Overwatch

Sterno

12:37 AM

I'm all alone on Discord

Arqade Discord

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Dragonrage

@Sterno im at work

ripperino in pepperonis

and I wont be home till 9:30-10pm

Sterno

Worse than Hitler

Dragonrage

@Sterno wait what/who is worse than hitler

Unionhawk

I just shot down a 76 ult and a pharah ult with D.Va

The random hero mode is really fun, we should maybe play

Dragonrage

@Unionhawk All these people playing Overwatch while I have to be a responsible adult :(

Unionhawk

12:46 AM

I'm being an irresponsible student

Dragonrage

@Unionhawk you are older than me, you should be more responsible

Unionhawk

I'm about to call this paper here on content, and just beef up any short paragraphs

Then play overwatch for an hour and then go to trivia

Dragonrage

@Unionhawk you know you will play for longer than that

Unionhawk

I won't because trivia is at 10

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@Unionhawk Is there any special reward from the brawl? Hearthstone has that!

Unionhawk

12:49 AM

I think it's just a random gamemode right now

With like, 10 rotating gamemodes

Right now it's get a random hero every life

Which is fun because then you can blame bad team comps on rng, not two people picking widowmaker

Speaking of widowmaker, does everyone else just go "did she have walls?" every time you get killed by one?

I don't know if she has a tell for activating recon visor, but I haven't heard it

Fluttershy

@Unionhawk "No one escapes my sight"

Unionhawk

I have never heard it

Like, I heard it in french in the video, but never in game

Fluttershy

Or maybe it's "No one can hide from my sight"

Unionhawk

That's friendly anyway

Maybe I'm not paying enough attention

I dunno

Sterno

good god randoms suck

Dragonrage

12:57 AM

@Sterno or maybe its just you :P

Sterno

I'm not one of the three people who refused to actually try to take the objective

Unionhawk

Yeah no, I was in a team with 2 widows

Then I just went with the random hero mode

Dragonrage

objectives are overrated :)

Unionhawk

No

In a 12v12 shooter, maybe

In a 6v6 shooter, no

Dragonrage

its all about the kills

hint im being sarcastic

12:59 AM

1:09 AM

Time to reward myself with Overwatch.

@Unionhawk If you hear foreign words, it usually means an enemy activated their ult.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki I know, but I haven't heard any french

Yuuki

[Game Mechanics] Using Ultimate Sounds for Map Awareness - Overwatch

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Unionhawk

I think some of those have changed incidentally

Sterno

I like Soldier 76 even more now that I know he's an old man

Unionhawk

Like, I think Mercy says "heroes never die" in german now

Oh, crap, lucio is apparently line of sight too

I didn't realize that

Sterno

1:29 AM

I can see you guys talking on discord but can't hear anything there

Can you hear me?

Wipqozn

@Sterno No

StrixVaria

Oh, there's a room for this now.

Dragonrage

@StrixVaria yes

Sterno

1:49 AM

@StrixVaria You should Feeds it up

StrixVaria

That requires work.

Sterno

well, you'll have a solid 15 min soon!

Feeds

StrixVaria has made a change to the feeds posted into this room

StrixVaria

Fine.

Athena

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Q: Which heroes synergize best with one another?

In many other class-based games, combos are often a lot more deadly than a single lone hero. I am wondering in Overwatch, what are some high synergy combos that work extremely well and play better than other combos? For example, in the last match I just learned how powerful a Reinhardt + Bastion...

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Q: What is the best way to get coins in Overwatch?

Coins are the de facto currency in Overwatch and can be used to purchase pretty much any Hero's cosmetics, including skins, sprays, and victory poses. What is an efficient or best way to farm coins in the quickest way possible? I find the current coin gain after a match to be rather small; am I...

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Q: Does Reinhardt's shield block all abilities?

Reinhardt's main strength is his shielding abilities and the protection he provides for his team, but Are there any abilities that cannot be blocked by Reinhardt's barrier field?

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Q: Is there any reward specific to Loot Boxes that cannot be obtained otherwise?

Is there anything in Loot Boxes, whether they be common or Legendary, that I cannot get by spending coins on them in the Hero Gallery page in Overwatch? Is everything available for purchase of coins in Overwatch? Or are some rewards solely limited to Loot Boxes?

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Q: What are sprays?

In Overwatch there are unlockable items called Sprays that along with skins and poses change something about your character. However, I have no idea what they do. Skins and Poses are pretty straight forward, but what are sprays for? I was thinking it was an add on for the skin you choose, like a ...

