Overwatch thread

[Knuckles8864]

Opened my first Loot Box, and lo and behold, not one, but TWO Reinhardt skins (both were Halloween and duplicates).

[DelusionTrim]

Out of the 4 lootboxes I got today, Thriller 76 and Demonic Hanzo were in them... well it seems like I'm off to a good start, in the first week or so of the Summer Games event I don't think I had gotten a single costume there. Also Reaper's costume is making me legitimately want to main him, it's just too good not to play him... plus I need more offensive heroes to play other than 76.

So has anyone gotten anything yet?

[Person Man]

As usual, I've gotten nothing but sprays and voice lines. 

[Hyogo]

Got all the legendary skins for Halloween, all within the first two days.

Unboxed Junkenstein during the 20 Boxes I bought.
Unboxed Junkenstein's Monster on level 328
Unboxed Pumpkin (Reaper) on level 329
Unboxed Witch (Mercy) on Level 330 (and again on 332)

Spoiler (click to show)

RNG definitely has been in my favor.

[Xhominid]

Gonna gain myself some money tomorrow(or Saturday) myself.

After putting in $20 on Xenoverse 2 to preorder, I'm deciding between 20$ or 30$ and try my luck for RNG boxes for Witch Mercy.
And it will be like that for the next 2 weeks too(spend $10 next week if I don't, then like $30-$40 for a final gamble)

I'm hoping that I get it while I'm leveling so I don't have to worry as much.

[Person Man]

Well, after complaining about how RNG hates me it looks like it's turned in my favor now purely out of spite.  Got the Mercy, Roadhog, and Zenyatta Halloween skins tonight as well as like 6 of those tombstone winposes.

[Xhominid]

*Sigh*

I didn't get the Witch Mercy...but I got damn near EVERY OTHER HALLOWEEN SKIN...

Junkenstein's Monster after the first few boxes.
Junkenstein after the next few
Got Hanzo, Ana and Symmetra Halloween skins
Headless Reaper on the final box and dozens of other Halloween related sprays, lines and stuff(like Reaper's Halloween Highlight, Reinhart's Smashing Pumpkin Emote, etc.)

*Sigh*

I hope I can get it through levelups because either I get it next week or the week after...or not at all.

[rednavi -RETIRED]

I barely played the game so I only opened the free loot box + a box I got today and welp, got my Witch Mercy so I don't really care about the rest of the skins Except maybe the Rein one.

[DelusionTrim]

Welp today I got Witch Mercy and Possessed Pharah... I think it was in 2 out of 4 boxes, not bad. While I don't play Mercy a lot I also got a legendary duplicate (not a halloween costume) + 500 credit bonus, can't complain (now I'm at 3200 coins). I just really hope I'll get Roadhog and Junkrat in time, with my coins I can buy Reinhardt, Zen and Mei's highlight intro if I don't get them via loot boxes.

Also Reaper's halloween skin is so good it made me play him more, and boy I'm having a blast... he deals so much damage, I seriously considering maining him

[Infinite kyo]

i got all the legendary skins roadhog,junkrat,reaper but no witch mercy but i dont play her so i dont really mind i also got the Riverboat skin for McCree weirdly enough lol also im starting to really like using Ana

[Xhominid]

Speaking of that, I got Mei's new Highlight Intro to go along with my Reaper's.

I'm at 2210 coins now and hoping that if I don't get Witch Mercy by box, then I'll just straight up bought it since I got every other Halloween Legendary Skin and a few other Halloween skins.

[Darkflare]

Only ones I've gotten were Hanzo's from the freebie and Reindhart's from today's boxes.
I like the Wolf skin I already have for Hanzo too much to switch but the Reindhart one looks too sweet not to use even if it makes his head a more obvious target.

Edit: Got Witch Mercy.

[DelusionTrim]

Well and just after the Witch Mercy duplicate, the very next box is also a Witch Mercy duplicate... well at least I'm close to 4k coins, but still :T

[Knuckles8864]

Oh, yeah. There are achievements on the Xbox One version for Junkenstein's Revenge. Though they are not present on the PS4 version (not sure about the PC version), you can still get the sprays from completing the following:
-Win a Round on Medium
-Win a Round with each of the Heroes used
-Win a Round without anything getting to the door on Medium
-Win a Round on Hard

If anyone wants to try them, I wish you good luck, because the last two are ridiculously hard.

