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Sarmhan
Nov 1, 2011

Macaluso posted:

I don't know how you guys do anything with Reaper. He just isn't meshing with me at all
Use your TP to flank, one/two shot people at close range.

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Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Also, don't forget that crouching will silence your footsteps. It's absolutely not a bad idea to just crouch and Solid Snake up behind people to get in shotgun range.

Dastardly
Jun 14, 2011

Fresh outta hecks.
I feel like there's plenty of people that never listens to footsteps. Tooltips clearly states that enemies footsteps are louder than your teammates so if someone is nearby you can pretty much point out
where they are. Probably too busy blasting their music to hear.

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
I don't supposed anyone is putting together a group/community for ps4 goons... I am way too lazy to input everyone's name with my controller to send the friend invites...

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
I just finished a match that had the craziest stuff happening. Enemies were shooting through walls, objects, ceilings, etc. On the killcam you could see them unloading endless streams of shots, firing off two ults in a row (Ex: the dwarf setting off molten core one after the other, junkrat sending out a tire and as soon as it blew firing off a second...I didn't know what to make of it. Everyone on my team got slaughtered from beginning to end and it made no sense.

The prior couple of games seemed normal but that one indicated it was time to turn the PC off and watch TV for a while. I don't mind being bad at this game but this sort of stuff leaves nothing to enjoy.

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly

TheTatteredKing posted:

I'm being hyperbolic. But it's still a skill to actually land arrows let alone head shot with them compared to a hitscan.

Yes its harder to hit people with his bow, but that's because he isn't supposed to have parity with Widow's ability to snipe. Her kit is completely focused on her ability to click heads at range while Hanzo is a sniper that can also deal significant damage at close range.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
Been running Genji super effectively, i'm only lvl 11 but I feel like I can carry in heavy fights. My favorite thing to do is flanking Widowmaker & Hanzo and then murdering them with their own poo poo. Wall climbing, dashing and double jumping let you move in and out of the fight effortlessly and you can go from the wrong end of a Widow's scope to right up her butt in no time flat. I have also successfully dbl-jump dashed up to a Pharah and the E-flected her entire ult to her face.

piratepilates
Mar 28, 2004

So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.



Macaluso posted:

I don't know how you guys do anything with Reaper. He just isn't meshing with me at all

Go up to guys, shoot them in the face

they die, you get health

don't try to shoot more than one person in the face at once, engage them one by one and shoot in face

use your lshift to get out of dodge when the shooting in face isn't gonna work, use the e to get to good positions to shoot people in the face (high ground, places you can drop down on them, flanking, etc)

after shooting enough people in the face you now have ult, go up to group of people (hopefully without them shooting at you or noticing you) and press q, now teamwipe

Edmond Dantes
Sep 12, 2007

Reactor: Online
Sensors: Online
Weapons: Online

ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL
I'm warming up to edgelord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=152xaTjjqTI

My record eliminations in one game is 27. With Mei. How the hell am I better at murdering people with Mei than with Pharah or 76? :psyduck:

/edit:

Macaluso posted:

I don't know how you guys do anything with Reaper. He just isn't meshing with me at all

He's not assault, don't try to use him on frontal attacks or you'll die horribly. Use the E teleport, get behind the enemy team and pick off stragglers. Also, get in their backs before you start firing; you have shotguns, not assault rifles. Then what ^^^^ said.

Edmond Dantes fucked around with this message at 04:45 on May 27, 2016

Foolster41
Aug 2, 2013

"It's a non-speaking role"
Heroes never die. Unless their ressureected point blank in front of a reaper.

Afraid of Audio
Oct 12, 2012

by exmarx
double zarya owns

juggalo baby coffin
Dec 2, 2007

How would the dog wear goggles and even more than that, who makes the goggles?


zenyatta is a great character but hes a support, not a great healer, and its impossible to get anyone else on the team to be a healer if you're a 'healer'

Yardbomb
Jul 11, 2011

What's with the eh... bretonnian dance, sir?

Edmond Dantes posted:

My record eliminations in one game is 27. With Mei. How the hell am I better at murdering people with Mei than with Pharah or 76? :psyduck:

She's ridiculous, so many characters in this game have to get to close to medium range and if it's 1-2 people, she has enough health that she can really consistently just juke and freeze them, then headshot and that kills a huge amount of characters.

