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[The Salt Life]

After playing several CTF games i'm totally ok with it and find it balanced enough.

You have characters that can move quick with the flag, you have enough defense abilities to keep people between the flag and mid field.

Yeah, I love it and I hope it finds its way into the arcade mix after the event.

 

[Elixist]

After playing several CTF games i'm totally ok with it and find it balanced enough.

You have characters that can move quick with the flag, you have enough defense abilities to keep people between the flag and mid field.

Yeah, I love it and I hope it finds its way into the arcade mix after the event.

agreed mostly, stuff like tracer or monkey (unless your that char as well) with the flag is just kinda ugh tho cant really catch them. def. a good brawl prob my favorite even though mei snowday thing was pretty great too.

 

[Xiaoki]

Also all the DVA nerf salt is delicous, I'm sorry your brain dead character got nerfed but she was fucking up the enjoyability of the game and the flow of matches. Ana could use a slap too again

Translation:

Your character gets nerfed - LOL you guys are just salty. Your stupid character was OP

My character gets nerfed - What?! This is stupid! My character was just fine!

 

[AlexFlame116]

monkey

*scientist

 

[xviper]

CTF is fun, i just don't know why no one picks healers

i hope the mode is not temporary

they must keep the mode for the rest of the game

 

[QisTopTier]

Translation:

Your character gets nerfed - LOL you guys are just salty. Your stupid character was OP

My character gets nerfed - What?! This is stupid! My character was just fine!

Huh I play zenyata I was fine with his discord orb nerf. I also play Lucio, Phara, Mei, Winston

If you are a casual I could see you taking it that way though

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Really bout to have to drop 6k on the Zen and D.Va skins. Got all kinds of other stuff but not those.

 

[Elixist]

CTF is fun, i just don't know why no one picks healers

i hope the mode is not temporary

they must keep the mode for the rest of the game

i've been playin ana like 80percent of my games *shrugs*-

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

agreed mostly, stuff like tracer or monkey (unless your that char as well) with the flag is just kinda ugh tho cant really catch them. def. a good brawl prob my favorite even though mei snowday thing was pretty great too.

Those two can be handled. Pick Symmetra, place random turrets around the flag that aren't too visible. Watch Tracer/Winston get slowed down to a crawl. Beam-kill, repeat. That's what literally happened my first game on both sides.

 

[MHWilliams]

Which is something blizzard would totally do.

Yup.

They know folks are thirsty for some Overwatch characters. Character appropriate swimsuits all around. Ready for Soldier 76 in this action:

Those two can be handled. Pick Symmetra, place random turrets around the flag that aren't too visible. Watch Tracer/Winston get slowed down to a crawl. Beam-kill, repeat. That's what literally happened my first game on both sides.

Bastion, Symmetra or Torb turrets. Done.

 

[xviper]

i've been playin ana like 80percent of my games *shrugs*-

i played with a Lucio who never heals and just uses the speed boost so he can grab the flag and run, even when my health is low and he's next to me and i ask for healing, he just ignores me

 

[HylianHero12]

I'm a little apprehensive of trying out D. Va now, but she's been my favorite character from the beginning so I'll just be happy she shouldn't be insta-locked in every match. Though I have been playing Reinhardt a lot more this season.

Excited to try out the CTF mode too. Hope it's good.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

i played with a Lucio who never heals and just uses the speed boost so he can grab the flag and run, even when my health is low and he's next to me and i ask for healing, he just ignores me

He probably wanted you to go grab the health pack behind you.

 

[Hurt and Scared]

Bought 50 boxes and got

Skins
Zenyatta - Sanzang
Wintson - Wukong
Mercy - Golden
Ana - Tal
McCree - Riverboat (double)

Victory pose
Roadhog - what's mine is mine
Ana - folding hands
Mei - lucky
Sombra - Sparklers
Bastion - firework
Junkrat - bad for your health


Highlight intro
Roadhog - feast

Pretty disappointed I didint even get half the skins or any emote's and I have nowhere near enough to buy them all

 

[Obliterator]

Yup.

They know folks are thirsty for some Overwatch characters. Character appropriate swimsuits all around. Ready for Soldier 76 in this action:

I think Mercy would work awesome in like a 50s pin-up style suit and hair and Roadhog would have to wear the Borat style one piece suit

 

[PSqueak]

Played one game, CTF seems fun.

Got the Zenyatta JTW skin, i hope i get Roadhog's and D.Va's before the event ends.

 

[Wendel Clark]

CTF in a game with no movement mechanics 🤔

 

[Elixist]

CTF in a game with no movement mechanics 🤔

altfacts?

 

[Ragnorok64]

What are people's takes on making this new Mei skin thinner because she wears thinner clothing?

https://twitter.com/Pudd1ngcess/status/823982239486722054

https://twitter.com/brid__raccoon/status/823987363588243461

I definitely see it, don't know if it's intentional, but her thighs/arms/face still being thick/chubby/fat/whatever you want to call it, when her body is basically totally slim, looks super weird, and her spine is definitely bent out of shape. I don't think the "thick coat" argument holds up in that context.

This literally gives me power.

 

[Elixist]

Those two can be handled. Pick Symmetra, place random turrets around the flag that aren't too visible. Watch Tracer/Winston get slowed down to a crawl. Beam-kill, repeat. That's what literally happened my first game on both sides.

ya torb and sym are incredibly strong in this mode hehe

 

[The Salt Life]

CTF in a game with no movement mechanics 🤔

Tracer, soldier 76, Winston, Lucio, hell even mercy, can move quick due to abilities.

