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[The Artful Dodger]

Weird, Roadhog was still a problem for people? Heh. Reaper change is pretty interesting, having a life leech offense character will be cool. Though with the way they're going I'm surprised they didn't buff shields and healing on top of all this.

This just makes Roadhog even more of an portable Ult Charge station IMO

 

[RecRoulette]

Horizon is a pretty cool map.

Reaper + Death Blossom is hilarious!

 

[Nimby]

In-game leaderboards when? Symmetra shield gen stats when?

 

[Gorillaz]

The people who know how to play hog will make it work regardless. It will take time to get use to tho. If this sticks.

 

[Cheat Code]

Horizon is garbage to be honest. Legitimately feels like a team deathmatch map from Titanfall or Call of Duty than an Overwatch.

 

[Domino Theory]

How many times are they going to mess with Roadhog? Holy fuck

 

[antitrop]

"Averages are now calculated in 10-minute slices, rather than by the number of games played"

Cool, more consistent now for stat-tracking nerds like me.

 

[Rocketz]

Reading the Roadhog changes

Oh.

 

[robotzombie]

I honestly can't believe I can't play a single game without both widow and hanzo on my team. Like its literally a joke at this point. I'm pretty close to being done with Overwatch

 

[Nimby]

Anyone decent streaming PTR? Moon was playing another game the last I checked.

EDIT: Eevee's streaming now

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Reading the Roadhog changes

Oh.

 

[Dead Prince]

Started a match with a Lucio pick talking shit about someone choosing Widowmaker. He said "please contribute this time." I told them to back off and we should just have fun. It's casual play. Seriously.

Tell me why the Lucio couldn't read a match to save his life, and keep using speed boost when we were on attack in Assault, leaving us to get shredded? Like, I shouldn't be dying as Orisa if you're around. Don't speed boost me when I'm engaged just because you want to rush a point instead of waiting on us to clear the point out.

"Please contribute." The fuckface.

Dspstanky strikes again

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

The Reaper changes might be too strong. He is definitely going to be a beast in 2CP (2nd Point) and final checkpoints in Payload. Combining him with Zenyatta Discord and Harmony sounds sickening.

 

[MartyStu]

Started a match with a Lucio pick talking shit about someone choosing Widowmaker. He said "please contribute this time." I told them to back off and we should just have fun. It's casual play. Seriously.

Tell me why the Lucio couldn't read a match to save his life, and keep using speed boost when we were on attack in Assault, leaving us to get shredded? Like, I shouldn't be dying as Orisa if you're around. Don't speed boost me when I'm engaged just because you want to rush a point instead of waiting on us to clear the point out.

"Please contribute." The fuckface.

He probably should have better communicated, but trying to speedboost through the choke is a better approach than just trading out. On point A anyway.

And he is clearly an idiot. If you are going to use Widow anywhere, it would be on attack.

 

[RecRoulette]

Zero gravity is hell on my PC, had to lower my settings lol

The Reaper changes might be too strong. He is definitely going to be a beast in 2CP (2nd Point) and final checkpoints in Payload. Combining him with Zenyatta Discord and Harmony sounds sickening.

Death Blossom becomes a lot more dangerous because he's healing while using it, combined with something else can easily change a game. He's not invincible, but he's not as fragile either, especially if he's hitting 3-4 people.

Still doesn't change mobility though, I don't think this will convert a ton of people

 

[Wanderer5]

Love the setting of the map, but shall see how it goes. And damn that Reaper change.

 

[TWrecks310]

Who the fuck decided to ruin my Piggy.

Time to one-trick Tracer I guess.

 

[DOWN]

I hate my bronze frame now that I know how you get to gold and silver

 

[Permanently A]

He probably should have better communicated, but trying to speedboost through the choke is a better approach than just trading out. On point A anyway.

And he is clearly an idiot. If you are going to use Widow anywhere, it would be on attack.

Why is Widow better on attack? I thought she was a defense hero and doesn't like to move too much so it seems to me widow would be better for defense?

 

[Kayo Police]

Yo guys how active is the gaf discord? It was pretty active before I quit playing back in January.

Would they be accepting on a one trick Zarya lol.

 

[Shouta]

Poor piggy, lol

 

[Alucrid]

Why is Widow better on attack? I thought she was a defense hero and doesn't like to move too much so it seems to me widow would be better for defense?

the defense moniker doesn't really mean much. she's mostly played on offense because of her pick potential. take out an enemy dps or healer and you can roll onto the point a lot easier in a 6 v 5. that doesn't matter as much on defense since the offense reinforces faster. not that she isn't a decent pick on defense on some maps or to counter a widow if you can/

 

[antitrop]

Yo guys how active is the gaf discord? It was pretty active before I quit playing back in January.

Extremely active. We do like 3 hours of custom games together every Sunday, and there's always people talking or grouping for Comp/QP at other times.

 

[exYle]

Yo, the all game modes stats is fucking amazing. Thank god.

 

[Dead Prince]

They're bumping it up to 5

New clip size is 5.

lol derp. was reading it backward for some reason.

 

[Nimby]

I think Discord/Mercy buff means Reaper recovers more HP. In theory it should, I couldn't tell from Eevee's stream.

 

[Nickle]

Why is Widow better on attack? I thought she was a defense hero and doesn't like to move too much so it seems to me widow would be better for defense?

