I still haven't seen a single team get the payload moving. Typically people wipe on the second eradicator at the statue, or at the payload bastions.
I can only imagine how hard it will be with the abusable mechanics removed.
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I can only imagine how hard it will be with the abusable mechanics removed.
A great Pharah, for example, isn't going to be particularly threatened by a 76 with no other hitscan on the team.
I just want to play tanks, I always choose a tank...either Rein if no one else is playing a tank, or D.va if someone else picks Rein or Zarya...but then I never have a healer.
What do you think is more important for the team? Playing the only tank, or playing the only healer? I don't mind switching to Mercy or Zenyatta, but I'm not particularly good at healing, and I think I'm a competent tank...
What do you think is more important for the team? Playing the only tank, or playing the only healer? I don't mind switching to Mercy or Zenyatta, but I'm not particularly good at healing, and I think I'm a competent tank...
Today my friend (Luck) and I team up with a guy who is a crazy master McCree/Roadhog main (Es) we won like 6 games straight. My friend got to master, then we picked up another guy who is a master Pharah/Soldier main (C4). The 4 of us then won 3 more and only lost 2. The games we lost are because of two players who chooses to play Sym and Hanzo the entire time and a game where we had a guy who was terrible with everything he picked up (Sombra/Dva on offense and Torb on defense when the enemy is running full dive comp)
So we basically only lost tonight when we had shitty team comp in our game.
I climbed from 3100's to 3424 (was 3478 before the losses). The 3 (or 4) of us worked so well together. People were getting hook left and right, my friend soldier just decimating people and our Pharah was just a terror. I even manages to get 5-6 Lucio boops tonight (3 to the same Rein) and killed a Genji in midair dash who was going straight for our Ana with only 25hp left. That was probably the most satisfying kill of my OW career.
I think you definitely play better as an individual when you have a group of people who communicate and play to each other strengths. We were firing on all cylinders, we hit our shots, did callouts and watched each other backs.
Hope I'll reach masters.
So we basically only lost tonight when we had shitty team comp in our game.
I climbed from 3100's to 3424 (was 3478 before the losses). The 3 (or 4) of us worked so well together. People were getting hook left and right, my friend soldier just decimating people and our Pharah was just a terror. I even manages to get 5-6 Lucio boops tonight (3 to the same Rein) and killed a Genji in midair dash who was going straight for our Ana with only 25hp left. That was probably the most satisfying kill of my OW career.
I think you definitely play better as an individual when you have a group of people who communicate and play to each other strengths. We were firing on all cylinders, we hit our shots, did callouts and watched each other backs.
Hope I'll reach masters.
Karsticles
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I've come to believe that the most important role to play on a team is whatever can get everyone to push the damn point.
DevilDog
Member
Ok.
In the payload phase, have someone from your team run to the end of the destination, that should prohibit anything from spawning. So there's that. Maybe they patched it tho?
After that, move your team and kill the first bastion going to the right.
Then have your tracer chase the second bastion, you can actually shoot him without him shooting you by hiding behind a wall and barely seeing his weak point on his back.
Then pray your team doesn't die to a random tank bastion. And deflecting orisa's bullets to her head does insane amounts of damage.
In the random heroes, pick gengu, he can do the same thing to the bastions as tracer, but his shurikens will do 180 damage. It's insane. You can even corner peak the bastion with your ult, but it actually does less damage that the shurikens.
You can also deflect 2 shots from the tank form.
I know all of this, lol.
I was looking to play with a team who had already beaten it, not tips.
I nearly beaten the mode on Legendary. Feel free to add me if you're going to tackle it again.
Yup I did it without knowing. Feelsbadman.
I'll add to this, I did it as Tracer with a group of randoms, we did group up though. We had over a minute left with the following strats:
Do the streets glitch, normally this isn't the issue but it makes live a little easier. When in the plant kill all the turret Bastions first. Do NO kill the first Orissa as killing her spawns the other Orissas. When a tank Bastion spawns fallback with your team as they WILL tear you apart otherwise, have Reinhardt pin him for stun and damage. Having a good Reinhardt is mandatory as his charges do a major part of the damage and stuns. Remember that stationary Bastions when dislocated walk back to their original positions. Always focus the Bastions as a team and move as a team as the Reins shield is a life saver. As for hero specific tips, for the powerplant phase:
Tracer: try to focus the minions and the specials from time to time as these can put out quite some flanking damage, basically crowd control, hit the Eradicators in the back so their shield breaks allowing Torb to do some damage. Farm pulse bombs for Bastions and Orissa's, nice thing, you can play peek-a-boo with the turret Bastions, just fire a couple of shots in his core on the back and they will focus on you, hide, repeat, this can take some heat of your team.
Torb: don't bother with the turret in the last phase as it usually dies too quick, aim for headshots as you are a major source of DPS, if people die molton core and res them but keep aware of the surroundings, preferably with Mercy healing you, also molton core if you are nearly dying, being out of positions is team suicide. Did I metion headshots?
Mercy: didn't play as her but heal, save res for Reinhardt, unless there are downed people in the open. Don't bother damage boosting, whip out your pistol and farm ult.
Reinhardt: play conservatively your shield protects your team, engage turret Bastions with a charge (preferably move them as far as possibly), hit some swings and if he goes back into turret mode put your shield up to protect your team and allow them to finish them. When a tank Bastion arrives back up and the team should follow you. If you block his shot close range they do some damage to the Bastion itself. Get a good charge on him and hammer him down. Repeat with Orissa's.
I might have gone a little in-depth but I found that knowing your role on Legendary is very important. Hope this helps!
