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lucifirius
Mar 7, 2016
Anybody have the time stamps for my boy BamBam?

Edit: got them

Game 1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313478269
Game 2: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313489267
Game 3: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313499764
Game 4: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313516419
Game 5: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/313531686

lucifirius fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Sep 23, 2018

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Shockeh
Feb 24, 2009

Now be a dear and
fuck the fuck off.
There any ANZAC groups playing? All of my usuals seem to have vanished.

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice
The only Kiwis I know of that play do so on US W. Coast servers to get groups and games.

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


writing a ~15 page article to prove that you know what you're talking about so you can write another ~8 page article is fresh hell

kaesarsosei
Nov 7, 2012
Did Blizzard ever announce that they would no longer add Specialists or something? I've been playing a lot of Xul and Ragnaros recently and if anything, Xul is the better in team fights due to his crazy E whereas when I play Ragnaros, I have never not finished top of XP/Siege. Ragnaros' Trait and one of his Ults screams of a Specialist too.

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

kaesarsosei posted:

Did Blizzard ever announce that they would no longer add Specialists or something? I've been playing a lot of Xul and Ragnaros recently and if anything, Xul is the better in team fights due to his crazy E whereas when I play Ragnaros, I have never not finished top of XP/Siege. Ragnaros' Trait and one of his Ults screams of a Specialist too.

They're retiring the specialist role, and reworking all of them into various assassins with siege capabilities, rather than primary siege characters.

ToastyPotato
Jun 23, 2005

CONVICTED OF DISPLAYING HIS PEANUTS IN PUBLIC
I am particularly glad that they are apparently considering reworking Tass into an assassin. I wish this role redesign stuff they brought up months ago would just happen already.

kaesarsosei
Nov 7, 2012

ToastyPotato posted:

I am particularly glad that they are apparently considering reworking Tass into an assassin. I wish this role redesign stuff they brought up months ago would just happen already.

I played 3 QM as Tass for a quest recently and was lucky enough to get another Support in two of them, allowing me to go full DPS build. He has his detractors but in that situation he is really enjoyable and for those games anyway, effective.

Excelsiortothemax
Sep 9, 2006
Is the Halloween event starting tomorrow or later on?

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

fool_of_sound posted:

They're retiring the specialist role, and reworking all of them into various assassins with siege capabilities, rather than primary siege characters.

Is Murky gonna be considered an assassin? Are they reworking him? I like how he plays I don't want them to turn him into a full on assassin. Leave my sweet fish boy alone!!!!!!!

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

Macaluso posted:

Is Murky gonna be considered an assassin? Are they reworking him? I like how he plays I don't want them to turn him into a full on assassin. Leave my sweet fish boy alone!!!!!!!

I have no idea what they're going to do with Murky or Lost Vikings honestly. Abathur is probs going to be moved to Support, and the rest basically can all move into Assassin without too much difficulty. Maybe they're reworks a few into warriors or supports instead, hard to know.

Relentless
Sep 22, 2007

It's a perfect day for some mayhem!


fool_of_sound posted:

I have no idea what they're going to do with Murky or Lost Vikings honestly. Abathur is probs going to be moved to Support, and the rest basically can all move into Assassin without too much difficulty. Maybe they're reworks a few into warriors or supports instead, hard to know.

A well played Murky is definitely an assassin.

A harass-y one, but I murder so many people by tricking them into following me into a dark alley where my team is waiting to mug them to death.

HitTheTargets
Mar 3, 2006

I came here to laugh at you.
I might be misremembering, but I believe they're planning on adding some new categories as well. Hopefully they just make "Bruiser" official and lump those Warriors and Assasins together, then the remaining Assassins and the Specialists can be sorted into groups based on PVP or PVE.

NameHurtBrain
Jan 17, 2015
i think they suggested a more standardized 'support' role, separate from a healer role.

They pitched the Vikings as part of this role, given they primarily help through XP soak. Medivh would still be part of this role. I don't know who else. Zarya? Tyrande and Tassadar were part of this, but eh.

Murky, ironically, might be best classified as a bruiser. He can get deceptively tanky and put out some decent damage. It would be a weird trap to put a super squishy with no HP in that role though. Maybe Stealth with more of a focus on just being deception? Yeah, I don't know.

I'm assuming the roles in the ultimate role rework would be, maybe not with these names, but:

Tank - Muradin, Arthas, Johanna
Bruiser - Leoric, Mathael, Ragnaros
Melee Attacker - Thrall, Xul, Alarak
Ranged Attacker - Valla, Raynor, Hammer
Stealth - Nova, Zeratul, Samuro
Mage - Nazeebo, Kael'thas, Azmodan
Healer - Malfurion, Deckard, Kharazim
Support - Zarya, Medivh, Vikings

More of examples and guesses.

Relentless
Sep 22, 2007

It's a perfect day for some mayhem!


Redo Stealth as Harasser, put Murky there.

HitTheTargets
Mar 3, 2006

I came here to laugh at you.
Also the third comic is out. I still haven't figured out if the queen married a dude who was cursed to be a giant dragon and also a statue, or if she married a dragon who is cursed to be a statue. :iiam:

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice
The last thing this game needs is another role that suggests players not work with their team and just do their own thing.

