He used to be insane. His orb of harmony and orb of discord were originally fire and forget, they'd stick to their target forever as long as Zenyatta is alive.
See I get that nerf, that would have been way too good. After a couple more games I can see that maybe the LoS on them needs to last a tiiiiiiny bit longer before the orb returns (at least the heal orb), but all in all I think he's pretty well-off right now if you can play aggressively without going overboard.
It thrives on people who don't swap heroes to counter shit like Bastion/Mei/snipers. That's what was getting me into a white-hot fury before I stopped trying to "main" someone and worked on building a stable.
Oh sweet summer child... You should have seen the days of bastions with rapid regenerating forward shields and tjorborn turrets sniping people from across the map.
Yup, I like to think of each map as a puzzle. We see what the defenders are using and consider what "comp" we can work with that can cover our weaknesses to them, while exploiting their weaknesses. Yes, some comps are difficult to handle, but that is only because the team worked together to get such a comp as a well oiled monster machine. Example, last night I got rolled over by a Bastion Train. The train wouldn't have been so bad if not for the fact it was FOUR of them, with a Reinhardt handling front shielding and a mercy in the back healing. The Mercy was actually really good and keeping herself defended by the two rear Bastions, all the while healing. When we destroyed the train with a well placed ult or two, the Mercy would have her Res ready and would just bring the train right back up. I actually had to applaud them for working together, even if it felt a fit cheesy. I think if I could have convinced my team to go mostly Zaryas and Junkrats we probably could have blowns it up KAMIKAZE STYLE, but my side was an actual random pug and not a well oiled pre-made of friends goofing around.
It's funny, but I find this game extremely balanced for what it is. Want to know how I came to that conclusion? Every single hero in the game has been called "Overpowered" on the feedback forum at some point. Every. Single. One. Just yesterday after the open beta officially started, there were posts saying Pharah, Bastion, Torbjorn, Roadhog, Junkrat, Mei, McCree, Mercy, Tracer, and Reaper were overpowered and impossible to beat, all on the same page. I have seen posts since Closed Beta that have called everyone from Symmetra to Soldier76 too strong and impossible to defeat.
That was a lot of it. Genji's reflect is ALWAYS UP. When I was playing Bastion, defending the capture point, the only thing I ever saw was genji and his reflect was always up.
More like multiple Pharahs safely IN ORBIT constantly raining down ultimates and/or using normal rockets that seem to autoseek and do double damage. Except of course when *I* play Pharah
Well stop shooting at him!
Reflect has an 8 second cooldown. That goes by quickly but it more then enough time to kill him as long as you don't panic. When I play Bastion I bait the reflect by launching a little bit of spray, then stop and repair while it's "casting" (as the Genji can't attack during reflect). If the Genji stays around I gun him down before those 8 seconds are up, or he runs. Rinse and repeat. I am much more scared of a Tracer or Roadhog when I play Bastion, or a good Sniper.
I experience the same thing with Pharah, she is one of my weakest characters I play (after Widowmaker and McCree), but I see some teams do what feels like literal magic with them. I find Soldier76 is one of the better Pharah killers, as he has good accuracy and because they are likely out in the open while flying, his ULT will shred them. Roadhog can also rather easily hook them right out of the sky, and if you have a GOOD sniper, they are easy pickings unless they play a bigger ground game.More like multiple Pharahs safely IN ORBIT constantly raining down ultimates and/or using normal rockets that seem to autoseek and do double damage. Except of course when *I* play Pharah
Genji's reflect was literally taking me from 300 to 0 in 1 second. Maybe if I was still a caffeine-boosted teenager, I could have reacted quicker. Also, it took me 3 or 4 times to realize it was ALWAYS UP. "Surely he can't do that again." YEP HE CAN. That shit should be an ultimate, not an E.
Un-turreting in the situation I was in was not an option - the enemy were probing multiple entrances to the room. So the odd time I didn't shoot myself to death on Genji, he only had to duck back around the corner to the room, wait 8 seconds and do it again - which was enough time for me to realize I was being needlessly gun-shy against non-reflective targets and start hosing again, then WHOOP there he is I'm dead.
Again it's not always up. You need to utilize the opening. I am 33 and I have enough reflex to handle laying off the button when I see him. Maybe you just need to get used to his silhouette, look mostly as his run (he has a slight forward lean with his hands up, like a ninja).
Ya, it sucks when you slip up and fall for it, but that is part of the game, understanding your weaknesses and trying to overcome them, or switching to something that better handles the comp. If you play Bastion and find Genji is wrecking you, switch to Winston, and eat that Genji for breakfast. He can't reflect the lightening gun (which will auto-lock on him as long as he is in front of you), he does little damage to a tank, and even if he dashes away you can leap right after him (which also does damage if you land on him). I went versus a team last night that was triple Genji, and so me and another switched to Winstons and OBLITERATED half the team.
I didn't mean it was a literal always-on passive, I meant it might as well have been because any time he came out around the corner, it was up. Hence, always up. And I also need to figure out how to get rid of bloom, because as I said, this fight was taking place indoors in a dim environment and he and a couple of his buddies were harassing through a door that was backlit by an open window, and with the post-processing, all that was presented to me were blurry black shapes.
I had some luck a couple times when I played winston, but most of the time had a hard time keeping people in range. How long is the range on his tesla cannon? It seems like it's maybe 5 yards.
Don't know the exact range, I think it's double the melee range. It's supposed to have limited range since Winston is very quick and mobile, plus since it's a cone effect you can technically damage everyone in front of you if they bunch together. He is really good at annoying the hell out of snipers, but you gotta learn how to flank with him. He requires some good map awareness.
His gun does such little damage, but any character at 200 health or below drops quickly as long as you stick to them. This is why he is so good versus Genji, Tracer, Lucio, WM, Hanzo or Zenyatta, as long as he gets good at closing the distance quickly. The bad side is that he only tickles other tanks or characters with higher health pools or armor, so if the enemy is running a heavy tank comp you never want to go Winston. Usually if I fight a heavy tank comp with say a WM, I use D.Va instead for harass.
Fun Fact: If you know you are about to die, throw a bear trap at the foot of your killer and stand on him. Enjoy the rage.
Doesn't look like there are any settings specific to bloom, but under the advanced graphic settings you might try toggling "local reflections," or adjusting the lighting quality.
No, there should be a 4 digit number. For example, my B.net name is AnnaDei#1673[DOUBLEPOST=1462835815,1462835767][/DOUBLEPOST]
Terrik and I already discussed that it may look pretty, but $60 for TF2 with more classes isn't really worth our time with how much we'd actually play it.
