You should be trying to hook squishy targets. Supports/offensive heroes. A hook + a shot will kill most of those. You shouldn't bother hooking tanks or most defensive heroes. You won't really get anything out of that. Against Bastion you should be trying to flank and hook him while in turret mode. You can personally delete him.
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You should be trying to hook squishy targets. Supports/offensive heroes. A hook + a shot will kill most of those. You shouldn't bother hooking tanks or most defensive heroes. You won't really get anything out of that. Against Bastion you should be trying to flank and hook him while in turret mode. You can personally delete him.
Try messing around with randoms on console, it's pretty much TDM. Witnessing people throw themselves into 1v3's or greater hurts my soul lol
Yeah Phara is definitely my favorite character when attacking. I will say her ult is not as great as it looks; damage is spread pretty thinly over the barrage and using it makes her the easiest target in the game.
Can definitely do some damage if you flank em and pop it though.
Can definitely do some damage if you flank em and pop it though.
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I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I do think the matches go by way too quick. Not much time for a good back and forth.
Well you 're not going to kill a Dva instantly but it'll kill most Tracers/Genjis/Reapers. Try to aim for the head when you pull them in. If your allies are nearby they'll get the chance to get in some hits as well. I like to move forward a bit just after the hook to guarantee maximum coverage.
You can start off by playing a few games against AI, no one will get angry at you there.
Which shot has the higher damage if I'm aiming for the head from up close?
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I'm not sure what that means, but I only played him once and I was just doing bad overall compared to whoever else I've tried so far.
ShadowsFell
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This game is just straight up fun. I've gotten frustrated with a lot of FPS games recently, and this one is just genuinely fun, and pleasant to play.
LumpOfCole
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Mei is the best character, because she causes the most salt and tears when played right.
This may be my favorite multiplayer game of alllllllll time if they avoid the ballance issues Valve created with TF2.
Game really needs more modes. All the ones in TF2 would be a great start. Then maybe standard deathmatch and team deathmatch modes.
Would love to see a gun game style mode where the game cycles through heroes as you kill.
Game really needs more modes. All the ones in TF2 would be a great start. Then maybe standard deathmatch and team deathmatch modes.
Would love to see a gun game style mode where the game cycles through heroes as you kill.
phoenix296
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I haven't played much Tracer but I got someone mad at me when I started dominating with her tonight lol.
This. She's awesome!
Pure_Phazon
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Played about 15 matches. Hanzo and Mei are by far my favorites so far, especially Mei in payload. The ice wall is so good.
Chubzdoomer
Banned
Man, this game reeks of polish and personality. Blizzard truly is one of a kind.
I haven't played enough to notice, but does the person being healed by Mercy get to see Mercy's HP on the hud? Something like that's very helpful in TF2, cause you have some indication if your healer is being attacked. I've read that the healers emote when attacked. I guess I need to listen for it.
FreezerGeezer
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Bloody oath. Top notch.
Sounds like a "you" problem tbh
Dimitri LH
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Man this game is a blast! I found my squad mains too! (For now atleast)
Mercy, Lucio, Mei, Hanzo, Cowboy
Good job blizzard, one of your IPs actually won me over.
Mercy, Lucio, Mei, Hanzo, Cowboy
Good job blizzard, one of your IPs actually won me over.
Wow.
I feel like in 2030 I'd be able to pull something like that off, after playing everyday from now til then.
katsubento
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This game is so much fun.
Dimitri LH
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Now? Lol
I downloaded it on the ps4 couple of hours ago
Baleoce
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Just woke up, and it wasn't up before I went to bed. Wanted to know so I could set it downloading before I head out. Thanks
I thought killfeeds weren't a thing in Overwatch?
You can activate killfeed in the options.
You gotta get used to a quick melee into a shot that usually kills them outright if their squishy to medium health heroes.
The Auxiliary
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Had an amazing third night of Overwatch.
Tried out Hanzo for the first time, and in my second match playing him, I was killing people left and right... I couldn't believe the power and control I had. I don't think I've ever had a high that high in all my time playing.
Zarya remains one of my favorite heroes to play, with her Graviton Surge wombo combo potential being so high if my teammates can see the opportunity when I use it. She's pretty fun, and a decent counter to turrets, it seems.
As for Zenyatta, my #1 favorite hero, I love love love him. Snipers can go die in a fiery pit, but I've finally found the best way to survive with him: Hope the tank is Reinhardt and glue myself to his back, covering his weak spot, killing turrets/ Bastions myself immediately when we get to them before his shield can break, and mark my targets so I can see them and shoot through his model.
The funniest thing that just happened was when a Junkrat on our team used his ultimate and an enemy Mercy who saw that he was low-ish health tried to pistol him to death. She seemed so fucking confused and surprised when I, squishy Zenyatta, literally threw myself in front of helpless Junkrat to stop him from dying, before killing her.
Tried out Hanzo for the first time, and in my second match playing him, I was killing people left and right... I couldn't believe the power and control I had. I don't think I've ever had a high that high in all my time playing.
Zarya remains one of my favorite heroes to play, with her Graviton Surge wombo combo potential being so high if my teammates can see the opportunity when I use it. She's pretty fun, and a decent counter to turrets, it seems.
As for Zenyatta, my #1 favorite hero, I love love love him. Snipers can go die in a fiery pit, but I've finally found the best way to survive with him: Hope the tank is Reinhardt and glue myself to his back, covering his weak spot, killing turrets/ Bastions myself immediately when we get to them before his shield can break, and mark my targets so I can see them and shoot through his model.
The funniest thing that just happened was when a Junkrat on our team used his ultimate and an enemy Mercy who saw that he was low-ish health tried to pistol him to death. She seemed so fucking confused and surprised when I, squishy Zenyatta, literally threw myself in front of helpless Junkrat to stop him from dying, before killing her.
GwyndolinCinder
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Hook, short range aim for head, long range body. RIP hooked person. If they are still not dead, you should probably not have grabbed that person.
I can see this game having a lot of mileage. The characters are just so wonderfully varied and going from one to another is a vastly different experience. The have brilliantly developed personalities too. I can't get enough of Junkrat at the moment, his sadistic giggles and quips are a perfect complement to his play style.
The flip side to all this variety will be very lopsided matches if a team doesn't choose its characters well. There's a ton of strategy here too.
The flip side to all this variety will be very lopsided matches if a team doesn't choose its characters well. There's a ton of strategy here too.
ElzarTheBam
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I really am enjoying this.
Though (on consoles) I am slightly surprised by the slower paced nature of it.
Though (on consoles) I am slightly surprised by the slower paced nature of it.
that was pretty damn amazing
What's killfeed?
Really? Awesome, thanks for the tip!
dreamstation
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Probably already been mentioned but what's with the unresponsive controls in the menus on the PS4, and what's with the super low quality character models in the winning team's group photo at the end of a match? The characters on the character select screen look kinda off too. The game looks and plays great when you're actually playing but it's not all smooth sailing in the menus it seems. Anyone else notice this?
MMaRsu
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Havent noticed unresponsiveness at all, and it uses dynamic resolution so yeah it drops for that screen.
Robin64
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Won so many attacking games because the "defending" team players were all too busy chasing down a disctraction Tracer or something. Easy caps.
Kagoshima_Luke
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I sniped Junkrat's wheel a split second before it hit a backpeddaling Cowboy teammate. Was just a small moment, but felt pretty good.
Makoto-Yuki
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starting to get a feel for the game. at first i was kinda just picking tracer/soldier over and over again but now i'm looking out for any flaws the team might have and filling it in. played a few more characters. most favourite at the moment is D.va.
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