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Fluttershy

2:02 AM

RIP servers. :(

SaintWacko

Yep

11 more minutes

Fluttershy

:o Where do you see that? The thing I saw said 7:30 PDT.

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy In-game message said it was going offline at 7:00PDT for 15 minutes.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Oh, okay. I completely missed that.

I was engaged in a Brawl game. That was a blast.

StrixVaria

I believe it's back up?

I just got in.

SaintWacko

2:10 AM

It is!

According to Reddit

Fluttershy

room topic changed to Overwatch: Chat about the Blizzard FPS Overwatch [mei]

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2:28 AM

Mei is the best

Unionhawk

3:40 AM

If anyone is still playing in like an hour I might hop on I dunno

Yuuki

Same. I have to go take care of something.

Dragonrage

5:20 AM

i'll play

if anyone is on

Athena

5:50 AM

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Q: Will there be a reset after Open Beta?

After Closed Beta all profile levels, skins collected, statistics, etc. were reset. After Open Beta will the same thing happen? Meaning, come May 24, will my stats be reset to 0?

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Dragonrage

@uni can you not hear me?

check to see if im muted

because my thing turns green when i talk

i can hear you fine

Athena

6:23 AM

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Q: Does Mercy's damage buff affect structures?

Mercy's Caduceus staff has an alt-fire that increases an ally's damage while channeled. Does this damage buff also extend to structures, such as Torbjörn's turrets or Symmetra's sentries, if their owner is currently receiving the buff? If so, is it global -- that is, is there a maximum range the...

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Athena

6:52 AM

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Q: What counters Mei?

Extremely frustrating playing against Mei, whether it's in a teamfight or solo. Heck, trying McCree, a supposedly high CQC damage hero fails because most of the time the Mei can freeze me then headshot me to death with her alt fire. Is there a true counter to Mei? Because it seems like every m...

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Unionhawk

So Bastion is currently overpowered

Dragonrage

7:41 AM

like really overpowered

also some maps need adjustments to entrances so you can walk through them without dying to bastion or turrets

Unionhawk

It's actually a little dumb

We had what I assume was a 6 premade just pub stomping running 2 bastions

We almost got it

That was the dumbest game ever

Kevin van der Velden

10:35 AM

Heh, I've played junkrat for the last 4 matches or so and got 3 play of the games out of it xp

One was for killing a bastion, getting killed and then having 3 people run into my explosives

Another was me using junkrats ult while a hanzo dragon was eating me

Wipqozn

11:24 AM

@KevinvanderVelden yeha, I want to try junkrat

I want to try so many characters

I blame @Sterno for all of this

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12:12 PM

@Unionhawk I don't know if he is overpowered but he's definitely a pub stomp character right now

With a little knowledge of map layout you can make great use of him

He's very vulnerable to a few things but pub groups rarely have any semblance of teamwork

Sterno

Well, I've got Overwatch to get me to Uncharted 4, and Uncharted 4 to get me to Overwatch. I'm all set!

Fluttershy

I still need to play Uncharted 3

Sterno

TIL the payload heals you (on offense)

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Uncharted 4 is going to rule

@Sterno It does, but it's pretty minor. If you combine it with using the payload as cover it's pretty effective though

Sterno

> Did this earlier today. Torn and his turret behind me and my shield on top of the payload. It was glorious.

I could see that working

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12:23 PM

It doesn't seem to restore ammo like in TF2 but given that you have infinite reserves that's not a problem :P

Sterno

How come my plays of the game are never this cool?

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I had a good one where I killed 4 people as Roadhog

Roadhog is a fun hero

Fluttershy

My Bastion potg was fun. It didn't even involve turret mode!

In other news, it looks like Retrosaur deleted a question of his to prevent a later question from being closed as a duplicate. :|

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Q: What counters Mei?

Extremely frustrating playing against Mei, whether it's in a teamfight or solo. Heck, trying McCree, a supposedly high CQC damage hero fails because most of the time the Mei can freeze me then headshot me to death with her alt fire. Is there a true counter to Mei? Because it seems like every m...

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Note the link in @Unionhawk's comment.

Sterno

12:49 PM

That wouldn't have been a duplicate

And the one that got deleted was probably a bit broad.

I'd call the end result a win.

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I think the linked question is pretty decent, but the answers right now are very lacking

It might need to be reworked a bit to "How can I deal with Mei?"

Fluttershy

I agree the new question is fine. It just feels very... odd, the way it played out.

