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Theta Zero posted:You generally hang back and pick a partner. You can hit people with the heal orb and orb of shame from so far away, and hanging back lets you take advantage of the fact that a majority of your health regens while circumventing that you have one of the lowest health caps. The orb of shame turns people into paper for your teammates to rip apart, and you're a walking glass cannon, so your purpose is to be support from afar. Playing like this lets you build up your ultimate very quickly and help with a lot of pushes. Your biggest threats are people who can flank you or shoot you from a distance like Widowmaker or Tracer, though. Ah, that might be the problem--I'd been thinking of Zenyatta as a healer and felt like I haven't been helpful at keeping my team alive. Thinking of him as offensive support might be a useful change of perspective.
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Thank you for linking this. Pharah's even more fun to play now.
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May 29, 2016 16:08
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Lady Naga posted:I have literally no explanation for why this specifically is a thing worth being a cock over. Because goons
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Wow already competitive tournaments for this game. I guess advertisers and creepy middle aged men couldn't wait to exploit a new crop of esporters.
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May 29, 2016 16:17
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I refuse to believe I'm the last one to know, so here's a little tip: You can steer Reinhardt's charge left and right with A and D. Learning about this made Reinhardt duty infinitely more fun. I might be providing my teammates slightly less shield but on the other hand I am providing the other team a lot more hammer in the face.
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May 29, 2016 16:18
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How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone.
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XyrlocShammypants posted:Wow already competitive tournaments for this game. I guess advertisers and creepy middle aged men couldn't wait to exploit a new crop of esporters. What is the appropriate length of time to wait between release and starting up a competitive scene?
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DrManiac posted:How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone. literally just went against a 5 man torbabybjorn squad on this map 
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Because goons At least most goons have the presence of mind to save their hostility for when someone has a different opinion than them, this is spewing vitriol at a dude making smalltalk. Brannock posted:What is the appropriate length of time to wait between release and starting up a competitive scene? Once the mourning period of competitive TF2 has passed (when HL3 is released).
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May 29, 2016 16:26
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Lady Naga posted:I have literally no explanation for why this specifically is a thing worth being a cock over. I totally would do this to my friends and they would do it to me, and we'd think it was funny and not 'hateful' or 'vitriolic' How do you play multiplayer games for this long and still have thin skin?
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May 29, 2016 16:29
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DrManiac posted:How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone. Pharah/Genji/Widowmaker can use their mobility to take the high ground, and Reinhardt/Roadhog can draw focus from them. I've got a 64% win rate with Reinhardt, with a 14/43 K/D ratio. I like the wins, but MAH NUMBERZZZ
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DrManiac posted:How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone. Junkrat is custom-built to wreck encampments
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Brannock posted:I totally would do this to my friends and they would do it to me, and we'd think it was funny and not 'hateful' or 'vitriolic' Well, there's this thing called a "proportional response" and...
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May 29, 2016 16:32
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Lady Naga posted:Well, there's this thing called a "proportional response" and... Why are you even engaging, it's ~~goon humor~~
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Dias posted:Why are you even engaging, it's ~~goon humor~~ I dunno man, I used to be like that and then I took a long, hard look at my life and realized that it's much more fun and engaging to be positive than it is to constantly sneer at peeps, and I'm hoping that if others get called out on their negative behaviour they too might one day come to the same conclusion.
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May 29, 2016 16:37
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Brannock posted:I totally would do this to my friends and they would do it to me, and we'd think it was funny and not 'hateful' or 'vitriolic' Your friends probably dont like you tbh
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Lady Naga posted:I dunno man, I used to be like that and then I took a long, hard look at my life and realized that it's much more fun and engaging to be positive than it is to constantly sneer at peeps, and I'm hoping that if others get called out on their negative behaviour they too might one day come to the same conclusion. yeah but something something thin skin nice meltdown chill goons It's really not worth the headache. Let's instead talk about Junkrat is somehow more annoying at pipe spamming than Demoman. Yesterday I got paired against two of them in Gilbraltar and a couple of times I just turned a corner with no one around and ooops i'm dead now.
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Listening to grown men become audibly upset that their shootyman is dying in the video game is more embarrassing than Tracer porn.
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The amount of kills I get by blindly firing my slowmoving icicles into doorways at approximately head height is hilarious
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exquisite tea posted:Listening to grown men become audibly upset that their shootyman is dying in the video game is more embarrassing than Tracer porn. I like playing these games in a group because while I'm the grown man that gets audibly upset that my shootyman is dying, other people kinda make me both more restrained and less...tryhardy? Like, I'll play fuckin' Widowmaker because I know at least half my team is aware we'll lose and it's fine.
