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Macaluso posted:Is there a reason why, when there's a new patch, it won't just start the update but instead I have to log into the game, be told there's a new update and THEN exit the game and then it'll start? I start the game from the Blizzard launcher and don't have this problem.
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Unbelievably White posted:I start the game from the Blizzard launcher and don't have this problem. I do too, but for reason the update won't start downloading until after I launch the game, get told there's a new patch, then exit out again. then it starts
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Feb 28, 2017 20:50
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Ehud posted:I guess the new season starts today around 4pm, so we should get official notes soon. Ask and yee shall receive https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753535162
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Feb 28, 2017 21:32
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After three hours of quick play I'm sick of Bastion already
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Feb 28, 2017 21:52
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eleven extra elephants posted:After an hour quick play I'm sick of Bastion already 
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Feb 28, 2017 21:54
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hopefully the efi-bot will bring balance back to this new bastion era
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Feb 28, 2017 21:56
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Playing hog now bores the living daylight out of me. Waiting for the hook and when it's there it's just not as satisfying as it was anymore even if you still one shot them. Also being more occupied with m2 is dull as poo poo.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:56
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Gloryhold It! posted:There's a big ol effort post swimming around, but the short version is that you generally don't want to use your jump to start a fight if you can avoid it. Use it to escape when things start getting hot, and make that descision before you're already dead. Jump higher and/or use environment slopes to slow your fall when initiating. Then you have your jump off cool down quicker once you're in the fight. Also, try to always land right on enemies to get your landing damage. Also, your ult doesn't do much damage; but it does fill your health to an absurd amount. When you have ult you can initiate and let yourself get near death then pop that ult and get full health again. If you dropped your shield when first initiating, you will have it again after ult so you can stick around and do more damage before jumping out. Don't throw yourself into a meat grinder, but feel free to jump into those back lines when their supports are way back from anyone that can save them. The best is when you have a genji/tracer and you can jump in with them and give them cover and sweep up. Winston is super fun and requires you to have a lot of awareness of positioning. You can really punish enemies when they are someplace they shouldn't be. And you are so mobile you can basically take the fight anywhere you want.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:56
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Oh, and punch when landing
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Feb 28, 2017 21:58
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fuuuuck new road hog is so much better I don't feel the hook changes and I can actually clown and fight people with the gun now, it's amazing can still one shot ana/reaper with hook (you have to aim to kill ana), mei I've had trouble killing with hook. ana's kinda iffy too. Minera fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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Feb 28, 2017 22:13
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I can totally see why you wouldn't just implement respawn waves and would instead do this weird respawn delay nonsense
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Feb 28, 2017 22:31
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Unoriginal Name posted:I can totally see why you wouldn't just implement respawn waves and would instead do this weird respawn delay nonsense respawn waves creates a luck issue (if you happen to die immediately before or after the respawn wave) while staggered respawn does not. also the mercy rez thing kind of requires a fixed amount of dead time to work right
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Feb 28, 2017 22:38
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Patch Notes posted:COMPETITIVE PLAY
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Feb 28, 2017 23:36
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I'm honestly baffled by that change. They release the server browser which lets you make insane custom games but then hand out a change that says "you can't have fun unless you do it our way". They're patching out of both sides of their mouth here.
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Feb 28, 2017 23:57
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Snazzy Frocks posted:respawn waves creates a luck issue (if you happen to die immediately before or after the respawn wave) while staggered respawn does not. also the mercy rez thing kind of requires a fixed amount of dead time to work right Everyone dying in a short period is not luck though, it's a lost game. I'm not saying respawn waves are perfect, it just feels like another half-baked Blizzard idea rather than a tried and tested method. It gives me flashbacks to coinflips.
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Feb 28, 2017 23:59
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FatSamurai posted:I'm honestly baffled by that change. They release the server browser which lets you make insane custom games but then hand out a change that says "you can't have fun unless you do it our way". They're patching out of both sides of their mouth here. Not really. The players that want to try hard get comp, the players that just want to goof get server browser. If they added a "you can't have fun unless you do it our way" rule to the server browser, THAT would be weird.