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With the answers being: she lacks on-demand burst and ranged

So characters like McCree can disable and then alt fire

Ranged characters can just pick her off

Close range characters can complain on forums

Fluttershy

As for the original question, it may seem broad, but given that there are only 21 heroes, it's not super difficult to list the counters to those heroes.

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I think the counters question was fine, really.

With each hero having a clearly defined skillset, it's completely reasonable to say that certain skillsets 'counter' others.

Fluttershy

1:00 PM

Genji counters Bastion! That's the only hard counter I know of though.

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I'd say Bastion is countered by Reinhardt, too

Fluttershy

How so?

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Since you can just wall and Bastion has to sacrifice mobility to really DPS, making him vulnerable to Reinhardt's powers

SaintWacko

Argh!

I was so looking forward to today's Overwatch art!

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There is a bit of an opinion element, so maybe instead of "counters" it should be "What is each character's weakness?"

That's pretty cut and dry, I think

SaintWacko

1:02 PM

Day 1:

Awesome

Day 2:

Awesome

Day 3, Hanzo, my favorite:

WTF is this

StrixVaria

While we were all having tons of fun in Overwatch yesterday, @twob was playing WoW :|

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko wat

StrixVaria

It's just a different art style.

The first and second are different too.

The first is much more pure realism.

SaintWacko

They're both badass action shots, though

Fluttershy

It's still better than I could ever do, but I feel like the first two set a bar, and the third just kinda... ran into it like someone who is really bad at limbo.

SaintWacko

1:05 PM

This third one is a really good painting, but it's nothing like the first two

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko As we get further into the roster I think we'll probably see a lot more different style.

SaintWacko

It would maybe be okay if I could find one without a hand and art supplies in it

StrixVaria

My understanding is that each artist was just told to draw the character, and the fact that the first two were both badass action shots was coincidence.

@SaintWacko This yes.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria I think you're right, but I'm still disappointed

Sterno

@Fluttershy 21 seems like a lot to me. And it seems like there could be more discussion involved into counters than just "Person X and Person Y"

I'd much rather see in-depth questions about the characters than a shotgun answer

SaintWacko

1:06 PM

I've been looking forward to putting these pictures in a folder to be used as randomly shuffling desktops

And this third one doesn't work for that at all

Sterno

Kevin van der Velden

@StrixVaria what a horrible person

SaintWacko

Guess I'll just use this one for now

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@StrixVaria Raiding :(

StrixVaria

Man Genji is ridiculously fun.

I'm mostly terrible as him with moments of brilliance.

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1:16 PM

@Wifi pls

Fluttershy

@Sterno I'm all for more in-depth discussion too! I didn't mean to imply that I wasn't.

StrixVaria

I got 5 kills in a row with him yesterday. It said "quadrakill" but was still saying that when I got the 5th so I don't know if there's not a sound for it at all or if it was just not played because it was too busy hyping up the lesser feat.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria This sums up my experience with everyone.

Though I did have quite possibly my best Mei game ever last night.

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Well as Soldier 76 I feel like my play is consistently good but never brilliant.

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@SaintWacko Ahahahaha

StrixVaria

1:21 PM

I didn't think I'd play much Overwatch this week and now I can't think about anything but playing Overwatch.

Sterno

@StrixVaria He doesn't have many opportunites to do something amazing unless he's ulting and the entire team is full of weak guys out in the open

StrixVaria

@Sterno Yeah that's true. It's his role to just be solid and consistent.

Sterno

His AOE heal can be pretty damn useful but never feels "brilliant"

StrixVaria

Pretty much every other hero is situational.

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Swapping heroes to adapt to the flow of a match seems crucial

Sterno

1:22 PM

It's kind of weird. I really like playing him and feel I do pretty well with him, but if I ever see him on the enemy team I feel no fear

It's been pretty rare to get killed by a 76

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@Sterno You must not have gone up against good ones. He's a good harasser

StrixVaria

@twobugs It's an interesting tradeoff because losing built ult percentage is lame.

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Not as fast as Tracer or Reaper, but he has range and survivability

He's just a strong well rounded offensive character

StrixVaria

As Reinhardt, I'd rather be followed around by a Soldier: 76 than a Mercy.

Fluttershy

I'd rather be followed around by Lucio than any other support.

StrixVaria

1:24 PM

Playing as Reinhardt, you need some kind of straightforward DPS along with you.

Fluttershy

Also, found out last night that Winston is an effective counter to Symmetra.

