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ALSO console chat, you can't buy boxes until tomorrow, so don't buy regular boxes by accident.
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Papercut posted:Are you kidding me? They're event rewards, in what world would they be available at any time other than the event?!? "Pumpkin spice year around plz" Huxley posted:Console aiming changes in patch notes: Whoa drat... I might actually buy a copy for console now... That is a legit cool change.
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2MB posted:I didn't even think you could McCree ult the bosses. Every time I tried it the circle would never decrease in size for the bosses it goes down slowly but a non-nanoboosted mcree ult will oneshot a reaper and almost oneshot a mercy if you hit it at exactly 6s
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Oct 11, 2016 21:14
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CJacobs posted:Ok I'm back to being grumpy about it that's some real arbitrary poo poo better than TF2 where you can't even wear the halloween stuff the rest of the year
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Papercut posted:Are you kidding me? They're event rewards, in what world would they be available at any time other than the event?!? What's the point of making them super expensive if they're gonna be unbuyabale after the event anyway? To make them feel more ~exclusive~? I assumed making them super expensive was their solution to them being one-time-only but I guess Blizzard actually likes that aspect of it 
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CJacobs posted:Ok I'm back to being grumpy about it that's some real arbitrary poo poo
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Oct 11, 2016 21:15
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CJacobs posted:What's the point of making them super expensive if they're gonna be unbuyabale after the event anyway? To make them feel more ~exclusive~? I assumed making them super expensive was their solution to them being one-time-only but I guess Blizzard actually likes that aspect of it To promote people buying loot boxes. 90% of the time this will be the answer to whatever gripe you may have with their monetization choices. The way they worded it, it sounds like the stuff will be available again next year too. It's seasonal stuff, I dunno what else you can expect.
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Oct 11, 2016 21:17
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CJacobs posted:What's the point of making them super expensive if they're gonna be unbuyabale after the event anyway? To make them feel more ~exclusive~? I assumed making them super expensive was their solution to them being one-time-only but I guess not The point is that you're not going to earn 3000 overbucks in 3 weeks so you'll buy boxes to get the skin you want.
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CJacobs posted:What's the point of making them super expensive if they're gonna be unbuyabale after the event anyway? To make them feel more ~exclusive~? its better than them not being buyable at all like the summer games ones were and yes it is to make them more exclusive they want to sell you loot boxes, you don't have to buy them if you don't want to. you can instead play the game a lot and earn as many boxes as you can and save up your coins.
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Oct 11, 2016 21:18
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2MB posted:To promote people buying loot boxes. 90% of the time this will be the answer to whatever gripe you may have with their monetization choices. Poopy Palpy posted:The point is that you're not going to earn 3000 overbucks in 3 weeks so you'll buy boxes to get the skin you want. I know that, I'm trying to come up with an answer that's not borderline-offensive levels of annoying
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Oct 11, 2016 21:18
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Greedy loving Bli$$ard and their lovely immoral business practices! Can we talk about gambling again, thread?
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Oct 11, 2016 21:19
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CJacobs posted:I know that, I'm trying to come up with an answer that's not borderline-offensive levels of annoying it's not offensive at all though and is actually way better than the last event? like all i can tell you is either spend money on some boxes or just play the game and get free boxes.
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Oct 11, 2016 21:23
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CJacobs posted:What's the point of making them super expensive if they're gonna be unbuyabale after the event anyway? To make them feel more ~exclusive~? I assumed making them super expensive was their solution to them being one-time-only but I guess Blizzard actually likes that aspect of it The point is to give you a way to get that one skin you really want without having to spend any real money or rely on random chance. Which is way more generous than the vast majority of DLC in the industry. The purpose of these events is to get you to spend money on the game. Why would anyone spend money on the game if you could just save up gold and buy these whenever you want?
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Oct 11, 2016 21:24
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complaining about how they are doing this event is a pretty huge stretch
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Oct 11, 2016 21:26
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the brawl is cool but don't bother trying hard mode without a group, it's just an exercise in frustration
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Oct 11, 2016 21:32
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I mean, at least Mei will get a Christmas skin...
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Oct 11, 2016 21:34
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:the brawl is cool but don't bother trying hard mode without a group, it's just an exercise in frustration but moonmoon, wraxu, and kaboomz made it look so easy! they even had a pubbie with them when they 5-starred it! 
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Oct 11, 2016 21:35
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At least if you don't have coins for this event, you have learned to save them for the next one.