[Xhominid]

Finally got enough coins to buy Mercy's Witch outfit outright...
Got a Zenyatta Halloween skin on top of that as a bonus.

[rednavi -RETIRED]

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[DelusionTrim]

So it seems like Blizzard is doing some... crazy changes to characters in PTR now, it's not officially listed what they are but people are finding it as of now:

Torb

    Small turret build speed buff (credit:Ealdwine)
    Passive Scrap Generation (2 scrap/second) (credit:Ealdwine)
    Torbjorn also passively generates scrap. (credit:Ealdwine)
    Pick 15 scrap from dead bodies instead of 25 (credit:EnderBolt)

D.Va

    100 more hp (Seems to have 200hp, 400 armor) (credit:paladinkar)
    D.Va's ult is slower to get too. 2m18s to 50% in the PTR, 1m50s in the live server. Call Mech seems slower to get too (credit:Things_and_things)
    D.Va also moves ~2x as fast while firing. (credit:t1m1d)

Mei

    ult activates faster (not charge ult faster, just the actual activation of the freeze ring) (credit:paladinkar)

Soldier-76

    Damage per shot increased from 17 to 20 (credit:Missing_Persons)

Ana * Nano boost speed boost nerfed (credit:EnderBolt)

General

    Game and UI: - Max 20000 exp per level (used to be 22000) - Exp exact value (numbers) shown in career profile (credit:LucySayStab)
    UI changes: http://puu.sh/rPEsp/481a358cce.jpg (credit:R3dkite)

Before anyone goes crazy over the Mei buff, I read that it charges slower now, a headshot icicle will apparently build 10% instead of 15%, this is a 33% charge rate nerf

[Moon Girard]

They put up the official patch notes.
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749857162

As Geoff Goodman mentioned in a recent forum post, we're currently experimenting with a number of significant hero changes. We don't typically have the time to try multiple configurations to our hero balance composition, but the extended length of this PTR gives us a unique opportunity. Throughout the PTR, we'll be continuously adjusting our heroes' stats, which will provide valuable data needed to make some tough decisions.

None of these changes should be considered final, and we'll continue to update this post as the PTR progresses. Please feel free to provide feedback throughout this test. We're looking forward to hearing what you think.
Hero Balance Changes

General
    Dealing damage to non-players (like like Torbjorn's turrets or Symmetra's teleporter), no longer charges ultimate abilities
    Ultimate costs have been increased by 25% for all heroes

D. Va
    Mech health increased to 200 (formerly 100). Armor remains at 400
    Movement speed while firing has been increased by 25%

Soldier: 76
    Pulse Rifle
        Bullet damage increased from 17 to 20
        Maximum bullet spread Increased from 2.2 to 2.4
Ana
    Nano Boost
        No longer increases move speed

Mei
    Blizzard
        Ultimate cost has been increased by 15%

Lúcio
    Amp It Up
        Healing-per-second has been decreased by 10%

Zarya
    Particle Barrier
        Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%

    Projected Barrier
        Power gained from barriers decreased by 20%

Torbjörn
    Scrap is now automatically generated over time
    The amount of scrap collected from a fallen enemy has been decreased by 40%
    Forge Hammer
        Swing speed increased by 25%
        Damage decreased by 27%

[Xhominid]

Wow that's a big nerf to Mei right there...

basically a 35% increase to ultimate charge time compared to everyone else...
Where the hell is D.Va's then? Seriously, Self-Destruct can kiss my ass in certain maps.

Holy shit at the Zarya nerf, she really didn't need that! She was pretty fine where she was since the best way to gain power from her shields was Ultimates anyway.

And lucio is getting more and more nerfs...poor guy.

[Moon Girard]

Yea poor Lucio he'll only be in 85% of pro matches instead of 90%+
Also realized i didn't add the link to Geoff's comment and since most people won't click the link to click another link.
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749877229

The PTR patch changes you guys see are unlikely to make it through PTR unchanged, unlike previous PTR cycles.