GasBandit
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"Hey Ashe, can you say, 'Fuck you, I can eat all them apples?'"
[Gaming] Overwatch (#boycottblizz)
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We don't need to be told about Roadhog and Junkrat's bedroom life, it speaks for itself.
That one is pretty obvious, I mean come on.
GasBandit
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Oh, you assume it's Junkrat, though. So far everybody's significant other have been complete unknown off-camera "Oh yeah this NPC0037 is my lover" type deals.
Plus, there's so much shipping fanart that honestly my head cannon is that everyone in Overwatch is pansexual.
There would be a goddamn riot... You don't touch Roadrat or Pharmercy with a 20ft stick.
Bastion excepted, because he's too busy being the best turret he can be.
Son, this is the internet.
GasBandit
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Oh they already did. Remember, it was confirmed in the "BTW Tracer's gay" christmas comic that Pharah's S/O is some rando dude we never heard of before or since.
At least they are saying it while the game is still ongoing, and aren't saying it after the game is old news, like some authors I can think of.I mean, really, this "reveal" feels just as silly as THIS reveal, to me.
That was her dad....
GasBandit
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Right, my bad... I forgot. That was the one that torpedoed the whole "IS PHARAH'S DAD REINHARDT OR 76" debate.
Though I miss it at times, so glad I dropped WoW. Blizzard ain't what it used to be, even when it wasn't what it used to be.
All this, prompted this. *knowing how some things go around here, he decided to post because of Blizzard's hypocrisy about inclusion*
I really suggest reading the twitlonger in the article.
All this, prompted this. *knowing how some things go around here, he decided to post because of Blizzard's hypocrisy about inclusion*
I really suggest reading the twitlonger in the article.
Well all that stuff they pumped into him had to be good for something.
I do feel like the timing is a stunt, like they pull something like this any time #Overwatch trends downward just to keep people talking about the game or keep it "edgy."
Though if anyone was going to be officially outed as gay, I was expecting it to be Doomfist. Not that they can't later, of course.
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Coincidentally, my wife is reading off stuff from someone she follows, and happened across the results of a survey on Overwatch fanfiction:
Me: "What? No heterosexual pairings?"
Tumblr, probably: "Eh, hets are boring."
--Patrick
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To be fair, the story this was revealed in was setting up a mini-event for Ana with skins, sprays, etc, that just started yesterday. And was likely in development before the last big controversy hit last week. The event is not something made just to take heat off from that.
It could have been added last minute to the story side, but considering this was setup in the Christmas comic over a year ago with the photograph, it's likely they just wanted to make it official.
Reaper was also revealed to be heterosexual in the new mini story, though few care to make that a big deal positive or negative.
It could have been added last minute to the story side, but considering this was setup in the Christmas comic over a year ago with the photograph, it's likely they just wanted to make it official.
Reaper was also revealed to be heterosexual in the new mini story, though few care to make that a big deal positive or negative.
Sooo...his main weapon looks like it might be a rotary magazine biotic shotgun (like Ana, but short-range, wide spread?), and guessing his ability is to put down a portable small health pack? Like Sombra's translocator, except that it's a small health pack wherever you want it (for however long it lasts). No guess as to his ult, though, I can't see his backpack to get an idea of why it needs that antenna peeking over his R shoulder.
--Patrick
He is already on the PTR so we got a look at his abilities.
Weapon : Main fire is a three burst rifle. It actually does a decent amount of damage for it's small bursts. Alternate fire is "biotic grenades" that don't do any damage, but do AOE healing. He has to reload both magazines, so he has that limit similar to Ana, and can't just chuck healing forever.
Shift Ability : Regeneration. Think of it like a fire and forget version of Brigitte's AOE heal. You go into a group, fire it off, and it does AOE healing to you and everyone that was in range over time, but continues whether you stay with them or not.
E Ability : Immortality Field. You throw out a drone that puts up an area similar in size to a Winston bubble. While anyone inside the bubble can take damage down to a certain threshold, no one inside the bubble can "die" until it either expires or is killed. The drone is the only thing killable while inside the field so be damn careful while enemies are inside it.
Passive : Exo (Rocket) Boots. Anytime you crouch you charge your boots with energy. If you jump either while crouching or within one second of standing, you will do a rocket jump that can propel you up to higher ground. The longer the crouch, the higher you jump. It's a risk reward movement ability as doing it in a fire fight can make you more vulnerable.
