Overwatch - Not only a skill in Xcom

[CatsCatsCats]

Got 8/10

[benjipwns]

Played some more of this, still just barely learning the characters. Played it with some friends who are level 30 and 22(?) so got put into games with people who know what they're doing. Just tried to pick a class the game was saying we didn't have one of and do what I could.

This led to me getting to play medic more than I intended to. Just like TF2.

I figured out Lucio, the ingame stuff gives an unclear impression of exactly what he does and I was playing him all wrong. I thought his area of effect had to be triggered, not that it was constant. I did wind up with my first Play of the Game though for blowing two dudes off the side of a map, turning around and killing two more dudes trying to capture the point. So that probably made me like him more.

"Pariah" was one of my more useful classes by getting in the air and just trying to flank and support.

Actually, I found that the class groupings are not necessarily the best description of some of the characters. Like mentioned above Symmetra is only really useful defensively. And Sombra seems more like with some tweaks that she's more appropriately support (maybe she should have the teleporter?) than pure offense.

McCree and Hanzo almost seem like they could be switched. Or in some fifth set of "both-way" heroes.

This all probably reads totally stupid but it's brilliant analysis from somebody who has played like four hours or something and is level six or seven.

[OnlyRegret]

You've much to learn still, slow and steady.
The McCree and Hanzo comparison make chuckle.
Make sure to pick Hanzo all the time, he is a fan favourite character

[Stoney Mason]

stuff

The descriptions for the classes are mostly meaningless.

Just like every game of this type most people want to play the "offensive" classes so its generally a rush to them. McCree, Soldier 76, etc.

Finding good healers is rare. And finding good Reinhardt's or a team that will help a Reinhardt is like sifting for diamonds in a shit pile.

[CatsCatsCats]

All I do is heal and tank baby 😎

[Stoney Mason]

Played some Paladins on xbox one which is in closed beta. Never tried the PC version.


It's fun. I mean its as blatant a clone as you can make in many aspects but the actual game is fun to play if you can get over the discomfort of what it is you are playing. Ultimately I don't think its any worse than the multitude of MOBA clones that exist in the world.

[Rufus]

I completely forgot that existed. Much of it's publicity ultimately came from those totally coincidental similarities.

[Stoney Mason]

So I played this ALOT today. Paladins I mean.

I kinda think its more fun than overwatch. 

I mean overwatch is the more balanced game. And the controls are tighter. And a dozen or two other things I could spout off. But kinda think the characters here are more fun. Their abilities are a bit more unique.

Either way both are really good games and I'm happy they both exist. I'll play them both a lot in the future.

[benjipwns]

I almost played it for a "demo" of Overwatch, but then the actual thing went on sale.

[CatsCatsCats]

Xmas skins, Symmetra updated, and fucking stay as team option!

[CatsCatsCats]

Stay as a team option = always getting the 20% group bonus, love it

[Stoney Mason]

Yeah I'm really behind on overwatch. Don't even know what the current meta is.

[Take My Breh Away]

http://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/tracer-reflections

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

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Awwwww, thats adorable Blizz. Also manbabies are pissed Blizzard put the gay character on the box all along. 

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[archie4208]

 

[Purple Filth]

Blizzard finally revealing what they hinted at long ago.

Also i'm fine with seeing the future scissoring fanarts/porn   

[OnlyRegret]

reaper be creapering families

[Cerveza mas fina]

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for real?

[Valkyrie]

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for real?

Yup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38391018/

[Valkyrie]

Mei's Snowball Offensive mode needs to become permanent. I'm gonna cry when the event is over.

[demi]

This Mei mode is pretty shitty. After Junkenstein all modes should just be PVE based.

[Valkyrie]

~opinions~

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah I was disappointed it wasn't PvE

Actually kinda hate the Mei thing, only did it for one win to get the bonus loot box

[demi]

What exactly is fun about the mode?

[Valkyrie]

What exactly is fun about the mode?

I liked Junkenstein the most, but I still like Mei's Snowball Offensive. It's fun to play with friends, and a nice break from the other modes. It's way less fun playing with randoms though.

[demi]

why is the reload SO FUCKING SLOW

[demi]

When are Blizzard going to allow achievements in every other mode in the game? There are like 20 game modes at this point, why can I only unlock them in Quick Play or Comp?

[CatsCatsCats]

Ah that explains why I haven't gotten some I know I've done -- all about that winter mystery right now

[Valkyrie]

This is now a full on OW meme thread.

[Valkyrie]

When are Blizzard going to allow achievements in every other mode in the game? There are like 20 game modes at this point, why can I only unlock them in Quick Play or Comp?

Just got this in the snowball offensive though.I guess it counts as "quick play" since it isn't in the Arcade.

