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dogstile: May 1, 2012; fucking clocks
how do they work?

junan_paalla posted:

Hell, I'd even take two boops per reload if it had no cooldown. Being a booping, wallriding rear end in a top hat is the best.

I'm just imagining the distances you could chuck someone with a double boop and laughing evilly

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kojei: Feb 12, 2008

Use more ammo and gain more force the longer you hold the boop button down.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 17:16

Teratrain: Aug 23, 2007; Waiting for Godot

Hold RMB down for the entire round and see if you can boop Tracer into the well in Ilios from Hanamura.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 17:24

Snazzy Frocks: Mar 31, 2003; Scratchmo

kojei posted:

Use more ammo and gain more force the longer you hold the boop button down.

A full clip boop sends them across the map

# ? Mar 8, 2017 20:01

Field Mousepad: Mar 21, 2010; BAE

Nah a full clip plays the brown note.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 20:02

Tuxedo Catfish: Mar 17, 2007; You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

TheKingofSprings posted:

Lucio's already a wallriding monster, make his gun halfway decent and he'd become amazing

The first thing I did when the server browser came out was double Lucio's cooldowns but in exchange he does 2x damage and his projectiles go 5x faster.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 20:06

Kuros: Sep 13, 2010; Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.

Field Mousepad posted:

Nah a full clip plays the brown note.

We have enough OW porn to last a lifetime, don't add fetishes to the mix.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 20:54

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

SKULL.GIF posted:

This game badly needs a real counter to Tracer and Genji.

Nothing Blizzard does will change the fact that nobody will turn around and shoot Tracer.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 20:57

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

New Bastion comic in motion comic form https://reader.madefire.com/work/w-5f5bc7acb982495e89712680b43e1f38/read

# ? Mar 8, 2017 21:08

Warbird: May 23, 2012; America's Favorite Dumbass

teagone posted:

New Bastion comic in motion comic form https://reader.madefire.com/work/w-5f5bc7acb982495e89712680b43e1f38/read

That's really cool, is that the result of a fan project or did Bliz do it themselves?

# ? Mar 8, 2017 21:46

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

Warbird posted:

That's really cool, is that the result of a fan project or did Bliz do it themselves?

Blizzard probably paid Madefire to make them. There's motion comics for every Overwatch issue. http://madefirestudios.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=%2F&edit=0&q=Overwatch

# ? Mar 8, 2017 21:49

khy: Aug 15, 2005

RBA Starblade posted:

Nothing Blizzard does will change the fact that nobody will turn around and shoot Tracer.

I want to shoot tracer. I try to shoot tracer. But I am bad at tracking a Tracer who's blinking around and juking me constantly.

Also Genji. I don't ignore him, I try to kill him, but between the double-jumping, the bullet-reflecting, and him dashing away the second his life dips under 50% i'm so much less effective than I want to be.

I get angry and frustrated, not with my teammates, but with myself for not being able to help my team as much as I want to.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 22:24

Alien Rope Burn: Dec 5, 2004; _{I wanna be a saikyo HERO!}

I usually just aim roughly at Tracer's head level and if I nail her, great, if not, I got other things to do.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:07

Dren: Jan 5, 2001; Pillbug

lol @ jeff kaplan

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753626867

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:28

phthalocyanine: May 19, 2013

Dren posted:

lol @ jeff kaplan

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753626867

It's kind of cute that they were just hoping for the best behavior out of their 25million active players

Very "we're not mad, we're just very disappointed" dad post

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:34

kumba: Nov 8, 2003; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride; Lipstick Apathy

i love that he used his full name at the end

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:41

Altared State: Jan 14, 2006; I think I was born to burn

Will they reward the good players who don't idle, like they did in TF2?

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:46

Slime: Jan 3, 2007

Why would any developer give their players the benefit of the doubt? Players are SHITS. I should know, I am one.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:47

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

phthalocyanine posted:

It's kind of cute that they were just hoping for the best behavior out of their 25million active players

Very "we're not mad, we're just very disappointed" dad post

when i got to the "it really makes me sad" part i was just like nooooooooo dad im sorry

jeff kaplan is precious and i never want him to be sad

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:47

Dren: Jan 5, 2001; Pillbug

I'm not sure what's funnier, that they thought players wouldn't idle for lootboxes or that Jeff is encouraging players to police each other to curb the serious crime of idling for lootboxes.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:50

Jeza: Feb 13, 2011; The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

This is only "the first step" of their internal escalation plan. What's step three? Blizzard hit squads raid responsible IP addresses and execute them?

