Dead Prince
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i mean. mei isn't that hard. it takes like 5 years and you can hear mei going off. but i guess others would be interesting. mostly if you know how fast they might have ult and when they plan to push with it.
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i mean. mei isn't that hard. it takes like 5 years and you can hear mei going off. but i guess others would be interesting. mostly if you know how fast they might have ult and when they plan to push with it.
More endless mode. Best mode.
Incendiary
Banned
After a bunch of QP games that were really good where people actually chose decent teams and things went well, I decided to try competitive.
Went 1-3, 3 KOTH maps and one 2CP. Ended on a match where a kid who sounded about twelve started calling everyone faggots because only one person went healer (me as Lucio), switched to Mercy, and then just continued a non-stop stream of bile over chat while saying he wasn't going to heal anyone because everyone was so shitty, and ended dropping into Gold range for the first time this season.
Welcome back to Overwatch, me! So glad I came back!
Went 1-3, 3 KOTH maps and one 2CP. Ended on a match where a kid who sounded about twelve started calling everyone faggots because only one person went healer (me as Lucio), switched to Mercy, and then just continued a non-stop stream of bile over chat while saying he wasn't going to heal anyone because everyone was so shitty, and ended dropping into Gold range for the first time this season.
Welcome back to Overwatch, me! So glad I came back!
Paltheos
Member
Past 3400 tonight after a surprise win in Junkertown. Both teams thought it would be a funny idea to run Bastion-barrier. I'm fairly convinced the other team was better, but we committed harder to this insanity by running Bastion-double barrier on second round defense and happened to get the right kills before point C to end the round 6-5.
I'm always scared for Zen. Blizzard's nerfed my favorite heroes, and Zen's the only one left untouched. Ever since the patch that added perfect accurate RMB, even I've thought Zen's almost too good, and this is around the point I expect some hammer to slam on him. I think the nerf to Ana's rifle damage was too much, and I could see the same thing happening again.
I'm always scared for Zen. Blizzard's nerfed my favorite heroes, and Zen's the only one left untouched. Ever since the patch that added perfect accurate RMB, even I've thought Zen's almost too good, and this is around the point I expect some hammer to slam on him. I think the nerf to Ana's rifle damage was too much, and I could see the same thing happening again.
At this point, Tracer is the only hero left untouched. All the others have received major or minor number readjustments, bug fixes, and the like.
But Tracer? She is basically the same when the game launched it's beta. It's downright bizarre.
Okay. so I switched to Dualzone when the controls got fucked, thinking it was a better control scheme.
I recently switched back to Exponential ramp as an experiment and holy shit.
I think dualzone is better for Widowmaker and maybe Ana specifically, but that's it. Possibly Hanzo. Maybe it's just the longrange characters overall. I'll have to experiment. But anything close up, god damn. My accuracy went up a shitton with Tracer and D.Va.
I recently switched back to Exponential ramp as an experiment and holy shit.
I think dualzone is better for Widowmaker and maybe Ana specifically, but that's it. Possibly Hanzo. Maybe it's just the longrange characters overall. I'll have to experiment. But anything close up, god damn. My accuracy went up a shitton with Tracer and D.Va.
Inhouse? Never heard of it.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
I saw a Zen kick Reaper in the face as he appeared in one of these. Never been so proud.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
I got it on my alt as an oops kinda thing. Still haven't got it on my main, after trying for 300-ish hours. Fuck that achievement.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
That's the one! Although Muselk did it as well. I really like the Hanzo doing his kick emote too. Made me laugh. Maybe better than yours.
I forget everything that happens in a game after the next one unless it was supppper bad. I remember it was Nepal and now I know it was you who was from Gaf.
That said, top ten Zarya ults, probably...have you ever considered joining the blog squad? Its kind of like a guild or clan except its nothing like that, but sometimes people play overwatch and group up.
I added lik I might have others but yea whenever I'm on and up for group games sure
also it was a top 5 ult possibly 3
TheGreatDirector
Banned
1271 SR
Hooray...
Hooray...
Kings Row is actually one of my favorites for FFA. That and Eichenwald are the only two non-DM specific maps that I've liked for the mode.
