That didn't mean you were playing D.Va wrong. No matter what character you are playing, medals generally can't tell you whether or not you are playing the hero right or wrong. Playing D.Va correctly often got you golds before because she also shat damage along with having DM.
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That didn't mean you were playing D.Va wrong. No matter what character you are playing, medals generally can't tell you whether or not you are playing the hero right or wrong. Playing D.Va correctly often got you golds before because she also shat damage along with having DM.
with the new dva its not possible for her to protect her team and her self.
My point was that DM botting was the advised strategy up to this point. Does this still apply? Because I feel too big and fat with my huge crit box to freely dive the enemy team, but I'm also limited in how I can protect my team.
Or is this how it's supposed to be, because now I feel I have to make a ton on the fly decisions. Do I go for the Zen sticking just a tad outside the team, or do I block what damage I can? And whether I make the right call means I save or doom the game.
That's what I'm asking. Now that D.Va can only DM for 2 seconds...waht now?
Dead Prince
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we should group up.
Whats your psn?
Dead Prince
Banned
dmprince
i only play ana
jk. im a zen main. https://www.overbuff.com/players/psn/DMPrince?mode=competitive
the weekend sr took a nose dive LOL
Dead Prince
Banned
Are you sure you want to risk catching my curse?
i don't mind. i play for fun and complain on gaf about my frustration. also you can add me. i'll be on tomorrow night.
buy teh haloz
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D.Va feels so awkward to control now, might take a while to get used to her. Also good luck doing stuff like cancelling boost while using DM on a controller. And not having any animation on DM feels so janky.
I did notice they made crosshair outlines a lot darker. That's neat.
I did notice they made crosshair outlines a lot darker. That's neat.
Bug? What did it do that was so game breaking?
Huh.
The skin change is pretty funny, but I understand why they had to fix the ult reset.
waitwhat42
Member
So many frustrating matches tonight, kept getting grouped up with shitty Widow mains.
New Mercy is pretty fun though.
New Mercy is pretty fun though.
PS4 master race
For me its always getting stuck with shitty widows and playing against incredible ones. My favorite is when we dont initially have a widow but the other team has a good widow, then someone from our team switches to widow and sucks lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugy5Lg-VYT4
This looks like a fun as hell arcade mode, even if they should probably take Control maps out of rotation for it.
This looks like a fun as hell arcade mode, even if they should probably take Control maps out of rotation for it.
icecold1983
Member
new dva will not out elim or damage a dps whos not a brain dead piece of trash. still make use of DM
Carl-Sagan
Member
Recommend not playing on PC in the next couple of hours until the servers stable out in NA. Blues and I had some D/Cs in the games we played together.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I just scoped Antitrop on Harb's stream playing on his team. :O
I second this. It really taken the wind from our sails.
SoulUnison
Banned
I swear to whatever higher power your subscribe to, EVERY SINGLE Team Deathmatch game I got into today had a Widowmaker that seemed to actively avoid being anywhere near the team while also getting maybe 1 lucky kill for every 5 or 6 times they had their face grinded off.
Most of the time there'd also be a Hanzo, valiantly trying to take down tanks in 1 v 2/3/4 battles.
Then me, as Mercy, saying things like "Maybe 2 snipers won't work against a D.Va, guys."
"STFU, I have gold elims."
*Our team loses match*
"I HAVE GOLD ELIMS!"
Most of the time there'd also be a Hanzo, valiantly trying to take down tanks in 1 v 2/3/4 battles.
Then me, as Mercy, saying things like "Maybe 2 snipers won't work against a D.Va, guys."
"STFU, I have gold elims."
*Our team loses match*
"I HAVE GOLD ELIMS!"
papasmurf1038
Neo Member
Played a bunch of matches and it feels like the Mercy changes were a pretty significant buff? She gets way more Rezzes per game now and can actually help sustain/fend off a push through her chain beam.
Nope, reporting does jack shit as well. Still plenty of throwers.
On the bright side, Torb on attack at least isnt throwing anymore.
Played the new D.va for about three hours and it's just not working.
She can't protect anyone or herself.
Her hitbox is too big for her to be any kind of backline brawler - this has been known since release. I don't know why people pretend that playstyle is "intended"
Her rockets do damage... If you manage to land them all into one target. I literally plugged the whole pack into an enemy D.va with no consumed by DM and she was down maybe 250 health.