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Unoriginal Name posted:Everyone dying in a short period is not luck though, it's a lost game. I'm not saying respawn waves are perfect, it just feels like another half-baked Blizzard idea rather than a tried and tested method. It gives me flashbacks to coinflips. One teammate dies a while ago. Four teammates die 2s before a respawn wave, mercy is alive and nearby and flies over and tries to res and OH NO THE RESPAWN WAVE HIT. They'd have to alter many things to make respawn waves work. I'm not saying they couldn't but this honestly seems like a decent change as is without major changes to the underlying systems the game is built on.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:16
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Yeah, as much as I'm not personally offended by the saga of hanjo Blizzard taking steps to discourage deliberate derankers in the tryhard mode isn't terribly surprising and also isn't inconsistent with releasing a server browser to let people make their own custom games to gently caress around in.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:17
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Oh they didn't change Bastion from the PTR. Sweet. Also why?
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Mar 1, 2017 00:47
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Theta Zero posted:Oh they didn't change Bastion from the PTR. Because Blizzard prefers to let their mistakes go to live before correcting them instead of doing it beforehand.
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Kai Tave posted:Because Blizzard prefers to let their mistakes go to live before correcting them instead of doing it beforehand. Blizzard's design philosophy has always been "Yes, we're getting complaints, but we want to see how this plays out for the next six months before we actually make any changes". See : Sombra.
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Mar 1, 2017 01:05
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khy posted:Blizzard's design philosophy has always been "Yes, we're getting complaints, but we want to see how this plays out for the next six months before we actually make any changes". See: Hearthstone
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Duck and Cover posted:See: Hearthstone I never got into that one, but since it's Blizzard yeah I believe it.
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Mar 1, 2017 01:10
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khy posted:I never got into that one, but since it's Blizzard yeah I believe it. Overwatch is Sonic when compared to Hearthstone.
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Duck and Cover posted:Overwatch is Sonic when compared to Hearthstone. i dont even know what this means
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Mar 1, 2017 01:31
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Unoriginal Name posted:i dont even know what this means Hearthstone is very, very slow to make balance fixes. (And when it does they're usually the wrong ones.)
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Mar 1, 2017 01:35
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To be fair the last time Blizzard rushed out quick buffs based on volume of complaints we wound up with Ana.
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Mar 1, 2017 01:38
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So much for No Limits for a while. It's a goddamn sea of Bastions.
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dumb. posted:So much for No Limits for a while. It's a goddamn sea of Bastions. I suppose that's a change of pace from a sea of Symmetras
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Mar 1, 2017 02:03
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I'm at work and haven't touched the PTR or new patch. I've heard about Bastion and saw the changes, but give me a rundown on what makes it terrible so I know what to expect once I'm off.
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Mar 1, 2017 03:28
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Bastion seems fine in his new state so far.
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Mar 1, 2017 03:29
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Bastion seems fine in his new state so far. I agree somewhat. Everything but ironclad is alright for Bastion. I'd tone back ironclad to just 25% or so, it just seems a little bit too much.
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Theta Zero posted:I agree somewhat. Everything but ironclad is alright for Bastion. I'd tone back ironclad to just 25% or so, it just seems a little bit too much. His normal counters still work, right? As a massive Genji player, I need to know this.
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Mar 1, 2017 03:40
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Whelp did two placements lost both I'm totally blaming lag and my team.
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Caeks posted:His normal counters still work, right? As a massive Genji player, I need to know this. Eh. Genji is alright for helping a push shut Bastion down. But if it's just a Genji working to take out a Bastion alone, the Bastion wipes him out. Which should be expected if you're running in alone, anyways. Tracers are kind of annoying if you lose tracking on them but they get torn to shreds. Widowmaker is a pretty non-threat and they usually run if you start firing at them. I don't know what else is considered a Bastion counter. D.Va maybe? But D.Va has to run up right into the Bastion and hold defense matrix and hope her team helps. Which they most likely won't if the Bastion is with his own team.
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the real counter to bastion, at least as far as I can see, is to ignore him and kill the people around the dumb stationary robot first I'd say the real winner vs bastion is d.va and the loser is roadhog, tho roadhog can pull you in and kill you if you let him (that's on you tho)
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Mar 1, 2017 03:48
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Ana is pretty good against Bastion ...and with Bastion.
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Theta Zero posted:Eh. Played a few maps against the new Bastion as DVA and she is still great at killing him. Don't even need to be close to use Defense Matrix, as I can use it while someone behind me shoots at him and he dies quickly. Also Junkrat if he not spotted by him tears him to pieces.
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In sentry form he's harder to burst down but also does a lot less damage, especially at longer ranges. It seems more feasible to get more sustained long-range fire on him.
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