ElephantEyelash
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I got Pharah's skin with my freebie. I then put in $20 and only got Tracer and...goth Zarya. Regret.
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Overwatch | Anniversary Event
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Ally of Justice
Member
I'm bad at 1v1, so I guess that's going to be the only way I'll be able to get that box.
I love the new 3v3 by the way. I like that it introduces at the very least a little bit of variety in that mode, and the new maps are great.
I've gotten five boxes so far, but nothing but blues and whites, with my only "big" one being Epic coins. And even then, other than the Hanzo and Genji skins (that I don't really use, but they look cool), I don't want anything big. I'll save my coins until the last day and I'll buy the dances for my mains.
Nevertheless, this event seems rather underwhelming. I mean, we've gotten a new game mode in every event so far, or at least, the temporary ones such as Lúcioball or Uprising. This one having nothing new seems weird, especially for the Anniversary celebration.
Weren't they doing a presentation or something like that today?
completionists have to play the game a ton anyway, unless they are gods at the game it takes a long time to get good enough to make the top 500 each season for the sprays, plus they are playing a ton to get all the golden weapons...so along the way they'll get a lot of lootboxes too
I'm glad about lockout and overtime. I think they improved the way it plays. No longer is every round dominated by roadhog, and the tracer/lucio that keeps trying to outrun you until the round draws or the enemy waving to you on the other side of a wall as it draws no longer happens. I had that garbage all the time, but not anymore.
I just went ahead and bought D.Va's skin, because I haven't been playing much and will more than likely never get it with my luck. Last night, I got three boxes (2 from game, 1 free) and all were junk. I still have about 3500 gold left over so I'm good.
The best part is all the 50's lingo associated with it.
The best part is all the 50's lingo associated with it.
Red Arremer
Member
I don't think most of the players, even completionists, give much of a shit about sprays or player icons.
It's about skins, emotes and highlight intros, maybe victory poses, for just about everyone. And this event has the most purple and legendary items, compared to any other event before it.
11 skins, all legendary (where the highest amount had been Uprising with 8 legendaries, and before that it was 4-6 in all the other events).
24 dance emotes, where normally it would be 3 emotes and intros each for every event up until then.
That's 35 purple+legendary items, whereas every other event before this has had 18 give or take one or two, so this event has almost twice as many.
This is coupled with, of course, the lower drop rate of purple/legendary items, the chance to get non-event items and especially duplicates, the tripled prices for event items and only getting less than a tenth of the price of an event skin for getting a duplicate.
Architech is still her best, but this is a close #2.
It looks pretty cool, but how can she see anything?
Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them.
i disagree, i'd think completionists would care a great deal about the top 500 sprays. they are some of the most exclusive items in the game and can never be obtained again.
It looks pretty cool, but how can she see anything?
She can turn light into matter and this is what you ask?
It looks pretty cool, but how can she see anything?
She sees EVERYTHING.
Red Arremer
Member
I'm a completionist and I don't care about them. ;p
Darryl M R
Member
Unless the Orisa I was dueling 1v1 yesterday damaged herself my well placed Scatter Arrow as Hanzo 1HKO'd her.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Genji looks more Kamen Rider than Sentai to me.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Alright, it's time to decide once and for all....WHO GOT THE BEST MOVES IN OVERWATCH!?!??!
I gotta rep my metal man Bastion. He be breaking it down with the train. But then again Sombra got that shuffle going on.
I gotta rep my metal man Bastion. He be breaking it down with the train. But then again Sombra got that shuffle going on.
Oh dang... They changed it? I was going to push for lvl 100 to quickly go through 1-20 :/
Looked like a combination but yea. I wish Genji had more Sentai and Hanzo had Kamen Rider, Would've been dope.
Random Hero is far and away the best mode in the game.
Hell no.
It is until you get only support heroes in your team.
Psychoward
Banned
Bastion's robot is even better imo
Not unless getting a default loss due to RNG is your thing.
*finger drifting away from Confirm Purchase button again* :/
That doesn't bring back good memories...
That's stupid... it should still maintain party balance... But I guess they want this mode to be chaotic by design... luck more than skill.
I bought some and got Legendaries. DO EET
partime
Member
Played a bit last night for the first time in a month or so.
I didn't enjoy it.
Felt a big, "I've been there before, same ol' same ol', okay let's continue Zelda".
Not a fan of the outfits too. This game has gone bland for me.
I didn't enjoy it.
Felt a big, "I've been there before, same ol' same ol', okay let's continue Zelda".
Not a fan of the outfits too. This game has gone bland for me.
I'm saying that while getting my ass kicked multiple times playing 1x1.
Red Arremer
Member
It is until you get 2 Widowmakers, a Hanzo, a Tracer, a Symmetra and a Torb on attack.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Got back to back Legendaries...
500 coins and then Jester Junkrat...
Seriously!
They need to make sure old stuff is pushed down, so stupid you could get original stuff i these boxes, I understand why they do it but still stupid
The Anniversary stuff, most can't buy out everything, you would think they would be made more open to giving fucking cosmetics away at a good pace
500 coins and then Jester Junkrat...
Seriously!
They need to make sure old stuff is pushed down, so stupid you could get original stuff i these boxes, I understand why they do it but still stupid
The Anniversary stuff, most can't buy out everything, you would think they would be made more open to giving fucking cosmetics away at a good pace
freeofgreed
Member
Haven't played in a while, jumping in with this event but why the hell are all the new costumes 3k? I remember they used to top off at 1K before.
All Event-exclusive skins, emotes etc are more expensive now.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
To deplete players coin stockpiles, worse is if you get same dupe 3000 coin skin you get 200 coins (cause 1/5th refund of Old Legendary pricing is 1000)
So that's even worse...
Mystery heroes is #1 A+ good shit
Everytime I see a Tracer blink herself off a cliff I get just a little bit of my youth back
You'll get a legendary item out of about every eleven loot boxes. Expect that, and you won't be disappointed.
Mister_Ruck
Member
Opened 10ish boxes so far (all free) and haven't gotten anything good. I got three blues once tho.
Psychoward
Banned
I bought 11 boxes last event and didn't get a single legendary lol
I love this mode as well, getting stuck with a hero you never play might make you actually like them.
You'll get 2 on your next eleven!
Then you probably got one on your next pull. There's pity code built in if you have a long run of bad crates.
And trying to make that work is part of the fun. I think playing that mode makes you a better overall player, both because you're using characters you normally wouldn't pick, and you're trying tactics that wouldn't make sense in a "real" game.
<3
I remember a time you couldn't buy them at all, so I think it's fair.
freeofgreed
Member
Mystery heroes 6v6 is my goto arcade mode.
There absolutely is a high luck factor ... if one team gets high-tier rolls, they'll have a big advantage. There's also an issue that both teams begin to fill up with high-survivability characters (like d.va) simply because they don't die as much.
I like it because there are less ultimates and that I get to play against other players that aren't using their best characters. It also has made me really appreciate characters that I wouldn't normally select (like Genji and Tracer).
It's my go to warm up and cool down mode. And sometimes just a "chill out and play this shit all night" mode.
And sometimes my "I got 10 minutes to kill" mode.
It's basically the best mode.
Psychoward
Banned
I wish winston was given a dance from the jungle book and soldier was given the twist instead
If the Soldier dance is a reference to that mining video, it's done really badly. I thought it was just some bad Dad dancing.