Overwatch 2ish

[alvarado52]

I bet. Gonna reserve that play for when we have full groups. Figgy, me, Kalyx, and a buddy of mine played last night and I swear we broke a record for fastest victory @ 1m8s (Kalyx may have left by the time we ran that game).

[Heisenberg]

Competitive Clutch Shit by my Hanzo

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[Fignuts]

Yeah, I was wrecking shit last night. Had 4 play of the games, and would have had one more, but alvarado had to go and revive almost the whole team with mercy.

Fucking asshole.

[Fignuts]

Little bit of my hotness last night

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[Fignuts]

That said, I'm still getting snubbed on the widow POTG. Last night I mad 3 eliminations in as many seconds. Play of the game went to a torb whose turret got 2 kills while he aimlessly wandered around like a fucking mental patient.

Overwatch needs to check it's math.

[alvarado52]

Competitive play is live on xbox. Anyone down to jump on and see how well we do?

[Fignuts]

I will be on later. Around 11ish

[alvarado52]

Luckily it seems that randies in competitive are WAY more about winning than quick play...actually, the 2 wins I got were dominating with randies, and the two loses I got were playing with a full group of XBL pals.

[drave]

So the randies are more http://static.sportskeeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/randy-orton-pose-645x370-1418284946.jpg than http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA3NDEwMjU3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjk2MTc1MQ@@._V1_UY317_CR2,0,214,317_AL_.jpg

[alvarado52]

indeed

[Heisenberg]

Competitive has made me up my Reinhardt and Genji game

[alvarado52]

It certainly adds a level of challenge and frustration. Ended last night on the upswing of things after losing like 6 in a row.

[Heisenberg]

So glad I have enough friends to make a full group cause not having communication with your team pretty much is 50/50 towards victory. The only down side to that is my will to not play unless I have friends on. Used to love grinding these FPS games, but it's not worth my time trying to carry or explain to a group how to stay on the fucking payload.

[Heisenberg]

It's a start. I would like to see his auto-lock range nerfed as well as how quickly it switches targets. Currently I think it targets the nearest enemy and would like to see it like the engie's turret where it doesn't let go of a target until said target is dead.



That would kill countering if we just nerfed it. Torbjorn would be useless

[Heisenberg]

Luckily it seems that randies in competitive are WAY more about winning than quick play...actually, the 2 wins I got were dominating with randies, and the two loses I got were playing with a full group of XBL pals.



Experiencing that on the PC as well as the One.

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like Blizzzard anti-cheat policies are also taregtting cheat device makers since they recently sued a German company called Bossland for an undisclosed amount. Not the first time they've sued the company but the case is taking place in a more favorable location for them.

If you play Overwatch and you're not a cheater you've probably never heard of Watchover Tyrant, a paid program that allows players to see where all their enemies are and everyone's names and health, as well as tweak the game's field of view. The program is being sold by a German company known as Bossland GMBH as a subscription service for around $66 a year.

Blizzard caught wind of this and other cheats the company sells for Blizzard games and is taking it to court claiming the cheat maker is committing copyright infringement, breaking the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause, and creating unfair competition.

https://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-suing-overwatch-cheat-maker-for-the-loss-of-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-in-revenue--373222.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Next hero character is currently rumored to be revealed later this month and likely during San Diego Comic Con event.

We had an inkling that we'd soon find out who's the newest Overwatch hero. Most recently, that has been based on a pretty blatant tease by Blizzard. These sorts of things generally aren't hinted at so strongly unless something big is imminent. Now we have confirmation that we'll find out this character's identity within two weeks' time.

The reason for that is because Blizzard is holding a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21 that's called "Behind The Scenes of Overwatch's Newest Hero." It'd be awfully hard to continue to conceal the character beyond this panel. We can probably expect that the 22nd hero will be announced at or before SDCC.

If popular consensus holds up, the new hero will be Sombra ("¡Es Sombra!"), a sniper with healing properties. She's the one that has gotten all the attention through small in-world references and she perfectly fits the tease from earlier this week.
https://www.destructoid.com/overwatch-s-new-hero-will-be-revealed-at-or-before-san-diego-comic-con-373908.phtml

[Fignuts]

Damn, just had maybe my best POTG ever tonight. Game was pretty much over. Only a couple seconds left. Rest of team just respawning. Zoom in with Genji to the payload witch their entire team is on top of, and for a good 15 seconds just jump all over reflecting, slashing, and throwing stars, keeping things contested. Get my ult just as Heisenberg and friends come crashing in, and I wrecked their shit.

[Kalyx triaD]

Bushido

[Fignuts]

Ranking system is garbage and REALLY needs to factor individual performance a lot more than it does, if it does at all.

Sick of killing it only to lose an entire level because my team is a bunch of mental patients.

[Heisenberg]

We wrecked some shit this weekend. Hopefully we get more group action like that. @Fignuts @drave

Totally apologize for pulling y'all into chat like that. It sounded funny in my brain

[Fignuts]

Nah dude, that was actually pretty fun.

[drave]

It was definitely fun. Do that anytime man. Haven't laughed so hard in quite a while.

[alvarado52]

Here comes a new challenger

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Also, origin story:

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[Emperor Smeat]

Overwatch's Competitive Play is only a couple weeks old, but developer Blizzard is already thinking of ways it can make the mode better. One of the first things it plans to implement is a one-hero limit, which prevents teams from having lineups with multiple Bastions, Torbjorns, or any other hero that might drive you just a little bit crazy. The new limit in Competitive Play is live on the Overwatch Public Test Realm and will make its way over to the main game in a patch soon.

