Overwatch: Year of the Rooster Event is live (Jan 24th - Feb 13), has CTF Brawl
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Fix-It Felix. Jr.
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Yeah, a lot of people encountered a bug where the game was attempting to re-download all previous patches. (equaling a ~14GB file size) but it should have ended up only being like, 67 MB or so. Mine took a long time to prepare and said it was going to download 14GB, but once the preparation finished, the download started and was only a little under 100 MB.
2.04 is the most resent version, so you're good.
I've opened about 15 boxes so far, and haven't gotten a single skin. Just a bunch of voice lines that have nothing to do with Lunar New Year.
It's not very good.
Feels like I got a LOT more gold piles than normal w/ the boxes. Would not be surprised if they jacked that ratio up (for thematic reasons) and screwed something else in the process.
broscientific
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This is probably anecdotal bullshit on my part, but has anyone else seemed to have bad luck with loot boxes during this event? I'm getting purple items at a normal rate but they seem to always be currency or non-event emotes and highlight intros.
I remember having at least two event skins this far into the Halloween and Christmas events.
Hah, I should learn to read the previous page before I post.
I remember having at least two event skins this far into the Halloween and Christmas events.
Hah, I should learn to read the previous page before I post.
fluffydelusions
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Got the Mercy skin
NeoRaider
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3 times here. XD
Planisphaerium
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13 boxes in and ive only gotten blues and whites. damn
I really think CTF should stay. Li Jiang is such a good map for showing the different possible map styles, though Blizzard would probably create an entirely original map (or maps) first before trying to stretch two match types over one.
At the moment, I've got 1 of the 4 legendary skins I want. I can definitely buy two with credits, meaning one would be left out. Unless I happen to get it out of loot boxes from grinding or arcade challenges. Or, alternatively, cross over the 9000 threshold to buy that 4th skin, which seems just about as likely as randomly getting the one I want.
These skins... I really need to have these JttW skin. To not get either Wukong or Sanzang would be criminal, but having to choose between them is downright cruel.
At the moment, I've got 1 of the 4 legendary skins I want. I can definitely buy two with credits, meaning one would be left out. Unless I happen to get it out of loot boxes from grinding or arcade challenges. Or, alternatively, cross over the 9000 threshold to buy that 4th skin, which seems just about as likely as randomly getting the one I want.
These skins... I really need to have these JttW skin. To not get either Wukong or Sanzang would be criminal, but having to choose between them is downright cruel.
Orochinagis
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Crappy drops this week, I am tempted to use my gold
If CTF is gonna work, they need to make a map specifically for it, but Blizz doesn't seem to have enough faith. Steamrolling on Control Center is super dumb. If your team can get one good push in, just set up your defense on their flag and the enemy will have a hell of a time trying to push back in with their limited entry ways. If you have a fast flag carrier, you barely have to stall them at all.
I feel the capture time for the flag is too damn long. I mean, I understand why it's not the usual "pass over flag and be off with it" but this way you have to have cleared the whole point of enemies. Hardly any sneaking the flag when a Torb+Symmetra turrets are guarding.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
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I played a few matches as Ana for a Winston/D.Va duo last night, and we were doing pretty well. I'd put their Bastion or defense tank to sleep, Winston would put down his barrier, and D.Va would act as a distraction of sorts. Even with turrets, Winston's barrier prevented him from being hit, so he easily captured without interference. He only had to get the flag for a second before using his jump pack for a quick escape.
This worked well in the garden and night market, but we couldn't get the set-up to work at the control centre. Control centre really favours quick moving and aggressive characters, namely Tracer and D.Va. You also have to be really careful on defense, because Mei can put up her wall and completely isolate any defenders that aren't standing right by the flag area. It's definitely my least favourite map.
Karsticles
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If you could run and grab, Sombra and Tracer would be unstoppable.
