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Overwatch: Sombra and Arcade mode now live for all platforms
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Then I might as well give up now.
Primethius
Banned
I already hate Sombra's hack ability. Also, how long do hacked health kits stay hacked?
Coming back from a 3-month hiatus, this patch has me optimistic for the game. Blizzard's at their best when their games are about saying 'yes' to the players. The new ways to earn loot boxes additional modes seems to lean towards that, but the balance around competitive is heading in the opposite direction.
Twilight Gap
Member
impossible to play sombra in quick play. even dva is being whored 
I'm so close to Diamond, and now it's going to be even harder to rank?
Fuuuuuuuck. ;_;
Zzz...
Fuuuuuuuck. ;_;
Forever, it feels like.
Zzz...
1 minute but IIRC it can be refreshed after it drops by 20%, which is the length of her hack cooldown.
holy shit Blizzard
Berserking Guts
Member
Took a hiatus from OW when Titanfall 2 came out. Decided to give OW another go after the update, and everyone is stacking Sombra in the one mode I'm interested in. Goes back to Titanfall.
super-famicom
Member
I don't remember how long it stays hacked, but I think you can counter hack it back to normal. I hacked an already hacked health pack and it looked like the enemy hack icon went away. Maybe I did it just add the hack was ending? Can someone test and confirm?
Berserking Guts
Member
I think it sucks that regular quick play is exempt from winning loot. I don't want to play those other dumb modes in arcade.
The 6v6 is eligible for the 3-win loot boxes.
No, you can't counter hack a health kit.
super-famicom
Member
Oh, OK. I just got lucky on the timing then.
IgotElbows
Member
People really shouldn't be playing as Sombra in comp.
Vital Tundra
Member
But 1v1 is tense as fuck. I find if I don't want the stress 3v3 is pretty cool, too.
Kremzeek
Member
Yeah I did a 1v1 with both of us being Widow- it lasted quite a while, and was super tense sneaking around the map for each other!
There were Pro changes?
Interesting update for sure. A lot of content compared to usual, though the fact that it took several months is a little disappointing for me and what I get out of it personally.
1v1 can be really tense or incredibly stupid based on the hero you end up with. Characters like Symmetra and Torbjorn should be removed from the rotation because it's just a dumb game of 'who gets bored enough to run into the other's turrets'.
3v3 is an interesting mode, but at the moment Roadhog completely destroys the balance of it. A good team staying together might be able to take him down, but if they don't have a healer they've almost automatically lost at that point.
Sombra has an interesting toolset, but I don't like her personally. Ignoring the fact that they teased a relatively ordinary type of character for at a few months, she just doesn't suit my style of play nor do I particularly like her as a character. I can imagine getting really frustrated at playing against good ones, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Ultimately, the new ways to earn loot boxes and the changes to both quick play and the ultimate charge rate which was one of my main pet peeves with the game will keep me playing intermittently, but it's not brought me back to the game as much as I hoped it would.
Hopefully now that Blizzard have revamped some of their systems and got their core modes down, they can focus on pumping out interesting content on a more regular basis because I don't see this game lasting outside of a dedicated PC base if there's another Sombra situation for the next character.
1v1 can be really tense or incredibly stupid based on the hero you end up with. Characters like Symmetra and Torbjorn should be removed from the rotation because it's just a dumb game of 'who gets bored enough to run into the other's turrets'.
3v3 is an interesting mode, but at the moment Roadhog completely destroys the balance of it. A good team staying together might be able to take him down, but if they don't have a healer they've almost automatically lost at that point.
Sombra has an interesting toolset, but I don't like her personally. Ignoring the fact that they teased a relatively ordinary type of character for at a few months, she just doesn't suit my style of play nor do I particularly like her as a character. I can imagine getting really frustrated at playing against good ones, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Ultimately, the new ways to earn loot boxes and the changes to both quick play and the ultimate charge rate which was one of my main pet peeves with the game will keep me playing intermittently, but it's not brought me back to the game as much as I hoped it would.