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@Fluttershy Yeah, that makes sense with his gun, mobility, and tankiness

Kevin van der Velden

OKAY FINE I'LL PLAY MORE OVERWATCh

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I was being all productive and stuff

Is anyone playing? I'm logged into europe so I can't see it

Fluttershy

@twobugs Yeah. If she groups up her turrets, he can kill all of them very, very quickly.

Sterno

I mean to come back and play more last night but got caught up on Game of Thrones instead.

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1:45 PM

It's kind of weird that the kill feed isn't enabled by default in Overwatch

I think that's the first game like this I've seen which didn't have it enabled by default

Yuuki

Also, "Fire in the hole!" means "shoot that goddamn tire before it hits your Mercy". Alternately, if you're playing Pharah, it means "go fly up in the air, you idiot, so I can follow you and not die".

@StrixVaria Yeah, your Barrier should keep you high-and-dry and Mercy's damage boost does very little for you.

Pharah's the better Mercy target anyways.

MadMAxJr

I had a blast with the game last night.

Had a full team of friends and friends of friends.

Tobjorn is a pretty decent gunner even when he's away from his turret.

Yuuki

Yeah, his Rivet Gun has good damage. His big weakness is the fact that his headshot hitbox is about 40% of his body.

Fluttershy

@Yuuki This. A damage boosted Pharah can one shot most non-Tanks with a direct hit.

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I need to play him more. I figured he would be just a boring engi clone but he's actually pretty cool

MadMAxJr

1:55 PM

The grenade brat can one-shot when boosted too.

Yuuki

@Fluttershy Plus you can fly in the air with her!

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Mercy and Pharah are best buddies in my headcanon

MadMAxJr

Having both Tobjorn and Symetra on your team is interesting. armor AND shields.

Yuuki

And a damage-boosted Rocket Barrage is just silly.

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Soaring through the skies raining death

MadMAxJr

1:56 PM

Also going up against multiple Zaryas is just bloody not fun.

Kevin van der Velden

I just joined a capture point game with the enemy at 99% to winning

We still won

Fluttershy

Nice.

MadMAxJr

We started fighting REAL PEOPLE which led to an interesting voice exchange.

"I haven't seen the enemy team in a bit." "They might be regrouping or organizing." "On the internet? In a random match?" "Okay their Mercy just charged us solo, we're good guys, just escort the payload."

ardaozkal

Anyone up for some overwatch?

eu

If you want to voice chat, I can chat using: skype, discord and TS3. own server. if you want too

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I still need play any Uncharted game

ardaozkal

2:08 PM

If you want to join me, bnet: aoz#21715, TS3 ip: ardao.me

MadMAxJr

I took Reinhardt for a spin. I didn't realize how fun it is to be the guy walking right into the heart of the fight.

Yuuki

Man, now I regret getting that Mercy highlight intro. It's so unlikely that you get PotG with her unless you get a five-man revive.

MadMAxJr

Yeah, the highlight reel really likes to focus on using ults.

Yuuki

Well, they are game-changing moves.

So it's understandable.

Just kinda annoying when PotG is almost always "oh, person used ult".

MadMAxJr

My roommate who isn't the best at shooters was excited when he got play of the game for his Bastion mowing down the entire enemy team cramming themselves into the same archway pass.

Also, Bastion sitting on a moving payload is just plain wrong.

Yuuki

2:20 PM

It's hilarious.

Particularly with a Winston.

MadMAxJr

It turns from a payload to a slow moving death machine.

Yuuki

Put a Symmetra teleporter while you're at it.

MadMAxJr

I didn't realize those break after six uses.

Yuuki

And if your point gets capped, you get refunded some ult charge depending on how many uses it had left, IIRC.

MadMAxJr

I noticed McCree gets a refund for half his ult if you either die or don't pull the trigger

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Darn, webm doesn't onebox here

StrixVaria

2:33 PM

@MadMAxJr A lot of ults get partially refunded if you die very shortly after starting it up.

@MadMAxJr worth

Best I've done on a single charge is a double-kill.

I didn't charge off a cliff, but I was surrounded by enemies afterwards so it amounted to the same thing.

MadMAxJr

I didn't know you could steer the charge!

StrixVaria

@MadMAxJr You have to use a/d; you can't steer with the mouse.

Took me a while to figure out.

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2:50 PM

@Wipqozn You should! 2 is really good

1 and 3 are a lot of fun but 2 is really the breakout hit

Yuuki

@StrixVaria Which is slightly annoying as a Widowmaker when I kill someone right after they ult.