 

[falconxcrunner09]

Bought 10 loot boxes. Got NOTHING Lunar New Year related except sprays. Kept getting epics for duplicates not related to the event.

WTF Blizzard

 

[Degen]

Translation:

Your character gets nerfed - LOL you guys are just salty. Your stupid character was OP

My character gets nerfed - What?! This is stupid! My character was just fine!

My main is DVa and the previous buff never should have been so heavy. I was doing fine when she could barely move and shoot.

 

[DR2K]

DVA is fine. Seems like she does more damage up close

 

[LucidMomentum]

DVA is fine. Seems like she does more damage up close

There's more of a risk to being up close now, which is nice.

Before with 400 armor you just boosted in, used Defense Matrix when the armor was gone and boosted out. Rinse repeat.

With 200 armor you have to be smart about trading health for distance.

 

[Bombless]

Can anyone gif Mei's new Excited emote? I'm at work atm

 

[hydruxo]

I think Roadhog has enough skins at this point lol. Hanzo and Soldier keep getting the short end of the stick.

 

[Oscar]

Dropped $20 on packs.

Didn't get any legendary event skins, Blizzard pls.

 

[DR2K]

There's more of a risk to being up close now, which is nice.

Before with 400 armor you just boosted in, used Defense Matrix when the armor was gone and boosted out. Rinse repeat.

With 200 armor you have to be smart about trading health for distance.

Yeah she was very unfair before and I feel the balance changes are warranted. She's still a tank with the best mobility.

 

[PeterGAF]

I have gotten 4 packs from playing today. I only got voice lines and emblems. I'm doomed this event. My luck ran out during Christmas

 

[Bony Manifesto]

I think Mercy would work awesome in like a 50s pin-up style suit and hair and Roadhog would have to wear the Borat style one piece suit

I think this is the crux of the problem. It's really hard to make a male swimsuit that isn't predominately comedic, and a female swimsuit that isn't predominately titillating. Especially when Overwatch's cast is comprised entirely of stunningly-attractive women, and a mixed-bag (to put it mildly) of men.

 

[theMrCravens]

I have gotten 4 packs from playing today. I only got voice lines and emblems. I'm doomed this event. My luck ran out during Christmas

Day 1 man.
You'll get them all eventually.

 

[QisTopTier]

I really wish they would rework mercy, give her something along the lines of a system that forces her to use both tethers and rewards them.

Say the more you use one the stronger the other gets and vice versa

She's pretty mediocre right now

 

[MindGamingMantis]

Translation:

Your character gets nerfed - LOL you guys are just salty. Your stupid character was OP

My character gets nerfed - What?! This is stupid! My character was just fine!

Well dva was broken as fuck so yeah, sounds about right.

 

[Goldboy]

Wow, CTF is so much fun. Way better than that snowball fight we got last time.

 

[Frozenprince]

I think this is the crux of the problem. It's really hard to make a male swimsuit that isn't predominately comedic, and a female swimsuit that isn't predominately titillating. Especially when Overwatch's cast is comprised entirely of stunningly-attractive women, and a mixed-bag (to put it mildly) of men.

Mixed bag? It's basically "hot bears" the game.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

I got a gold in my second box!

It was just a duplicate 😞

 

[Torokil]

Blizzard please don't waste dev time making a full CTF mode.

 

[The Salt Life]

I really wish they would rework mercy, give her something along the lines of a system that forces her to use both tethers and rewards them.

Say the more you use one the stronger the other gets and vice versa

She's pretty mediocre right now

There is a time and place to buff,
It's always time to heal though.

 

[QisTopTier]

There is a time and place to buff,
It's always time to heal though.

In higher ranked games there is always an extra healer to back you up on healing, and yes idealy this would make when she does the damage up tether super strong as well then give her a short moment of a super boosted heal.

And honestly if you are that dead set on healing 24/7 with mercy you are doing it wrong

 

[Obliterator]

I think this is the crux of the problem. It's really hard to make a male swimsuit that isn't predominately comedic, and a female swimsuit that isn't predominately titillating. Especially when Overwatch's cast is comprised entirely of stunningly-attractive women, and a mixed-bag (to put it mildly) of men.

Put Hanzo or McCree in a Speedo and it's just as revealing / titillating as anything they would do with the girls

 

[Data West]

Hog got a legendary skin, a victory pose and a highlight intro

someone at Blizzard REALLY likes him

 

[QisTopTier]

Hog got a legendary skin, a victory pose and a highlight intro

someone at Blizzard REALLY likes him

He's a popular character

 

[Kayo Police]

Blizzard has to keep the Most Popular OW Twitch Streamer Moon Moon happy.

 

[Data West]

He's a popular character

so's hanzo

who has gotten nothing but a single recolor

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

need those skins...

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

Man I really love the ctf mode, hope it stays in the brawl list after the event is done.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Yeah, fuck CTF.

Mei creates a wall and nothing can be done while she or someone else steals the flag as soon as it spawns back.

 

[Alex]

Wow, they tore D.va to absolute shreds. She is significantly worse than she was at launch even.

 

[The Salt Life]

Hog got a legendary skin, a victory pose and a highlight intro

someone at Blizzard REALLY likes him

Roadhog is pretty damn awesome character to use, I wouldn't call him a main tank though, more of an off tank

Yeah, fuck CTF.

Mei creates a wall and nothing can be done while she or someone else steals the flag as soon as it spawns back.

There is always more than one way to get to the flag though