Overwatch 2ish

[Fignuts]

Also, they have names, Ruien!

GOD

[Ruien]

:'(

[Emperor Smeat]

Blizzard announced they are handing out a wave of punishments for those who took advantage of a glitch involving Mei's Ice Wall move.

For weeks now, enterprising and unscrupulous Overwatch players have been using an exploit to give themselves an almost unbeatable edge in the game's new three-on-three Last Team Standing mode. There's a bug where players can use Mei's ice wall to get outside the map while still being able to shoot at people who are inside the map ...

That's nice to know, but Blizzard also says that the cheaters will get their just comeuppance. In a post on the game's forums, Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan states "This bug is clearly an exploit and we consider this cheating... We will be taking action against those who abused this exploit...We take aggressive action against people who abuse game mechanics, hack or cheat. This case is no different. Apologies that this bug lingered for as long as it did. Hopefully this should go away soon (along with those who abused it)."
https://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-s-freezing-out-those-who-used-mei-s-ice-wall-glitch-409989.phtml

[road doggy dogg]

I'm glad Blizzard has been very active in handing out bans in OW

[Ruien]

Feels like if I play a rated game and don't destroy the other team personally it is a slaughter. Might be me though not playing as a team correctly too.

[Ruien]

I ended up in the gold league. Guessing that is about average.

[Ruien]

I do enjoy the face when I solo queue I only get put into premade group matches if there is one on my team too. Makes it way more fair.

[The Rogerer]

I'm glad Blizzard has been very active in handing out bans in OWYou would be you big baby

I placed just below gold in season 3, and then have won every match since then. Although I am in no way responsible for the team's victory, at least I'm playing a little more attentively and do my bit. Also I'm very lucky.

[Ruien]

Are there always so many leavers? Shit is annoying. They don't even fill in the spot with a bot.

[Cool King]

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[Heisenberg]

Are there always so many leavers? Shit is annoying. They don't even fill in the spot with a bot.



You must be talking about Competitive, leavers will quit one minute or less into it and cause the match to end.

[road doggy dogg]

You would be you big baby


plz explain, literally makes no sense

[road doggy dogg]

Are there always so many leavers? Shit is annoying. They don't even fill in the spot with a bot.

Yeah, in comp there are leavers fairly often, especially in placement matches. I've had more than a handful of matches that ended up being like 2v6 by the time it was all said and done. Just take it in stride and move onto the next game

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Since the crate incentive in arcade mode, I've barely played competitive. Mystery heroes is frustrating but fun.

[road doggy dogg]

Mystery Heroes is the best mode to learn heroes you're not comfortable with. It's a blast. And if you're shit at Genji, well, you didn't pick him!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, feel like I'm landing mid range shots as McRee much more regular now with the mystery hero and can occasionally fuck up the other team when I get Widow.

[Ruien]

I play a ton of 3 on 3. Sombra and Soldier dominate for me know there.

[Heisenberg]

I'm over 1,000 rating in Comp to play with one of my friends who has a 1100 score. They should have an option for you to sacrifice your rating so I could help my friend in Comp

[road doggy dogg]

3v3 is fun but so incredibly infuriating at times. I think of all the Arcade modes, Mystery is my favourite. I just wish Lucio Ball was a fulltime Arcade mode

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It is. It's called Rocket League.

[Heisenberg]

I love Overwatch and Rocket League on PC, but the people you encounter in chat is god awful. There's no more buildup, it's just people throwing poo at each other immediately after one mistake

[Heisenberg]

Thankfully I have both on the One when I don't want to worry about hearing/seeing poo

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, I was told to kill myself 4 times tonight across both. It's wonderful.

[road doggy dogg]

years of playing Dota have rendered all 12 year old kys messages useless against me

[Ruien]

3v3 is fun but so incredibly infuriating at times. I think of all the Arcade modes, Mystery is my favourite. I just wish Lucio Ball was a fulltime Arcade mode

It is rather frustrating when your team refuses to change their hero's even after losing the first 2 matches. Hate hate hate when people stay in their base with turrets and shit.

[road doggy dogg]

meh, the games are short enough where if people are being stubborn I'll just roll with it

[Ruien]

Very true.

[road doggy dogg]

Granted, that's largely one of the reasons I primarily queue up only with friends usually. I'm fine with fucking around with my buddies but when some randoms wanna do it, it's like I'M NOT PART OF YOUR INSIDE JOKE FUCK OFF I DON'T WANT TO BE HANZO and then it makes it less enjoyable

[Ruien]

I don't understand why so many people pick Hanso in 3v3. I need people to play with. I never group with randoms. I only solo queue.

[Kalyx triaD]

He MIGHT be useful if his sonar arrow is used often and his team chooses areas to hold that he can cover. But overall yeah he wouldn't be a good pic.

[alvarado52]

Funny, Figgy and I were discussing this a few days back and gave props to Heisenberg for using the sonar arrow as often as possible.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Capture the flag is going in as the Chinese New Year event game. Pretty pumped.

[road doggy dogg]

NICE

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://abload.de/img/animation1q6uvo.gif

[road doggy dogg]

2/10 needs more booty

[Ruien]

Hell ya. Capture the flag will be real fun.