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:51

Irony Be My Shield: Jul 29, 2012

They could just make it so that custom games don't give xp at all. I am glad they aren't doing that initially.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:52

Kai Tave: Jul 2, 2012; Fallen Rib

Jeza posted:

This is only "the first step" of their internal escalation plan. What's step three? Blizzard hit squads raid responsible IP addresses and execute them?

He actually says outright that the final step is disabling XP for custom games period. I'm kind of surprised that they decided to have custom games award XP in the first place because the very first thing I thought of when I saw that was "okay so people are going to find a way to exploit that" and sure enough they did, so I guess we'll see how long it lasts.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:57

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

Kerrrrrrr posted:

jeff kaplan is precious and i never want him to be sad

Agreed. Jeff is great. But I hope everyone is aware that his handle during his EverQuest days was Tigole Bitties and he made a now infamous post where he ranted about the EQ encounter devs being poo poo at their job: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4g2ler/jeff_tigole_kaplan_forum_rant_from_his_eq_days/

Personally, that bit of trivia makes me like Jeff even more, lmao.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:01

khy: Aug 15, 2005

Dren posted:

lol @ jeff kaplan

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753626867

Can't get to battle.net from work, repost please?

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:04

Dren: Jan 5, 2001; Pillbug

I'd love to see the data on the overlap between players who idle for lootboxes and players who have purchased lootboxes. I'm betting there isn't much overlap and that the people buying lootboxes would continue to do so even if idling were in the game.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:04

Poque: Sep 11, 2003; =^-^=

khy posted:

Can't get to battle.net from work, repost please?

Jeffrey posted:

Hi everyone,

When we introduced the Game Browser and new Custom Game features we were excited to allow players to earn experience playing the game in unique and different ways. We also knew that there was the potential for this system to be exploited but we wanted to give everyone the benefit of the doubt before becoming overly restrictive with the system. It�s very disappointing to us that players abused the system to gain experience while inactive. As some of you have noticed, Skirmish in Custom Game no longer rewards experience. Also, the AFK timer is now in place in Skirmish mode (in Custom Game only). This change is rolling out over a 24 hour period and should be live in all regions by the end of today.

I�ve seen some discussion in the community and in the press on this topic and sometimes it gets talked about as if it is a grey area. Is this wrong or is this ok? Well, let me take a grey area and make it starkly black and white for you. Abusing and exploiting Custom Game or any other game mode to earn experience in Overwatch while inactive is NOT ok. The reason I want to be absolutely clear about this is because we are going to start to take disciplinary action against people who partake in these activities. If you create a Custom Game that in any way encourages players to gain experience while inactive, you risk having your account banned. If you join any game mode � including Custom Games � with the intent of gaining experience while being inactive, you risk having your account banned. Also, do not name your Custom Game that in anyway even implies that gaining experience while inactive is OK � please do not even do this as a joke � because you are putting yourself at risk of having your account banned.

We are not na�ve to player behavior and motivation. When we put this feature live, we had an internal escalation plan for how to combat this behavior. Today marks the first steps on that path. And in a lot of ways it really makes me sad. The feature is so much cooler and better for everyone if we do not have to put draconic restrictions on it. To fast forward a bit, the end of the escalation plan will result in experience gain being turned off in Custom Game. I really don�t want to see us getting to that point. So I am going to ask for some help from the vast majority of you who are simply playing the game and having fun and not abusing it: please report those who are creating Custom Games with the intention of gaining experience while remaining inactive. If you select someone�s Custom Game you get three options: Spectate, Join and Report. These options exist on all 3 platforms. Use the Report feature. It works.

Obviously, I know what our plan is and how we will ramp things up to combat this behavior here on the Overwatch Team. But at this point, I am making a plea to you � the Overwatch Community at large: please decide what you want to happen here and be a part of the solution. If you enjoy Custom Games awarding experience then please help us combat the behavior we�re seeing now. Do not create Custom Games with the intent of gaining experience while inactive. Don�t join those games. Don�t jokingly put those names in your own Custom Games. And report players who are abusing the system.

We, as much as the vast majority of you who are enjoying the feature as designed, do not want to see experience gain go away. Please help us out here.