[seagrams hotsauce]

That's specific to the seasonal event. The Halloween one had similar achievements for beating it with all four characters, not letting the door take damage, etc

[seagrams hotsauce]

And good job, that one is a bitch

[demi]

All I did was go to the side and kobe a shot to the upper floor from below, since someone usually tries to set up there.

I got the "go 3-0" achievement as well. Idk how you are supposed to get "4 shots without missing" unless you play passive as fuck, along with "hit 3 people while they are sucking up snow"

[Valkyrie]

And good job, that one is a bitch

It was just pure luck in my case. I didn't bother with the achievement since it sounded horribly difficult. But I saw someone with their back against me (probably reloading/waiting) and just thought "I wonder how hard it would be to hit them from here". They were reloading in the middle of the map, so the line of sight was pretty straight forward.

And fuck, I didn't realize it was mode-specific when I posted here, my brain doesn't work well tonight.

All I did was go to the side and kobe a shot to the upper floor from below, since someone usually tries to set up there.

I got the "go 3-0" achievement as well. Idk how you are supposed to get "4 shots without missing" unless you play passive as fuck, along with "hit 3 people while they are sucking up snow"

If you stay behind the others a bit and aim for the ones who wasted their shots on your teammates (RIP), it's probably possible. You can wall behind them and stuff, especially inside the building on the sides.

[Stoney Mason]

What exactly is fun about the mode?

I liked Junkenstein the most, but I still like Mei's Snowball Offensive. It's fun to play with friends, and a nice break from the other modes. It's way less fun playing with randoms though.

I like Snowball offensive for 2 or 3 rounds of goofing before we start playing the real modes. But its no Junkenstein. That mode was the real deal.

[CatsCatsCats]

Wow just played with full headphones for the first time, that's definitely the way to play this game

[Valkyrie]

Wow just played with full headphones for the first time, that's definitely the way to play this game

Been using speakers? How did you survive enemy footsteps?

In the start when the game was new, I got tired of the hero voices and turned it off because I didn't realize it would have been helpful to avoid Ults and such. lol

[Valkyrie]

How did you survive enemy footsteps?

joke post? enemy footsteps in this game are comically loud as fuck

No, everything on the internet is serious.

[CatsCatsCats]

Welp if Dufus doesn't like it, you KNOW it's good

[Valkyrie]

Any personal/general Reinhardt tips to give? I feel like being decent with him would be very essential for most situations and maps.

[Stoney Mason]

Any personal/general Reinhardt tips to give? I feel like being decent with him would be very essential for most situations and maps.

I'm pretty much a Rein main and the #1 one tip I can give is you play in a group. I know its sounds like sour grapes but honestly 9 times out of 10 randoms will just leave you out to dry as a Rein. You need people behind you spitting out damage to push or crack the rein shield on the other side. And unless you are just nagging the shit out of them randoms won't do it as everybody is trying to be a flank master.

Playing with just even one person to help you is more do-able. Especially if its a Dva.

If I play with a group or people I trust, I'll rein everytime. But if the randoms won't help its just better to switch to a dva or zarya who can offensively hold their own. Or have someone else Rein and then support them.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah best tip for Rein is cooperation for sure

[Valkyrie]

Maybe that's why it's been hard to get into him, I always play solo since I don't know too many people who play when I do. I usually stick with D.Va, because it works regardless, ESPECIALLY when someone is actually healing me. So I guess Rein is squishy when no one pays attention to him? Oh well.. I'm just trying to decently learn 2ish heroes from each role so I have more options to feel comfortable with.

[Stoney Mason]

Maybe that's why it's been hard to get into him, I always play solo since I don't know too many people who play when I do. I usually stick with D.Va, because it works regardless, ESPECIALLY when someone is actually healing me. So I guess Rein is squishy when no one pays attention to him? Oh well.. I'm just trying to decently learn 2ish heroes from each role so I have more options to feel comfortable with.

It's not that he's squishy. It's that he serves a specific role. And if your team isn't playing to the strength of that role then playing rein is the most frustrating shit ever. Because if you don't have that support behind you, a team can just jump on you and surround you and make you useless. At high levels and in pro overwatch Rein is essential. But at low levels where people don't play as a team correctly, it can often be extremely frustrating.

 

[seagrams hotsauce]

If you're going solo probably the best way to practice him is on payload maps on attack, as everyone needs to stay near the cart for the most part anyway. I'd say he's one of the heroes that everyone should figure out along with Soldier, Lucio, and maybe Junkrat since they're all useful in most scenarios.

[CatsCatsCats]

Made platinum today 

[Stoney Mason]

I want to eventually be a diamond player but I'm been stuck at platinum forever.

It's probably a good thing I don't play mobas because this game tilts me more than any other as I slowly watch my rating drop.

[CatsCatsCats]

I'm pretty happy with platinum, I feel like diamond might be beyond my reach solo queuing.