GameSpot got the opportunity to talk to Blizzard principal designer Scott Mercer about Competitive Play. He told us about the one-hero limit and said that although the change is coming to Competitive, players who want to stack their team full of the same hero won't be limited in Quick Play.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overwatch-to-limit-teams-to-one-of-each-character-/1100-6441726/

[drave]

Makes sense.

[Fignuts]

Should be a 2 hero limit.

[drave]

Cheese is cheese.

[Fignuts]

2 of any character no matter who it is, is not overpowered, or game breaking.

I agree that a full team of certain characters can be hard to work around, but limiting players to just one of each is overkill, and takes away depth.

[Fignuts]

Holy shit, some serious Dva and Mercy buffs.

D.Va

Defense Matrix
Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 1 second
A new resource meter has been added. This meter will deplete while Defense Matrix is active and then recharge when it’s not in use.
Defense Matrix takes 10 seconds to reach full charge from empty
At a full charge, Defense Matrix will last for 4 seconds
Defense Matrix will now remain active as long as its assigned hotkey is held
Defense Matrix has been reclassified as an alternate fire and is now bound to RMB (by default)
An option to “Toggle Defense Matrix” has been added under Options > Controls > D.Va
Self-Destruct
Ultimate cost decreased by 15%
Explosion delay reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
Explosion no longer damages D.Va (the player who activates it)

Mercy

Caduceus Staff
Damage Boost
Bonus damage increased from 30% to 50%
Effect will no longer stacks with bonus damage provided by another Mercy
Resurrect
Ultimate charge cost increased by 30%
Movement is no longer prevented during activation
Guardian Angel instantly resets upon use

[Fignuts]

50% damage boost. Mercy + Widowmaker = BOW, YOU SHITS!

[Heisenberg]

Stacking characters didn't really feel like an advantage over a balanced squad. I've seen a Bastion squad fall to a Genji squad. This rule is going to cause people to rage quit due to not getting the character they feel comfortable with and the trolls will purposely pick the character the next round just to send it home. If 2 or more people want to be the same character they should flip for it like in sudden death, otherwise it is just shit for them to do this.

[alvarado52]

Yeah, I'm a bit concerned with the decision as well, particularly when I'm on a team who picks a character they are complete shit with and I know I can do a better job (happens often with Reinhardts and Reapers).

Now I'll just be stuck with a shitty Reinhardt or Reaper and cross my fingers that they switch eventually so I can take over.

[drave]

Stacking characters didn't really feel like an advantage over a balanced squad. I've seen a Bastion squad fall to a Genji squad. This rule is going to cause people to rage quit due to not getting the character they feel comfortable with and the trolls will purposely pick the character the next round just to send it home. If 2 or more people want to be the same character they should flip for it like in sudden death, otherwise it is just shit for them to do this.


It's called "Culling the weak".

Genji is a direct counter to Bastion anyway, had the Genji Team lost, they would need to git gud and try again.

[Shadow]

Holy fuck that D.Va buff.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yet another 'aesthetic balance' decision. But whatever. I'll miss the ninja bros and twin zarya set ups.

The Dva buffs are awesome. My first love got better.

Now give Zero Suit Dva a fucking cartwheel dodge.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Oh shit, I've been maining D.Va since switching to PC as she's a fun character to play, but now I might wreck yet more shit.

Glad they got rid of stacking, it's not hard, it's just so fucking dull when the defence is all Tor and Bastion so you have to switch to that same character again. I just end up turning the game off.

[Shadow]

The D.Va ult change means she can run around while her ult is going down and pin people down. Brilliant.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The D.Va ult change means she can run around while her ult is going down and pin people down. Brilliant.

Yeah, I've been doing some straight vertical as it confuses the fuck out of people so I just take the death, but now I don't have to, bonus!

[Fignuts]

DIE DIE DIE

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DIE 2: The DIEening

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[drave]

Diggin your reaper skin

[Kalyx triaD]

Wanted to play a second match but I was just switching off in the head. Good game tho.

[Shadow]

Ana dropped. Put her through the target range and she's kinda fun. Not as mobile as Widowmaker or Hanzo but a very good support sniper. My only complaint is she has no vertical movement that I can see. I might be missing something though.

[drave]

Getting this next Friday!!!!!

[alvarado52]

Looks like consoles got the big update: Ana, 1 player limit in comp play, Torb nerf, etc.

[alvarado52]

...but dont bother trying to play it right now, as it keeps freezing up (at least on me)

[Fignuts]

All good here.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Self healing now increases your ult, so they increased Roadhogs Ult by 45%, but Bastions by only 10%. I think we're going to be seeing a lot more tanks...

Lucios is only 10% too, but I get that one.

D.Va is a fucking beast.

[Shadow]

D.Va can now stand in the middle of a nuklear storm and laugh. Honestly it was a change that needed to happen. Because she was getting caught in her own Ult while trying to escape and couldn't see the awesomeness that was Nerf This.

Now she's so much fun.

[Heisenberg]

enjoy the full D.Va teams in Quick Play, hope they bring the hammer down on stacking soon. She doesn't have a hard counter, kind of sucks

[#BROKEN Hasney]

enjoy the full D.Va teams in Quick Play, hope they bring the hammer down on stacking soon. She doesn't have a hard counter, kind of sucks

They already have in competitive. They're not going to stop stacking in quick play, because that's the "for fun" mode.

Still though, not seen that. Seen a lot of heavy Ana only teams.

[Heisenberg]

I know Comp has the rule set in, it is sweet sans the ability to flip a coin for your character.

[drave]

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zpx6ihfY--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/zri0jkahv7bfas2k0a5z.gif

[Shadow]

So uh....That's a flock of Mercies eh?

