Karsticles
Member
Does it have anything new to say over the original article on scrub mentality?
http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win
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Overwatch |OT11| Have Mercy
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Does it have anything new to say over the original article on scrub mentality?
http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win
Not really, just pretty much recontextualizes that piece for Overwatch.
Carl-Sagan
Member
Interesting to see him release a video.. How is it?
Just had a game where the one of the supports wanted to play Ana(no mercy) and we got stomped in round 1. So disheartening to see the enemy mercy ressing left and right negating our kills while our Ana is getting nothing done. The next round he switched and all of a sudden we win. Mercy needs more nerfs, I don't think even pre hotfix bastion was this strong.
icecold1983
Member
lmao dat elo hell amirite? all these trollers how does ANYONE get to high ranks??
what an awful video
Nerf Mercy or buff Ana you mean? There is no reason why other healers can't heal as much as her.
After playing 60 games non-stop, I finally got the 'Held The Door ' & "Dawn Breaks" achievements for Junkenstein's Revenge. Apparently, for Dawn Breaks, you don't even need to play Endless to get that one, as you just need to beat Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty to earn it.
I keep saying that, but everyone immediately jumps on with "No! Power creep's bad! We don't need to make healers better! We just need to NERF MERCY!"
On a related note, the one thing that I love about Ana, was that a good-to-excellent Ana player was a hard counter to Tracer and Genji's antics, and I wished Ana still had that niche of being the only support hero that can duel against flankers.
It was a blast to see an excellent Ana going against a skilled Tracer and see who would win, and it offered your team additional utility for dealing with them.
I keep saying that, but everyone immediately jumps on with "No! Power creep's bad! We don't need to make healers better! We just need to NERF MERCY!"
On a related note, the one thing that I love about Ana, was that a good-to-excellent Ana player was a hard counter to Tracer and Genji's antics, and I wished Ana still had that niche of being the only support hero that can duel against flankers.
It was a blast to see an excellent Ana going against a skilled Tracer and see who would win, and it offered your team additional utility for dealing with them.
SgtWiggles
Member
Win first game, lose second thanks to thrower, those 3rd thanks to rage quitter.
I love this season so much, if I get stuck in Diamond thanks to all these bullshit players constantly making me lose I'm just moving on to Battlefront or something. Its really starting to not even feel worth the time anymore when most of my losses arent even in my control
I love this season so much, if I get stuck in Diamond thanks to all these bullshit players constantly making me lose I'm just moving on to Battlefront or something. Its really starting to not even feel worth the time anymore when most of my losses arent even in my control
Damnit blues, I wish you played on PS4. Youre always so positive.
Carl-Sagan
Member
Ended up enjoying the Skyline video. I don't agree with everything but it was entertaining at the least.
God, the new Mercy is really pissing me off.
Look at her compared to the other primarily healer, Ana. Mercy has self heal that Ana doesnt, she has the mobility that Ana doesnt, has the ability to make fights effectively 7vs6 if the enemy is not running a Mercy, that Ana doesnt. All of this while being much easier to play and consistently play her to her full capabilities.
The only 2 things Ana has over Mercy, are the ability to block enemy healing, and take out 1 enemy from the fight for 7 seconds. The latter being a high skill abilities that can be inconsistent. Her Nano Boost ult is meh compared to Mercys incredible Valkyrie that changes game fights.
Look, I am fine with Mercy (even tho she makes the game much worse) being how she is as long as Ana gets buffed. I am not okay with her being such an impact hero in matches when she takes 60% less effort and skill to play compared to Ana.
Blizzard pls, give us granny back
Look at her compared to the other primarily healer, Ana. Mercy has self heal that Ana doesnt, she has the mobility that Ana doesnt, has the ability to make fights effectively 7vs6 if the enemy is not running a Mercy, that Ana doesnt. All of this while being much easier to play and consistently play her to her full capabilities.
The only 2 things Ana has over Mercy, are the ability to block enemy healing, and take out 1 enemy from the fight for 7 seconds. The latter being a high skill abilities that can be inconsistent. Her Nano Boost ult is meh compared to Mercys incredible Valkyrie that changes game fights.
