Author Topic: Overwatch - Not only a skill in Xcom (Read 130985 times)

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #660 on:** September 19, 2016, 02:38:05 PM »

RIP

http://store.steampowered.com/app/444090/

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #661 on:** September 26, 2016, 04:46:08 PM »

Shadiness aside, anyone try Paladins? Thinking I might give it a try since Hi-Rez is pretty legit (Tribes: Ascend was dope).

thisismyusername · « **Reply #662 on:** September 26, 2016, 04:50:09 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 26, 2016, 04:46:08 PM

Shadiness aside, anyone try Paladins? Thinking I might give it a try since Hi-Rez is pretty legit (Tribes: Ascend was dope).

I personally think it's better than Overwatch. The support(s) generally are able to actually hold their own and then support at the same time. BUT: It's readily apparent it's a cheap "knock-off" (which I don't really see that much outside of elements of Overwatch being there) game.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #663 on:** September 27, 2016, 05:09:21 AM »

So shady.

Better give Blizz some more money bruv.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #664 on:** September 27, 2016, 10:06:23 AM »

Quote from: Dufus on September 27, 2016, 04:37:20 AM

I wanted to try Paladins but I had to make an account

I thought that was some shady shit

You can log in with your Google account or Facebook but not Steam?

And you don't have to make a Battle.net account for Overwatch?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #665 on:** September 27, 2016, 11:16:25 AM »

Tried it last night. Liked what I played, but I couldn't get a game vs other live players. I was playing with other people, but the opposing team was always bots.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #666 on:** September 27, 2016, 04:51:32 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 27, 2016, 11:16:25 AM

Tried it last night. Liked what I played, but I couldn't get a game vs other live players. I was playing with other people, but the opposing team was always bots.

For Paladins? You have to reach rank 5 to start playing against live players. I guess it's an anti-alt account method or something.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #667 on:** October 02, 2016, 02:13:45 PM »

Recently picked up Overwatch and finally played a bit yesterday, was really digging Zenyata

toku · « **Reply #668 on:** October 02, 2016, 02:27:02 PM »

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #669 on:** October 02, 2016, 06:42:22 PM »

Every time I get voted up I feel so special

toku · « **Reply #670 on:** October 05, 2016, 03:14:36 PM »

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #671 on:** October 05, 2016, 03:26:41 PM »

Had a really fun play of the game where I was D. Va and I used my ult right when a roadhog went to hook me and he ended up dragging my mech into the middle of his team

toku · « **Reply #672 on:** October 06, 2016, 04:01:29 PM »

demi · « **Reply #673 on:** October 11, 2016, 04:43:40 PM »

The halloween update looks cool. Gonna pop it in and try it out this week. At least its PVE focused, finally I can just chill and not worry about sweating.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #674 on:** October 11, 2016, 07:01:26 PM »

Cool, I definitely need that zenyatta skin

demi · « **Reply #675 on:** October 12, 2016, 01:50:55 AM »

As expected, nothing but monkeys playing in the Junkenstein mode.

benjipwns · « **Reply #676 on:** October 12, 2016, 05:15:49 AM »

demi · « **Reply #677 on:** October 12, 2016, 08:53:41 AM »

Just need "finish Junkenstein on Hard" achievement. Closest I got with randos was the final stand against everyone then it just went to shit.

toku · « **Reply #678 on:** October 12, 2016, 01:06:05 PM »

Quote from: demi on October 12, 2016, 08:53:41 AM

Just need "finish Junkenstein on Hard" achievement. Closest I got with randos was the final stand against everyone then it just went to shit.

Ppl keep saying the key is to have your ana focus on healing your mcree and the mcree having his ult.

demi · « **Reply #679 on:** October 12, 2016, 01:20:50 PM »

Not a worry - I am usually that Ana.

Its either:

- Other Anas are shit
- Other [McCree/Soldier] are shit
- Hanzo just is shit

demi · « **Reply #680 on:** October 12, 2016, 06:30:29 PM »

Just got POTG as Ana with a silver medal in kills LMAO

Thats when you know your squad is trash

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #681 on:** October 13, 2016, 12:50:28 AM »

That horde mode is really fun. With some work they could really turn it into something special if they wanted.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #682 on:** October 13, 2016, 01:39:53 AM »

Got the Mercy witch skin in my first pack.