[Heisenberg]

Funny, Figgy and I were discussing this a few days back and gave props to Heisenberg for using the sonar arrow as often as possible.



if we all played on the same time zone we wouldn't have to worry about leaving anyone out! We did manage to get 6 on the other night

[Ruien]

Add me to your Xbox live. I will play with you gentlemen.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Patch is live.

EDIT: Can now have 4 voice lines equipped

[road doggy dogg]

that's bullshit

all you need is WINKY FACE

[#BROKEN Hasney]

AND FOUR SPRAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAME CHANGED

[#BROKEN Hasney]

CTF is fun, but you can just use movement skills still, so wrecking shit with Sombra.

[road doggy dogg]

You can use movement skills? So like, Sombra is just disgustingly OP in this mode then?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

You can use movement skills? So like, Sombra is just disgustingly OP in this mode then?

You actually have to stand on the flag to pick it up for a little bit like you're capturing a point, so they try and balance it that way. But if the opposing twam is retarded with no defence, then yeah.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Servers have crashed, just says GAME FOUND as soon as I click on a mode and never loads in.

[alvarado52]

I feel like CTF would translate well if they removed the whole "taking damage resets capture progress" thing.

[Ruien]

Wait, 8f you take damage while you have the flag it resets? Weird.

[alvarado52]

Yeah, at first I was like "wtf is happening, im sitting right on the flag the bar just keeps reseting", then I realized it was because the Symmetra turrets were doing damage.

[Ruien]

Sounds dumb. Will find out tomorrow I guess.

[road doggy dogg]

lol people bitching because the Mei skin this event makes her look too thin

[Ruien]

Haha what?

[Ruien]

Capture the flag is fun. Hate people that pick Bastion in it but whatever. It is definitely a team game which is good. If you go solo chances are you will accomplish nothing.

[drave]

Hate people that pick Bastion.

git gud

[Heisenberg]

I don't understand why so many people pick Hanso in 3v3. I need people to play with. I never group with randoms. I only solo queue.



MisterPI55 (M I S T E R P I 5 5)MISTER PEE EYE FIFTY FIVE


"MisterPI55" is my xbox GT, Ruien

[RP]

Starting to get into the game a lot more. I really like playing Hanzo. Is there any other characters that are sniper like?

[Kalyx triaD]

Widow and Ana specifically. McRee and Zen if you're a good shot.

[The Rogerer]

lol people bitching because the Mei skin this event makes her look too thinHer belt looks all stretched and messed up. Like a bad WoW robe.

[Ruien]

It would be wonderful if there was something in place to keep people from leaving games. Can't stand the capture the flag Becsuse someone from either side is constantly leaving which allows for the other team to win.

[RP]

I'm ShawnIndy on the computer. Friend me someone. Anyone. Hold me.

[Kalyx triaD]

It would be wonderful if there was something in place to keep people from leaving games. Can't stand the capture the flag Becsuse someone from either side is constantly leaving which allows for the other team to win.

I wrote at length about this on the halo forums but tldr you will never in any game create a system where people are forced to play it. They can and will leave for whatever reason they wish and that's life. The solution is a mix of penalties and incentives, but actually keeping people from leaving is something people need to understand is not on the table.

[Ruien]

Well of course that is the case. You can't force someone to play the game. But this game seems to have 0 penalty for leaving games. You could make it when a player leaves he/she can't join a new game until the other one finishes. So,e shit. Of course you can't force someone to play a game. That is idiotic.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm responding to what you wrote nigga

[Ruien]

I know but you took it to literal. But you are correct.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'll correct my foot up in yo ass nigga

[drave]

Well of course that is the case. You can't force someone to play the game. But this game seems to have 0 penalty for leaving games. You could make it when a player leaves he/she can't join a new game until the other one finishes. So,e shit. Of course you can't force someone to play a game. That is idiotic.


Do they not get the penalty on CTF that is in the rest of the game? Haven't played in a while, but you used to get -75% XP I believe. That is yuge for some ppl who care about loot boxes.

[road doggy dogg]

there's a leaver penalty for comp, not sure about CTF

that's like the smallest issue with CTF anyway, game is not balanced towards that game mode so I can't imagine they'll go to any great length to mess with it

[drave]

If this mod ever happened...... I think part of the internet would crash

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

Orisa is the next new hero

https://youtu.be/Lvm0of3iDUU

[road doggy dogg]

thank you based jeff

eagerly awaiting new dinoflask vid

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://i.imgur.com/JTsbJhO.png

Apparently on the PTR on PC now, so gonna go give her a whirl.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Holy shit the PTR is slow to connect to. Wonder why....

[road doggy dogg]

I am excited for Bastion nerfs

they tweaked him too strong this past iteration

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Slowly got into a game that had 10 seconds left. Will give her a proper try tomorrow while waiting on my Switch.

[road doggy dogg]

I'm glad new OW stuff is coming out. Even though the bulk of my gaming time tomorrow onward will be dedicated to Switch/Zelda, I'm still gonna want my multiplayer goodness that only OW can bring me

[Shadow]

God she's so sexy.

[Ruien]

Went 6-3-1in my placement matches and they gave me silver. Had to win 3 in a row to be at the bottom of gold. Fargo.

