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raze_them_all_

also why cant people just admit they are being hard countered and swap 2 years on

TitianGerm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Was Sym the only one that got changes this update?

Had a quick play with her in practice range, will be interesting to see how folks make use of her.

Orissa, Doomfist and McCree got buffs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8u29ws/patch_26_june_rundown/

IvoryTower

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

also why cant people just admit they are being hard countered and swap 2 years on

Players are just bad, including myself, best bet is to try not tilt over it, im sure if you're playing at masters upwards people are more aware.

I have actually gotten worse at this game over the last couple of seasons but i'm having more fun as I'm regularly playing about 15 characters. Its just very hard to be particularly good at one when you spread your play time over so many. Definitely more fun though as when you've gone over 1000 hours you'd lose your mind only playing a handful.

K.O.Kiki

IvoryTower wrote: »

Players are just bad, including myself, best bet is to try not tilt over it, im sure if you're playing at masters upwards people are more aware.

I have actually gotten worse at this game over the last couple of seasons but i'm having more fun as I'm regularly playing about 15 characters. Its just very hard to be particularly good at one when you spread your play time over so many. Definitely more fun though as when you've gone over 1000 hours you'd lose your mind only playing a handful.

Agreed; I'd say I'm comfortable with the majority of the cast in most situations - only ones I don't like are Hanzo, Genji, Widowmaker & Mercy. And my Zarya's pretty ass.

raze_them_all_

IvoryTower wrote: »

Players are just bad, including myself, best bet is to try not tilt over it, im sure if you're playing at masters upwards people are more aware.

I have actually gotten worse at this game over the last couple of seasons but i'm having more fun as I'm regularly playing about 15 characters. Its just very hard to be particularly good at one when you spread your play time over so many. Definitely more fun though as when you've gone over 1000 hours you'd lose your mind only playing a handful.

But I'm not master's but I know if I'm in a choke getting rolled, widow/hanzo and a junk are probably the best way to get through a tiny choke. I'd just after point a in kings row. Get a rein, Orissa, shield up, shut down their widows ally and spam like **** guaranteed the choke falls.

Edit im weak on genji, monkey, lucio but the rest at lower levels id be fairly confident with vs most people, though a good pharrah usuaslly has their way with me unless im having a really ****ing top notch game for myself as widow which is rare that i click heads so often

IvoryTower

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

But I'm not master's but I know if I'm in a choke getting rolled, widow/hanzo and a junk are probably the best way to get through a tiny choke. I'd just after point a in kings row. Get a rein, Orissa, shield up, shut down their widows ally and spam like **** guaranteed the choke falls

I know but sure you can easily one trick with likes of reaper up to plat and usually one tricks aint changing no matter how dire the situation so I dont get my hopes up. I suppose you could always mention it on mic and hope they dont quit lol

Canis Lupus

Endorsements are pointless. Everyone just spams them for xp.

aaronjumper

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Sym is super fun now and not in a BS way. Losing the lockon was a good thing.

Does anyone know if Sombras ult cancels Syms shield?

I agree she is a lot of fun. Having to get used to turrets being anywhere keeps you sharp.
I kept putting them on the front of the payload on defence, lots of kills and ult charge.

Sombras EMP does destroy her shield yes.

jcd5971

raze_them_all_ wrote:

But I'm not master's but I know if I'm in a choke getting rolled, widow/hanzo and a junk are probably the best way to get through a tiny choke. I'd just after point a in kings row. Get a rein, Orissa, shield up, shut down their widows ally and spam like **** guaranteed the choke falls.

This is the problem in silver/gold/plat though, most players do know that junk widow hanzo are great at that situation.

The problem is they try to emulate it using widow and hanzo, two of the highest skill ceiling characters in the game.

On a slightly related note watched our and an enemy widow have a duel on hanamura last week..... Enemy at the gates it was not.



Also got excited for mccree buff, only to see the most useless change in the history of gaming.

K.O.Kiki

Talking of choke points, Rialto feels ridiculous if your team is half-way coordinated.

Stay a bit behind the bridge.
Then just spam shot after shot into the choke, and start booping off stragglers once they start trickling over the bridge.

IvoryTower

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Talking of choke points, Rialto feels ridiculous if your team is half-way coordinated.