Look, I am fine with Mercy (even tho she makes the game much worse) being how she is as long as Ana gets buffed. I am not okay with her being such an impact hero in matches when she takes 60% less effort and skill to play compared to Ana.
Blizzard pls, give us granny back
ValkyrUser
Member
Why does no one want to protect the door?! God...
Dead Prince
Banned
Guys. are we back? this doesn't even feel like home anymore but fuck it.
i got gold healing and mercy did jack shit. stop grouping up with your friends trying to boost you.
i got gold healing and mercy did jack shit. stop grouping up with your friends trying to boost you.
PalaceBrother
Member
If this goes down, is there an alternative? I know of a few other GAF communities that have found alternatives....
Dead Prince
Banned
was there even a gaf ow discord? i thought there was one. the whole thing is a mess.
just going to blame it on my deranking.
blue_phazon
Member
Is there an Overwatch Gaf discord? Would be fun to join
I never used Discord but my xbl gamertag is McDragon Live
Before this site get nuked again you guys are like family to me so add me away. Thanks.
PalaceBrother
Member
I found the Omnic Lab discord which seems like a decent community, but haven't seen an official GAF OW one.
prolly in bronze lmao
Dead Prince
Banned
i just need a place to complain. ;\
Wyndstryker
Member
If you guys want we can all add each other in friends list or some sort of discord to keep in touch
or whever the rest of everyone goes
or whever the rest of everyone goes
Carl-Sagan
Member
From the server:
"The purge has happened. White names are gone. We will not be accepting new members for a bit. If somebody you know wants in, I'll have to personally invite them for the time being. Sorry."
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Is anyone sticking around on the forums or we all peacing out?
I was in during that and even asked Anne for an extra invite for another person from here.
Dead Prince
Banned
yeah i got booted as well.
Wyndstryker
Member
we could establish a new discord OW new home or something
Dead Prince
Banned
whoever makes it make sure to lock it down and allow one time use invite codes and only send it via pm on here.
Carl-Sagan
Member
I wouldn't know how to get you all in. Maybe try reaching out to Anne? She doesn't really want the current Discord being related to NeoGAF or the alleged new site.
Dead Prince
Banned
i joined in today tbh.
it was during work and i didn't really speak. with the whole gaf doing down, 4chan raiding the server. i was just looking to see if it was safe.
it was during work and i didn't really speak. with the whole gaf doing down, 4chan raiding the server. i was just looking to see if it was safe.
Yep, I've been reached out to. Thanks!
Dead Prince
Banned
whoever is in the discord that can send a link you can PM me on gaf it. you. so when i join you guys don't go booting me again.
Carl-Sagan
Member
I believe the best approach is maybe writing to Anne through PM. Looks like people were purged also for inactivity. However long that duration was of the auto kick
Nice!
Dead Prince
Banned
i got an invite now. it's all cool.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Damn. Just recently started reading this Community thread.
Guess I'll complain about Mercy. Wish I could have grouped with the decent people here.
Guess I'll complain about Mercy. Wish I could have grouped with the decent people here.
nabe_shogun
Member
wait so is there a discord for us? How do I join?
SgtWiggles
Member
RIP Neogaf. Kinda sucked when you actually liked the leaks/game based community side as opposed to all the other BS. But whatever
yeah that's how Im feeling by this whole thing with resetera. spent so much of this weekend blowing off work I really needed to do to try to get that sweet discord invite and kept finding threads that were closed or abandoned like 30 min before I got there haha.
So now I guess it's waiting forever for an invite cuz I don't have an in with any of the communities I frequent (most i do are OT which I can't access of course).
Incendiary
Banned
Goodbye OW-GAF. PS4GAF and Discord knows where to find me. OW-GAF was the first and only sub-community I actually felt like a part of in all my years here. It's been real.
Carl-Sagan
Member
Are you on PC? We could exchange tags and Discord if you want.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Sure I'll PM my battletag.