As a game mode, I think Deathmatch is a complete joke. Characters like Junkrat and Roadhog has such an advantage in the score system that it's comical. Other characters like Zarya are nigh useless. And I still think the scoring system is horseshit too. Characters should not get a full kill if they did 10 hp worth of damage. A score system based on elimination percentage would be much better.
As a practice mode, it's alright (For certain characters).
That said, I am biased by the fact htat I suck balls at it.
As a practice mode, it's alright (For certain characters).
That said, I am biased by the fact htat I suck balls at it.
I've gotten so close to beating Junkenstein's Revenge on Legendary (eight times as of this writing), but during the final bout, the "Summoner's" Shield Generator really throws my team off and can fuck us over in an instant.
Also, I need Ana's 80 DPS. She can only tickle the Zomnics now.
Also, I need Ana's 80 DPS. She can only tickle the Zomnics now.
Got the Zen skin in a loot box, that was the bare minimum for me. I'll buy the Zarya skin if she doesn't drop before the end of the event. Got enough for another one after that as well, we'll see.
Symmetra'sskin looks good too, reminds me of Sarah Kerrigan/Queen of Blades from Starcraft.
Symmetra'sskin looks good too, reminds me of Sarah Kerrigan/Queen of Blades from Starcraft.
Dorado is the worst and I can't believe they didn't take it out of the rotation like Volskaya and Horizon.
buy teh haloz
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None of the characters were designed with deathmatch in mind, it makes sense that some of them would be less useful.
OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
I'll admit it's stupid we don't have more skins with Reaper's face other than that one legendary. They put all that effort to animate his face, yet only one skin benefit from it.
OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
Yah, his mask with fangs is pretty stupid.
Nocturnowl
Member
I concur, though Kings Row's cramped nature can lead to some dodgy spawns.
Ohhhh, I was wondering why I hadn't seen them recently.
Horizon was absolute trash in deathmatch.
Kor of Memory
Member
King's row suffers from Junkrat campers really bad. That large healthpack room is so easily camped by Junkrat it's not even funny. And since it is so centralized, unlike the other maps, it makes it easier for the Junkrat to get them kills. I give it a C+
Eichenwalde was probably my favorite map for FFA, but it can easily be plagued by a Sombra taking both basement health packs. It makes the game very frustrating. I give it a A
My only issue with Dorado was some of the spawns felt very isolated and would take forever to get back to the action. You can see this at the end of my Mercy FFA win. I figured I was screwed when I spawned on the opposite side of the action. I give it a B
Hollywood seems to have too much verticality to it, so you see a lot more Widows, Hanzos, Genjis, and Pharahs because of it. It also seems to be the map where I would respawn in the exact same position way too many times in one match. I give it a B
Chateau is alright, but I really wish there was an opening on the upstairs that connects the paths better. The placement of the one large health pack on the catwalk thing is not good. I give it a B+
I would love to see more maps made available for FFA.
Stallion Dan
Member
What's weird is I switched from comp to quickplay and my XP per match improved, despite comp being 2 rounds Vs quickplays 1.
Gonna try comp again later and see what's up.
Nocturnowl
Member
Let's be honest here, Junk and Hog are the anti-fun of deathmatch opponents.
Throwing out my own thoughts on the current maps in the mode...
Château is unsurprisingly the best one, being designed for the mode and all, a relatively compact mix of close combat corridors with a few more open spots, you can get around it pretty quick even with mobility lacking characters, you've got some solid areas to knock people off stage and a hotspot area down the bottom and health packs are well spread.
Eichenwalde probably fares the best of the non DM maps transitioning to the mode, though its health options can be lacking.
Kings Row is the runner up of non DM maps, though I agree with Kor in that Junkrat in particular can cheese it up with the pub interior.
Hollywood is pretty cumbersome for characters without mobility options as getting to the upper levels via slooooow lift platforms is just not good, spawns here are often some of the worst.
Dorado isn't as bad as I first thought though there's a really unfortunate spawn position in the vault that gets used by the game enough to make it an easy place to ambush.
In general the combat here is centralised in two opposite of the map locations meaning a luck of the draw with spawns situation can apply.
Sometimes I wonder if adding some of those jump pads to these maps would help.
I'm guessing Hanamura got axed as well since I haven't seen that in a while.
Throwing out my own thoughts on the current maps in the mode...