[Heisenberg]

Really wanted to help deliver the wins last night. We'll get there Fig and Kalyx.

Your Champion,

MisterPi55

[Kalyx triaD]

That's who you are?

You did well. I'm getting a handle on Ana. We just make sloppy decisions late in the game that make us choke hard. But our team can be solid. Just have to bring on the synergy.

[Heisenberg]

It's that damn Temple of Anubis

[Fignuts]

We pushed up too far in the last minute of that match. Should have just stayed on the point.

[Heisenberg]

I was having fun, new to the "group" so I didn't want to crack jokes during serious time. That being said, Tracer is my current project to get better with. She is so much easier on the console to control. I'm still not 100% committed to playing kb/m over a controller. My PC refuses to sync my controllers up correctly so I'm stuck with a keyboard and mouse that have Overwatch exclusive problems I have to work around that has made it unbearable and/or unenjoyable to play.

Hopefully we'll get to play more in the future. I'm off to Iowa for a week and won't be on, good luck though getting your groove in order.

[drave]

Any "need" of a certain character within the group? I haven't played since beta, but I did quite well.

Want to enhance the current talent.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Overwatch is built around switching things up based on the map and the opponent. The best advice for the game is to make sure you try everyone and get a feel for who works in what situation so you're ready.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, I would say at the very least, you should have one character that you're really comfortavble with in each class.

[drave]

I definitely did that. Just didn't know if there was a "class" that seems lacking with the current TPWW stable is all.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah while switching is good we all have our 'mains' that we're versed enough with to use in many cases and modes. I go Genji unless a specific hard counter is needed. My coworker almost exclusively runs Zarya no matter what, and it works for him.

[Fignuts]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Nice kill.

That's kinda depressing having to look at your team like that after a defeat. Take a photo of your humiliation.

[drave]

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Perma Sleep - causes players to get kicked for "Inactivity". That is a helluva trollololol.


12 hours to go. Well, 13-14 since I have to d/l and patch it.

[drave]

The PoTG to end all PoTG's :lol:

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[drave]

Man it is ridiculous how Bastion is nearly every single PoTG!!!

Been smashing on this all day, in-between sleeping. Flu kickin my ass but going to try to stay up late to play with some peeps.


Fignuts, Heisenberg, Kalyx, et al - Y'all going to be around tonight?

[Fignuts]

I'll be on

[Kalyx triaD]

Got some Halo business to tend to but if my posse wills it I can have a few games.

[Fignuts]

Shit. Played with alvarado, not realizing I was still in a party from a previous session.

Don't think it would have mattered. I was killing it, but our teamates were absurdly dense.

[drave]

Sounds like our session where we were the only two playing the objective 90% of the time :|

[alvarado52]

Shit. Played with alvarado, not realizing I was still in a party from a previous session.

Don't think it would have mattered. I was killing it, but our teamates were absurdly dense.

It's getting to the point where I feel like, maybe I should reserve competitive for when we have at least 4 people in a squad.

[Fignuts]

When it comes to the 35-50 range, it's a toss up I think. You're just as likely to get stomped going solo or with 1 partner as you are to be on the team doing the stomping.

35--50 seems like an inescapable vortex of sadness and frustration.

JUST LIKE LIFE

[#BROKEN Hasney]

They got Rocket League in my Overwatch.

Also, shittons of Olympic themed bullshit.

[alvarado52]

It works.

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[Kalyx triaD]

Lucio seems to be the 'star' of this, so I wonder who would be highlighted later.

[drave]

It is called "Lucioball" after all :)

[#BROKEN Hasney]

They've added more space on the hero gallery for 2 more people too.

[Fignuts]

Lucioball is a fun little novelty, but it gets boring after a couple games.

[Heisenberg]

definitely agree on that. Not enough boost

[Shadow]

And now I see I'd be shit at Rocket League. Yeah....

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Activision, game has managed to reach around 15 million players since its launch although doesn't mean the game sold that much.

Ended up being a huge reason why their fiscal report was really great this quarter. Revenues were up 50% compared to same quarter last year.

https://www.destructoid.com/overwatch-leads-activision-blizzard-to-a-record-breaking-second-quarter-378624.phtml

[drave]

It is very fun :D

Looking forward to what kind of additional seasonal events they pull outta the bag. I haven't played LucioBall yet, but it is still cool that they are even putting ANYTHING like that out for FREE.

[Fignuts]

Kind of hilarious how zarya is one of the highlighted characters for the olympic themed stuff.

[alvarado52]

Really want those McCree, Widowmaker, and Tracer skins

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Kind of hilarious how zarya is one of the highlighted characters for the olympic themed stuff.

Especially as she does look a touch roided up...

Think the drop rate on the legendary skins have been turned up a notch during the event. I've got one of each on the Zarya, Lucio and Tracer skins plus some other legendary skins.

[Heisenberg]

@fignuts @drave and I laid down some beatings last night. Those stupid idiots had it comin'

[drave]

Ready to lay down some more tonight!

SUcks I had to go right when we had a full team, with mics no less. Woke up my daughter though.

Going to look into Reinhardt strategies and I think Zarya as a backup. Seems like teams have most trouble with her.

[drave]

Also loved our 2nd game where the team wouldn't even TRY to fuck with the objective b/c they were met with RUTHLESS AGGRESSION!

[Heisenberg]

Your Lucio was pretty clutch last night, it's always good to have some of him around

[drave]

I'll always Lucio it up, he is a very fun healer.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

OH LET'S BREAK IT DOWN

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ana's a fun healer too, but the skill level is huge to be really good.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Finally got my PC version to 25 and now I'm 6 wins outta 7 on the placements. Hopefully I can keep it up to get some decent points come season end.