[Heisenberg]

What I noticed is that they deduct 500 from your previous season's ranking so regardless of how you place it'll still be that way. They are supposed to reward you faster than the regular 20 on your way back up to your previous rank

[Kalyx triaD]

Been getting back on this pretty heavy. And with #Wokebot officially out she comes with some updates to a few heroes:

Ana

Biotic Rifle
- Damage decreased from 80 to 60

Developer Comments: Ana’s kit has several strong components, which makes her difficult to replace. Reducing her damage output will make her less threatening on attack and reduce her dueling capabilities.

Bastion

Ironclad
- [XB1, PS4] Bastion now takes 20% less damage while in Configuration: Sentry or Tank (formerly 35%)

Developer Comments: After the last update, Bastion became a little too difficult to deal with, so we’re reducing his new passive to give enemies more opportunities to counter.

Junkrat

Total Mayhem
- Junkrat's explosion no longer hurt himself

Developer Comments: Previously, Junkrat’s projectile speed made him difficult to use at long ranges, but the damage he took from his own explosions made him difficult to use at close ranges. This change makes him more effective at close ranges, allowing Junkrat players to explore new strategies.

Mercy

Caduceus Staff
- The amount of increased damage that’s done when boosting another player is now tracked under the match statistics and on the Career Profile page

Sombra

Hack
- Sombra’s teammates can now see hacked healthpacks through walls

Stealth
- Sound effects and VO distance has been reduced to 15 meters when Sombra enters or exits Stealth

Translocator
- Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds

Developer Comments: Sombra can be devastating in the right hands, but infiltrating and harassing enemies could often feel difficult. These changes should increase her effectiveness and teamplay.

Kalyx Comments: YAS

Winston

Barrier Projector
- Ability cooldown now starts when the barrier is placed, instead of when it ends

Developer Comments: This change should help Winston do what he does best: distract the enemy team and block damage.

Zarya

Particle Barrier
- No longer protects Zarya from knockback
Projected Barrier
- No longer protects allies from knockback

Developer Comments: This is actually reverting a change that we made a few patches ago, which made players immune to knockbacks if they were hit by an effect from inside her barrier. This had some negative side effects, such as making targets immune to knockbacks from effects that pierce barriers, like Reinhardt’s charge and Winston’s Primal Rage punches. Now, these will cause knockback again. This does not affect knockbacks from effects that originate from outside her barriers, such as Pharah’s Concussive Blast. Those will still be blocked by the barriers, not causing any knockback.

Zenyatta

Orb of Destruction
- Alternate fire cooldown has been reduced from 1 seconds to 0.6 seconds
Weapon spread has been removed

Developer Comments: Zenyatta’s alternate fire often felt too difficult to use due to its long recovery time. This reduction should make it a more viable option. Also, his weapon has always had a very small amount of spread. This wasn’t enough to change the way he was played, but it would occasionally cause shots to miss that would normally hit their target. Removing this small variance should help him feel more consistent.

[Heisenberg]

I was MisterPI55(Mister PeeEyeFiftyFive) the other night, you caught me in Pharah mode on Hanamura




What a small world it is

[Kalyx triaD]

Yes I recall my team was struggling. It was just me and my bud with randoms. Rough night.

[road doggy dogg]

How is Orisa playing? I haven't put any PTR time in.

[Kalyx triaD]

I just messed with her in the firing range and based on what I gather so far (though in a non-combat setting), she should be a defensive monster. Certainly the anchor sub-type they're going for, with slightly more flexibility than Big Hammer Guy.

[road doggy dogg]

Played a bit with my boys tonight. She's fun as fuck to play. I love her.

Doesn't seem terribly tanky herself though. My buddy was playing a round as her and was getting 2-shot (headshots, mind) by Hanzo. Her kit is really really fun though

[road doggy dogg]

Also, I read the impromptu AMA with Jeff Kaplan that took place ~2 weeks ago... dude might just be my fav person in gaming. He seems so genuine and happy about everything he does. He's the best. Wrestle with Jeff, prepare for death.

[Heisenberg]

Yes I recall my team was struggling. It was just me and my bud with randoms. Rough night.


It takes just one to mess the whole team up, I know the struggle all too well.

How is Orisa playing? I haven't put any PTR time in.



Orisa is a mix of destruction that can hang with the Bastion problem of unlimited ammo spraying

[Kalyx triaD]

Shockingly low health for a tank so she needs a healer a lot of the time. Gotta space out her shield and armor.

[Heisenberg]

Reason being the 900 health throwdown shield and temporary invincible status of 4 seconds I believe. Not too shabby for an 11 yo inventor :-)

[alvarado52]

If you guys wanna jump on tonight I'm game around 10ish

[Kalyx triaD]

10 o'clock cholo time.

[alvarado52]

No idea what that means but okay.

[Kalyx triaD]

It means our time zones are different.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Confirmed: Splatoon still fun.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[drave]

nice!

[road doggy dogg]

Was on Dorado attack last night playing D'va. Dropped my ult and did a shot while video chatting with some bros and got a kill out of it and never felt more proud of a single OW moment in my life........ I think we won the match too

[Shadow]

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Dude....