Château is unsurprisingly the best one, being designed for the mode and all, a relatively compact mix of close combat corridors with a few more open spots, you can get around it pretty quick even with mobility lacking characters, you've got some solid areas to knock people off stage and a hotspot area down the bottom and health packs are well spread.
Eichenwalde probably fares the best of the non DM maps transitioning to the mode, though its health options can be lacking.
Kings Row is the runner up of non DM maps, though I agree with Kor in that Junkrat in particular can cheese it up with the pub interior.
Hollywood is pretty cumbersome for characters without mobility options as getting to the upper levels via slooooow lift platforms is just not good, spawns here are often some of the worst.
Dorado isn't as bad as I first thought though there's a really unfortunate spawn position in the vault that gets used by the game enough to make it an easy place to ambush.
In general the combat here is centralised in two opposite of the map locations meaning a luck of the draw with spawns situation can apply.
Sometimes I wonder if adding some of those jump pads to these maps would help.
I'm guessing Hanamura got axed as well since I haven't seen that in a while.
Kor of Memory
Member
Reddit seems to suggest it's only in Mystery Heroes. Which, is anyone taking into account the fact that we're all getting 1 minute less of game time everytime we play mystery heroes due to no character selections anymore?
yeah junkrat ruined FFA and Mercy rework killed TDM. They even removed TDM now with this patch. It was unplayable anyway. What I liked about FFA was good for practice those first few weeks now it's just getting killed by random mines of 4 junkrats on every game because it's easy lootbox to play junk. Spawns are still a mess too, people just quickly revenge respawn and shoot you from behind. It's so stupid.
Kor of Memory
Member
Honestly, I expected FFA to go away almost entirely when the Halloween event started. That's why I was so desperate to finish my FFA games before then.
I still haven't touched FFA. It sounds like such a mess, honestly. It's hard to believe it's fun? I should try it lol
I am (or was till Mercy got buffed) a Lucio main and that's the only skin of his I like. And I don't have it.
Vital Tundra
Member
OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
Now that I think about it he should be maskless. What were they thinking?
Spike Spiegel
Member
Chateau and King's Row are favorable to Junkrat and Symmetra players.
Eichenwalde and Hollywood are favorable to Widowmaker and Hanzo players, in addition to the above.
Dorado is favorable to Pharah and Torbjorn players, in addition to the above.
Eichenwalde and Hollywood are favorable to Widowmaker and Hanzo players, in addition to the above.
Dorado is favorable to Pharah and Torbjorn players, in addition to the above.
Kor of Memory
Member
I disagree with your Dorado characters. Dorado is too open for Pharah and she gets focus fired pretty quickly.
Because of the sightlines It's also super easy to avoid Torb Turrets. A lot of combat takes place in the bank/vault area, and you aren't getting a good turret kill in there. You'll definitely rack up some assists though.
Pharah actually works pretty well on Chateau, and Torb on Eichenwalde.
OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
We need more of him without the mask.
But that would've made sense!OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
I've cheesed Eichenwalde & Hollywood as Pharah because of Junkrats.
This is a solid asssessment.
Nocturnowl
Member
Anyone else who uses Doomfist tend to find that for reasons unknown Reaper has this uncanny ability to negate punch distance? like I smack him with full charge during his ult and he wont go as far as others, he seems to be able to use wraith to cancel momentum and other times in general I swear he just no sells that shit.
Last night was the first night I've actually just quit a FFA DM out of frustration. It takes a lot of work as Mercy to kill someone, and then someone getting one shot off, killing the person I had been busting my ass to wear down, and taking my kill is just so demoralizing.
Usually that makes me work harder to earn every kill I can, but I was halfway through a game with only two points when I'd been involved in so many brutal firefights that I just couldn't take it.
I'm not sure how I'd change it to make it better—and I also don't know that I'd honestly call what we've got now "broken"—but man is the current points system the bane of my existence sometimes.
...I guess one comes at things very differently when health packs aren't a concern.
Part of why it's a lot of fun is that it's a gigantic chaotic mess.
I'll take a Junkrat over a Tracer any day. I want her entire existence erased from DM. *random profanities*
OMG this should have been Reaper's skin, without that stupid mask.
I wont lie. Glancing the site in mobile mode, I thought that was The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.
Stupid sexy Reyes.