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I like that ults aren't "consumed" until you can actually do something

Destiny, another game with ults, is really inconsistent about that

For some classes you get to keep it, others it's gone

Yuuki

But I want to savor that salt from someone dying to a headshot right as they think they're going to wipe my team.

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Rest assured that they are salty nonetheless!

StrixVaria

@Yuuki They still get salty, don't worry (source: me)

Losing 50% of your ult bar at a game-critical moment and dying is pretty rough.

Yuuki

2:55 PM

I shut down two Bastion ults and a 76 ult last game.

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Even if you don't lose the ult charge, getting cockblocked at a perfect chance to ult is very salt-inducing

Yuuki

I felt sooo good but I didn't get PotG even though I tripled at the end for the payload win.

StrixVaria

Every time Bastion gets a PotG, ten kittens are drowned in lava.

Everyone should just stop playing Bastion. Think of the kittens.

Yuuki

Yeah, the Bastion on the other team got PotG.

Bastion's not bad, he's just a ridiculous pubstomper.

StrixVaria

I don't like Bastion's design.

Yuuki

2:57 PM

He sees no play at all at higher tiers.

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I think Bastion needs a rework for sure

StrixVaria

Almost every other character has fun counterplay. Playing around what the other team is doing is fun.

Except Bastion.

Where it's just a hassle.

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Very powerful against uncoordinated teams, very weak against coordinated ones

StrixVaria

I think just taking away his self-heal might be enough.

Yuuki

Oh, Junkrat got the third kill so I didn't triple :(

StrixVaria

2:58 PM

Maybe replace it with some ability that's only usable in not-turret form.

Yuuki

Configuration: Artillery.

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@StrixVaria I don't think that would help his high end play, though

StrixVaria

@twobugs If they give him a new ability to replace it that is skill-based, it could.

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Out of 21 characters only 1 being bad is pretty good

Yuuki

Fires high-damage arcing shots. Alt-fire shoots low-damage arcing spread shots.

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3:00 PM

@StrixVaria Maybe, but it sounds like his problem right now is more systemic with his gameplay style

Yuuki

Every time I see a Bastion, I just run Widowmaker.

StrixVaria

@twobugs But giving him an ability that entices him to not just sit his ass still as a turret forever is a step in the right direction.

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Absolutely

It just seems like in the long term he needs a redesign

Yuuki

Maybe some sort of tripline/detection thing to encourage him to walk around to place them (and replace them when they get triggered).

StrixVaria

So remove his self-heal (he has to get up and go get health) and give him an ability (some kind of neat grenade maybe) that he can't use in turret form, and now you've got a character who probably wants to move around a bunch instead of just camp the point.

Fluttershy

3:02 PM

It also doesn't help that his turret form has 200 rounds, while non-turret has 20.

Yuuki

The problem is that he's very clearly designed around his sentry mode. Recon is just a bargain bin S:76. So any replacement ability still needs to synergize with his sentry mode while still encouraging him to move.

I think something like Widowmaker's traps but non-damaging is probably a good option.

He'll need to leave Sentry to place them so you can catch him while he's setting them up again.

And the detection works well with his sentry mode.

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I would say reduce his turret damage, give him some better area control

So the traps idea sounds nice

StrixVaria

I still think removing the self-heal is one of the top things to do.

What to do past that definitely has a lot of options.

But if he keeps his self heal, he can gladly ignore all those options and just be a turret forever.

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Self-heal hasn't really been a problem in my experiences with him, but I admittedly just avoid Bastions when possible

StrixVaria

The self heal makes it so you can't wear him down over time.

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3:05 PM

There's usually at least one other Tracer on a team and I haven't really tried the snipers yet, so fighting him seems pointless

StrixVaria

Every time you go face him, he's at full health again.

Fluttershy

Allow me to propose a second option for dealing with Bastion: git gud

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In my experience though, you can just pick Bastion off pretty quickly from different angles

Yuuki

Yeah, I just outrange him with Widowmaker or run Genji if I feel really desperate.

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@Fluttershy I think the problem is that he's just a pubstomper right now

Getting good completely defeats him :P

StrixVaria

3:06 PM

@Fluttershy It's not about how good he is, it's about how fun his counterplay is.

Pro players wreck him, and that's fine.

But it doesn't make it fun to play against.

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He's frustrating to deal with and negatively impacts the game though

Fluttershy

@twobugs Yeah, I was just joking. :P Personally, I don't mind going up against him, but I understand the complaints.