[drave]

lol

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[drave]

Also..... NERF THIS!!!

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zUDwEemK--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/lepshjna5vi0q9mhufal.jpg

Fanart, but would be SWEET if she gained an alt-ultimate. OOOOOH - what if they make alternative ults for everyone and you get a choice what to pop when it is up.

[alvarado52]

Uuuuugh, so tired of grinding out Lucioball in hopes of getting either McCree, Widowmaker, or Tracer's skins.

Did get Genji's though, which is pretty kewl.

[drave]

Why grind Lucioball? Faster b/c of short matches?


BTW - I couldn't join your invite the other evening - still had duty with the kiddos. Generally late evenings and weekends are when I am available to go "all in".

Just rank 18 right now - reached 35 or so in the beta. I'm not a badass by any means but I don't suck either.

[alvarado52]

Rank means diddly for the most part. I've yet to really see rank as any indication of how much someone understands this game.

And yeah, basically shorter matches.

[Heisenberg]

Also..... NERF THIS!!!

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zUDwEemK--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/lepshjna5vi0q9mhufal.jpg

Fanart, but would be SWEET if she gained an alt-ultimate. OOOOOH - what if they make alternative ults for everyone and you get a choice what to pop when it is up.

NERF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/zQv96Q0.gif

[Shadow]

Also..... NERF THIS!!!

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zUDwEemK--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/lepshjna5vi0q9mhufal.jpg

Fanart, but would be SWEET if she gained an alt-ultimate. OOOOOH - what if they make alternative ults for everyone and you get a choice what to pop when it is up.

Really? D.Va uses a a Sazabi? Figured she'd use a Pink Miss Sazabi or a Pink Qubely Papillon

[drave]

Yea, I'll let you read that again.

[Shadow]

Read what? My incredably nerdy statement? Also I'm gonna retract the two Gundams I suggested.

She'd use a pink Gundam Virtue hiding a pink Gundam Nadleeh for the Ult.

[alvarado52]

Read what? My incredably nerdy statement? Also I'm gonna retract the two Gundams I suggested.

She'd use a pink Gundam Virtue hiding a pink Gundam Nadleeh for the Ult.

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[drave]

soon.......

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[Shadow]

All those Bastion corpses.

[drave]

lol

If you’ve just wrapped up a hard-fought multiplayer match, it’s polite to say “gg” to all involved as a show of sportsmanship. Jackasses, however, have taken to corrupting it by adding “ez” to the end, essentially saying, “Beating you losers was a piece of cake.”

As of yesterday’s new test server patch (http://kotaku.com/overwatch-test-patch-nerfs-genji-buffs-mei-and-mercy-1785424009), Overwatch now filters “gg ez” into, well, a bunch of really entertaining stuff (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1265124). For example:


“I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you all for playing with me.”
“Well played. I salute you all.”
“For glory and honor! Huzzah comrades!”
“It’s past my bedtime. Please don’t tell my mommy.”
“Gee whiz! That was fun. Good playing!”
“I feel very, very small... please hold me...”

[Kalyx triaD]

Lame.

[Shadow]

I think it's awesome.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sombra is likely to be revealed today and is said to be a TF2 spy like character.

[RP]

what are you guys playing on? I'm gunna grab this for PC

[Heisenberg]

PC and Xbox One here.

[Fignuts]

Holy shit dogs, drave and I went on a fucking TEAR with four other guys tonight. 5 wins in a row in comp, and the only reason we lost a sixth, is because the fucking rando that replaced drave dropped out at the beginning of the game.

I don't think I've ever played on a team that gelled that well. Feel like if we played regularly together we could maybe get to diamond rank.

[Heisenberg]

I'm wondering if 2000 will get me gold. Almost there

[alvarado52]

Love that I went on a 8 win streak during rankings, then proceeded to go 1-15 during the actual season.

I dont know why I solo competitive.

[Heisenberg]

it's the other way around for me, 1-9 placement, only lost twice in season so far when solo


This game is a different beast, I tell ya

[Heisenberg]

TX Roberto and I got slammed in Comp last night, not even my 57 kills in one game and TX's healing could carry our squad. One group of randos were even grouped up in 4 to our 2 and they were not coordinated one bit.

[Fignuts]

Not to brag, but I feel like every time I switch to winston at the end of a seemingly losing effort, I push the other team's shit in and we end up winning.

[alvarado52]

Nah not at all, I feel the same way. The problem is, people dont know how to use someone like Winston or Pharah, which are pretty much characters built entirely on creating chaos for the other team by going in balls deep.

[Shadow]

Yeah don't feel bad. Feel really good at turning around a bad situation.

[Heisenberg]

It feels good to have a Fignuts on your team, I'm almost to platinum. Helping my brother in placement brought me down a peg or two, but the last few nights have been fire. I already have 10 more wins than season 1 and we still have 2 months and some change to go before it ends.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I came out of placement at platinum this season. Felt damn good considering I only play solo.

[Heisenberg]

https://i.imgur.com/14iEtzW.jpg

Fignuts assisting for my new Comp score

[Fignuts]

Fuck yeah, Team GLORIOUS, gettin' it done.

Undefeated on this night. Though some mercies stole a couple POTG from me.

[Heisenberg]

That was my first time playing with Ed, seems like a competent chap

[Fignuts]

Yeah, Ed was a good dude.

My decision to stick to Symmetra on defense for most maps seems to be paying off too.