[chronovore]

I tried a couple games. My son's really good at it, but this was me:

[Valkyrie]

In the long run, level doesn't matter, although it does reflect how much time you've put into the game. I remember being level 5 when a friend of mine invited me to his group (right after OW's launch). They were all 80+ and a bunch of TF2 addicts. I hadn't played FPS in a decade. It was tough. Glad your kid is enjoying it though!

Also I stopped playing comp because it made me start hating OW.

[benjipwns]

yeah, it's not like Call of Duty where like that happens and you're instantly dead and can't fathom why or how and the killcam just shows you a guy facing a wall with a purple camouflage rifle and pot leaf dogtags

i was going to say it's more like if TF2 had player levels but you do unlock extra weapons and stuff in that

some of the skins are slightly harder to discern at a distance immediately if you're unfamiliar so you won't be exactly sure of what abilities you're facing but i think that's about all? i mean, like if someone is hovering around or running up walls you can pretty much pick that out even if the skin is wacky.

[chronovore]

Thanks for the clarification. All I know is that I was having my ass handed to me before I could even figure out what was what. Need to play character classes to get more of a feel for what I'm able to do.


I'll likely go back to it, but my new copy of Titanfall 2 probably needs immediate love before the servers turn ghost town.

[Valkyrie]

It definitely helps when you know what abilities all the heroes have (or at least an idea of what to watch out for, especially when you hear their Ultimate voice line), and what they look like, even in different skins. It helps even more when you know how to play them, but it takes a looooot of time and effort that way. OW was extremely confusing for me at first (I'm an MMORPG person), and I never understood what was happening in all the gifs and POTG videos people posted online in the beginning.

OW is a lot of fun in Quick Play though. Bonus to you for living in Asia, because the NA server can be quite toxic. I went there before to play with NA friends, but the attitude was terrible a lot of the time. So I just stick with Asia, plus the ping is nice!

[CatsCatsCats]

Playing modes like Mystery Heroes helped me to learn how to be effective with and how to take down more heroes, maybe give that or other arcade modes like All Brawls a spin

[OnlyRegret]

It definitely helps when you know what abilities all the heroes have (or at least an idea of what to watch out for, especially when you hear their Ultimate voice line), and what they look like, even in different skins. It helps even more when you know how to play them, but it takes a looooot of time and effort that way. OW was extremely confusing for me at first (I'm an MMORPG person), and I never understood what was happening in all the gifs and POTG videos people posted online in the beginning.

OW is a lot of fun in Quick Play though. Bonus to you for living in Asia, because the NA server can be quite toxic. I went there before to play with NA friends, but the attitude was terrible a lot of the time. So I just stick with Asia, plus the ping is nice!

weird, all I hear about is exodus to NA servers because of rampant korean hackers

[Valkyrie]

It definitely helps when you know what abilities all the heroes have (or at least an idea of what to watch out for, especially when you hear their Ultimate voice line), and what they look like, even in different skins. It helps even more when you know how to play them, but it takes a looooot of time and effort that way. OW was extremely confusing for me at first (I'm an MMORPG person), and I never understood what was happening in all the gifs and POTG videos people posted online in the beginning.

OW is a lot of fun in Quick Play though. Bonus to you for living in Asia, because the NA server can be quite toxic. I went there before to play with NA friends, but the attitude was terrible a lot of the time. So I just stick with Asia, plus the ping is nice!

weird, all I hear about is exodus to NA servers because of rampant korean hackers

There are a lot of cheaters in Asia OW, but I can't say it's game-ruining? It's not like every match I play have them. Sometimes it's hard to tell if the cheaters are on your own team, or if you're just playing with someone good. At least Blizzard Korea recently banned over 10k people. Whether they'll all come back or not, we'll see. It's probably veeery different for comp though. I played some season 2, and it was very hard to communicate with people.

[chronovore]

I'll be playing on PS4, so my assumption is that hacking is a non-issue. At least, hacking seems really uncommon on Xbox Live. I know PSN has a lower reputation for maintaining integrity, but I haven't seen anyone actually hack in any of my online games. I get called a hacker a lot in World of Tanks by scrubs who don't even bother to check my Achievements/Trophies, but hey.

 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Cum play on PC breh

[CatsCatsCats]

Haven't seen anything that's clearly hacking on xbl. There was an exploit that let Mei go out of the map on the 3v3 map but I think they fixed it and suspended folks who used it

[demi]

The only hacking you could possibly do is controller mods. I've never heard of any software hacks out there. Any exploits (map, gameplay) are software related and blame on developers.

Speaking on Xbox of course, I know PC is full of hacks and piracy.

[Syph]

Haven't seen anything that's clearly hacking on xbl. There was an exploit that let Mei go out of the map on the 3v3 map but I think they fixed it and suspended folks who used it

Still happening on PS4 and it drives me up the wall (no pun intended  )