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Yeah what @StrixVaria said

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I get that. I guess that's part of the reason it doesn't bother me personally, maybe? Because I actively enjoy playing the heroes that counter him, I guess. Widow, Genji, and Hanzo are three of my favorites, so it works out for me.

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Does he have much use on offense? I guess not every character needs to, but Bastion seems really one sided

Symmetra can still set up traps and teleport. Bastion can just... turret

Sterno

3:09 PM

He can turret on top of the moving payload

StrixVaria

@twobugs I was in a game yesterday on defense where 4 opposing bastions went into sentry mode on the payload and it was dumb.

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@StrixVaria @Sterno Okay those both sound really, really dumb

committing sudoku

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Q: Will there be a reset after Open Beta?

After Closed Beta all profile levels, skins collected, statistics, etc. were reset. After Open Beta will the same thing happen? Meaning, come May 24, will my stats be reset to 0?

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Why was this closed as game dev

I don't understand?

Isn't it a question about the game

I was honestly curious if Open Beta had a reset like closed beta

and nothing in-game tells you progress will be wiped

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I still think he isn't as harmful to the game as some other characters I've seen in other games. Like the HIVE guy in Blops3

cc @Fluttershy

That guy is designed to slow down the game and make it dumb

Sterno

@committingsudoku I am certain it's because it's a "We don't answer questions about what the devs are going to do" sort of thing.

Don't argue with me about it though. I didn't vote it close it.

StrixVaria

3:13 PM

@committingsudoku There used to be a better close reason for this (too localized), but it went away. Questions that are too localized are still bad for the site, but people stretch to find other reasons to use for it.

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I also did not VTC it

StrixVaria

Anyway, the answer to your question is that there will be a reset.

Yuuki

@StrixVaria That's just asking for a Junkrat. Or a Hanzo.

Fluttershy

@twobugs I'm not sure which one that is. I always play as Sparrow. The guy with the knife hands looks fun though.

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The guy who plants the traps

Fluttershy

3:22 PM

Never seen him.

ardaozkal

traceroverflow

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Really? I typically see 2-3 per game. The traps have a great visual effect (They're a swarm of nanobots that eat your limbs) but they make the game so much more annoying

Yuuki

Rargh, I want a new brawl.

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So does the Brawl have a special reward currently? In Hearthstone there's a similar gametype and you get a free pack first win per week

Fluttershy

@Yuuki whaaaaat I love this brawl mode.

Yuuki

3:35 PM

@Fluttershy I had more fun with Arcade.

Particularly since it meant that I could practice using high cooldown skills.

Oh wait, I can do that with a custom. Never mind.

Things that I wish I could do:

Mercy OT Clutch

►

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I like Mercy's ult. It's cool when people use it wrong and you get to kill someone again :)

Yuuki

I'm really surprised at how many pistol kills I've gotten with Mercy.

And they've all been solo kills.

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I should try that, I usually just flee when confronted as Mercy

Since, you know, her flying is SO GOOD

Yuuki

3:56 PM

Her Lshift feels a bit clunkier when playing. For some reason, I can't seem to get the same height or speed that I see in gameplay videos.

two bugs

Maybe I'm Hitler but I don't feel too compelled to play right now since Open Beta is just going to have a character wipe

Well, progress wipe

It's fun, sure. But I just feel meh when my progress doesn't really mean anything

MadMAxJr

It's a chance to make mistakes and not have them count.

two bugs

True, I've been treating it as a learning opportunity

But any stat stuff from the first few weeks is going to be buried anyway so it hardly matters

Yuuki

4:12 PM

Also, it's fun to play with friends.

two bugs

It is, I'll probably jump in tonight if we get something going

I'm just trying to make some progress on my super long backlog is all

Wipqozn

@twobugs One day I will. Either that or I'll go crazy and murder an entire family of Badgers.

two bugs

Please do not kill badgers

Wipqozn

Your face is a face

BUUURRNN

in other news, back to work

StrixVaria

I just realized @Sterno has been playing Overwatch on his $800 super monitor.

I bet it looks amazing.

two bugs

4:22 PM

I bet he is too blind to even see it

SaintWacko

4:56 PM

Wait, does he have a curved monitor?

Dragonrage

i need a second monitor

SaintWacko

@twobugs I love that as Hanzo

I draw my bow and just wait for the animation to complete

StrixVaria

Hanzo Tip: You can switch what kind of arrow you're about to fire while the bow is already drawn back.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria Yep!

StrixVaria

Also his sensor arrow is incredible.

I forgot to even use it the first few times I played him.

But it's so useful.

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