[Gaming] Overwatch (#boycottblizz)

GasBandit

GasBandit

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Support players on PTR are already reporting that the grouping limitations, coupled with the usual "supports don't get as much rating exp" that never really went away, that their friends are already outleveling them to the point of the game not letting them group any more.

Even to the point where some groups, that played all their placement matches together, the support got placed so far below they then couldn't group.

 
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PatrThom

PatrThom

ScytheRexx said:
A direct hit from a Pharah rocket does 120 damage. Since the DORB still adds 30% more damage, that is 156 damage. Tracer has 150HP.
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I know Pharah will still smear a DOrb'd 150 with a direct hit, but that means even merely having Symmetra's shield will prevent one-shotting now.

--Patrick
 
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PatrThom

PatrThom

Hey I play her from time to time.
She does have her uses, but I admit she's like Stratego's "Spy" piece. VERY good against a few specific things, but meh v. the rest.

--Patrick
 
Dei

Dei

GasBandit said:
Support players on PTR are already reporting that the grouping limitations, coupled with the usual "supports don't get as much rating exp" that never really went away, that their friends are already outleveling them to the point of the game not letting them group any more.

Even to the point where some groups, that played all their placement matches together, the support got placed so far below they then couldn't group.

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I wish they'd just get rid of "skill based" ranking, and just base it on pure win/loss because it's clear they are failing.
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
I wish they'd just get rid of "skill based" ranking, and just base it on pure win/loss because it's clear they are failing.
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This is what it used to be like in beta, and people whined about it. For some reason FPS players really want everything to be skill rated.
 
Dei

Dei

ScytheRexx said:
This is what it used to be like in beta, and people whined about it. For some reason FPS players really want everything to be skill rated.
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Those are the same people who don't play support and cry that they still lose ranking on a loss though, so really. :p
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Hah!
For funsies, tried making a custom game with just myself and 11 Zenyattas. It's an utter trip.
I passed into the iris sooooo many times.
Also guess what, you DO earn exp. Huh.

--Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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PatrThom said:
Watching that shamelessly self-aggrandizing highlight reel, I noticed (too late to make use of it, probably) that when you use sonic blast, it appears to remove all English from the ball.

--Patrick
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That's true, I hadn't thought of that.

Also, I can't help it that I got all the POTGs >_<
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

PatrThom said:
Huh. And now I'm not. Weird.
Either there's some sort of condition with all Zenyattas or ... dunno.

--Patrick
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Did you play with custom settings the second time and regular defaults the first? From what I know if you leave the settings standard, thus making it just like any other VS AI type of game, you will get XP from it. Once you add random variables it does not, since it would allow it to be abused.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

ScytheRexx said:
Did you play with custom settings the second time and regular defaults the first? From what I know if you leave the settings standard, thus making it just like any other VS AI type of game, you will get XP from it. Once you add random variables it does not, since it would allow it to be abused.
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The only thing I did was to mix up the opponents, I changed no other settings.
I did discover that the computer refuses to play certain characters as the AI (I wanted to see what 12 Tracers would be like but nooooo).
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Man once you get used to her, Zarya is a beast. I thought I'd never give up Rein but wow.
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Zarya is really weird. She's just average when you start BUT if you a) time your shields properly and b) let yourself get hit as much as possible while using those shields (on yourself, on others), then she becomes the second biggest damage-dealer in the game (behind Bastion in sentry mode). Also, half of her hit points (2/3 if you count the barrier) is made up of shield which will self-heal if she is out of the fight for a few seconds. In other words, she's a Protoss.

--Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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I TOLD you guys Lucio was a pokemon!

[DOUBLEPOST=1471799403,1471799087][/DOUBLEPOST]You can always tell when a picture is made by a mobile user. It's ridiculously high res and yet still blurry.

 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Reasons to run in Overwatch:
<Angry Japanese>
<More Angry Japanese>
"Nerf This!" (not Japanese)
<Angry Russian>
"Fire in the hole!"
<Incoherent roaring>
<Maniacal laughter>

...so basically anything that sounds like it could be part of a porn film.

--Patrick
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

So everyone get the skins they wanted for the summer event? I ended up missing out on three of the ones I wanted, but in the end that is fine, as two of those I might have not even used that much. I have a feeling the next event will likely happen around Halloween.

Also, for those sad about not getting the skins, don't fret too much, these events are going to be a yearly thing, so you will have a chance to try and get the skins again next summer.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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I got the one for Lucio, but it's butt-ugly. There wasn't a summer games skin for 76. Though it would have been nice to get his golfing victory pose. Not that I foresee myself getting to play anything other than Lucio for the foreseeable future :p

I'll miss Lucio Ball though, that was fun on a bun.
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

CynicismKills said:
I got just about everything I wanted. Golf swing, Zarya's weightlifter skin, and a couple other things.
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The three last ones I really wanted was the Tracer British Skin, McCree American, and Mercy Red. Was not lucky in the end. They were three of the top ones I wanted.

On the bright side I did get both Zarya, the other Tracer, one of the Lucio skins, Genji, Widowmaker, and Torbjorn. Also the POTG intros and a few of the victory poses.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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On the plus side, we had one final "hurrah" of Lucio Ball last night, and I think I'm gonna make another video, mostly featuring Terrik :D
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Let's see what all I acquired. This should be easy, since I still haven't broken lvl30. Not counting sprays (because who counts sprays?), I got:
Bastion's Omnic Crisis skin (Orange)
D.Va's Carbon Fiber skin
Genji's Nihon skin
Junkrat's Scarecrow skin
Lúcio's Seleção skin (got this one twice WASTED PRESENT WAAAAH*)
Pharah's Amethyst skin (Purple)
Reaper's Desert skin
Roadhog's Islander skin
Soldier 76's Stunt Rider skin (blue/grey w/helmet)
Symmetra's Ribbon emote (rhythmic gymnastics)
Tracer's Sprinter skin (Britannia)
Widomaker's Tricolore skin
Zarya's Champion skin and the "Crush You" emote

This is all the Epic and above skins I got during the event, not just the Summer Games exclusive ones. Such opportunity, and I still got the Lúcio one twice. Grr.

--Patrick
*(Tiny Toons reference)
 
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GasBandit

GasBandit

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I also got lucky in that my rollover into my first 100 level star happened midway through the event, so I then proceeded to gain 17 more levels in the space of time it previously took to gain 4.

And that luck ended up with more duplicates. I got the McCree summer games skin, and the D.Va one, and as I said the Lucio one. But I think that's about it.
 
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