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Oct 11, 2016 21:39
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Huxley posted:Console aiming changes in patch notes: This sounds like a good change. Especially for like, Reinhardt.
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Oct 11, 2016 21:43
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Kerrrrrrr posted:but moonmoon, wraxu, and kaboomz made it look so easy! they even had a pubbie with them when they 5-starred it! im reasonably sure that it actually uses an mmr to match you, idly checking people pre-hero select had most people close to my current comp score
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Oct 11, 2016 21:43
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The problem with Summer Games was that if you wanted a particular item, you had no way to purposefully try for it, or to save up credits for it. They've now fixed that, which is great. The limited-time aspect was never the issue and it's fine that they're keeping it.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:01
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Yeah, now you can buy it with real money or, alternatively, real money.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:03
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As cool as it is you can buy skins now, I suddenly don't care that much. $20 in loot crates got me 3 legendary skins (reaper, mercy, reinhardt) and 4 intros, as well as a shitload of other awesome Halloween stuff.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:08
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strong bird posted:Yeah, now you can buy it with real money or, alternatively, real money. The problem was more that you could in theory spend infinite money and still not get the specific item you wanted. Now you'll at least eventually save up enough duplicate money to get the thing. There's an upper limit to how much you have to gamble if you want an item, and you don't even need to spend money to reach that if you devote enough time.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:13
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I already used the purple Pharah skin, so glowing purple skin seems like an obvious choice. Skulyatta and Mercy both look awesome too, even if I don't play Mercy much. These skins in general look fun, especially compared to the Summer ones. Now where's a great Zarya skin?
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Oct 11, 2016 22:16
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I don't play nearly as much as a bunch of folks, my current level is like 180 something at a time when some folks are level 700+, and I still have enough incidental coins saved up from regular ol' loot boxes that I can afford at least one 3000 coin skin without even needing to earn a single other box or spend a dime in real money. I feel like a system where the answer to "I want this cool cosmetic thing" is "well you'd better play the game more then" is about as inoffensive as it gets.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:23
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Bought 10 bucks worth of boxes, got every legendary skin. The system works.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:28
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I just wish they didn't tie the halloween loot box to the normal level drop as it just super favors low level people to get the stuff for free while everyone else would probably have to pay unless they play a ton. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to put down $10 again like I did for the summer games I suppose.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:33
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Is it just me or did they change the artwork and format of a lot of the HUD and stuff?
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Kai Tave posted:I don't play nearly as much as a bunch of folks, my current level is like 180 something at a time when some folks are level 700+, and I still have enough incidental coins saved up from regular ol' loot boxes that I can afford at least one 3000 coin skin without even needing to earn a single other box or spend a dime in real money. I feel like a system where the answer to "I want this cool cosmetic thing" is "well you'd better play the game more then" is about as inoffensive as it gets. I don't think I've seen anyone that's been above 200 something, myself and most people I know/play with are still under 100. I don't think the average can be more than 150 to be honest. That being said I've never spent coins and I'm at like 6020.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:36
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Anyone that's played on both PC and console, how is the Dual Zone controls? Does it make snap 180's a more realistic endeavor or is console still going to be watered down?
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Oct 11, 2016 22:38
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2MB posted:Anyone that's played on both PC and console, how is the Dual Zone controls? Does it make snap 180's a more realistic endeavor or is console still going to be watered down? There is literally no chance it comes even close to KB+M.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:42
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Efexeye posted:no one buy poo poo until the last day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O14D5rUULy0
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Jastiger posted:Is it just me or did they change the artwork and format of a lot of the HUD and stuff? yes, they did
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Jastiger posted:Is it just me or did they change the artwork and format of a lot of the HUD and stuff? its just u
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Oct 11, 2016 22:46
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Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard is quite challenging.
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Master_Odin posted:yes, they did What exactly did they change so I don't drive myself crazy trying to figure every little thing out. THey obviously changed the ping and FPS format in the upper left. Are the portraits bigger? They seem...cartoonier for some reason, yet more clear at the same time.
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Oct 11, 2016 22:47
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Efexeye posted:no one buy poo poo until the last day Yeah imma be a cool cat and not spend my coins immediately when I don't get Reaper on my free box... /sweats
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Jastiger posted:What exactly did they change so I don't drive myself crazy trying to figure every little thing out. THey obviously changed the ping and FPS format in the upper left. Are the portraits bigger? They seem...cartoonier for some reason, yet more clear at the same time.
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