Stay a bit behind the bridge.
Then just spam shot after shot into the choke, and start booping off stragglers once they start trickling over the bridge.

Cant the attackers flank you then to the left, right and over bridge? Mind you my team did get stuck there the other day, there was a bastion/torb/orisa comba and we couldnt get near them

K.O.Kiki

IvoryTower wrote: »

Cant the attackers flank you then to the left, right and over bridge? Mind you my team did get stuck there the other day, there was a bastion/torb/orisa comba and we couldnt get near them

Yes they can.
But most teams I've faced turn into lemmings & you'll get, at most, 1-2 low-mobility attackers flanking the small bridge.
Which, since I'm Pharah, means they die very quickly (even if I miss direct hits, they'll die to easy splash damage).

IvoryTower

I was pharah trying to get through and the bloody torb turret wasd a nightmare, every time i got it the bastion got me and vice versa, was a rough game that needed comms to have any hope of a breakthrough

IvoryTower

played a game there, honestly dont think ive ever seen a game change so much after an update lol. 2 syms who hadnt a clue what they were doing and nobody knowing how to deal with them either, was a good laugh. Lots of people talking(quickplay on pc, i barely heard anyone up until now)

same again in second game, its possible they all just want endorsements now so are getting involved, hopefully its not something that will only keep them motivated for a week. I got a few endorsements after one game after saying about 3 things so it should help

Nody

Just had someone complain that we ran a "Anti fun strategy"; now here's the fun part, it was random heroes mode :P

Penn

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1012334868544479232

New hero announcement incoming

Mickeroo

I can't figure out what he is from that apart from being a hamster, a tank maybe?

I need this hamster in my life

J. Marston

A hamster? That's dumb.

Penn

Mickeroo wrote: »

I can't figure out what he is from that apart from being a hamster, a tank maybe?

I'm guessing Tank. Probably some rolling knockback attacks, and guns like that remind me of D-Va's where they likely won't do that much damage themselves.

Nody

J. Marston wrote: »

A hamster? That's dumb.

It will be a boon for the number of females who want to play the game though.

I'm inclined on tank with some form of self activated shield to escape ala DVa boost with turns him into a ball and rolls away with increased move speed. Overload mode on the guns for higher damage perhaps and then the ultimate could be some form of rip tyre self explode that is done by launching the ball straight forward only or similar. Only question is how he's suppose to protect others or if he has some form of shield ability (anchor in the ground and extend a bubble perhaps).

J. Marston

Nody wrote: »

It will be a boon for the number of females who want to play the game though.

I'm inclined on tank with some form of self activated shield to escape ala DVa boost with turns him into a ball and rolls away with increased move speed. Overload mode on the guns for higher damage perhaps and then the ultimate could be some form of rip tyre self explode that is done by launching the ball straight forward only or similar. Only question is how he's suppose to protect others or if he has some form of shield ability (anchor in the ground and extend a bubble perhaps).

Is there a link between females and hamsters that I'm missing?

Nody

Nody wrote: »

It will be a boon for the number of females who want to play the game though.

I'm inclined on tank with some form of self activated shield to escape ala DVa boost with turns him into a ball and rolls away with increased move speed. Overload mode on the guns for higher damage perhaps and then the ultimate could be some form of rip tyre self explode that is done by launching the ball straight forward only or similar. Only question is how he's suppose to protect others or if he has some form of shield ability (anchor in the ground and extend a bubble perhaps).

It'll be a boon for us childish 31 year old males too. There are dozens of us.

jcd5971

Mech looks good.
Hamster looks ****ing dumb,like something out of some ****ty rayman mobile game.

fixXxer

If thats the real reveal, he's going to be a very small hero.

Nody

Developer video inc. abilities

fixXxer

Hyper mobile heavy damage tank, I love it

Nody

fixxxer wrote: »

Hyper mobile heavy damage tank, I love it

Good bye back line (again).

fixXxer

Brigettes stun will be very useful against him.

Sight808

Had a few games last night testing out the lfg tool. I do like the idea of going into a game knowing that there is usually going there isn't going to be 4 dps mains, but it's completely pointless when people don't pick the right heroes to counter or try and combine.