Just got this, played a few games (mostly as D.Va) and had to rush for damn work.
Enjoyable game.
Enjoyable game.
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Kostuch#2865, PC, I play on weekends mostly now untill I'm done with my exams, if somebody fancies a game gimme a call.
Becoming very good with Mercy, Genji & Widowmaker.
Junkrat, Reinhardt and Pharah are my other favourites to play. This game is too addictive.
Junkrat, Reinhardt and Pharah are my other favourites to play. This game is too addictive.
Gunna get this on pc when my gpu is finally here currently running on Intel graphics :-(
Junkrat is brilliant, I think he jumps above Reinhardt as my favourite character in the game. This is probably the most fun shooter on the new gen!
Which offense character is good? I heard good stuff about Reaper and McCree but I cannot get into either of them. I like Tracer.
Which offense character is good? I heard good stuff about Reaper and McCree but I cannot get into either of them. I like Tracer.
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Reaper is easier to pick up and play but McCree is by far the best offense in the game right now if you can aim well. The damage output of his fan the hammer-flashbang combo is ridiculous in 1v1 duels. Blizzard have confirmed he's going to be nerfed soon.
I just hope they nerf those fecking turrets as well. Tired of playing against teams with double turret guy on defense.
This is the best FPS shooter I have played in years. While it can be frustrating playing with randoms, when you have a few in the same group it's brilliant.
One thing that does bug me is the way a lot of people just refuse to change character to try and counter the opposing team. I've lost count of the number of times you see someone getting killed over and over again in the same way. Baffling.
One thing that does bug me is the way a lot of people just refuse to change character to try and counter the opposing team. I've lost count of the number of times you see someone getting killed over and over again in the same way. Baffling.
I think people who are not familiar with this sort of mechanics are still getting to grips with the gameplay. My K/D ratio has been solid around 1.5 - 2.0 with Junkrat and I have figured him out so I am dedicating my time to mastering him rather than jump from one character to another. Ideally I want to have 4-5 characters I'll feel comfortable with and change between them based on the flow of the game. With Junkrat the thing is I often get myself killed on purpose as he explodes upon death and it's great craic when you move into tight spaces with lots of enemies as you can wipe all of them at once with grenades, mine and self destruction.
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That said, I am just starting to play it, so I am not particularly good.
That said, I am just starting to play it, so I am not particularly good.
Anyone else having trouble connecting to the server after the new update? Always takes me 2-3 tries now.
As someone who usually mains support characters, I agree. I should probably be changing characters, too, but then the team dies too fast during fights because I'm the only support.
My pet peeve as a support is also tank characters, which I heal, run away when a Reaper runs and guns straight for me, and kills me. Then the tank usually dies 5 seconds later. How about protecting the guy that's keeping you alive?? Grinds my gears. I realize that this is just a part of playing with randoms. Can't wait for ranked play, that'll be a lot of fun and the games will probably be much more close.
Also, I just have to say: the value of the game, being bought new at 60 euro, or whatever the price is, is steep as in that there isn't that much content. I am still enjoying it, but it feels slightly bare bones at the moment. I realize that a lot of the future content will be free, but still. I think it's a valid criticism. I am still playing it and loving it though. Halo 5? Dull. Doom? Fun, but not as fun as this. Been missing something like this since TF2.
I wouldn't apply that to support characters. The team always needs one at least. I know what you mean about the lack of protection. Nothing more annoying than playing as Mercy or Zenyatta and having a Genji or Tracer constantly flank your team just to kill you.
Been in bad shape this afternoon, I think I'm going to need a new character. Roadhog looks decent at first, I think I prefer him to Reinhardt in that class. I don't like anyone in Offense though, Soldier 76 isn't bad but that's about it. I just cannot get into Genji or McCree despite people loving them.
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Pharah and Tracer are incredible attackers. I've finally managed to cut my ties with Junkrat. It's good that Pharah and Tracer are completely difference, when I get the feel of what the opposite team are trying to do I can just choose one of them and be pretty sure that it'll work. I went 20-6 yesterday in about 2 minutes with Pharah, I think I've been positive K/D in all games using either of them and very efficient at clearing the path (K/D ratio is not that important here but when you clear 4 enemies within 15 seconds during Escort it's kind of useful).
This is so addictive. I want to get home and play.
This is so addictive. I want to get home and play.
Pharah, Solider 76 and Genji are my preferred offense characters. A Mercy giving you the damage boost when you're playing as Pharah and Soldier 76 is really hard to stop. Have played a few games as Tracer but couldn't get the hang of her which was frustrating as I've come across a few Tracers who have destroyed our team. It's absolute hell when a good player spends the entire game just running behind your team.
Recently been playing as Mei a lot and she is quickly becoming my favourite character. Love annoying the other team by spamming ice walls and she is incredibly effective at killing tanks.
With Tracer the best part is that she's very hard to kill when you isolate opposition and pick them one by one, you cannot kill her in close combat because she's very easy to escape with and even when you get a shot at her, she can just rewind and you have no idea where she is again. Downside is that her gun is not the strongest so to beat tanks you really need to get a lot of shots at them and even killing other offense characters is not straightforward. Pharah basically has the attack which is tank-like power, and she's easy to escape with when you have your jump loaded too. Also, another thing is that she's very comfortable to jump from roof to roof with the booster and I often find myself picking opposition apart from very high up where they can barely even take a shot (Gibraltar is amazing for that).
