Overwatch thread

[R565]

What, you guys think we just experiment with Gorillas and Monkeys?

[Person Man]

Blizzard:  A cat in a jet pack is way too "out there" for a game like Overwatch.

Also Blizzard:  Here's a hamster driving a droideka.

I love him. 

[Xhominid]

I'm not digging him at all.
Going past what it ultimately is, having a Tank with Genji-like movement and a Soldier level Sprint, a CC move that bounces everyone around him upwards like Doomfist, having Proximity Mines as an Ultimate, Hitscan Gatling Guns and a barrier that gets stronger the more people are close to him...

I'm feeling like this is the next Brigette as a Tank with Genji level movement is already a terrible idea(and I know people will mention D.Va but past her Boosters, she has no real movement options, Reinhardt and Winston move in extremely predictable patterns).

[Person Man]

I think he's pretty fun so far.  Obviously going to need to be toned down a bit, but Blizzard always releases new characters OP as fuck and nerfs them down as players figure out the exploits.  Super low DPS, but his area denial game is off the charts.  He's going to be a strong pick in KOTH maps, for sure.

Also, his origin story video is adorable.

[R565]

I for one welcome our new hamster overlord.

[Darkflare]

So anyway, let's talk about the Torb rework

Spoiler (click to show)

- Cheetoh gun fires and reloads slightly faster. Alt fire does less damage but has a tighter spread
- Turrets are now thrown and are automatically Level 2. They prioritize anything Torb is shooting at.
- Armor packs are gone. Replaced with his Ult just like Mercy and Sym before him.
- Speaking of his ult his NEW ult is him shooting globs of magma that stick around and can do more damage to enemies with armor.

[Defazio]

So is anyone excited about Ashe? I think Bob is an amazing ulti. haha

[Beta158]

Already having flashbacks of me in the mental hospital already (which is true by the way). May be the best origin story to date.

Also 2-2-2 matchmaking offically confirmed:

[fxfreitas]

At same day of The mobile MMX Game announce...

[Darkflare]

Halloween event has been going on the past two weeks ending next week. Brought back weekly challenge with skins at 9 wins(Week 3 challenge has the formerly Blizzcon exclusive Demon Hunter skin for Sombra)

Spoiler: Anyway, let's talk leaks (click to show)

Overwatch 2 will be a thing. Will be announced on Blizzcon
- PvE mode with hero talents
- PvP mode called Push
- OW1 will be F2P at some point

[Darkflare]

Overwatch 2: The payload still needs pushing.

Vanilla Overwatch will still get new heroes and maps. You're basically getting OW2 for the PvE.

[Macaulyn97]

Well, I gotta say its surprisingly consumer-friendly from Blizzard to make OW2 a separate game, yet still make the original OW interact and get updates from that content. It doesn't fuck up the playerbase of the original, thats really cool.

[Person Man]

That is a genuinely good move on Blizzard's part.  Fully integrated cross play between the original and the sequel, with all cosmetics and progressions carried over means all the time (and potentially money) you put into Overwatch won't be rendered moot with the release of the sequel.  Plus, you can keep playing the original game which will still be supported and updated if you don't want to fork over cash for a new game.  That's a model I wouldn't mind seeing other shooter franchises adopt.

The questions becomes if OW2 has enough content to justify full retail price, since this move does make it feel closer to an expansion pack.  The PvE campaign better be pretty beefy.

[Loud Howard]

Its literally a Fucking DLC/Update with the price of a Full AAA Game...

[Macaulyn97]

Its literally a Fucking DLC/Update with the price of a Full AAA Game...

It seems to have a lot more content than a DLC/Update.

[Darkflare]

The only real content OW2 has is the PvE modes since all the PvP stuff is supposedly coming to OW1.

Wouldn't be surprised if down the line they add more OW2 exclusive stuff, but right now, he's pretty much right.

[Xhominid]

Its literally a Fucking DLC/Update with the price of a Full AAA Game...

This. I have no idea how the hell they think this is a good look for them at all?
And of course, you have people eating it up... because of course.

[Person Man]

Because it's literally just an announcement trailer and there's no reason to assume they've already revealed all of the content in the game?

[Macaulyn97]

Pretty much, they said there would be several new characters, for example, and we saw one new character, Sojourn, and possibly Echo as well, but there are likely others too. Also, no, I'm not eating up anything, we couldn't expect them to reveal everything in ONE trailer, right? I'll be the first to call Blizzard on any stupid things they do, but I will not accuse them when there is still time for stuff to be shown.

[-Ash-]

When you announce a sequel for a multiplayer game you want and SHOULD show new stuff, and in this case there wasn't enough to impress, it looks like an update, as it should be.