Drakes
Jul 18, 2007

Why my bullets no hit?

Foolster41 posted:

Heroes never die. Unless their ressureected point blank in front of a reaper.

McCree is good times when an enemy Mercy revives the entire team, happened to me earlier it was .

Cake Smashing Boob
Nov 5, 2008

I support black genocide

FirstPersonShitter posted:

zenyatta is a great character but hes a support, not a great healer, and its impossible to get anyone else on the team to be a healer if you're a 'healer'

Zenyatta with Lucio on escort levels (or whatever the gently caress they're called) is p loving great.

Evil_Greven
Feb 20, 2007

Whadda I got to,
whadda I got to do
to wake ya up?

To shake ya up,
to break the structure up!?
Am I the only one who finds Widowmaker more effective in close proximity to your team?

Also, headshotting a hero right as s/he starts to ult is glorious. Try again next time, Pharah!

p.s. throwing mines at Reinhardt clusters as they try to push in is fantastic.

Elderbean
Jun 10, 2013


Afraid of Audio posted:

double zarya owns

Yes! My brother and I absolutely steamrolled the other team as double Zarya last night. Constant barriers, tons of M2 spam, and gravitation surges galore. I don't think we ever died.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



Evil_Greven posted:

Am I the only one who finds Widowmaker more effective in close proximity to your team?

Also, headshotting a hero right as s/he starts to ult is glorious. Try again next time, Pharah!

p.s. throwing mines at Reinhardt clusters as they try to push in is fantastic.

hell, anyone can do that to her. pharah's ult is rough because you jump into the sky, painting this massive target on yourself, with a character that dies in like 2 hits from a bunch of other heroes. you can do a lot with it but the moment someone sees you, you're done

also it's funny to catch reinhardt with the bear trap when he tries to charge you

the bsd boys
Aug 8, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 381 days!
keeping one other person on the point and completely no-selling somebody's ult with zarya's shields will never not be hilarious

What's that? Dva's self-destructing? I don't care

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib

Yardbomb posted:

She's ridiculous, so many characters in this game have to get to close to medium range and if it's 1-2 people, she has enough health that she can really consistently just juke and freeze them, then headshot and that kills a huge amount of characters.

https://zippy.gfycat.com/RespectfulBestGordonsetter.mp4

Rallos
Aug 1, 2004
Live The Music
What legendary skin should I get for Junkrat? The court Jester looking one or the scarecrow? This is very important.

Slowpoke!
Feb 12, 2008

ANIME IS FOR ADULTS
I'm still learning all the maps and I haven't touched half the characters, but Lucio is really good. I was doing well with him even when I thought his weapon needed to be shot at teammates to heal them.

Yardbomb
Jul 11, 2011

What's with the eh... bretonnian dance, sir?

Rallos posted:

What legendary skin should I get for Junkrat? The court Jester looking one or the scarecrow? This is very important.

The Jester one imo, Scarecrow is cool but you miss out on all his great facial expressions.

Afraid of Audio
Oct 12, 2012

by exmarx

Elderbean posted:

Yes! My brother and I absolutely steamrolled the other team as double Zarya last night. Constant barriers, tons of M2 spam, and gravitation surges galore. I don't think we ever died.

if you have full charge her ult generates so goddamn fast it's the best

fit em all up in there
Oct 10, 2006

Violencia

Snak posted:

I don't supposed anyone is putting together a group/community for ps4 goons... I am way too lazy to input everyone's name with my controller to send the friend invites...

There is one. I think it's called Overgoons

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
Is Soldier 76 the only assault class not meant to flank?

Afraid of Audio
Oct 12, 2012

by exmarx

TheKingofSprings posted:

Is Soldier 76 the only assault class not meant to flank?

mccree technically isnt

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!
I actually find Mei pretty difficult to snipe as Widowmaker, out of all of the characters, even Tracer is relatively easy since its just a body shot that counts because she's too zippy at times. Mei's movements are very erratic and she is tiny with a small head, it's 2nd most to Hanzo in terms of headshot difficulty, not to mention she can encase in a shield of ice, which makes it difficult to figure out (yet) where her actual head is in that encased block of ice as soon as she pops out.