[Kalyx triaD]

We been running 3v3 all tanks (#Wokebot, Feminazi, Pig) and had really good runs. A lot of matches decided in seconds like that clip. Orisa may be game changer if she has the right backup.

[Heisenberg]

I want a Shang Tsung type character in Overwatch, let that mothefucker change into whatever and be able to "collect an enemy soul" for 15 seconds as his ult and banish that motherfucker to a game of Atari's ET until that eternity-feeling of 15 seconds is up.

[Kalyx triaD]

I want a Shang Tsung type character in Overwatch, let that mothefucker change into whatever and be able to "collect an enemy soul" for 15 seconds as his ult and banish that motherfucker to a game of Atari's ET until that eternity-feeling of 15 seconds is up.

That would be tricky to design. Even MK dropped that gimmick for Shang once they normally hit 20+ characters. But I do like the idea of a vampirific character who can zap life (perhaps to himself or teammates). All the characters are based on super science so such a character would be translated into some cyborg thing. But basically a vampire taking souls and such.

Oh here's some Sombra fun. I love her.

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[road doggy dogg]

Sombra is one hero I still have no idea how to properly use.

Been fucking with Winston lately. When you have a pocket Mercy he is ridiculous. Had a personal best in Eliminations and Objective Kills in a game last night. Probably the most fun hero to play when the conditions are right for him

[Kalyx triaD]

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[alvarado52]

Finally got a chance to run Orisa...she's definitely one of those characters that benefit from the Elite controller having the paddles in the back. Really ran some fools in CTF with her.

[Kalyx triaD]

She's very dangerous if you manage her cooldowns well. An Attack and Defense monster.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Heisenberg]

That Reinhardt got fucked up, good shit

[Kalyx triaD]

While she can't straight up 1v1 Hammer Bro she can certainly disable him. And if the fight is on my turf (near a hacked fat healthpack), then I certainly win bobbing and weaving.

[Ruien]

So I spammed the freezing chick until I went from silver to platinum. Feel really good about being able to hit platinum even though it took a lot longer than I thought it would. Came 1 game away like 5 times before hitting long losing streaks. Feel like if I play with a team now I won't cause anyone to lose though which is good.

[DAMN iNATOR]

LOL...just...WOW...:
96kc03fUDZU

[alvarado52]

I want ALL the Blackwatch skins in the coming event.

[alvarado52]

The new event is no joke. I love PVE in Overwatch though.

[road doggy dogg]

yea the new skins look tight

I need that D'Va intro too

[Kalyx triaD]

Hammer + Nuke:

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RIP:

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[earlejones]

Hi, I love this game this is one of the most favorite game in my good list.

[road doggy dogg]

It is a good list indeed.

[Fignuts]

Attacking on Hanamura. Cap A pretty quick. Struggling on B. Can't even get a foot on it. Guy on our team leaves with 2:30 still left on the clock. I switch to Orisa and that one change in dynamic completely breaks down their defenses. We actually cap it 5v6. Next on defense, they cap A fairly quick themselves, but we're able to hold on to B for the victory.

Guy who left comes back at the last second to claim the victory with us. ****ing kidding me?

[Fignuts]

Starting to feel like Orisa is my strongedt tank. Usually able to do work with her.

[Ruien]

Attacking on Hanamura. Cap A pretty quick. Struggling on B. Can't even get a foot on it. Guy on our team leaves with 2:30 still left on the clock. I switch to Orisa and that one change in dynamic completely breaks down their defenses. We actually cap it 5v6. Next on defense, they cap A fairly quick themselves, but we're able to hold on to B for the victory.

Guy who left comes back at the last second to claim the victory with us. ****ing kidding me?

Damn. Never won a 5v6 or lost a 6v5. The other team must have been pissed.

[Shadow]

Orisa is just so much fun to play I've found. She's like the perfect tank.

[Kalyx triaD]

She pairs well with Lucio.

[Kalyx triaD]

Also

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[Fignuts]

Anniversary Event: May 23-June12

[Fignuts]

Oh god, there's so much win



https://playoverwatch.com/en-gb/events/anniversary/

[Kalyx triaD]

Some of these dances honestly make my day. And they loop!

My gift loot box had cyber Hanzo right out the gate. So yeah... gonna be punishing fools for failing this city a bit more often. ...In QuickPlay.

[Kalyx triaD]

Power Ranger (though more Kamen Rider-ish) Genji is major win.

I very much wanna see Dune Buggy Bastion in Tank mode.

[Fignuts]

Given how much there is, I kinda wish these weren't limited time only items. If anything deserves new permantly available loot, it's the anniversary.

[Shadow]

GENJI HAS THE BEST SKIN! BAR NONE!

[road doggy dogg]

I've gotten the Genji skin and two duplicates of it so far. :| Give me some jazzy Lucio please...

[road doggy dogg]

Double XP weekend begins tonight :D

[Kalyx triaD]

Oooohhhh

[road doggy dogg]

Played for about 3 hours last night, got 8 levels. Looooovin' it.

I spammed Mercy every match all night to ensure I got at least one gold for that sweet sweet XP. With group bonus and consecutive matches, was getting like 4-5k xp even in losses. Tasty.

[alvarado52]

I seriously have gotten the same Cyborg 76 skin in 3 boxes...wtf.