[Heisenberg]

TX Roberto wanted to stay on, but chose sleep(lol sleep) over Victory. It would have been a bloodbath if we were all on.


We were on a losing skid until you showed up, kept getting ppl that wanted to be Bastion on offense and so on

[alvarado52]

fyi by all means guys if you see me on, shoot me an invite. I'm always okay with playing with you fellas.

[Heisenberg]

good slaying last night. No losses that I remember

[Fignuts]

Heated that Harambe didn't get potg in that ladt one.

[Heisenberg]

If Ana(a.k.a. Ms. Cincinati Zoo in the flesh) would have shot a tranq instead of those bullets then you would've had it

[Fignuts]

GET
OFF
MY
MOTHER
FUCKING
POINT

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[RP]

I bought this for PC. Setting it up now. Also bough a new laptop. Pretty psyched.

[Kalyx triaD]

Love Symetra. Miss this game.

[Fignuts]

So play it.

[RP]

So i've only been messing around in the target practice training. Was just messing with Mcree earlier. Not sure whos the best people to play with. But just trying to get used to buttons and moving around.

[Fignuts]

Soldier 76 is probably the best character to learn the basics with, as his gameplay is similar to your average shooter.

[RP]

ya i might mess with him later.

[Heisenberg]

put Junkrat on that list too

[RP]

Been messing with the cowboy a bit, but hey lemme ask you guys. Whats the benefits of winning games and getting points and buying upgrades.. explain that part. I'm being super lazy here i know.

[Fignuts]

You unlock loot boxes everytime you level up which give you visual bonuses like new skins, emotes, sprays, etc.

It's all just extra stuff. Everything gameplay oriented is unlocked from the start, and new characters , maps, and game modes are always free.

[Heisenberg]

The next BRAWL week should be an Elimination Chamber styled match where 1 character gets released every 2 minutes until the full party is out and the team with the most kills after 20-25 minutes is the winner.

[Fignuts]

Got 9 votes at the end of a game with my symettra. Last guy was just too salty to give it up. Prick.

[Shadow]

Halloween event coming. Looking like some legendary skins for Roadhog, Mercy, Junkrat and Reaper.

[Fignuts]

This is Sombra, apparently. Looks enough like an evil douche to be Reaper's friend.

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7243271/sombra_leak.jpg

[RP]

I really enjoy playing but i'm not good and i've just been messing with different heros

[Kalyx triaD]

Sombra is mine.

[Shadow]

This is Sombra, apparently. Looks enough like an evil douche to be Reaper's friend.

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7243271/sombra_leak.jpg

Daughter. Sombra is Reaper's daughter.

[Kalyx triaD]

Reaper been piping some dark meat.

[Heisenberg]

The Halloween patch is out, lots of good skins to be collected. New Brawl for the Holiday: Junkenstein

[alvarado52]

Junkenstein is pretty fun....has its own little narrative, and is basically just 4 player co-op surviving waves of baddies.

[Shadow]

And it's great! Though Roadhog can go fuck itself so hard. So much health.

[alvarado52]

They Halloween'd up the Hollywood map too, which is awesome

[Fignuts]

Lot of really cool skins. Not just the new legendarys either. Pretty happy I just got my first star, cause now I'll be able to grind out lootboxes like crazy.

[Heisenberg]

And it's great! Though Roadhog can go fuck itself so hard. So much health.



It's only a problem if your McCree and Ana both use their stuns/sleep at the same time

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The Jukenstein is basically Mann V machine from TF2... ANd I'm not complaining about that.

[alvarado52]

Look, I need 3 of ya'll fuckers to get on tonight so we can tackle this Junkenstein on hard.

[Shadow]

When you wake from that nightmare, tell me how it was.

[Heisenberg]

Look, I need 3 of ya'll fuckers to get on tonight so we can tackle this Junkenstein on hard.



I boast a pretty good McCree when the shite hits the fan

[Fignuts]

I played with 3 other people, all of us miced, and we couldn't even make it past the first reaper encounter. Only tried it once tho.

[Heisenberg]

you can be mic'ed up all you want, sure, but was there any chemistry? Did you get to know your teammate on a spiritual level? I think you need to know what makes them click and that could take years.

[Fignuts]

Well, we're all meeting for dinner and wine later, and we'll see where the night takes us.

[Shadow]

Got my Reaper skin and intro off of this event.

I think I'm good ya'll.

[RP]

Anyone playing on PC right now? I'm about to play. Whats your Blizzard tags if you play on PC.

[Heisenberg]

Face#1981


get to lvl 25 so we can do Comp!

[RP]

Friended . I'm level 4 now.. working on it

[RP]

I think i added you bro. Umm Look for ShawnIndy

[Heisenberg]

I didn't get on yesterday, will add when I get on my home PC.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Latest PTR changes

D.Va

100 more hp (Seems to have 200hp, 400 armor) (credit:paladinkar)
D.Va's ult is slower to get too. 2m18s to 50% in the PTR, 1m50s in the live server. Call Mech seems slower to get too (credit:Things_and_things)
D.Va also moves ~2x as fast while firing. (credit:t1m1d)

QUEEN

Also, Tor turrets are slightly faster to build and he passively generates scrap.

[Heisenberg]

Well, here she is. Should be a game changer. Quick Play should be ruled with her. It would be interesting if they released her during the current Comp season. It might hamper some groups with newbie Sombras messing everything up.
https://assets.vg247.com/current//2016/11/overwatch_sombra_art_leak.jpg

[Heisenberg]

Was thinking of having my brother come to my house while I stream Overwatch on Twitch and have him blast me with a steel chair during a Competitive match. Would that work in this day and age or is the art of getting blasted with a chair dead?