Hopefully now that Blizzard have revamped some of their systems and got their core modes down, they can focus on pumping out interesting content on a more regular basis because I don't see this game lasting outside of a dedicated PC base if there's another Sombra situation for the next character.
Pharah is so annoying now, on consoles anyway, And I say that as a Pharah player. Her speed and newly enhanced jump pack make her hard as hell to hit, plus the extra damage.
I hope they reduce the hacked health packs. 1 minute is way too long. 30 seconds would be good.
Loving the slower ultimate build up. And the single hero limit in QP has done wonders for team composition.
I hope they reduce the hacked health packs. 1 minute is way too long. 30 seconds would be good.
Loving the slower ultimate build up. And the single hero limit in QP has done wonders for team composition.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
His turrets were already plenty fast to build. Surprised they'd make it faster.
Coffee Dog
Banned
If Sombra has to waste her hack on a healthpack I really don't mind it being a minute long. Every time she hacks a healthpack that's a hack that could have been used on a player.
I just instantly lock in whoever I want to play immediately and force my team to build around me. :^)
I just instantly lock in whoever I want to play immediately and force my team to build around me. :^)
Finaika
Member
wat is this
17 Seconds
Banned
what do the little lines in the top left of each arcade mode box represent?
He's the only character with a passive heal.
You don't even have to do anything other than stay alive and you keep your team alive.
Aaronology
Member
Tense is an understatement. 1v1 Tracer is insane.
On Attack that might be true, but on Defense she can just hack those Medpacks before the teamfight begins.
fluffydelusions
Member
wait no loot boxes in qp anymore?
CertifiedFP
Member
Wrong thread? The wrongest? Truly, the most incorrect thread. I've got anime avatars like you wouldn't believe.
Sad!
I think he's complaining Non-Arcade modes don't contribute to the Arcade weekly loot.
Nah, I think it just doesn't give you those extra loot boxes from arcade mode.
Zomba13
Member
I really think it should just be a universal weekly win thing. Comp, QP, Arcade. Anything with actual other people that isn't some kind of custom game or against AI.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
10% isn't even that big of a nerf it's a nerf sure but pre patch his healing mixed with his ult and speed boost made him manditory. Blizzard doesn't want manditory heroes they want characters to be good for situations /counters
Edit pulling off up to 70% team healing in most games once you learned how to time it on a character that gets to attack and freely move around was straight up bs
But from what I've seen hacking health packs is way more decisive and useful than hacking individual players.
Hacking a tank seems most effective.
FusedAtoms
Member
Yeah it's one of the first things listed on the patch notes here , if you go down to wear it says general updates it's the first one.
Bear Force One
Banned
Blizz really outdid themselves with this update. Loving the new Arcade and the slower ult rate makes it more a fame if skill vs skill.
Kudos!
Kudos!
They need to remove the damage nerf from torb in matches with hero limitatation. He was never an overwhelming force on console by himself, it was in numbers.
Hacking a Reinhardt makes him useless.
Hacking a Bastion just induces rage for the Bastion player.
Sure, but you need to be in a position to hack them without being taken out first. Hacking all the health packs around an area can deny the whole area to the other team while making it ridiculously easy for yours to heal.
EMP blast seems like it would be more effective for taking out defensive stuff like Reinhardt and Bastion.
Zomba13
Member
Yeah. It makes sense pushing her to everyone now as it is a week after the PTR stuff and that seems to be all the testing it takes for Blizz to say "changes are fine, everything is great", but to let her be picked in Competitive right at the end of the season makes no sense. Are they going by the logic that most people will have already obtained their Season High so are just saying "fuck it, they won't care"?.
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
I'm a big fan of the Sombra containment mode, glad I don't ever deal with that mess ever again.
Lol just watched my friend play a match where the Lucio on his team just sat down on the payload the entire match.
Im a Lucio main but yeah he doesn't have to do jackshit. I definitely try though. Not to toot my own horn but I actually get Gold for eliminations with him quite often. And even with the nerf hes still a great character.
Bear Force One
Banned
If you're not using your speed/heal toggle you're not playing Lucio. Let's not pretend now.