[road doggy dogg]

I think I got the Widowmaker Uprising skin 4 times over the course of the event. Was a bit angry at that

[Ruien]

Who are the meta heroes for competitive? I think I am capping at platinum with Mei.

[Kalyx triaD]

All about diving now for capture points.

[Fignuts]

Don't forget Pharmercy. A good Pharrah teamed with an even halfway decent mercy, and its an uphill battle for the other team.

[Ruien]

All about diving now for capture points.

Huh

[Ruien]

Lol. Google results have Mei as one of the worst heroes. Very close to the bottom. I picked am awesome hero for my main.

[Kalyx triaD]

Huh

'Dive' composition teams are comprised of the most mobile heroes of any class (mobile tanks, attackers of course, the faster healers) who basically zerg rush a point rendering most static defenses moot at the usual choke point.

[road doggy dogg]

Winston + Lucio + [Genji/Tracer] is pretty much the core.

[Ana/Mercy] as 2nd healer. Zarya typically as 2nd tank. 2nd DPS is kind of dependent on what the other team is running. Pharah works (Mercy should be 2nd healer if Pharah)


It's more complicated than that but that's kind of the basic

[Fignuts]

Lol. Google results have Mei as one of the worst heroes. Very close to the bottom. I picked am awesome hero for my main.

I wouldn't worry too much about tier lists or the meta. Those are created with a skilled team using good communication in mind. Most players between bronze and diamond don't even have any common fucking sense.

That's not to say it can't work at lower levels, but again, you need competent players communicating with one another. Heisenbergs group and I haved rolled dive comp teams even though we basically just pick whoever we wanted, because the other team picked a dive comp without knowing why or how it works well.

End of the day, at bronze to diamond, it's better to pick who you're comfortable with, as long as its a character the team can use. Even then you have some wiggle room. I've been on some teams where the compmlooks terrible on paper (no tanks, no dps, etc) but we end up not only winning, but destroying the other team.

[alvarado52]

Mei is a beast. Unless you take a tank head on, you'll likely win anyone one on one with Mei via freeze/headshot.

[Ruien]

I wouldn't worry too much about tier lists or the meta. Those are created with a skilled team using good communication in mind. Most players between bronze and diamond don't even have any common fucking sense.

That's not to say it can't work at lower levels, but again, you need competent players communicating with one another. Heisenbergs group and I haved rolled dive comp teams even though we basically just pick whoever we wanted, because the other team picked a dive comp without knowing why or how it works well.

End of the day, at bronze to diamond, it's better to pick who you're comfortable with, as long as its a character the team can use. Even then you have some wiggle room. I've been on some teams where the compmlooks terrible on paper (no tanks, no dps, etc) but we end up not only winning, but destroying the other team.

My solo skill cap is probably just platinum them at this point in time.

[Kalyx triaD]

Mei is a low-key tank.

[road doggy dogg]

Event is about 2:45 from ending.

All in all I got most of the dances, a bunch of the skins (bought Lucio, D'Va, Mei tonight), and gained probably about 40 levels. Solid event. Hoping tomorrow means patch day, with the event and double XP both ending

[road doggy dogg]

6v6 Lockout Elimination is a thing


I want

[road doggy dogg]

Also, the new patch is next week

Horizon (moon) map

balance changes... Reaper buffs, Roadhog nerfs, McCree buffs

[Heisenberg]

Reaper and McCree, hell yeah, it's going to be hell to pay when I get to play as the Cowboy every map

[alvarado52]

Omg the Reaper buff has made him such a beast. The fact that he gains health as he deals damage just lets you zerg rush like a muhfucka.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Low gravity is really fucking fun

[Heisenberg]

Omg the Reaper buff has made him such a beast. The fact that he gains health as he deals damage just lets you zerg rush like a muhfucka.



One of those fartknockers stole my McCree POTG in comp, Reaper slayed 4 of us grouped up on point.

[alvarado52]

Yeah...I think the health regain is triggered during his Ult too, which makes cutting it loose in a crowd more or less unstoppable

[Heisenberg]

It's the only way he got away with what he did, I'm glad they buffed him though. He was the only Reaper I had issues with, the rest of them tried to see what the fuss was about and got handed their face.

[Fignuts]

I've gotten 74 kills in one match with reaper. I clean house on a regular basis with him. Gonna be a slaughter when I pick him now.

[alvarado52]

This has easily been the most frustrating comp season so far....getting stuck with the worst fucking players. Do people not know its okay to switch characters? Or am I just one of the few who has a "jack of all trades" mentality and can be flexible

[drave]

HANZO MAIN OR GTFO

[drave]

GENJI ONLY 4 LYFE

[alvarado52]

and as i read this someone just switched from Genji to Widowmaker....

[Kalyx triaD]

Whenever we see high skill heroes on the enemy team it's almost certain that player knows how to use them. A Genji or Hanzo on our team tends to blow it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The build being used in PTR is called "1.13.0.0 Doomfist / Summer Games" according to crash logs

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ended up playing Reaper after you guys raving about his changes. You weren't goddamn wrong.

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[Kalyx triaD]

Full round of some Zarya work. Note: I had to stress somebody playing as Lucio. He's important in this game mode.