Got it recorded. Your team wasn't spawn camping us. They were pushed up a bit far from the point and got punished but only pharah and tracer were beyond the obelisks outside the point.
Terareflection
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D.va's new highlight intro doesn't look all that great when you actually get POTG.
Tracer's highlight intro from the last event doesn't even last long enough for her to shout "Yeah" when she pops out of the dragon.
They made the intro longer than the game shows intros for...
Marvel
could never
This is me.
XD
LurkerPrime
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If I die booping you, I have won.
...And, er, no, you don't need to fall down a pit for this to be my victory. That's how we jam.
StaffyManasse
Member
Played two comp matches solo q. Nobody took a healer on either one, so I thought "shit, I'm learning Mercy" and oh, two wins.
Not that I'm actually any good with Mercy, but at least the team composition was okay after I picked her.
Didn't have the guts to queue for a third time in fear of "that group" lol.
Not that I'm actually any good with Mercy, but at least the team composition was okay after I picked her.
Didn't have the guts to queue for a third time in fear of "that group" lol.
Dead Prince
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you think it's 1vs1 then then turn a corner and it becomes 1v3.
i had a match where it was me vs tracer and genji. was going fine until someone else turned up lol.
DR2K
Banned
9/10 times a Hanzo or widowmaker takes the roll my teams have lost. These characters are fucking terrible in a game full of shields, tanks, healers, console controls, and garbage level design. The weird thing is that they're super popular inspite of their glaring flaws. You can't find a QP match that doesn't feature them.
Solider 76 is so good he makes the entire DPS class obsolete. There are some serious balancing issues in overwatch that continue to persist.
Kor of Memory
Member
Holy crap at these Lucio changes...
I've been playing a lot of quickplay lately, and it seems like the teams are 100% okay with a Lucio being the only healer... except almost every Lucio wants to be DSPStanky now and wall ride to melee Pharahs to death.
We essentially have no healer anymore and asking a Lucio to be more mindful of their healing backfires immediately.
I don't mind Lucio being where he is, but the mentality that he can still be a solo healer hasn't shifted yet.
That said, it makes me want yet another proper healer/support as the next character.
I've been playing a lot of quickplay lately, and it seems like the teams are 100% okay with a Lucio being the only healer... except almost every Lucio wants to be DSPStanky now and wall ride to melee Pharahs to death.
We essentially have no healer anymore and asking a Lucio to be more mindful of their healing backfires immediately.
I don't mind Lucio being where he is, but the mentality that he can still be a solo healer hasn't shifted yet.
That said, it makes me want yet another proper healer/support as the next character.
What do tanks and healers do vs snipers? lmao.
This idea ill around huh
DevilDog
Member
Different ranks, Different metas
UltimaPooh
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Maybe I'm part of the problem but I see QP as a way for me to play heroes that I can't in comp. games. Winning or losing had no doesn't matter so why not use whatever hero I find the most fun at the moment?
Kor of Memory
Member
I always thought that this is what QP is for.
I almost exclusively play Hanzo in QP because I know I don't ever get to play him in Comp, and rolling the dice to play him in Mystery Heroes isn't really a viable option.
Don't stir it pooh!
It doesn't take a GM to pick Genji or Tracer.
UltimaPooh
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Darryl M R
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When does the event end? I need to know when is the last day I have to buy boxes if I want those skins.
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Vault Dweller 111
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I totally agree with QP being practice mode for different heroes, that what it is for me too.
But I also find it completely unplayable and hardly any practice at all. You're finally trying out Orisa, your team has no healer, enemy has no healer, no team fights at all just constant trickle. It doesn't feel anything like a real game, so is it actually practice?
It hits this sweet spot of not really being anything. I find it mind numbingly boring most of the time, even in a group it's still going to be a complete garbage team comp, so unlike anything you would ever play in comp that it is meaningless.
If someone in the Gaf group wanted to play Orisa, Sombra, etc. I can't tell them to play more in QP, that's useless. I would tell them to tell us beforehand, and armed with that knowledge we will try to make a team that fits the character better in comp.
QP is good for a warmup to make sure your aim isn't awful before the first comp game. Other than that it is garbage.
But I also find it completely unplayable and hardly any practice at all. You're finally trying out Orisa, your team has no healer, enemy has no healer, no team fights at all just constant trickle. It doesn't feel anything like a real game, so is it actually practice?
It hits this sweet spot of not really being anything. I find it mind numbingly boring most of the time, even in a group it's still going to be a complete garbage team comp, so unlike anything you would ever play in comp that it is meaningless.
If someone in the Gaf group wanted to play Orisa, Sombra, etc. I can't tell them to play more in QP, that's useless. I would tell them to tell us beforehand, and armed with that knowledge we will try to make a team that fits the character better in comp.
QP is good for a warmup to make sure your aim isn't awful before the first comp game. Other than that it is garbage.
Karsticles
Member
The Uprising Event is a great way to learn a hero.
demosthenes
Member
I know this pain.
TheLetdown
Member
Maybe on like a base level of what their skills are, how they interplay with others, etc.
But predictable enemy movement makes it night/day vs playing against people. Especially with a character like Orisa, whose primary fire benefits drastically by some intuition of how people react and where to lead your shots.
Karsticles
Member
That's a general skill, though.
Just gotta adopt my mentality, pick whoever the fuck you want in Comp, as long as you're not playing like a dumpster fire.
If this doesn't happen now I'm gonna be pretty sadI'll be making a separate thread soon about the Overwatch Heroes of the Storm content, but I suspect this is the upcoming Zarya skin given the Genji skin they just added to Heroes is Oni Genji.
The cannon is too cool
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