Ideally I want to learn all characters with time but you need to spend time with them to properly get hold of them. Yesterday I was only playing Pharah and Tracer. I did not like Pharah at first but when you figure her out she's amazing. I know my limitations as a player, I move a lot but I don't find it easy to aim so I should not take characters like Widowmaker or Hanzo who are highly reliant on good aiming. Tracer needs to aim but she's very hard to kill so you won't get killed because of inferior aiming. Pharah and Junkrat basically do not need to aim much, just shoot in the direction of opposition and think quickly about switching weapons, powers and position yourself well.
God what a game.
One thing that irritates me is whenever I finally find a good team of randoms, they shuffle stuff up next game and I usually end up on the team we just thrashed.
Yep it's hard to get any consistency with randoms. Sometimes you feel that they know what they're doing but often you will find yourself in a team full of tanks or offensive players.
Replication of characters should be removed too. If you get a coherent team which uses Tojbjorn and Reinhardt plus a healer then it's basically impossible to beat them, especially when you have to attack the target and find yourself fighting 25 towers and shields.
Yeah I'm hoping a lot of that will improve when ranked mode is out. In theory, you would be playing with and against better teams as your rank increases.
A group of well coordinated Tjorborns on Volskaya Industries is really hard to beat. With randoms it's nearly impossible.
I hear they are nerfing McCree and buffing D Va which will be good changes. I've played as D Va a fair bit and she's a lot of fun but dies way too easily for a supposed tank character.
I hear they are nerfing McCree and buffing D Va which will be good changes. I've played as D Va a fair bit and she's a lot of fun but dies way too easily for a supposed tank character.
Mass turrets on defense are sucking the fun out of the game for me.
Yep they're virtually impossible to beat on some maps. They really need to make a limit of one character per team to avoid it.
D.Va is an absolute bitch to play against. I don't like taking her but I absolutely hate trying to kill her as she appears to have endless supply of life. Went on a great 26-7 spree with Winston in the morning, that was cool. On tight maps Winston is absolutely wonderful.
Echo the sentiments about Tjorborn, His turret is too good at lower/mid level play, im sure for "pro level" its easy, but hardly anyone has the luxury of that.
Only positive is it keeps Tracer in check which is by far my most annoying hero to play against.
Only positive is it keeps Tracer in check which is by far my most annoying hero to play against.
Very annoying when people ignore objectives completely and treat the game as a team deathmatch.
Still having loads of fun. Mercy is fantastic to play as.
Still having loads of fun. Mercy is fantastic to play as.
This would be amazing
I watch more esports now than anything
Had a match yesterday where the opposition team was entirely Torbjorn. Couldn't get anywhere close to the point as you'd have 2-4 turrets shoot you if you tried to kill one off them. There are some maps where it's really hard to get the distance/viewpoint to out-range them with a sniper too, but moreso when you have to try to pick off loads of them. Seems an impossible situation really.
Well, for a solo player anyway. If you have a team it is probably doable.
Bastion with his shitty sit down and spew bullets ultimate should be exempt from POTG.
I revived someone and killed 3 people in about 10 seconds with Mercy's handgun and it was ignored for some bollocks sitting in a dark corner with a turret!
I revived someone and killed 3 people in about 10 seconds with Mercy's handgun and it was ignored for some bollocks sitting in a dark corner with a turret!
And if you ever manage to get close to destroying them, it's "MOOOOLLTEEEEEN COOORE". Twats.
Had a solo game tonight where the other team was defending Kings Row with 5 torbjorns and 1 lucio. We struggled until I suggested we get 3 pharahs, 1 junkrat, 1 reinhardt and 1 mercy. Worked like a charm and we won the game.
Pharah is great vs static defenses because a direct hit from the rocket is 120 dmg & there is no fall off dmg like with McCree's left click. Don't make the mistake of floating around in the air with her when fighting turrets; pop in an out of cover just to fire the rocket. Torbjorn can't repair faster than your rate of fire unless you're extremely far away.
I'm guessing PC? There's no way for me to suggest anything to a team of randoms on PS4 as barely anyone uses voice chat.
PC Master Race
Jokes aside; yeah I wouldn't know what to do other than switching to pharah yourself. I've heard on reddit that torb/bastion are very difficult to deal with on consoles.Yeah, there are ways to deal with it, but must people on console don't use chat (myself included as it'd wake the kids) so organising this would probably never happen
PC Master Race
Aye my mate was telling me that. I laughed saying that nobody plays Bastion on PC because he's so easy to deal with.
I showed the mate I just mentioned a Genji vid from a PC player and the first thing he said was 'holy shit people talk to each other on PC.'
Can't say I've faced any problems from Bastion on the PS4. You can at least flank him or catch him unaware. Those fecking turrets lock in on you within a millisecond even if you stick your toe out.
Yeah, Bastion is fine. The turrets are crazy if you can't organise though. Might have to get it on PC. I do play better with a mouse, but then I'd have to buy it again....shame it's not cross buy
this is from beta before they nerfed his turret.