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

However, after recent events in Numbani, it can now be confirmed that what occurred was an attack by the Talon organization with the express purpose of freeing one man: Akande Ogundimu, better known as Doomfist.

[Kalyx triaD]

So he is on the 'dark' side.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

He's available on PTR now... I'm in a 300 person queue to play

[#BROKEN Hasney]

And I'm in. Let's play 6v6 Doomfist elimination

[#BROKEN Hasney]

He's really fun but hard to play. He has 5 long range shots that reload over time, secondary fire charges up a charge that can one hit kill a lot of people if it hits square on non-tanks, Abilities are a dragon punch and a stunning hit to the ground and the ultimate is just launching into the air and then aim a circle at people.

[drave]

But is Terry Crews doing his voice?

[alvarado52]

nope

[drave]

Fuck that then!

Sounds more like LAMEfist

[Shadow]

Watched a let's play of someone using him and wow does he seem fun.

Like a lot of fun.

[Heisenberg]

6v6 Doomfist Elimination on PTR was delightful, but I fear they may nerf him in a month or so. I think he is fine, no healing capabilities so he's not too OP

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I think Rein need a decent counter to his charge or he becomes pointless though. A fully charged charge into a wall one hits Rein and goes through his shield. It's a bit too much of a hard counter.

[Kalyx triaD]

The counter is his teammates.

[alvarado52]

definitely submitting this to Kotaku Highlighreel

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[Ruien]

Who?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Terry Crews on not being Doomfist:

It’s funny because when I went down to Blizzard and we were talking about possibilities I realised that I don’t wanna be the guy that hijacks a game, you know? The creators have a vision and I didn’t want to mess that up. I was not interested in trying to hijack the game, I let them know that whatever fitted in their programme I would love to do. When I saw that Doomfist was created, that they’d went with another guy, the whole thing, it’s actually quite perfect, it’s absolutely amazing. I can honestly say that they made a move that’s better for the game, which is what they’re about. I know people were upset but I’m not

What a cool dude

[Shadow]

NOW I WANT HIM TO BE DOOMFIST EVEN MORE!

[Emperor Smeat]

Blizzard currently dealing with some legal issues regarding the logo for Overwatch League. MLB claims the logo looks too similar to their own logo and are preparing to oppose Blizzard's trademark for it.

MLB has till July 26th to official oppose the trademark.

https://www.destructoid.com/major-league-baseball-has-a-problem-with-the-overwatch-league-logo-449960.phtml

[Ruien]

Trying to play Mercy in ranked but it's so hard. Not being able to push sucks. Also, it's so rare to find anyone thst will actually protect the healer.

[Kalyx triaD]

Set up fly escapes.

[Fignuts]

What Kalyx said.

I consider myself a pretty damn good mercy. Most of the time when I solo que, I pick mercy. Mainly because I don't trust randos to heal. She seems like a brain dead character on the surface so a lot of new players pick her, but staying alive against a good team is a very difficult challenge. Every character requires situational awareness, but with Mercy, it needs to be laser focused. You need to be constantly aware of where your teammates are, not only to heal them, but to have an escape route if a flanker gets through. You also need to be able to make split second decisions on whether its worth flying over to help someone, or if it would put you in too much danger.

Couple other tips:

Don't forget about her damage boost. A lot of players new to mercy, myself included, focus so much on healing that they underutilize this ability. You need to be constantly switching back and forth, buffing damage as much as you possibly can.

Use your pistol. Another thing people often forget about. Mercy's pistol actually does a surprising amount of damage. Whenever most Mercy's get cornered, their first instinct is to run away, even though they know they're fucked. Pull out your pistol and give them a fight. You may die, but you'll take some of their health with you, and that can make a difference in a game of inches like this. Hell, if you're good enough and they're bad enough you might even win. I've beaten DPS 1v1 with Mercy before.

[Ruien]

Love the pistol.

No matter what, if your team sits at the choke the entire game instead of pressing in there is nothing you can do. I just sit there and heal with my hot ready to go.

[Ruien]

I went down to mid gold too so that does not help. Going to play Mei to get a better rating and try again.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If your team is shit, save up your ilt for one big multi-revive and it'll help your ranking points at least. It's much easier to rank up as Mercy compared yo other characters.

[Ruien]

You receive rank for stuff during the game? Whoa.

[Kalyx triaD]

Doomfist is hilarious.

[Shadow]

Tried him out on the practice range. Holy fuck is he mobile. Get the timing down on his shift and e combo and you're a god.

[Fignuts]

Some good Doomfist tips

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KXgwGW80c

Dude is spot on. Played a bit online today, and every doomfist blindly jumped in and quickly died.

[Fignuts]

New meta is people picking widow and hanzo, and throwing because they can't be doomfist.

[Kalyx triaD]

If they could develop an algorithm that can detect an obvious lack of effort that would shut that down.

But for now, team queue up if you can. Randoms can't be trusted.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[alvarado52]

Funny thing Kalyx....when Doomfist dropped, I felt like he was basically a fighting game character in an FPS, and immediately thought you'd take to 'em.

[Kalyx triaD]

I wasn't even that hyped on the lead up and then I actually played him.

He might outpace Zarya as my most consistently deadly character.