[Heisenberg]

PTR Notes so far:


GENERAL UPDATES
General


Made several adjustments to the amount of experience needed to level

The amount of experience needed to reach each level between 1 and 13 remains unchanged
The amount of experience needed to reach each level between 14 and 100 has been slightly reduced
The amount of experience needed to reach each level after 100 is now constant (20k EXP) and will no longer reset with each promotion



Developer Comments: With the way our experience curve works right now, players can move quickly through the first 23 levels of each promotional tier (1-23, 101-123, 201-223, etc). This is because when a player is promoted every 100 levels, the experience curve essentially resets. While this reset has worked pretty well so far, it’s also encouraged some people to stop playing the game altogether once they’re promoted—the goal of this being to save those first 23 levels specifically for seasonal events. To help address this, the experience needed for all post-promotion levels (i.e. any level after 100) is now a consistent 20k and will no longer reset. The total experience required to gain 100 levels after a promotion is roughly unchanged, however. In addition, the total experience required to earn your first 100 levels (before your first promotion) has been slightly reduced.
HERO BALANCE CHANGES
We’re making a number of significant hero adjustments this patch and will also be experimenting with different balance tweaks throughout the duration of the PTR.
If you’d like an up-to-date rundown of these changes as they’re implemented, click here (http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749857162#1). We’re going to be iterating on hero balance quite frequently over the next few weeks, and we’ll be sure to share the latest information as the PTR progresses.
BUG FIXES
General


Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the PC Client from closing properly, subsequently making the Battle.net application think the game was still running
Fixed a bug preventing players from receiving credit toward the Most Healing Done commendation
Fixed a bug preventing the fourth column on the friends list from being displayed properly

AI


Fixed a bug that caused the McCree bot to Combat Roll into the well on Ilios

Competitive Play


Fixed a bug that could cause overtime to continue indefinitely on Assault maps
Fixed a bug that could cause matches to begin with only 11 connected players

Heroes


Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s healing stats from showing up in the Career Profile page
Fixed a bug causing irregular placement of the pumpkin on Genji’s “Pumpkin Carving” Highlight intro when certain skins were equipped
Fixed a bug preventing Mercy’s staff from showing up in the “Guardian Angel” highlight intro when her Cobalt skin was equipped
Fixed a bug preventing Reaper’s “R.I.P.” victory pose from animating correctly when the game client isn’t in focus
Fixed a bug preventing some of Tracer’s voice lines from activating when her Punk skin is equipped

Maps


Fixed a bug on Watchpoint: Gibraltar that allowed players to reach an unintended perch near the final objective







Hero Balance Changes

General



Dealing damage to non-players (like like Torbjorn's turrets or Symmetra's teleporter), no longer charges ultimate abilities
Ultimate costs have been increased by 25% for all heroes



D. Va



Mech health increased to 200 (formerly 100). Armor remains at 400
Movement speed while firing has been increased by 25%



Soldier: 76



Pulse Rifle

Bullet damage increased from 17 to 20
Maximum bullet spread Increased from 2.2 to 2.4




Ana



Nano Boost

No longer increases move speed




Mei



Blizzard

Ultimate cost has been increased by 15%




Lúcio



Amp It Up

Healing-per-second has been decreased by 10%




Zarya



Particle Barrier

Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%




Projected Barrier

Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%




Torbjörn



Scrap is now automatically generated over time
The amount of scrap collected from a fallen enemy has been decreased by 40%
Forge Hammer

Swing speed increased by 25%
Damage decreased by 27%

[alvarado52]

Nano Boost no longer increases speed? Seems like that sorta goes beyond nerfing and totally kills her Ult

[Heisenberg]

They need to stop nerfing Lucio and Zarya

[Heisenberg]

Nano Boost no longer increases speed? Seems like that sorta goes beyond nerfing and totally kills her Ult



It's only b/c of the deadly Rein/Ana combo business that has been going on. Lot of rage reported from all that. It's easily countered and I have never cursed getting tore up by that cause I play Ana and you have to be on your piss to get your Ult fast.

[Heisenberg]

SOMBRA short is here, tried to post it, but it wasn't showing up correctly

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Stealth and debilitating attacks make Sombra a powerful infiltrator. Her hacking can disrupt her enemies, ensuring they're easier to take out, while her EMP provides the upper hand against multiple foes at once. Sombra’s ability to Translocate and camouflage herself makes her a hard target to pin down.

MACHINE PISTOL
Sombra’s fully-automatic machine pistol fires in a short-range spread.

HACK
Sombra hacks enemies to temporarily stop them from using their abilities, or hacks first aid kits to make them useless to her opponents.

THERMOPTIC CAMO
Sombra becomes invisible for a short period of time, during which her speed is boosted considerably. Attacking, using offensive abilities, or taking damage disables her camouflage.

TRANSLOCATOR
Sombra tosses out a translocator beacon. She can instantly return to the beacon’s location while it is active (including when it’s in mid-flight).

EMP
Sombra discharges electromagnetic energy in a wide radius, destroying enemy barriers and shields and hacking all opponents caught in the blast.

[Heisenberg]

Overwatch League is going to be fire if we manage to keep being a planet and all

[alvarado52]

SOMBRA short is here, tried to post it, but it wasn't showing up correctly

Here you go. She looks rad.

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[Heisenberg]

thanks. That cameo at the end too, nice to see her show up in one of these.

[Fignuts]

Christ they just need to make a movie. These shorts hsve been amazing.

