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RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

A character that's nothing but knocking around other characters. The ult is an aoe pulse of 50 meters.

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Daric
Dec 23, 2007

Shawn:
Do you really want to know my process?

Lassiter:
Absolutely.

Shawn:
Well it starts with a holla! and ends with a Creamsicle.
A blue spiny creature that can run super fast and hurts enemies by dashing through them. Ultimate makes all the enemies move in slow motion. His left shift throws a golden ring at an enemy for 100 damage.

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
a character that removes headshot multipliers from not-snipers, healing, and barriers, and everything else i dont like to deal with

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh
my dad

Theta Zero
Dec 22, 2014

I've seen it.
A character that's even more of a generic shootman than Soldier 76 with just a shotgun and pistol, with a rapidly charging ultimate that just lets you throw a grenade.

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008
i would like d.vas shotguns replaced with dual sniper rifles

Sestze
Jun 6, 2004



Cybernetic Crumb
my dad but he likes anime

dogstile
May 1, 2012

fucking clocks
how do they work?

Theta Zero posted:

A character that's even more of a generic shootman than Soldier 76 with just a shotgun and pistol, with a rapidly charging ultimate that just lets you throw a grenade.

I would legitimately like "generic shootmans" too be in this game. His movement ability can be a slide along the floor and he can fire/ult during it.

A hyper mobile (on the ground) dude sounds fun.

Attack on Princess
Dec 15, 2008

To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!

dogstile posted:

I would legitimately like "generic shootmans" too be in this game. His movement ability can be a slide along the floor and he can fire/ult during it.

A hyper mobile (on the ground) dude sounds fun.

That reminds me of The Specialist. A Half Life mod inspired by The Matrix. You dive forwards, leap backwards or slide on the ground while shooting freely in any direction. A guy with that sort of movement would be perfect in Overwatch.

Mymla
Aug 12, 2010

Soldier 76 is already in the game though?

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

Whitenoise Poster posted:

Doomguy Quakeman: Has like five guns, faster and more health then the average offense character. No abilities though.

Uh you forgot that his ult is quad damage

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

Dren posted:

Uh you forgot that his ult is quad damage

and it causes all his attacks to deal triple damage

Dietrich
Sep 11, 2001

Mercy's complaining about people shooting them are as bad as genjis complaining about not getting healed. She has the most mobility of any character in the game as long as someone on her team is in line of sight.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Dietrich posted:

Mercy's complaining about people shooting them are as bad as genjis complaining about not getting healed. She has the most mobility of any character in the game as long as someone on her team is in line of sight.

*Mercy flies to someone* *she still dies because no one is helping her beyond being a uncaring blob to fly to* COME ON HEALER, WHERE'S THE HEALS

Protect your healers people

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=
The noise it makes when you put your mercy juice into somebody is immensely satisfying

ToastyPotato
Jun 23, 2005

CONVICTED OF DISPLAYING HIS PEANUTS IN PUBLIC

Donnerberg posted:

That reminds me of The Specialist. A Half Life mod inspired by The Matrix. You dive forwards, leap backwards or slide on the ground while shooting freely in any direction. A guy with that sort of movement would be perfect in Overwatch.

I always felt that mod was 100x better than Action HL/Quake but it never seemed as popular. :( You could also do kung fu. My name came from a server that apparently assigned random names to anyone who went in with the default name (I was testing my install and forgot to change it.)

TheRationalRedditor
Jul 17, 2000

WHO ABUSED HIM. WHO ABUSED THE BOY.

ToastyPotato posted:

I always felt that mod was 100x better than Action HL/Quake but it never seemed as popular. :( You could also do kung fu. My name came from a server that apparently assigned random names to anyone who went in with the default name (I was testing my install and forgot to change it.)
TS was spectacular but it came out a long while after AHL and owes nearly everything to both 'Actions', so the split of player base was understandable.

The real problem is they don't make overhaul mods like these anymore because the gaming audience is so scattered and diluted as well as devkits rarely being released for flexible engines

TheRationalRedditor fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 10, 2017

Slowpoke!
Feb 12, 2008

ANIME IS FOR ADULTS
If we're talkin' about new heroes, we're still missing the Pyro.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Slowpoke! posted:

If we're talkin' about new heroes, we're still missing the Pyro.

We have the reverse Pyro with Mei. Pyro (old and busted) Mei (new hotness, ironically)

FatSamurai
Jul 7, 2004

Seethe, ye rolling clouds, gather thy stormborn might, and SMITE MINE ENEMY WITH THY UNFETTERED FURY!!!
Just put in Hakan from Street Fighter 4. Melee character who slides around everywhere and when he's oiled up all his attacks squirt you out of position.

