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I am not much of a pvper either but Blizzard games are good time wasters and dammit, they do quality work.

 

Once I stopped obsessing about raw victories (heck it's not like it's competitive mode) I found I really enjoy the game for what it is, and it's very fun.

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25 minutes ago, mram said:

they do quality work.

I've been avoiding them regularly due to their insistence on directx 9 games (outside of WoW) and I'm not that interested in MOBA style stuff.  This is the first game of theirs in a really long time I actually wanted, just don't know when I'll be able to get it or how much I'd play it.

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WELCOME TO COMPETITIVE PLAY

 

Overwatch players, get ready to sharpen your skills, perfect your strategies, and test your mettle in the ultimate competitive arena. Welcome to our newest game mode: Competitive Play!

 

 

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Blizzard announced the first new hero to be added to the game since release. Her name is Ana and she's a support sniper.

 

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/ana/

 

The ptr server is going up today with a new patch for various buffs and nerfs to heros but I'm not sure if she'll be playable yet. Also they're introducing a hero limit of one hero per side in competitive, which is nice.

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I think it's a great game but I hardly ever play it. It's geared towards e-sports and I found that so many nerds play it so much I just get 1 shot over and over. Too much for an old fart like me with slow reflexes.

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Had Overwatch from launch it's a typical Blizzard game, a lot of fun to play.  For me it's great I can pick it up and play a few rounds and then come back a few days later and do the same again without worry about falling behind everyone.  Played a few competitive games but they are a whole different league (as expected) to the more casual quick games.  And damn that new map does look good.

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Blizzard changes Overwatch "gg ez" messages into something very different

Safe spaces in video games because people can't handle words these days. What's next?

 

Blizzard should take a different approach and tell the people who are offended when people say gg ez the old saying "stick and stones may break my bones but worlds will never hurt me". Geez, grow up people.

 

And no I 've never said gg ez before, I usually don't say anything at the end of a match, good or bad. I just don't like the idea of hiding the big bad words from people who can't handle them.

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6 minutes ago, Mirumir said:

+1

 

imho Genji should not be able to dodge and reflect Lucio's soundwave attacks!

Well, as for that, I don't have a problem with it so much as I do with the actual hitbox of his deflect. Have you seen the video of that? The hitbox for it is about the size of Reinhardt's shield. I hope we see an adjustment made to that as well.

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Honestly I had no issue with Genji before. Maybe his ult was a bit too long to counter but I really didn't had much trouble dealing with Genji players.

Well it just depends really, at rank 55+ in competitive on pc he was easily wiping teams and it came down to which team had the better genji.

 

Blizzard has they don't want any one hero to have that big of an impact and be a solo carry which is what he's been. It's a team game after all and a team should depend on each of it's members to win. Besides that his 3 hit animation cancel combo was a bug that needed to be fixed.

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Is it just me or the quality of the graphics in game have just gotten better (and I'm not talking about the new aesthetic changes in the menu).

 

It's as if the graphics have gotten crisper, more real, and the field of view has become wider.

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