If she gets a pick on offense, it'll be a 5v6 for quite awhile. Also, she doesn't have to worry about the whole enemy team diving her because the defending team generally wants to stay near the point. It's easier to run away from a single flanker then it is the entire enemy team.

 

[antitrop]

I think Discord/Mercy buff means Reaper recovers more HP. In theory it should, I couldn't tell from Eevee's stream.

It should. If it doesn't, it's a bug.

 

[I-hate-u]

As if Tracer wasn't an issue already, now they go ahead and nerf one of her biggest counters?

GG Blizzard.

 

[Hellwarden]

Will Reaper finally not be a complete joke in the game?

 

[Anne]

Yo guys how active is the gaf discord? It was pretty active before I quit playing back in January.

Would they be accepting on a one trick Zarya lol.

We made a new server tat's in the OP. It's extremely active.

 

[Trickster]

Yo guys how active is the gaf discord? It was pretty active before I quit playing back in January.

Would they be accepting on a one trick Zarya lol.

arent you the person that buys lootboxes for hundreds of dollars each event? but you havent played since january?

 

[Sir Griffith]

Will Reaper finally not be a complete joke in the game?

Considering his lack of range and poor mobility still haven't been addressed, it's going to be a while

 

[Anne]

Will Reaper finally not be a complete joke in the game?

He's probably going to be at least alright, but I'm not expecting him to be like a top tier DPS any time soon. Those Reaper x Sombra gimmicks might be hilarious though.

 

[-MD-]

The reaction of a Top 500 Roadhog main to these patch notes:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/148366104?t=18h02m09s

He seems much less enthused after testing it.

"guess I'm not playing Hog anymore"

 

[Dead Prince]

Considering his lack of range and poor mobility still haven't been addressed, it's going to be a while

they need to make him silent when he teleports though. or at least drop the sound of it. like youre not suppose to hear death. look IRL.

 

[Maximus.]

I really like the Reaper change. He is my main and I go used to relying on the orbs, but this change makes his survivablity even better.

 

[antitrop]

He seems much less enthused after testing it.

"guess I'm not playing Hog anymore"

He read the patch notes wrong. Initially he thought it was a buff.

 

[Domino Theory]

He read the patch notes wrong. Initially he thought it was a buff.

So can Hog no longer hook and kill a 200 health hero in one hit anymore?

 

[Veelk]

So can Hog no longer hook and kill a 200 health hero in one hit anymore?

They seem to want him to be more viable in general fights vs him being the hook->kill one trick he is now.

That damage nerf might be too much, but if they ease up on that, this might not be so bad.

 

[Kayo Police]

arent you the person that buys lootboxes for hundreds of dollars each event? but you havent played since january?

Yes the shame. It's true.

 

[antitrop]

So can Hog no longer hook and kill a 200 health hero in one hit anymore?

I think Hook + Left Click + Melee is still enough to 1-shot a 200HP target, but not more than that. I think Reaper and Mei are safe from the combo, now.

The days of getting 1-shot by right-clicks are 100% over, for sure.

 

[randome]

Reaper is so much fun to play, hopefully this will make him even more fun.

 

[Nimby]

If his damage is nerfed, 6 second hook is okay now. Probably not enough to do anything though.

 

[Anne]

So can Hog no longer hook and kill a 200 health hero in one hit anymore?

He can kill 200HP heros. That's not the issue.

It's consistency. M2 consistentcy down. Hook combo consistency down on solos. Can't nstagib nano-Genji and things like it. Can only deal 150 max (all headshots lawl) against armor now.

A character that is literally only picked for instagib havign less consistent instagib isn't going to work out well. The RoF and clip thing don't make up for that at all. Even with the better RoF his DPS in general will still be lower or at best break even with live :T

 

[NeoRaider]

Reaper's buff sounds scary tbh.
McCree's too.

 

[Nimby]

The days of getting 1-shot by right-clicks are 100% over, for sure.

Won't miss em that's for sure

 

[Pooya]

'leak' from 4chan, posted yesterday. got some things right I guess. The date is obviously wrong.

The new hero and map will be coming to the PTR on the 6th of June, as the anniversary event ends. Good timing to keep people playing after the event.

Hero:
The new hero is a Chimpanzee with cybernetic enhancements.
He is a support hero.
His abilities include placing anchor points that connect to form a barrier and placing a stun beacon.
The barrier drops after taking too much damage, but unless an anchor point is destroyed, it comes back up.

Map:
The new map is based inside the Horizon Lunar Colony.
It is a 2CP map, and you fight to secure the control room, and an air-lock.
There are a few small areas where gravity is reduced.

Animated Short:
A new animated short will be released to show off the new map and hero. It will take place on the colony, and will be narrated during flashbacks by the new hero.
It will show what happened on the colony and how Winston ended up on Earth.

Misc:
A few new skins will be added to the normal loot pool, the best of which include astronaut suits.
Spaced themed voice lines and sprays will also be put into the loot pool. Tracer gets a cool Portal reference voice line.
Custom games will now have a gravity setting.
The Mei origin story has been pushed back for a more favoured hero.

I'm not sure they'd release a new hero this soon when it's not in the PTR. E3 reveal maybe.

 

[HMD]

Reaper buff sounds OP. But his entire concept as a character sounds OP if you never played the game, so I don't really know.

 

[NeoRaider]

And THANK GOD for Hog nerf!!
Had a match today where he one shot killed me who knows how many times! And also with his alt fire not just using his hook. Nerf that shit.