[alvarado52]

plus he's blaq.

But seriously, his uppercut/charge combo is deadly

[Emperor Smeat]

Team Deathmatch and Free-for-All arriving as new modes for the game.

Two new modes -- eight-player free-for-all, and six-on-six team deathmatch -- are coming to the Arcade soon and are available now for testing on the PTR. The former mode is first to 20 kills, and the latter is first to 30.

As detailed by game director Jeff Kaplan in the video below, deathmatch in Overwatch will have its own quirks. Mercy's resurrect, for instance, will strip points from the other team's kill count.

These modes will take place on modified versions of existing maps as well as a new deathmatch-specific map, Château Guillard.

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Fignuts]

Jumped up 500 points tonight. Going to try and get my SR up the next few days, so the drop off isn't so bad next season. Don't want to get stuck playing against silvers again.

Going full time heals next season, as my Mercy is on fucking point now. Was always good but now I'm carrying mediocre teams, and keeping them alive. I'm god damn everywhere. I'm mother fucking Varys up in this shit.

[Ruien]

I dropped like 200 points. Was my worse day in forever. Granted I rarely play now a days. I still fuck everyone in the world up as Mei. Certain maps I play the turret guy too. Have like a 70% win ratio with him currently.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Mercy and D.Va changes incoming and live on PTR right now. Honestly like most of them, Mercy will have a totally new playstyle going forward.

D.Va

Micro Missiles (New Ability)
D.Va fires a barrage of small rockets that detonate on impact, dealing damage in a limited radius around each explosion. These can be fired while D.Va is using any other ability or firing her Fusion Cannons
Defense Matrix
Defense Matrix's resource meter will now deplete twice as quickly
Boosters
Fusion Cannons can now be fired while flying
Developer Comments: D.Va’s Defense Matrix uptime has proven to be too strong, but simply reducing it without making other changes would make her too weak (and far less interesting to play). Instead, we’re adding a new ability, and giving her the ability to fire while flying. These changes give D.Va a lot of new options while maintaining Defense Matrix’s ability to shut down big enemy attacks.

Mercy

Resurrect (formerly Mercy’s Ultimate ability)
Ability now targets a single player, instead of every player within a radius
Radius reduced to 5 meters
Ability cooldown is 30 seconds
Mercy is no longer granted invulnerability while Resurrect is active
Valkyrie (New Ultimate Ability)
Valkyrie unleashes the full power of Mercy’s Valkyrie Suit, enhancing her weapons and abilities for 20 seconds:
Caduceus Staff: Mercy’s healing and damage boost beams now affect all allies near the targeted teammate, and the staff’s effective range has been extended
Caduceus Blaster: Granted infinite ammo, while simultaneously increasing damage and fire rate
Guardian Angel: Increased range and movement speed
Resurrect: Cooldown is instantly reset when Valkyrie is activated and reduced to 10s after the initial cast
Hover: Mercy gains the ability to fly freely, at increased movement speed
Regeneration (Passive): No longer interrupted when Mercy takes damage
Developer Comments: While resurrecting downed allies is a core part of Mercy’s gameplay, the way her Ultimate functioned was causing a number of problems. It was frustrating to play against, and it incentivized Mercy players to hide away from important battles, instead of taking part in them. This version turns Resurrect into a single target ability. It’s still an important part of Mercy’s kit, but plays much better for both Mercy players and her enemies. Valkyrie, her new Ultimate, gives her the opportunity to make big game-making plays and opens a number of new options for her.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

PTR is hammered :(

[Kalyx triaD]

Mercy is a goddess now.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Mercy Ult with Ana Ult combo

https://clips.twitch.tv/PoorDiligentGoshawkCmonBruh

https://clips.twitch.tv/FurtiveBoxyNarwhalBIRB

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[Kalyx triaD]

I dub thee Nercy.

[Fignuts]

BATTLE MOTHER FUCKING MERCY

[alvarado52]

Guess that means I'll have to hunt Mercy as often during play in fear of a mass rez

[Fignuts]

Guess that means I'll have to hunt Mercy as often during play in fear of a mass rez

You don't hunt Battle Mercy.

Battle Mercy hunts YOU

[Kalyx triaD]

Of all characters, Mercy will become an instant hard counter to Pharah when she goes flying. You will not be able to hit her with those rockets.

[alvarado52]

Of all characters, Mercy will become an instant hard counter to Pharah when she goes flying. You will not be able to hit her with those rockets.

That was certainly my initial thought. Her gun is far more accurate than those rockets in dog fights.

[alvarado52]

Deathmatch is live on Overwatch for consoles.

TDM is fun...lots of intense matches

FFA sucks a fat one...just a bunch of "kills" that dont count because someone else got the last hit in. No joke, I would do like 80 damage with Mei just for some Genji asshole to blade dash and get credit for the kill.

[Kalyx triaD]

FFA is about picking up the pieces.

[Ruien]

Went into low platinum again. One game I had 5 other people that would not pick a tank or healer so fuck them. Went 7 and 3 though.

Thinking of grinding to diamond or whatever is above platinum this season.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

>Start FFA
>Pick For
>Place turret
>Watch tears

I only wanted my loot box because I hate both death match modes, but man that was funny.