Blessed Blizzard

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #683 on:** October 13, 2016, 01:45:23 PM »

I'm like 800g short of the Junkenstein skin, the only legendary I'm missing from the update. Been real lucky, but that's gonna be a grind. At least I've got a couple weeks, gives me a reason to grind out my second prestige

demi · « **Reply #684 on:** October 13, 2016, 02:09:51 PM »

The ideal solution is this:

McCree - Hangs on the left side, this gives him a view of the entire fight for his ults. Gets ults quick so should be using it when possible.
Hanzo - Hangs out in the middle or the right. There is a perch above the door if you want to use that, also gives a view of the entire map. Vulnerable to grenadiers, though. Great for clearing middle lane with his ult.
Ana - Hangs out in the middle, or the right. This gives a view of the fight, can zoom in to snipe-heal McCree, or chuck potions to heal. Can help weaken enemies for cleanup. Not a DPS character at all. SUPPORT
Soldier - MIDDLE. You have a heal, WHY would you separate yourself from everyone. Especially during boss rounds. Also his ult is PERFECT for hitting everything to help with cleanup / wheels. Gets ult quick, spam that shit.

Reaper - Easy boss, Ana can ult whoever (ideally Soldier or McCree).
Roadhog - You need to teamshot the fuck out of this one - Ana should ult McCree or Soldier, priority McCree. Use potion to nullify the heal. Sleep him if he happens to ult, or just to buy you some breathing room.
Junkenstein - Ana should ult Hanzo, with McCree as second choice. Worst boss period due to the constant grenade volleys.
Mercy - Ana should ult McCree who should try to wait until the last second to fire for maximum damage. Focus Mercy. Roadhog will tear shit up, but Ana can sleep him to buy you some time (or prevent him from hooking anyone) to try and get Junkenstein.

Of course, this isnt an issue with a team who know how to play, which randoms will never happen. Even with a team, shit can go south quick as fuck, rofl.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #685 on:** October 13, 2016, 04:27:37 PM »

im gonna delete your account dufus

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #686 on:** October 13, 2016, 06:15:47 PM »

It's very PvZ GW in a good way

demi · « **Reply #687 on:** October 13, 2016, 06:52:20 PM »

Hard mode is perfectly fine with the exception of Junkrat. Dude just is non stop with that shit. Even regular Junkrats have to reload once in a while.

demi · « **Reply #688 on:** October 15, 2016, 02:05:02 PM »

Lets fucking go, just got the achievement with randoms. Squad was on point.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #689 on:** October 16, 2016, 08:22:39 PM »

Been playing like all weekend and the only skin I got was the vampire one for Symmetra

toku · « **Reply #690 on:** October 19, 2016, 02:44:00 AM »

thisismyusername · « **Reply #691 on:** October 19, 2016, 11:35:28 AM »

This is why I have to berate the "healsluts" every chance I get.

demi · « **Reply #692 on:** October 19, 2016, 11:37:21 AM »

> perfect, curvy body
> NOT TALKING ABOUT MEI

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beezy · « **Reply #693 on:** October 19, 2016, 07:18:40 PM »

Quote from: demi on October 19, 2016, 11:37:21 AM

> perfect, curvy body
> NOT TALKING ABOUT MEI

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #694 on:** October 25, 2016, 02:49:15 PM »

Think I might try competitive for the first time tonight

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #695 on:** October 25, 2016, 11:36:48 PM »

Remapping jump to a trigger for Lucio is so good

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #696 on:** November 01, 2016, 02:48:47 AM »

Tomorrow is the day, it is happening
...
hopefully

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #697 on:** November 13, 2016, 06:46:58 PM »

Fuck I need friends who play Overwatch, tired of competitive matches where a few idiots lose it for me

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #698 on:** November 14, 2016, 07:10:06 PM »

Free weekend this weekend

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #699 on:** November 15, 2016, 02:24:18 AM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on November 13, 2016, 06:46:58 PM

Fuck I need friends who play Overwatch, tired of competitive matches where a few idiots lose it for me

I like to instalock hanzo

demi · « **Reply #700 on:** November 15, 2016, 02:54:15 PM »

Sombra and other changes should be live on all platforms now:

http://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatch-patch-15

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #701 on:** November 15, 2016, 02:56:05 PM »

Patch on xbox is like 10 gigs.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #702 on:** November 15, 2016, 03:04:03 PM »

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Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team

demi · « **Reply #703 on:** November 15, 2016, 03:05:44 PM »

Thats gonna suck for people trying to get achievements. Now they have to rush to pick Genji, etc.

Guess I can try and set up a boosting session

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #704 on:** November 15, 2016, 03:37:42 PM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on November 15, 2016, 03:04:03 PM

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Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team

lol funny how they've finally embraced that even there. Makes sense but I didn't think they would ever have the balls to do it.

Valkyrie · « **Reply #705 on:** November 15, 2016, 09:56:50 PM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on November 15, 2016, 03:04:03 PM

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Quick Play matches are now restricted to one of each hero per team

That's why they added "No Limit 6vs6" in Arcane, so people can still play what they want.