I'm OK with Murky getting put in any of support, melee dps, or bruiser.

Some things Blizz has said makes me think they're OK with how the fishman plays right now, so I don't think there's a rework for him anytime soon - especially not with so many heroes that actually do need attention.

Deckit
Sep 1, 2012

Maybe they can just remove murky from the game. He can be remembered as sushi and fillets from a butcher skin.

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames

Deckit posted:

Maybe they can just remove murky from the game. He can be remembered as sushi and fillets from a butcher skin.

bad post

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


Bogart posted:

bad post

:yeah:

lucifirius
Mar 7, 2016
That's a bannable offense for saying that, right?

Erdricks
Sep 8, 2005

There's nothing refreshing like a sauna!
How are people feeling about murky after the latest changes?

W.T. Fits
Apr 21, 2010

Ready to Poyozo Dance all over your face.

Deckit posted:

Maybe they can just remove murky from the game. He can be remembered as sushi and fillets from a butcher skin.

:frogout:

Dietrich
Sep 11, 2001

Murky is already an assassin, they just need to change his category.

Deckit
Sep 1, 2012

I maintain my stance. He's unfun. :colbert:

Now mah boi Jimmy, he's a fun a dude.

caberham
Mar 18, 2009

by Smythe
Grimey Drawer

beejay
Apr 7, 2002

So did they actually do anything with the new season of ranked? Cut down number of placements, implement performance based MMR, show visible MMR? Or is it the same ol bullshit

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice

beejay posted:

So did they actually do anything with the new season of ranked? Cut down number of placements, implement performance based MMR, show visible MMR? Or is it the same ol bullshit

Team League is open to any and all, from solo queue up to 5 mans, otherwise unchanged. They've acknowledged the problems though and are working on something better, including maybe eliminating the league system in place now and going with raw MMR. No timeline though.

kaesarsosei
Nov 7, 2012
The free hero rotation is really useful. I always thought of Garrosh as being an OP hero, and while he probably is, I played him to level 5 and really didn't like him at all and only enjoyed him in games where there was another tank so I could go a more DPS build. I think my thing is, no matter what role I am playing I really hate not being able to clear waves quickly. Leoric, Blaze, Dehaka and Johanna are probably my favourite warriors because of this.

On the other hand, I would never have thought of playing Zul'jin but after my first game I really like him. The other one I need to try this week is Malthael who I would predict I suck at.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
just skip malthael. Imo the least fun hero in the game right now and not good enough to make playing him worth it unless you really like him.

Ort
Jul 3, 2005

Proud graduate of the Andy Reid coaching clinic.
I love playing him when I get a chance and he fills a similar role to other characters you said you like.

BattleHamster
Mar 18, 2009

I consider Malth to be pretty good right now. He does well on maps with a single objective point (Cursed & Hanamura) and against the popular brusier solo laners.

On Hotslog there's a pretty big split between his QM performance and his draft performance which indicates he benefits a lot from knowing enemy team compositions.

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

BattleHamster posted:

I consider Malth to be pretty good right now. He does well on maps with a single objective point (Cursed & Hanamura) and against the popular brusier solo laners.

On Hotslog there's a pretty big split between his QM performance and his draft performance which indicates he benefits a lot from knowing enemy team compositions.

he basically exists to counter tanky comps, ya

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
I don’t like him because he has buttons you can only push sometimes.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
OP kerrigan is live. Enjoy her now because this won't last long.

Ort
Jul 3, 2005

Proud graduate of the Andy Reid coaching clinic.
What build are people using on her? I keep taking the ravage talent at 4 but have yet to complete it. Mostly because my games keep being ones where my team gets stomped.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

kaesarsosei posted:

The free hero rotation is really useful. I always thought of Garrosh as being an OP hero, and while he probably is, I played him to level 5 and really didn't like him at all and only enjoyed him in games where there was another tank so I could go a more DPS build. I think my thing is, no matter what role I am playing I really hate not being able to clear waves quickly. Leoric, Blaze, Dehaka and Johanna are probably my favourite warriors because of this.

On the other hand, I would never have thought of playing Zul'jin but after my first game I really like him. The other one I need to try this week is Malthael who I would predict I suck at.

Garrosh is really good mostly cause his throw is absolutely ridiculous, but he has basically NO escape from CC aside from throwing an enemy away and as you say, he has terrible waveclear. Characters like Jaina can be scary when I play him.

He's still probably my favorite tank to play though, aside from liking Garrosh as a character. His playstyle clicks the most out of any of the tanks for me.

It took some getting used to them taking away his pull though

Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

BattleHamster posted:

On Hotslog there's a pretty big split between his QM performance and his draft performance which indicates he benefits a lot from knowing enemy team compositions.
He's dog poo poo in QM because he's a melee assassin whose self-sustain varies depending on the HP pool of the other team. If you pick malth in QM, there's a very real possibility everyone else on both teams will be a squishy ranged assassin/specialist. In a draft there will be at least a tank on the other team and probably a melee offlaner too.

Bodacious
Jul 29, 2010
RIP Envenom, truly the end of an era.

The don't pick envenom era

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Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!
0 healing listed as brightwing in my first match on the stats screen, so no quest credit

THAT DOESNT SEEM CORRECT BLIZZARD

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