[alvarado52]

As someone who absolutely loves taking the stealth/sneak approach to things (I cant even count how many times i've reloaded checkpoints in games like MGS, Hitman, and Splinter Cell just to get a perfect run), I believe Sombra will most certainly become my new "main".

That and VIVA LA RAZA!

[Fignuts]

Curious to know how much damage her smg does.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Other Overwatch stuff:

2 new maps, one coming with Sombra, one in December
Arcade mode: Teams of 3v3 or 1v1 for thos 1V1 ME CUNT moments
Quick Play is going to have the one hero limit like competitive

EDIT: Oh, there is a no limit 6v6 option too, in the arcade.

[Shadow]

Rumors are that Blizzard will be releasing an Overwatch TV show. I'm hoping it hits Netflix.

[Kalyx triaD]

Sombra is main. Will return for her. She's almost everything I wanted to do in this game.

[Fignuts]

Hope you're not rusty with everyone else, because everyone is going to be trying to pick her.

[Fignuts]

Also, team GLORIOUS fucked shit up tonight. Gold medals for DAYYYYYYYYS

[Heisenberg]

Team Glorious stay Victorious

[alvarado52]

Ive spent this competitive season just mastering the maps with Pharah. I swear I can get behind the team on almost any map now and just be a thorn in their side.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sombra is in the PTR and has the coolest highlight intro

https://gfycat.com/BigColdGopher

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Played around with Sombra, worked out some good situations with her but not many because everyone was fucking Sombra!

She can take down a turret up close without having to hack first and still be alive, which is good. Cloaking has a good warm up time and you're out of it instantly when shot, so it's for infiltration and not escape. Hacking medkits feels a little broken so I hope that's removed. The ultimate is best used to shut down other hits as RMB hacking takes a little while. Shut down a Tors ultimately and he was not happy.

[Kalyx triaD]

Is she out on console? Now?

[The Rogerer]

I thought I saw someone play as her at the weekend, but maybe I dreamt it.

[Fignuts]

Is she out on console? Now?

Nah, hasney is PC master race.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nah, hasney is PC master race.

Even then, she's not on the final patch version. Only on the test servers.

[Fignuts]

Broke my record for most kills in a match, getting 61 kills with Reaper. Had a good team.

[Heisenberg]

Watchpoint: Gibraltar and Ilios are becoming Reaper maps for me.

[Shadow]

Love Ilios. So many sucide cliff charges.

[alvarado52]

FYI: Sombra is officially out.

[Kalyx triaD]

Will be on tonight.

[Heisenberg]

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/fab515d4ddc54e77b1c224143e1dc312/two-business-men-in-suit-giving-high-five-isolated-on-white-background-c2rd09.jpg

Great success last night! Team Glorious strikes again, tailored with an intense battle of Reinhardts and plenty of close calls and ice picks. Jolly good time mate

[alvarado52]

indeed.

[Fignuts]

Symmetra is getting mad boosted. Getting a 2nd ult which is a shield generator. Provides way better shields than her old ability, which is being replaced by a barrier similar to reinhardts shield, that travels on a prest track once placed.

I already wreck full teams with my symmetra, but I usually switch if the other team activates the payload, since the teleporter just isn't as useful afterwards, but nowI've got a reason to stay on her.

[Ruien]

Okay did the free weekend on this game and it seemed fun. Are the competitive games different than the quick plays?

[Kalyx triaD]

No difference other than ranking. The old quickplay status of same characters allowed moved to arcade.

Symetra was my main for a time and I'm most excited about the buffed turrent placement. Though I noticed the damage remains nerfed but that's fair enough.

Still gonna run Sombra as main as she's almost everything I want. Ana is doing great for me too.

3v3 is my fave mode atm.

[Heisenberg]

You should run with us one night down the road Kalyx. Fignuts and I tear apart thine asses of our enemies with pure precision, pure pain dished out.

[Fignuts]

Playing as symmetra on defense at Eichenwalde, I have kept the other team from activating the payload, going on 6 games straight.

[Fignuts]

Triple ult with sombra, zarya, and genji. No one had mics. Shit just happened.

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[Fignuts]

Getting straight nasty with sombra.

[Kalyx triaD]

I had to bail early last night but I had work anyway. Will hop on more regularly but a tad earlier in the night.

[Ruien]

You should run with us one night down the road Kalyx. Fignuts and I tear apart thine asses of our enemies with pure precision, pure pain dished out.

What system do you guys play on?

[Kalyx triaD]

SexBox One

[Ruien]

I would be down to play. I just bought it so I am new to it still of course.

[alvarado52]

Season 3 kicking off fellas...we need to party up so we start off on the right foot.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Totally planned POTM to win the match int he last seconds.

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[Shadow]

So D.Va's mecha was going down, you hit self destruct as one Reinhart hits his ult and then the other one goes in for a charge on the self destructing mecha? Is that what happened? Bravo.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So D.Va's mecha was going down, you hit self destruct as one Reinhart hits his ult and then the other one goes in for a charge on the self destructing mecha? Is that what happened? Bravo.

Same Rein that hit me with an ult did the charge since it was competitive, but yeah, killed 3 and a bit of their team (someone else finished off the 4th) then turned round after calling in the mech to kill Soldier.

Really, all I was doing was destructing to keep the point alive as they were already at 99% so I could call a new mech. but it worked out GLORIOUSLY.

[Shadow]

Can't argue with that. Was a nice play.

[road doggy dogg]

Overwatch is the best game I have ever played. My retard friend wanted to tank our placement matches this season so we could beat up on potatoes but then he started playing Skyrim so now I'm stuck in Silver for 3 months

[Fignuts]

Yeah I soloed my last 3 placement matches and got stuck with dunce caps, and now Im fucking silver.