All the wins I've had I felt that I contributed the least possible, at most mildly annoying the enemy widow or zen.
Frankly, she's straight up trash because of how inconsistent she is.
Guess it's time to dust off the hammer...
She can't protect anyone or herself.
Her hitbox is too big for her to be any kind of backline brawler - this has been known since release. I don't know why people pretend that playstyle is "intended"
Her rockets do damage... If you manage to land them all into one target. I literally plugged the whole pack into an enemy D.va with no consumed by DM and she was down maybe 250 health.
All the wins I've had I felt that I contributed the least possible, at most mildly annoying the enemy widow or zen.
Frankly, she's straight up trash because of how inconsistent she is.
Guess it's time to dust off the hammer...
Just out of curiousity, what rank are you? Yesterday (low diamond) people in all my games were talking about how overpowered she is now lol
Im 50/50 personally so basically meh to the changes.
Gold. I can see where she could be powerful, but she's not consistent as a tank as she used to be. It's entirely possible that her effectiveness may increase with better team coordination.
Guess it was too much to hope for. I'll get back into it at some point regardless.
Bony Manifesto
Member
She's more appropriate for hit-and-run-style attacks on out-of position targets now. The rockets by themselves are pretty weak, but boost into someone's face holding down fire and 'E' and the combined damage is pretty hefty.
Nuno Pinto
Member
What a beast.
Dead Prince
Banned
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/7189bq/im_gaining_insane_sr_with_new_mercy/
pls tell me why I should play other heroes and not just holding rez on CD when I manage to instalock mercy?
pls tell me why I should play other heroes and not just holding rez on CD when I manage to instalock mercy?
Dead Prince
Banned
seems right. time to be a 5 day mercy main.
I think d.va would have been fine if rockets didn't have a huuuuge delay considering how hard it is to land these, this is not mei's alt fire. It's not very fun using them, the visual/sound effects and the delay make it feel like poop to use. Unlike all the other abilities in the game, it feels unpolished and somewhat out of place. Her controls are kinda ruined too, to cancel boost, you have to press it again or melee now. It doesn't feel as fluid as before, maybe I get used to it but it's still worse than before.
Nocturnowl
Member
My first trip to junkertown was almost a complete disaster, took healer on attack, we had a three stack covering tanks and DPS and I was feeling optimistic.
4 minutes of barely any progress later I wondered just what was going wrong, the three stack rage quit, three newcomers take their place and we finally pushed that payload, ohhhhhh
In general I like new Mercy, she feels a lot more engaging though my handle on Valkyrie is still trash.
D.Va is throwing me for a loop because of how to cancel her boost now and I can't make use of these rockets to save my life right now.
4 minutes of barely any progress later I wondered just what was going wrong, the three stack rage quit, three newcomers take their place and we finally pushed that payload, ohhhhhh
In general I like new Mercy, she feels a lot more engaging though my handle on Valkyrie is still trash.
D.Va is throwing me for a loop because of how to cancel her boost now and I can't make use of these rockets to save my life right now.
Nuno Pinto
Member
Yeah Eevee was talking about this yesterday, he was gaining 26 on average and losing 18.
Don't know his rank but he was number ~150 in top500, usually the gains there aren't that high.
Broken af
I used the shooting button. rip
If you punch sometimes you boop them a bit too far from you, I like to stop right in their faces so I can do more damage with the primary fire.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Honestly, if you care about your SR, you shouldn't be playing competitive for at least a week after a new patch! Partly because the stat-based SR bonuses and penalties are all out of whack, but mostly because the games tend to be coinflip clusterfucks as people are trying out the updated characters or not realising they've been changed.
Nuno Pinto
Member
Poor Veelk xD
Acquiescence
Member
Nooooooooooo, what the hell have they done to my D.Va?! Her defense matrix goes away in a flash, it's totally useless now. Some added missile ability does not make up for such an extreme nerf.
I didn't complain when they nerfed her before, but this is just taking the piss now. This is the pain people must feel when their treasured main is revamped for the worse.
I didn't complain when they nerfed her before, but this is just taking the piss now. This is the pain people must feel when their treasured main is revamped for the worse.