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Pattonesque posted:they really fumbled the bag. They managed to create a bunch of legit iconic characters people love and other than the occasional cinematic and *comic* didn't do bupkis with them I don't think it's too late, especially now, but yeah they deffo missed a very opportune window circa 2017-2018ish to meaningfully expand the lore through whatever avenue. Though, there was a decently sized gap between whenever LoL became huge and when Arcane came out, yeah? They could still release an OW animated series that, if created with the same passion as Arcane, could be pretty popular I think. But lmao, that's not gonna happen so 
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Pattonesque posted:a fun thing about OW lore is all the loving
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verbal enema posted:is all the loving 
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Remember when horse armor was considered to just evil and not a lesser evil you had to beg your corporate masters for?
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wanna hang that belt somehwere else?
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I've decided to play comp for a change in the absense of battlepass rewards and it's actually quite fun? So far the only toxic person I've run into is a solider who spent all game complaining about no heals while being unreachable or out of sightlines. As a reward I nanoed him on overtime and we won the match with nano-visor you are WELCOME you little poo poo.
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battlepass is fine imo except locking characters behind it for free folks is sorta dumb, but im ok paying for the bp every few months push maps i like theyre fun esp as a kiriko enjoyer, ez to get flank angles on widows etc and zip back to team i really wish skins in shop were $5-$10 but even as an employed adult $20 is hard to swallow and honestly, i want the trash ffv mage skin... its exceedingly wack that new players will never know the wealth of skins we enjoyed in ow1, if only wed known then how lucky we were
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teagone posted:I don't think it's too late, especially now, but yeah they deffo missed a very opportune window circa 2017-2018ish to meaningfully expand the lore through whatever avenue. Though, there was a decently sized gap between whenever LoL became huge and when Arcane came out, yeah? They could still release an OW animated series that, if created with the same passion as Arcane, could be pretty popular I think. But lmao, that's not gonna happen so it wouldn't be too late if they had put any effort into voice lines at all. as it stands the new voice line interactions i've heard so far seem so divorced from the lore and it makes it feel like they threw what little they had already into the trash
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Dynamite Dog posted:it wouldn't be too late if they had put any effort into voice lines at all. as it stands the new voice line interactions i've heard so far seem so divorced from the lore and it makes it feel like they threw what little they had already into the trash There is literally so much they can do with Overwatch lore. Instead we get little throwaways like Widowmaker sounding sarcastic about killing Gerard (though her lines with Moira are good) and random poo poo with Reaper thinking his wife would kill him if she saw him now.
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Why even have All Roles q in comp Roles Queue. It's just a second Support queue.
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The Slack Lagoon posted:Why even have All Roles q in comp Roles Queue. It's just a second Support queue. Playing with a group.
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The Slack Lagoon posted:Why even have All Roles q in comp Roles Queue. It's just a second Support queue. I have gotten DPS once since OW2 was released lol
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The Slack Lagoon posted:Why even have All Roles q in comp Roles Queue. It's just a second Support queue. you get cheev points for going All Roles
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So double XP weekend is only for match xp not challenges or anything like that? That's a pittance...
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black.lion posted:battlepass is fine imo except locking characters behind it for free folks is sorta dumb, but im ok paying for the bp every few months If $20 skins had mythic-type customization, I'd consider the purchase, but $20 for the equivalent of legendary skins lol, nah I'm good. I'll pony up for the battle pass once my coins run dry though. And if they do similar season starter packs for a fiver that comes with a decent legendary skin + 500 coins, I'll probably always get those.
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Alternatively you could not support lovely business practices.
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Jack Trades posted:Alternatively you could not support lovely business practices. Alternatively you can spend money on whatever you want since you know… it’s your money.
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Alfalfa posted:Alternatively you can spend money on whatever you want since you know… it’s your money. I know, I'm already donating to the American Society for Lobotomization of Sexually Deviant, but that's beside the point.
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Jack Trades posted:Alternatively you could not support lovely business practices. You could also not post in this thread, but you do so anyways so  [edit] You have the most posts ITT in fact, lmao. I thought I did, but you've got me beat.
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Oct 30, 2022 23:14
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Jack Trades posted:Alternatively you could not support lovely business practices.
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People are adults who can make their own judgment calls on whether or not they are comfortable putting money into something. If it brings you joy in the hellscape of an earth then go for it. If you don't feel comfortable putting money to a company then don't. This is a weird place to have the whole "no ethical consumption under capitalism" discussion but here we are.
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Where else can you hold moral superiority over strangers based on the purchases they make?
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i think the point theyre making is that they dont feel $5 skins are lovely business practice, however $20 skins are, so theyre not going to support the business practices they feel are lovely (and im inclined to agree) basically what alfalfa said
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YoshiOfYellow posted:People are adults Let's not be too hasty here
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On one hand, people should be able to spend their money on whatever bullshit they want to. On the other hand, it's impossible for the masses to make a statement to Blizzard about how their garbage game needs better monetization because even if 999 people don't buy poo poo, 1 person with effectively infinite money will go and buy literally every item in the shop and ruin it for everyone (which is why the items are priced the way they are). It's somewhat frustrating to people that want to see the game improve, though it's moronic for those people to assume it's possible for that to happen as a result of this methodology. So what are you gonna do? It bears not-so-subtle societal parallels to the fockin' covid pandemic in the sense that it requires a coordinated effort to reach a means, but on a way more micro level as it is irrelevant bullshit that doesn't really effect anything.
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"Selling items to people who pay for them" is not a lovely business practice lmao
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abigserve posted:"Selling items to people who pay for them" is not a lovely business practice lmao  I mean the prices mostly suck, but whatever.
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Why aren't there any really good skins though? I'd pay even $20 for something that looked loving amazing instead of recolors of crap. I will die on this hill: tuxes for everyone!
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Will there be skins like the mythic Genji one for all other characters as well? That one does look really good.
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Is there a spreadsheet for playing together, or are we just using the general one for our respective gaming setups? Beware, I've never played any version of overwatch before, so I'm pretty bad, but the game is way fun!  Blizzard: Hamshakes#1830, Xbox gt: Defektedtoy I added a bunch of people from the early Apex days, but none of them seem to play ow2. Side note: why are the Junkenstein's challenge modes so difficult? It took me 2-3 days to complete one of them. Also, the other Bride's Revenge difficulties seem impossible to do with randos. Hard is loving brutal. Granted, I'm not great at the mechanics, but I'm not new to fps games.
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abigserve posted:"Selling items to people who pay for them" is not a lovely business practice lmao I mean, considering the way they bundle items is ILLEGAL in many places, it's fair to assume it IS a lovely business practice. The lovely part that people gripe about is that they monetize the game in a way that will probably turn out some amount of additional profits (who can say if it's 5% more, or 20% more) at the cost of the end user experience for most of the player base. Especially since they almost completely obliterates it rather than just diminish. One could argue that this hurts the long-term stability of the game for a burst of revenue now.
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Jack's Flow posted:Will there be skins like the mythic Genji one for all other characters as well? That one does look really good. I'd assume so. They'll also likely always be tied to the battle pass as the final tier reward.
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The Cyber Genji skin is legit pretty dang rad. I like the third color set of greens myself. Now if only I was actually any good at Genji. 
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The Genji skin sucks because it's a Genji skin. Update me when they do a mythic Junkrat skin
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Issaries posted:Green/Pink flower Genji is the best: When you notice he has flower nips you can't unsee it and that's all you'll see now.
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teagone posted:When you notice he has flower nips you can't unsee it and that's all you'll see now. drat you 
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