Playing as Junkrat. Get 44 kills. A record 19, 700 damage. We lose

Playing as Reaper.30 kills. 55% kill participation. A fucking solo team kill. We lose.

Fucking Overwatch World Cup players couldn't help tnese people.

[Heisenberg]

I'll be on the One later on tonight, it doesn't take that long to get back to gold

[road doggy dogg]

Honestly in 80% of the games I solo queue in competitive I end up going Lucio, it just works out better that way (I'm not a particularly great Lucio player either)

[RP]

I reached level 4

[Ruien]

Love 3v3 when I do play. Sniper chick, disappearing chick, and soldier guy are awesome.

[road doggy dogg]

Roadhog is in like 95% of every 3v3 I have played

[road doggy dogg]

road hoggy hogg

[alvarado52]

Roadhog is in like 95% of every 3v3 I have played

should have seen some of the combos Figgy, Heisenberg, and I came up with (Reinhardt/Soldier76/Mercy was wrecking shit)

[Heisenberg]

There's times where we'll drop the 1st round, but if the enemy doesn't change up characters then that's when you have to strike with counter picks. 3v3 is a challenging beast, love it maggal

[road doggy dogg]

Mei snowball mode is kinda... ehhh...

[Heisenberg]

yeah, once I got the initial Loot Box I jetted on out. Need like 3 snowballs, one is piss

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah it's a bit of a crapshoot. Fun once or twice but doesn't have lasting power. Got my loot box though thankfully. Think there are still a few achievements linked to the mode though but w/e

[Heisenberg]

Next Halloween we should have a 4v1 to the tune of "See No Evil" where 4 Heroes wake up in an insane asylum and The Demon Roadhog wonders the halls, hooking his enemies and disposing of the remains.

[Emperor Smeat]

Blizzard revealed their plans for the game for next year in regards to new maps, characters, and features.

The director also confirmed that the new DLC map, Oasis, is on track for launch in early 2017, which is the timing that Blizzard announced at BlizzCon. It's currently on the PTR.

Overwatch fans should also expect more in-game events in the New Year, some of which are expected, themed around holidays, and others will surely catch you off guard, Kaplan said.

Additionally, the communication wheel is being updated with more customization options. This will include the ability to add up to four voice lines and emotes, Kaplan said.

He added that Blizzard is working on more Overwatch DLC characters, though he cautioned that some are only prototypes and they may never come out. One of the new characters is looking "promising," and is moving through the development process in the area of art, Kaplan said.

Additionally, Blizzard is making new Overwatch maps beyond Oasis. But again, some are more experimental in nature, Kaplan said, adding that at least one of them is shaping up well. The studio is also working on new modes, though Kaplan didn't say anything about them.

Finally, Kaplan said an area of focus for Overwatch in 2017 will be a server browser for Custom Games, so people can find them more easily. This has been a top-requested feature, Kaplan said, adding that he's excited to launch an initial version of it in in early 2017.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overwatch-director-teases-new-heroes-maps-modes-an/1100-6446461/

[road doggy dogg]

sweet

more maps and characters, less pandering

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Terry Crews was at Blizzard after saying on Reddit how much he loved the game and would voice a tank. I so hope that happens.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oh he's almost certainly Doom Fist.

[Fignuts]

5 on 6? Doesn't matter. Team GLORIOUS is still VICTORIOUS

Also, mystery heroes is super frustrating when your team is getting a bad draw, but oh my god is it hilarious when you're on the other side.

[Heisenberg]

The 5 on 6 was GLORIOUS, but saddened to hear about one of the 5 no longer being able to que with us due to his rating. RIP Facetore, I will lower my ratings to go help him

[road doggy dogg]

Mystery Brawl is one of my fav modes but yeah it is a significant struggle (especially on offence) if you have a tough comp. One of the worst cases had us with 4 Anas. Brutal.

[road doggy dogg]

It does lead to me trying out heroes in scenarios I would never consider though. Widowmaker on Anubis offence is surprisingly effective IMO

[Heisenberg]

You discover some crazy combos in there, plus you find yourself

[Heisenberg]

Also, we played with "Lerki from Asgerd" last night. Another name to add with the Legends

[Wishbone]

Any of y'all play on PS4? Doing randoms for ranked is a pain in the ass... >_<

[Ruien]

Hit level 20 in this. Feel I will get rocked in competitive matches though. I am only good with 4 heroes and okay with a few others.

[Heisenberg]

Hit level 20 in this. Feel I will get rocked in competitive matches though. I am only good with 4 heroes and okay with a few others.

If you don't feel too good with a certain toon just watch some video or live stream of someone playing that character and you can get a feel of what you need to do to get the job done

[Ruien]

Ya. Want to get really good with 2 of each type. Trying to get the flying rocket lady down now. Defend heroes are by far my favorite. Bow man and sniper lady are amazing. Bastion is fun when defending as my first hero and then switch once the offense starts to push. Shield guy is my favorite tank. Angle healer and soldier are my other two. Soldier is by far my best.

[Fignuts]

Hit level 20 in this. Feel I will get rocked in competitive matches though. I am only good with 4 heroes and okay with a few others.

Competitive does not equal better players. Berg and I have seen plenty of 2-4 star players that were utterly useless.

Especially Sombras. So many bad Sombras. I don't get why either. It's not brain surgery. Put down your teleporter on a health pack . Go invisible, and flank from behind. Kill as many as you can before your teleporter expires or before you die and port out of there.

Like, of all the characters, sombra should be dying the least, because she has an instant escape tool. But I see randos dying constantly with her.