A lot of the overwatch characters have such different height variations that as Widowmaker, its pretty difficult to adjust for the head, considering you try to go from a Rein, to a Mercy to a Mei, to a Hanzo as they run out into the open from a corner. It's an interesting challenge and I welcome it in getting better, but drat that Mei...I'll have you in my sights soon enough bitch :argh:

TheKingofSprings posted:

Is Soldier 76 the only assault class not meant to flank?

If you watch the S76 short, it actually gives some pretty good clues as to how to play him. He can flank, its just a matter of appropriate timing and getting in and out. He can be stationary and mobile but its all about adapting to the heat of the battle with him.

Lastgirl fucked around with this message at 05:23 on May 27, 2016

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Rallos posted:

What legendary skin should I get for Junkrat? The court Jester looking one or the scarecrow? This is very important.

Scarecrow is 1000 times better than the Jester

Zorodius
Feb 11, 2007

EA GAMES' MASTERPIECE 'MADDEN 2018 G.O.A.T. EDITION' IS A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY. IT BRINGS GAMEDAY RIGHT TO THE PLAYER AND WHOEVER SAYS OTHERWISE CAN, YOU GUESSED IT...
SUCK THE SHIT STRAIGHT OUT OF MY OWN ASSHOLE.

BUY IT.
Hanzo has a high skill cap, but also relies on pure dumb luck. a lot.

Section Z
Oct 1, 2008

Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?

Pillbug

TheKingofSprings posted:

Is Soldier 76 the only assault class not meant to flank?

You flank with 76 when you notice a Reaper is trying to teleport well behind your team, and then Sprint around to shoot him in the back of the head right as he's about to shoot a teammate in the back of the head.

Trying to "Flank" in a more proactive manner keeps reminding me I don't know these maps very well yet, particluarly on any character without vertical options or other such shortcuts. "Okay I'll run through here and... okay this room will... this THIRD room-will be a loving dead end okay." "Skirt around, jump over this railing so I can jump up that railing a bit father away-oh that's a pit." "Okay. Okay... Jump onto those rocks and-*Bounces off invisible wall*"

Sometimes though it's just enough to get enough of an angle to pop some shots and a rocket down, and then Winston leaps 500 feet to chase you across a catwalk as you just sprint the gently caress away back to your team not too far off.

Section Z fucked around with this message at 05:31 on May 27, 2016

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

Kerrrrrrr posted:

nobody mentioned there was a TORBJORN COMIC OUT

http://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/torbjorn-destroyer

Oh, Titan.

That explains something.

Foolster41
Aug 2, 2013

"It's a non-speaking role"

Yardbomb posted:

The Jester one imo, Scarecrow is cool but you miss out on all his great facial expressions.

Don;'t be stealing my shtick now.

Minera
Sep 26, 2007

All your friends and foes,
they thought they knew ya,
but look who's in your heart now.
matchmaking clicked and we played like, 10 or 11 rounds vs the same stack with lots of close matches and plenty of actual GGs. real good poo poo, imo.

overwatch is good, and, I'm glad of it.

Schneider Inside Her
Aug 6, 2009

Please bitches. If nothing else I am a gentleman
I think McCree, 76 and to an extent Pharah are meant to make up the frontline. Pharah can access a lot of flanking routes but she's not super manouverable in combat. Using her up front if you have a Reinhart or something can be pretty effective.

Dastardly
Jun 14, 2011

Fresh outta hecks.
Jester one reminds me of Gauntlet so that's obviously the better choice.

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer

Dirt Taco Scuba posted:

There is one. I think it's called Overgoons

Yeah no search results for that. I searched for "goon" and there are a whole bunch of little goon communities with a few people in them.

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib

Minrad posted:

matchmaking clicked and we played like, 10 or 11 rounds vs the same stack with lots of close matches and plenty of actual GGs. real good poo poo, imo.

overwatch is good, and, I'm glad of it.

This game is an absolute joy when matchmaking puts you up against a team of very comparable skill and ability

Thor-Stryker
Nov 11, 2005

Macaluso posted:

Scarecrow is 1000 times better than the Jester

Lies, Jester is perfect with the nutshot potg AND the wheel one (Because it showcases the sun/moon symbol on the wheel). Jester also has very distinctive grenades (which look like juggling balls.)

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fit em all up in there
Oct 10, 2006

Violencia

Snak posted:

Yeah no search results for that. I searched for "goon" and there are a whole bunch of little goon communities with a few people in them.

Add me and I'll invite you to it. BostonZombie

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