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh
I don't want a character who puts out big annoying fire particle effects with weird unintuitive hitboxes and covers your screen with annoying effects when you get hit for like 10 seconds

shockingly I think Mei is less annoying than pyro, despite being a character with strong CC

Slowpoke!
Feb 12, 2008

ANIME IS FOR ADULTS

IronicDongz posted:

I don't want a character who puts out big annoying fire particle effects with weird unintuitive hitboxes and covers your screen with annoying effects when you get hit for like 10 seconds

shockingly I think Mei is less annoying than pyro, despite being a character with strong CC

Incidentally, Pyro was among the weakest TF2 characters but hated because he had the strongest CC. Just like Mei.

Slime
Jan 3, 2007

Slowpoke! posted:

Incidentally, Pyro was among the weakest TF2 characters but hated because he had the strongest CC. Just like Mei.

You know a character is weak when they're a nasty counter to one of the strongest and is still pretty weak overall.

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008
I'm diamond now boys

top 500 incoming

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010
Pyro had the airblast though, that thing was the best. Sending people flying Lucio-style with a longer range, plus reflecting projectiles back at the other team, which was actually really good in TF2 because the main offensive classes relied heavily on projectiles so the Pyro made for a great defender.

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh

Slime posted:

You know a character is weak when they're a nasty counter to one of the strongest and is still pretty weak overall.
which characters are you talking about here?

Minera
Sep 26, 2007

All your friends and foes,
they thought they knew ya,
but look who's in your heart now.

IronicDongz posted:

which characters are you talking about here?

pyro and soldier or demoman (pyro could reflect their projectiles)

ShortStack
Jan 16, 2006

tinystax
I still try to reflect projectiles with Lucio's boop. Why can't he do that?

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh
I don't think I would call pyro a counter to soldier and demo, he can help stall them when defending but if both people know what they're doing, at worst it's a wash for soldier/demo. knowing when to switch to shotty and how to angle shots into the ground as soldier so they can't deflect them/detting stickies at the right time as demo puts pyro in a bad spot

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012

Slowpoke! posted:

Incidentally, Pyro was among the weakest TF2 characters but hated because he had the strongest CC. Just like Mei.

I think the Pyro took the biggest nerf out of any one class post Demo changes.

That loving Axtinguisher change actually killed any enjoyment I had for playing them.

Minera
Sep 26, 2007

All your friends and foes,
they thought they knew ya,
but look who's in your heart now.
I hope they patch today. Sombra and Ana both came out the week after going on PTR, right? That's a lame trend to break. :qq:

Slime
Jan 3, 2007

TheKingofSprings posted:

I think the Pyro took the biggest nerf out of any one class post Demo changes.

That loving Axtinguisher change actually killed any enjoyment I had for playing them.

God, that loving nerf. It made the weapon 100% goddamn useless because you simply couldn't pull it out to use it in time to do anything.

A Man With A Plan
Mar 29, 2010
Fallen Rib

Slime posted:

God, that loving nerf. It made the weapon 100% goddamn useless because you simply couldn't pull it out to use it in time to do anything.

Conversely, it was good, because having a method of guaranteed crits on all 3 weapons (with backburner) was incredibly unfun.

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh
it may have been guaranteed but broadly speaking if you let a pyro get close to you(for long enough to do the puff combo) you deserved it

Rirse
May 7, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Minrad posted:

I hope they patch today. Sombra and Ana both came out the week after going on PTR, right? That's a lame trend to break. :qq:

Think she was suppose to come out this week, but think after what happening with Ana and people talking about her being too good, she still being retooled for another week or so.

ToastyPotato
Jun 23, 2005

CONVICTED OF DISPLAYING HIS PEANUTS IN PUBLIC
I guess I can't be mad at them actually using the test server to test things before releasing them. Old Tigole is still alive in there somewhere after all :unsmith:

Constantine XI
Dec 21, 2003
omg turk rush
The dawn of the nano boosted in your face Junkrat meta is almost upon us!

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012

A Man With A Plan posted:

Conversely, it was good, because having a method of guaranteed crits on all 3 weapons (with backburner) was incredibly unfun.

You know what's even more unfun?

The Pyro after that change.

GimmickMan
Dec 27, 2011

OW has its fair share of balancing issues but not even junkrat and torb feel as useless as the pyro against people halfway competent. TF2 is a 9 class game that only has 4 classes that the developers actually care about being competitive.

OW having like 16 out of 24 is a godsend after that mess.

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LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh
pyro's still better than spy, especially considering that sniper gets picks easier and safer than spy

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