Haha, I had an attack Mercy yesterday. I was playing Winston and instead of keeping me alive, she's standing right next to me shooting
Yeah this is some new bullshit. People playing mercy this way for some stupid reason
SgtWiggles
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Just like the Christmas event I'm getting the jankiest loot boxes ever. Except this time I don't have a currency pool of 10k to fall on......looks like I'll have to be buying some loot boxes come the end of the event
AngmarsKing701
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I'm seeing a lot of this lately from all the healers. Their stats at the end of the match show how much they participated in killing and they're up there for player of the game. I'm like, "I don't care that Mercy participated in 70% of the kills, I died twice while she was running around with her fucking pistol pew-pewing people!"
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
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The joy isn't when you get a loot box, it's when you finally kill that pesky Pharah and get a few moments of peace.
I believe a lot of that comes from the player using attack boost. I always get a lot of kill participation when I boost a soldier on my team.
If you're playing the game solely to get loot boxes, you're doing it wrong. The joy of the game is in actually playing it, it's one of the best feeling shooters ever. The awesome cosmetic rewards are just a cherry on top.
With the way the loot's been dropping for me, I might buy another pack soon. Nothing but sprays and dupes.
Lootboxes are part of the game progression. If they suck it drags down the whole experience.
EatinOlives
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How is it progression? You get nothing meaningful out of them.
So far every event I've bought 24 boxes at the beginning, and have gotten two event legendaries from each of them(along with a lot of epics). In this event, I got a normal legendary skin(that I had already had), and no epics at all either. I've also earned 10 or so boxes since the event began, still nothing.
Something seems fishy(I know, I know, RNG is RNG bro)...
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Yea 52 boxes here with 3 event skins. Knowing me i'll buy even more boxes lol
Permanently A
Junior Member
To be honest, I'm not having fun with these cosmetic events any more. The brawl quality really dipped. I remember TF2 having really REALLY fun events, and I'm not really sure why Overwatch's events feel lacking in comparison.
AlexFlame116
Member
My finger is hovering over the X button to purchase loot boxes....
Trying to get event skins and stuff isn't as fun as it used to be back before during the Halloween event and such. Maybe I'm just salty over getting duplicates.
Trying to get event skins and stuff isn't as fun as it used to be back before during the Halloween event and such. Maybe I'm just salty over getting duplicates.
You know what's nice, when you're winning 2-0 on a koth map in comp, then your teammates start throwing because why not right. #WeekendOverwatch
This grind for lootboxes is getting to me, I'm so easily triggered with all the dumb stuff that can happen in this game right now. I've gotta exclusively play qp right now just to keep my head cool.
This grind for lootboxes is getting to me, I'm so easily triggered with all the dumb stuff that can happen in this game right now. I've gotta exclusively play qp right now just to keep my head cool.
Diablohead
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I really do enjoy CTF but it only takes one or two players who are messing about or not great CTF fans to ruin a match, but i've had plenty of close matches and fun draws this weekend.
I used to spend a lot of my teens playing quake 3 ctf and the only real difference is that quake would have more players, and no skills.
I used to spend a lot of my teens playing quake 3 ctf and the only real difference is that quake would have more players, and no skills.
That's the best.
"Hey our strat is working, we're going to win... Wait why is our rein switching to bastion... No Lucio don't sym"
Wolf Akela
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I want to buy that cheap Taiwan Overwatch sale. Can I buy the DLC from Origins or is it exclusive?
Just happened to me earlier tonight. Good team, well balanced. Playing well. All of a sudden teammates decide to go all heavy damage. No tanks, no healer and I'm stuck as symmetra. We get overrun in no time.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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How so?
Have to love the hubris of it.
"Ah we got this in the bag, let's screw around for a round or two and practice heroes I have less than an hour on, it'll go fine!"
*two rounds later, game tied*
"Ok, well, let's go back to what we did in the first two rounds and own!"
*loses last round badly as people have no concept of the idea of momentum*