-jeffrey

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NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

Dren posted:

lol @ jeff kaplan

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20753626867

quote:

We are not na�ve to player behavior and motivation. When we put this feature live, we had an internal escalation plan for how to combat this behavior. Today marks the first steps on that path. And in a lot of ways it really makes me sad. The feature is so much cooler and better for everyone if we do not have to put draconic restrictions on it.

Hmm...

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:08

ToastyPotato: Jun 23, 2005; CONVICTED OF DISPLAYING HIS PEANUTS IN PUBLIC

teagone posted:

Agreed. Jeff is great. But I hope everyone is aware that his handle during his EverQuest days was Tigole Bitties and he made a now infamous post where he ranted about the EQ encounter devs being poo poo at their job: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4g2ler/jeff_tigole_kaplan_forum_rant_from_his_eq_days/

Personally, that bit of trivia makes me like Jeff even more, lmao.

He was Tigole even during WoW times wasn't he? There was definitely a Blizzard Blue Poster who posted under the name Tigole years ago. I had no idea Jeff was him though. Hahahahaha.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:09

khy: Aug 15, 2005

Thanks for posting that here.

Since every single ban is a Permaban I'd think the ban threat would be much worse than the threat of removing XP from custom games.

I remember when the first wave of permabans went out and people were creating new battle.net accounts, switching ISP, and running from entirely different PCs to get around the permabans (with varying degrees of success).

Removing XP from custom games removes loot boxes but permabans is money straight into Blizzard's pocket as people spend $60 to play the game again.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:12

LazyMaybe: Aug 18, 2013; oouagh

Irony Be My Shield posted:

They could just make it so that custom games don't give xp at all. I am glad they aren't doing that initially.

they could also just not punish afk servers because it literally doesn't matter in any way whatsoever

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:17

Rirse: May 7, 2006; by R. Guyovich

We Know Catheters posted:

Will they reward the good players who don't idle, like they did in TF2?

Can the new Halo hat have a tiny Mercy who floats around and heals you?

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:17

ToastyPotato: Jun 23, 2005; CONVICTED OF DISPLAYING HIS PEANUTS IN PUBLIC

IronicDongz posted:

they could also just not punish afk servers because it literally doesn't matter in any way whatsoever

Any easy way to effortlessly grind boxes = less money if more people get hip to it.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:19

Alien Rope Burn: Dec 5, 2004; _{I wanna be a saikyo HERO!}

IronicDongz posted:

they could also just not punish afk servers because it literally doesn't matter in any way whatsoever

It matters to their monetization so you bet your bippy they're going to nip it in the bud.

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Up Circle: Apr 3, 2008

I would volunteer to join the Blizzard einsatzgruppen enforcing these afk rules.

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:29

ExParrot: May 6, 2013; Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

quote:

-jeffrey

i like that after all the effort put into that post he couldn't be bothered to capitalize his name

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:39

Bolow: Feb 27, 2007

teagone posted:

Agreed. Jeff is great. But I hope everyone is aware that his handle during his EverQuest days was Tigole Bitties and he made a now infamous post where he ranted about the EQ encounter devs being poo poo at their job: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4g2ler/jeff_tigole_kaplan_forum_rant_from_his_eq_days/

Personally, that bit of trivia makes me like Jeff even more, lmao.

My favorite variation of that is when someone turned that exact same rant back on him a few years later when AQ launched and was an absolute poo poo show

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:53

KoB: May 1, 2009

We Know Catheters posted:

Will they reward the good players who don't idle, like they did in TF2?

[No Heals For Halos]

# ? Mar 9, 2017 00:55

khy: Aug 15, 2005

teagone posted:

Agreed. Jeff is great. But I hope everyone is aware that his handle during his EverQuest days was Tigole Bitties and he made a now infamous post where he ranted about the EQ encounter devs being poo poo at their job: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4g2ler/jeff_tigole_kaplan_forum_rant_from_his_eq_days/

Personally, that bit of trivia makes me like Jeff even more, lmao.

.... huh. I knew of Tigole from my EQ days, but I never realized Jeff = Tigole.

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Duck and Cover: Apr 6, 2007

Please ban players from the game they payed for because they idled for precious skin drops instead of gambling/playing a ton for them. Blizzard taking the moral high ground here is a loving joke. "We want to continue to exploit weak willed players who may or may not be able to afford the money they would spend on boxes".

Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Mar 9, 2017

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