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Overwatch Beta Thread: Cheers Love, The Beta's Here!

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bkw said:
Worst POTG has got to be when some guy on defence kills a bunch of attackers that are rushing the payload as the clock runs out. I get that it's a lot of kills very quickly, but there surely has a be a better play than that.

Also when a Reaper gets POTG for death blossom, but in reality during the game, a Mercy immediately reversed all the kills moments later with a Resurrect. I think they should sort of cancel out.

POTG has potential to be great when it does catch an awesome play, but so far, it's just the same thing over and over again.
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Agree, it's just multi kills, which are usually incredibly fortunate.
 
Just got done playing for a couple hours and the game is pretty damn fun. I mainly switched between Tracer and Reinhardt. I caught on quickly too, I was able to go 18-0 as Tracer within the first hour. Its also satisfying once you see your replay at the end of the match.

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I will definitely be playing more. Feel free to add me if you want to party up. PSN name is the same as in the image.
 
Just played a match on Hollywood as Defense. We were all setup around the objective waiting for the Attackers to show up. It was taking awhile, which seemed odd. Then around the corner, off in the distance, is Reindhart's shield. Then another. And another. And another. 6 Reindharts eventually come 'round the corner, all slowly and methodically marching towards us, unfazed. It was a beautiful sight to behold.
 
PsychoWARD23 said:
Yep for sure, one of my favorites.


His boost is better than DVA's and his shield is heartier than Winston's.


My two favorite things in the game are pinning somebody as him and getting a chain hook + shotgun kill as Roadhog.
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I pinned someone and took both of us off the map earlier. It was amusing.
 
Okay, so, played a few more games. Playing Symmetra well is like 75% turret placement; figuring out the good spots is going to be an interesting challenge. You can't stack them too closely, or they'll get wiped out by somebody's common ass AoE, but you can't disperse them too much or they won't be able to focus people down.

If you're curious, the remaining 25% breaks down as 5% shooting, 5% remebering to throw shields on people, and 15% trolltastic teleport beacon placements.

Oh, and Reinhardt is amazing. Shield is excellent, hammer is cool, but that charge is goddamn hilarious.
 
ShadowsFell said:
Hell yes. I'm only a few games in, but I love her. I also like Soldier 76 because he can be an aggressive attacker and also possesses a healing ability. I haven't tried many of the characters yet though.
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Mei is not only the Queen of Adorable but super fun to play. She's my favorite character in the game by far.
 
Winston's starting to really grow on me. Probably the most satisfying leap ability I've used in a game, and nothing freaks the back line out quite like GORILLA IN THE FACE.

If the rest of these randoms would stand on the goddamned point we'd be getting somewhere.

Spookie said:
People are exceptionally shit at playing objectives. I'm getting flashbacks to TF2.
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That and WoW battlegrounds.

Fight On the Node, Not On the Road.™
 
Every other POTG is Bastion holding left mouse button. Nobody can convince me that he isn't too strong.

200 rounds per clip is overkill, too. I'd like to see it be 100.
 
Man is it just me or did the put a lot more work into D.va than any other character? Her emotes are a lot more complex than anyone else etc. Wish I liked the char :|
 
dottme said:
I think I probably did it get this game. It looks like everyone like it but not for me.

I have the feeling this game doesn't know what it wants to be. There some arcade mechanic trying to make the game fast mix with some mechanics which slow down the game.
I've played with Tracer who can move fast. But finally did not use it so much because I spent my time hiding while reloading. I think the reload happens way to often and is way to long. It's the first time I feel like this on a game.
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Reloading with Tracer is pretty fast.

Blink, reload, blink.

I can understand the game not being for you, but I think the game knows what it is. It's a very well made team made shooter.
 
ShadowsFell said:
I love blocking routes with it, but I also love shooting it behind an enemy to isolate them from their team, to hopefully get a relatively easy elimination. It's so much fun and so effective.
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That's the thing. You can use her wall to block an objective. You can block off the retreat of someone for the kill or block off their push. You can use it to raise someone up to a level their hero can't reach or you can use it to save yourself after an iceblock.

Mei is my favorite character right now, I feel like if I get better at the game I can do well with her in any situation.
 
Guess this game isn't for me. Only like about 3 characters and kinda just found it boring after 3 matches. The reveal trailer left a different impression on me.
 
ZangBa said:
Guess this game isn't for me. Only like about 3 characters and kinda just found it boring after 3 matches. The reveal trailer left a different impression on me.
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Try finding someone to play with. It didn't really click for me until I had a teammate, it can be a pretty miserable experience with randos.
 
Zarya is a lot of fun once you build up charge but it is real annoying when you shield someone and they run away instead of soaking up damage.

Pineconn said:
Every other POTG is Bastion holding left mouse button. Nobody can convince me that he isn't too strong.

200 rounds per clip is overkill, too. I'd like to see it be 100.
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He was way worse before, he had a regenerating shield. Now it's actually viable solo kill him from a distance with most characters rather than requiring the entire team to focus fire and someone shielding to block the insane DPS.
 
I wish there were more worthwhile streamers than seagull. The other top streamers are balls.
 
bkw said:
Worst POTG has got to be when some guy on defence kills a bunch of attackers that are rushing the payload as the clock runs out. I get that it's a lot of kills very quickly, but there surely has a be a better play than that.

Also when a Reaper gets POTG for death blossom, but in reality during the game, a Mercy immediately reversed all the kills moments later with a Resurrect. I think they should sort of cancel out.

POTG has potential to be great when it does catch an awesome play, but so far, it's just the same thing over and over again.
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Algorithm to determine POTG in the current state is still too simple. I've no doubt Blizzard will improve it later.
 
Xeteh said:
That's the thing. You can use her wall to block an objective. You can block off the retreat of someone for the kill or block off their push. You can use it to raise someone up to a level their hero can't reach or you can use it to save yourself after an iceblock.

Mei is my favorite character right now, I feel like if I get better at the game I can do well with her in any situation.
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Exactly. She's just immediately fun to use, and has awesome viability.
 
I usually like Zenyatta more, but the Mercy meta of flying between distant characters to keep yourself alive is really fun.
 
Hip Hop said:
Anyone know the size of the PC beta?
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Install is 12gb according to the Programs and Features of Win10.

Caim said:
Widowmaker is amazing. I really want to learn Hanzo I'm struggling hard with him.
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If your aim is good you will dominate games with either. Hanzo's ultimate is more selfish but Widow's is helpful to everyone. Both can dominate if you've got good aim, though.
 
What's everyone's strategy with Roadhog?
I played him for the first time today, really liked pulling/large hp pull, but I found it really hard to actually kill someone 1 on 1 after a successful pull.

The gun has a large delay between shots, so your enemy usually runs away after the first one. I tried the Hook > R2 (close range) shot > Melee, but even that didn't kill the enemy most of the time.

Should I just use the mid range concentrated shot and aim for the head or am I doing something else wrong?
 
Played sime more matches, Diva is my girl now. At one point a Road Hog guy dragged me in, I just smiled and said "You wanted it", self destructed and got three kills
 
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