Btw guys, 3vs3 is mad fun, especially if you play with a group you know. 1vs1 too, kinda intense and scary, but very enjoyable imo.

benjipwns · « **Reply #706 on:** November 19, 2016, 09:02:59 AM »

free weekend this weekend

also game is down to $35 on battle.net and also amazon

i went ahead and bought it and am just playing the angel wings character that is basically the TF2 medic and i'm already disappointed in myself for not branching out BECAUSE I WANT TO WIN DAMMIT and just like TF2 i rack up insane scores and rarely die

being able to swap between crit and heal on the fly tho

after a couple matches, i messed around with the characters in the practice range and i couldn't see how some of them would ever be useful outside of specific matchups with other characters, whereas there's like two or three good characters in each "class" that'd you probably only ever need

newb, so dunno if that just current balance thing or not

Positive Touch · « **Reply #707 on:** November 19, 2016, 09:36:10 AM »

free weekend but there's nowhere to download it on the psn store great job again sony

Beezy · « **Reply #708 on:** November 19, 2016, 11:24:02 AM »

Also $36 for the digital version if you have XBL Gold.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #709 on:** November 19, 2016, 12:10:42 PM »

@benji

I don't think there's quite any useless heroes, but there are some that work best in combination with another hero

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #710 on:** November 19, 2016, 01:36:13 PM »

Which characters did you find useless benji? I'm curious what someone new to the game thinks of the heroes now that it's been out for a while

benjipwns · « **Reply #711 on:** November 19, 2016, 02:05:27 PM »

I should re-iterate that I only played with them all in the practice range to see each of their abilities and how they worked. I played with Pariah, Soldier, Sombra and Mercy in matches.

Maybe it's Titanfall's fault, but most anyone who didn't have a way to move faster or actively seemed to be a distinct disadvantage.

The ones that stood out to me as being really kinda context relevant more than generally useful were Reaper, Junkrat, Lucio, Symmetra and Zenyatta. And I mean this more in comparison to other characters in their same class who just seemed to have more clear and direct capabilities. Even someone who just toying around with I didn't see the solo benefits of like Genji, Winston and Tracer all had increased movement, Lucio does too but I'm not exactly sure how to use his weapons.

With characters like Hanzo and Widowmaker even though they are less unique classes in the FPS world in terms of their attacks, both have strong movement capabilities. And Roadhog's bringing people to him helped as well.

I'll have to obviously play with them at least against bots, but probably in actual games simply because of how the objectives change the focus of the characters. I was just smashing and healing robots after all.

Like everything says Reaper has really powerful guns but I didn't figure out the mechanics of using his weapons to do the damage they should in the minute or two I messed around with him. Sombra seems like a superior version of the same concepts except she's not invincible. Both kinda reminded me of abusing Lilith's phasewalk in the first Borderlands.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #712 on:** November 20, 2016, 04:13:54 AM »

Yeah, Sym is rather situational.
Reaper is a solid offence hero, less useful if enemy team is all squishy and mobile.
Lucio, solid pick almost all the time.

But yeah context matters a lot, map+team+enemy comp.
Most of them are gonna be poor picks if your enemy runs around with multiple counters

"Pariah"
lol

toku · « **Reply #713 on:** November 20, 2016, 09:38:21 AM »

Reaper chunks tanks. High burst damage just really good to eat tanks for breakfast but if they can space u out effectively and catch ur ambushes consistently it's gonna suck. Like OR was kinda saying, that's half the battle in OW though. Knowing the counter picks and when to switch.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #714 on:** November 22, 2016, 01:30:36 PM »

demi · « **Reply #715 on:** November 22, 2016, 02:15:03 PM »

The fact they reworked Symmetra is great news. I love playing Symmetra but she really did feel useless most of the time.

daemon · « **Reply #716 on:** November 22, 2016, 02:41:10 PM »

feels like symmetra is now a must-pick class. Let's see how it works out. because right now it feels kinda OP-ish as a support. She's already a very decent support. Can take down 200hp targets with an autoaiming closerange gun. She's way more dangerous than any other support except ana. Thing is, her ult is really something that can only favor defense in certain places, that's what negated her of multipurpose.

demi · « **Reply #717 on:** November 22, 2016, 02:44:39 PM »

Maybe this will get more Symmetras out there so I can get that stupid teleporter achievement for once. Shame they implemented the 1 hero limit for Quick Play. They need to let you earn achievements in the other modes now.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #718 on:** November 22, 2016, 03:10:00 PM »

Symmetra update sounds rad, hopefully they make it so you can't put the shield generator in spawn rooms, could see that being exploited in the second part of temple of Anubis for example

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #719 on:** November 30, 2016, 09:43:47 PM »

Dunno if I have enough information to draw a correlation but sure seems like doing placements at the beginning of the season is working out a whole lot better so far

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Author Topic: Overwatch - Not only a skill in Xcom (Read 130985 times)