KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
I didn't even know that Blizzard was attending. Yeah, any info is good info. They've been media blackout since Blizzcon and I'd really like to see a beta announcement considering they've been accepting applications since November.
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Yeah, McCree's video set off all kind of "trailer overhype" alarm bells in my head. Kills three people in one shot, assuming you hold still for five full seconds with them in line of sight, not actually hitting you back with the game's apparent glut of other instant-kill attacks.
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
Well don't forget that each individual gameplay video is designed to make that class seem strong as hell.
Well don't forget that each individual gameplay video is designed to make that class seem strong as hell.
Every ability is shown killing someone unless it does literally no damage no matter how unlikely such a situation is.
For McCree's Ultimate the trick is when he uses that Ability he loses his Weapon, there is a big sound cue and he has to keep someone [or multiple someones] in sight range while also being even slower than normal movement speed. he can also fail to One Shot someone that is Shielded.
Yeah, McCree's video set off all kind of "trailer overhype" alarm bells in my head. Kills three people in one shot, assuming you hold still for five full seconds with them in line of sight, not actually hitting you back with the game's apparent glut of other instant-kill attacks.
Initial impression is it seems balanced. Good positioning is rewarded, bad positioning is punished, so have good positioning. I have no qualms about having that ability on the enemy team if, say, I'm Tracer, as one example of many. Or Black Widow. In the words of the Sniper, "Thanks for standing still, wanker."
Also, so super, super excited to play that cowboy. Revolvers are my jam (in video games. Give me a 1911 any day of the week IRL).
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BeezelThere was no agreement little morsel..Registered Userregular
edited March 2015
info that came out of it:
-Everyone has unlimited ammo, there are no ammo pickups
-McCree's roll dodge instantly reloads his ammo
-Zarya's damage increases based on how much her shield is hit
-Torbjorn only gets metal from killing players
-Bastion's ult was changed to be a mobile tank
-Bastion's RC mine thing is no longer in the game
-Beta isn't until Fall 2015, most likely around Blizzcon
BeezelThere was no agreement little morsel..Registered Userregular
On a side note I'd like to see something done about Torbjorn. From a glance it looks like both he and Bastion fill the same niche but superficially at a glance it looks like Bastion does it better.
Well don't forget that each individual gameplay video is designed to make that class seem strong as hell.
Every ability is shown killing someone unless it does literally no damage no matter how unlikely such a situation is.
For McCree's Ultimate the trick is when he uses that Ability he loses his Weapon, there is a big sound cue and he has to keep someone [or multiple someones] in sight range while also being even slower than normal movement speed. he can also fail to One Shot someone that is Shielded.
As a certain Australian put it: "Thanks for standing still, wanker."
Guys, remember when we thought that Pharah was their attempt at the "strong woman" motif?
I'm pretty sure it actually was their idea of a strong woman.
Then the backlash got them to fix it.
Have they said this anywhere? It sounds super plausible, because Russian Lady isn't in that picture in the OP so maybe she's a new addition, but I'm wondering if this has been confirmed by Blizzard or whatever, which would be pretty neat.
I'd be pretty impressed if Blizzard could whip up a character from scratch that fast.
Either way though it is good. Either what people are saying is working because blizzard is listening. Or, she was always in development, which means Blizzard had some good plans in the first place.
How stupid do they think their players are to be unable to open up the system options and adjust a slider commonly found, by their own admission, in many games/shooters?
That's a pretty lazy excuse Blizzard. Expect Totalbiscuit to harp the ever loving shit out of no FoV sliders in his future Overwatch WTF Is video as it is a personal bugbear of his. And he isn't alone in his disappointment with developers making assumptions about people's preferred FoV based on assuming one's chosen aspect ratio.
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BeezelThere was no agreement little morsel..Registered Userregular
Man, Core come on. Everyone knows FOV options are the l33t3st of hacks that only MLG pros use. Where you been?
That reason sucks on ice. They would have been better off going "Because fuck you, that's why."
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It's the same map from the trailer and alot of the skill demo's so you've probably seen the same angles a bunch of times.
Map does look pretty as hell though.
And the likely imminent beta?
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Hes really vulnerable when he uses his ult. Id imagine there alot of tweaking to be done in the beta and post launch
Every ability is shown killing someone unless it does literally no damage no matter how unlikely such a situation is.
For McCree's Ultimate the trick is when he uses that Ability he loses his Weapon, there is a big sound cue and he has to keep someone [or multiple someones] in sight range while also being even slower than normal movement speed. he can also fail to One Shot someone that is Shielded.
Initial impression is it seems balanced. Good positioning is rewarded, bad positioning is punished, so have good positioning. I have no qualms about having that ability on the enemy team if, say, I'm Tracer, as one example of many. Or Black Widow. In the words of the Sniper, "Thanks for standing still, wanker."
Also, so super, super excited to play that cowboy. Revolvers are my jam (in video games. Give me a 1911 any day of the week IRL).
info that came out of it:
-Everyone has unlimited ammo, there are no ammo pickups
-McCree's roll dodge instantly reloads his ammo
-Zarya's damage increases based on how much her shield is hit
-Torbjorn only gets metal from killing players
-Bastion's ult was changed to be a mobile tank
-Bastion's RC mine thing is no longer in the game
-Beta isn't until Fall 2015, most likely around Blizzcon
-Edited because I am blind-
see @Kana 's post
"...only mights and maybes."
"...only mights and maybes."
Edit: Also I guarantee that Zarya's ult will cause way more rage than McCree's or Hanzo's.
I'm pretty sure it actually was their idea of a strong woman.
Then the backlash got them to fix it.
As a certain Australian put it: "Thanks for standing still, wanker."
edit: slow'd
Either way though it is good. Either what people are saying is working because blizzard is listening. Or, she was always in development, which means Blizzard had some good plans in the first place.
I'm okay with that.
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Ugh. Uuuugh. I always play with a super high FoV, and 90 certainly isn't enough for me. Hope I don't get any headaches.
How stupid do they think their players are to be unable to open up the system options and adjust a slider commonly found, by their own admission, in many games/shooters?
That's a pretty lazy excuse Blizzard. Expect Totalbiscuit to harp the ever loving shit out of no FoV sliders in his future Overwatch WTF Is video as it is a personal bugbear of his. And he isn't alone in his disappointment with developers making assumptions about people's preferred FoV based on assuming one's chosen aspect ratio.
That reason sucks on ice. They would have been better off going "Because fuck you, that's why."
"...only mights and maybes."
she has a cool mech and shes egyptian
symmetra and widowmaker are way shadier
also tracers amazing leggings....