Ultimate : Amplification Matrix. Imagine if Dva's null matrix and Symmetra's Ult Shield had a tiny little baby, and that baby instead of blocking stuff just made the stuff that goes through it (both damage and healing) twice as powerful. Put that in a corridor with a immortal shield and wooo you have a shred party.
I am torn, I like his abilities but holy HELL does he feel too powerful. His healing output is up there with Ana and Moira, his damage is decent at medium range, he can literally block every ult with immortality field, and his amp makes it so even a tracer could theoretically shred a roadhog in a single clip. It's nuts. I really don't see him making goats any worst. If anything it might make it too damn good.
Weapon : Main fire is a three burst rifle. It actually does a decent amount of damage for it's small bursts. Alternate fire is "biotic grenades" that don't do any damage, but do AOE healing. He has to reload both magazines, so he has that limit similar to Ana, and can't just chuck healing forever.
Shift Ability : Regeneration. Think of it like a fire and forget version of Brigitte's AOE heal. You go into a group, fire it off, and it does AOE healing to you and everyone that was in range over time, but continues whether you stay with them or not.
E Ability : Immortality Field. You throw out a drone that puts up an area similar in size to a Winston bubble. While anyone inside the bubble can take damage down to a certain threshold, no one inside the bubble can "die" until it either expires or is killed. The drone is the only thing killable while inside the field so be damn careful while enemies are inside it.
Passive : Exo (Rocket) Boots. Anytime you crouch you charge your boots with energy. If you jump either while crouching or within one second of standing, you will do a rocket jump that can propel you up to higher ground. The longer the crouch, the higher you jump. It's a risk reward movement ability as doing it in a fire fight can make you more vulnerable.
Ultimate : Amplification Matrix. Imagine if Dva's null matrix and Symmetra's Ult Shield had a tiny little baby, and that baby instead of blocking stuff just made the stuff that goes through it (both damage and healing) twice as powerful. Put that in a corridor with a immortal shield and wooo you have a shred party.
I am torn, I like his abilities but holy HELL does he feel too powerful. His healing output is up there with Ana and Moira, his damage is decent at medium range, he can literally block every ult with immortality field, and his amp makes it so even a tracer could theoretically shred a roadhog in a single clip. It's nuts. I really don't see him making goats any worst. If anything it might make it too damn good.
This feels like a response to the tank heavy meta by directly increasing the life expectency of squish folks.
The issue is anything you add to make the squishes more resilient can just make the tanks more resilient too. The GOATs meta is all about keeping three tanks clumped together with three healers, mostly Brig and Lucio with a third filler healer due to the high passive healing the two can put out together. Baptiste adds yet another healer with a passive healing compontent AND strong area of effect direct healing that does not require him to DPS (like Moira).
Honestly, I think they are going about this wrong. They should introduce someone that can debuff healing or just flat out turn it off for a period of time or make enemies take more damage during a time period.
Alternatively: introduce role limits. Too many tanks and healers at once? Limit the number of possible tanks and healers on a team at once. Yes, some characters will fall off the radar in that meta, but that just tells you that they need buffs in different areas.
Alternatively: introduce role limits. Too many tanks and healers at once? Limit the number of possible tanks and healers on a team at once. Yes, some characters will fall off the radar in that meta, but that just tells you that they need buffs in different areas.
They should introduce a mechanic that allows you to reverse healing. Like an Ana ‘nade or Moira ball, but while under its influence, any friendly healing actually hurts the affected hero(es).
—Patrick
Blizzard considering adding sandbox/mod/customization layer onto the custom game system, called "Workshop."
Can't import/design new maps, can't alter existing maps, just heroes/game parameters, but CAN do things like make heroes switch every 90 seconds, enforce team comps, make the entire floor lava (According to Jeff). Gonna have to see what else you can screw with once it's out of PTR.
--Patrick
Can't import/design new maps, can't alter existing maps, just heroes/game parameters, but CAN do things like make heroes switch every 90 seconds, enforce team comps, make the entire floor lava (According to Jeff). Gonna have to see what else you can screw with once it's out of PTR.
--Patrick
I saw a neat code on reddit that doubled roadhogs hook as a grappling hook