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Opposing Farce posted:Does anybody have advice for getting better at Genji without being a burden to my team? He's a lot of fun and I like playing him but I'm pretty bad at it and even when I do okay I can tell I could be doing a lot better and would probably be contributing more if I picked a character I'm more comfortable with like Tracer or McCree. The specific thing I find holding me back is really his shurikens; I'm relatively decent with hitscan but I've always had trouble with projectiles and the shurikens in particular are a fairly unusual weapon I can't exactly practice with except by playing Genji. I know that at the end of the day it really is just a matter of playing a lot until I get better at it, but is there anything specific I can do to improve my aim or at least compensate for my bad aim so I don't have to feel so bad about being a bad? When weapons travel the way the shurikens do, and especially for genji who doesn't want to be in the poo poo, accuracy means less than just general placement. Same with dva's zero suit gun. Focus more on avoiding fire (ie running on walls like a nutcase) and just painting the area where baddies are with shurikens, some will miss just because the dudes move but its ok as long as you're still alive and able to toss more. Im on ps4 so I switched the jump button to L3 so I could aim and jump, I'd suggest everyone try that if you're on console and olaying anyone who jumos a lot. Plus you can set it per char.
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Soothing Vapors posted:The amount of kills I get by blindly firing my slowmoving icicles into doorways at approximately head height is hilarious Getting free kills with Junkrat or Symmetra just by blind firing is pretty great. The Ilios cap point that's a lowered pit is Junkrat's nirvana.
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Huh, just encountered my first bitching goon. You'd think being in a premade you'd be slightly less cringey and more self-aware.
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Lady Naga posted:I dunno man, I used to be like that and then I took a long, hard look at my life and realized that it's much more fun and engaging to be positive than it is to constantly sneer at peeps, and I'm hoping that if others get called out on their negative behaviour they too might one day come to the same conclusion. I dunno why you're defaulting to interpreting the tone as "sneering" but I suppose that does explain why you view playful ribbing as hateful and vitriolic A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Your friends probably dont like you tbh Hey man did you remember to wear a shirt today?
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Balon posted:Getting free kills with Junkrat or Symmetra just by blind firing is pretty great. The Ilios cap point that's a lowered pit is Junkrat's nirvana. Just about every final capture point is junkrat heaven. Stand behind something, point over it, aim at the nicely highlighted-through-walls payload. Taunt frequently in case you accidentally get potg.
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Soothing Vapors posted:The amount of kills I get by blindly firing my slowmoving icicles into doorways at approximately head height is hilarious It's great! I'm also partial to corner-firing as Lúcio, especially on KOTH. I get way too many elims that way.
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Just so it's clear, everyone's figured out that Lucio's hockey skin is because he has skates right?
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Nothing's better than clutching out a game during overtime as Genji on attack. Goddamn. He really has the tools to do almost whatever he wants provided you don't get cornered or move out in the open. Killed the bastion with reflect, popped ult, sliced up three people, escaped and then got back in and sniped their Reinhardt from above with shurikens. Payload in. I think I just wanna become a total sperg at Genji now. Keep underestimating just how far his shift moves you, but it's amazing when people expect you to be unable to close the gap. Anime as hell.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Just so it's clear, everyone's figured out that Lucio's hockey skin is because he has skates right? 
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Brannock posted:I dunno why you're defaulting to interpreting the tone as "sneering" but I suppose that does explain why you view playful ribbing as hateful and vitriolic If you don't think being unnecessarily sarcastic to someone who's just making small talk isn't incredibly rude then I really have nothing more to say on the issue, you either can't or won't admit that certain behaviours are less humorous than you think they are.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Just so it's clear, everyone's figured out that Lucio's hockey skin is because he has skates right? ...sure? Also he plays hockey.
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May 29, 2016 16:54
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Cause people were really overthinking it at some point
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Just so it's clear, everyone's figured out that Lucio's hockey skin is because he has skates right?
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Cause people were really overthinking it at some point Were they? The most I remember people saying (including myself) is that it's silly that a Brazilian is that interested in ice hockey, plus stealth Canadian jokes.
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May 29, 2016 16:57
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All the Overwatchers are Canadian.
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hi i have 2k unread posts for this thread and its because instead of reading or talking about the game, i just play it. its a lot more fun!
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DrManiac posted:How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone. If you go to the left right at the arches, there is an alternate path. Once there, in the health pack room, some classes can exit out the windows at the very top. This lets you do a complete flank from behind. If someone on your team gets in the left way, people at the front have to turn to deal with them. Going to the right while they're split lets you pincher the point as well. Usually once you get anyone into the back by the point you should be able to break it soon after, because pulling people away from the choke to deal with the single guy means they can't hold your team out. Point B is harder, mainly you need to group and push as a team, preferably have some decent team ults.
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DrManiac posted:How are you supposed to handle Anubis' temple on the attack? If the enemy has a decent composition and build their poo poo near the first two entrances there's nothing I can do to penetrate that killzone. Switch to Zarya and soak up all that sweet sweet damage and then kill everything
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The full-stack experience in this game is so good that it renders solo queue almost unplayable in comparison, even though solo queue in this game is leagues better than in many other multiplayer team games I've played. Lady Naga posted:If you don't think being unnecessarily sarcastic to someone who's just making small talk isn't incredibly rude then I really have nothing more to say on the issue, you either can't or won't admit that certain behaviours are less humorous than you think they are. You should take yourself less seriously.
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