.
ivanthebearable
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Thank GOD for those Mercy buffs, that was something she should have had long ago.
Now give her an E ability like a Dispel or something and she'll be great!
I like the sound of those Bastion buffs, sounds a lot like the initial D.Va rework. That's a good thing, and I hope that he can be more usable.
Also wow at the Eichenwalde change, that's a pretty big deal. I love it, that final point is nearly impossible to breach if you didn't already snowball in.
Now give her an E ability like a Dispel or something and she'll be great!
I like the sound of those Bastion buffs, sounds a lot like the initial D.Va rework. That's a good thing, and I hope that he can be more usable.
Also wow at the Eichenwalde change, that's a pretty big deal. I love it, that final point is nearly impossible to breach if you didn't already snowball in.
LucidMomentum
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just last night we lost on Anubis because every time I'd initiate a push as Ana the team would ignore Mercy and just let her rez. If she's invul along with the revived allies that's gonna be FUN.
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Bastion coming back hot and heavy. Prepare to get ripped apart. Gonna need to aim at least which is nice, but still. He seems like he'll be fun.
Wait for "battle Mercy" to solo ult herself just to stay alive Kappa
Targeting sensitivity will be nice. On that same game last night I had a Genji who kept wanting Nano but would constantly dive in and out of my LoS behind geometry so it was a nightmare.
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