[Kalyx triaD]

I can stomach TDM, though I'm shocked at how unimportant people seem to think healers are in a mode like this.

[Ruien]

God I forgot how frustrating grinding for rank is. Hit 2700 and then went on a losing streak. Fucking hell.

[Fignuts]

Was 50 pts away from platinum once, and then got a string of losses. Fucking sucked.

[Ruien]

Took me forever to get out of gold. Literally just picked Mid for like 30 hours of gameplay straight. Just ended up wrecking everyone with my long range ice gun.

Feel like platinum will be a little bit easier since people tend to work together.

[Fignuts]

From what I've heard, there is very little skill difference between high gold and mid diamond.

[Ruien]

Ya that is true for the most part. A lot of time in mid to high gold you will run into 1 or 2 people that just go off and do their own thing. That still happens but not as often.

The only true difference skill wise I see is Widow and Hanzo people seem to be a lot better now.

[Ruien]

Well I am back into high gold/low play. Fuck me.

[Ruien]

Sigh. I really with they would make premade groups go 3/3 vs 3/3 and 4/2 vs 4/2. Literally just went 5 games with a either 3 or 4 man premade and your basically at their mercy of you win or lose.

[Drakul]

FFA is cool. I just wish the fact I did 90% of the damage to another player counted towards something instead of making it easier for someone to swoop in with the last 10% of the damage to score the kill point.

How do Junkrats double mines work? I have the ability to throw two down but on the last one explodes, the other just vanishes.

Anyone else think/hope The Queen of Junkertown is a future character?
We have a voice, a backstory (she was a champion mech fighter before becoming Queen.), a potential weapon by her throne, a "hint" at a March 20th release in the Junkertown map similar to how past dates for stuff was hinted at and we have an image of her as seen on an ingame poster.
http://i.imgur.com/yjdYYZl.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Junker Queen will be a hero, way too much effort establishing her character. They wouldn't waste a known actress on some cutesy map walk thru.

Junkrat can have a second mine loaded up while one is out, but it's not meant to be two at once. He just needed more explosive damage output (apparently).

[Drakul]

Junker Queen will be a hero, way too much effort establishing her character. They wouldn't waste a known actress on some cutesy map walk thru.

Yeah, it seems pretty obvious. Plus, when asked for more info on the character, whichever member of the OW dev team answering questions at the time said they didn't want to spoil anything.

Junkrat can have a second mine loaded up while one is out, but it's not meant to be two at once. He just needed more explosive damage output (apparently).

That seems pretty pointless. you throw one active mine but an throw another active one until the first is gone? How is that any different from a standard cooldown?

[Kalyx triaD]

It's an instant second mine. He can, timed well enough, delete two attackers in an instant. Also his mine jump flanks now has much more teeth since he can assassinate the moment he catches a healer in the backline after a hard flank.

[RP]

Just had my first 6 kill streak with Hanzo

[RP]

Whats up with this Overwatch free weekend junk? I bought my game a while ago. Is there some monthly thing i should be paying for for more content? WTF.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Whats up with this Overwatch free weekend junk? I bought my game a while ago. Is there some monthly thing i should be paying for for more content? WTF.

It's for non-owners to get to try the game out. There isn't more content.

[RP]

Got level 15 and my loot box had a legendary skin in it. Soldier 76 Commando Skin

[Kalyx triaD]

Actual level don't matter. You can get top gear at lvl 2.

[RP]

ya it was level 14 not 15. Just explaining how lucky that seems.

[RP]

I only play Hanzo and Reinhardt atm

[Kalyx triaD]

Figure to be a Hanzo main.

Don't talk to me.

[RP]

How do you share highlights?

[Kalyx triaD]

Btw, I didn't think I'd end up playing TDM this much. Some of the Payload map portions are bad choices. Also very suprised that KotH map sections weren't used since they natively have an arena feel.

[RP]

This cracks me up

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I have no idea how to make my mic and chat talk work. Is it cause i'm quick gaming?

[Ruien]

Watching that makes me wish I was playing on pc.

[RP]

I bought this game last year and didnt really get into it and now i'm super into it. LOL. And no one here seems to play much anymore.

[RP]

Is there a big deal about sprays?

Can you sell duplicates for gold?

[Kalyx triaD]

You can't sell anything. You just get gold when duplicates occur. Though they updated it so dublicates are less likely.

It would be interesting if you could sell back stuff.

[Ruien]

Back to 2650 in my rating. Fell all the way down to 2380 and gold status before eating everyone up again. My Mercy has improved a lot. Rolling with Mei as my main with Merch, DVA, and the turret guy as my supporting cast. I use the teleport lady every now and then if needed in extra rounds.

[RP]

grinding just to get 25 and to competitive pay.

[Drakul]

I'm loving the changes to D.Va.

[Ruien]

grinding just to get 25 and to competitive pay.

What system do you play on?

[Kalyx triaD]

Dva's Defense Matrix nerf isn't as bad as I thought.

[RP]

What system do you play on?

pc

[Ruien]

This game has literally became the Who Has the better Mercy game.

[Ruien]

Oh snap, 2758. Just straight Mercy spamming now.

[Ruien]

2807. Mercy is so going to be changed. Hopefully not this week though so I can get to 3000.