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the OVERWATCH thread just instalocked symmetra on offense
I'm kind of surprised by their main tanks. Maybe Cwoosh and Reinforce have each improved a lot, but surely there was a better Swedish main tank in Contenders...
The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
I feel like I recognize more of Sweden's roster (cwoosh, reinforce, zebbosai, tvique, iddqd) than Finland's (fragi, linkzr, and taimou), but I'm probably just out of the loop.
...it just occurred to me, is it reinforce the word, or Reinforce like a bunch of the character?
It's the word, or at least that's how they say it on the desk.
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LuvTheMonkeyHigh Sierra SerenadeRegistered Userregular
edited June 2018
Biggoose and Shaz are the starting supports on Gladiators. Zuppeh is on Mayhem (but they are probably not starting Zuppeh....). Zappis is also on Mayhem but never in for some reason. Ripa and Davin are Team Gigantti, who took 2nd in EU Contenders 2018.
I love Hammond but I'm having a hard time doing much in the game because these patches took a massive dump on my fps. I used to get a cool 90 consistently. Then that dropped to 60 a few months ago. Now I barely get over 30. Everything's already on low, what do you want from me?
I guess I'm gonna start looking at new video cards.
Have you done the ol' "uninstall and reinstall absolutely everything Blizzard related" rodeo yet?
I love Hammond but I'm having a hard time doing much in the game because these patches took a massive dump on my fps. I used to get a cool 90 consistently. Then that dropped to 60 a few months ago. Now I barely get over 30. Everything's already on low, what do you want from me?
I guess I'm gonna start looking at new video cards.
Some patches seem to put the graphics to ultra mega super for me- Check that out.
I always check my settings and turn them back if they do that. Didn't happen this time.
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The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
I love Hammond but I'm having a hard time doing much in the game because these patches took a massive dump on my fps. I used to get a cool 90 consistently. Then that dropped to 60 a few months ago. Now I barely get over 30. Everything's already on low, what do you want from me?
I guess I'm gonna start looking at new video cards.
Have you done the ol' "uninstall and reinstall absolutely everything Blizzard related" rodeo yet?
No but I'll give that a shot.
Yeah, that aught to help then. Make sure to hit the bnet client itself too. It tends to build up a lot of garbage.
I love Hammond but I'm having a hard time doing much in the game because these patches took a massive dump on my fps. I used to get a cool 90 consistently. Then that dropped to 60 a few months ago. Now I barely get over 30. Everything's already on low, what do you want from me?
I guess I'm gonna start looking at new video cards.
Have you done the ol' "uninstall and reinstall absolutely everything Blizzard related" rodeo yet?
No but I'll give that a shot.
Yeah, that aught to help then. Make sure to hit the bnet client itself too. It tends to build up a lot of garbage.
Yep, that seems to have done the trick. Getting 60 easily and usually 80-90. Thank goodness.
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miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
i should probably try the complete uninstall/reinstall sometime, my game runs fine usually, but for some reason the ping/fps/etc display broke and i've never been able to get it to show up again
New Brawl for this year’s Summer Games: 5 Lucios vs 1 powered up Wrecking Ball. Lucios trying to push the ball towards one goal, WB trying to use his grapple to get to the other side.
If you uninstall and reinstall, can you save your keybindings?
I'm 95% sure bindings are saved on their servers, not on your local machine. So it'll still be there when you reinstall. Or if you logged into a friend's machine with your account.
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miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
New Brawl for this year’s Summer Games: 5 Lucios vs 1 powered up Wrecking Ball. Lucios trying to push the ball towards one goal, WB trying to use his grapple to get to the other side.
one of his legendary skins should just be a lucioball
If you uninstall and reinstall, can you save your keybindings?
All settings are saved locally and aren't deleted when you uninstall. I didn't have to touch a thing.
Anecdotally, I think keybindings are tied to the account? I had a friend log in on my computer and change some bindings, and it was still set on their account/computer when they got back home.
I kind of don't like the LFG tool with it's locked in role as at times we don't need two healers or two tanks but at the start of the match I would not know that
Alas few people use the whatever option
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TonkkaSome one in the club tonightHas stolen my ideas.Registered Userregular
I played some mystery heroes last night while the PTR was borked, and as someone who could never "click" with Sym I normally dread rolling her. Last night, watching teammates get wrecked by turrets sticking to the wall behind them, and then doing the same to opponents, I definitely agree that she has changed completely.
I know a lot of people here hate it, and I am just
ambivalent, but I no longer groan when I have to play as her.
I played some mystery heroes last night while the PTR was borked, and as someone who could never "click" with Sym I normally dread rolling her. Last night, watching teammates get wrecked by turrets sticking to the wall behind them, and then doing the same to opponents, I definitely agree that she has changed completely.
I know a lot of people here hate it, and I am just
ambivalent, but I no longer groan when I have to play as her.
The turret change is fine. They really should have done just that and see how it worked out. Moving her to DPS and giving her primary a damage nerf is just lol.
(Yes it's a nerf. She does significantly less damage to jinky targets now because OW beams suck)
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Olivawgood name, isn't it?the foot of mt fujiRegistered Userregular
I played some mystery heroes last night while the PTR was borked, and as someone who could never "click" with Sym I normally dread rolling her. Last night, watching teammates get wrecked by turrets sticking to the wall behind them, and then doing the same to opponents, I definitely agree that she has changed completely.
I know a lot of people here hate it, and I am just
ambivalent, but I no longer groan when I have to play as her.
The turret change is fine. They really should have done just that and see how it worked out. Moving her to DPS and giving her primary a damage nerf is just lol.
(Yes it's a nerf. She does significantly less damage to jinky targets now because OW beams suck)
The teleporter is also too finicky for me, and requires everyone who wants to use it to map a completely new button for it (which was real fun the first time I tried to use it and straight up couldn't) plus she's now completely vulnerable and unable to protect herself or anyone else if she gets caught in the open, since she lost her projected barrier
They took all the parts of her kit that were about spacing/area denial (no one is afraid of the Sym beam anymore) and static defenses/passive buffs like the shield generator or the teleporter, all concepts I really enjoy, and replaced them with more "active" shit
I could be fine with the turret changes in a vacuum but combined with everything else, they basically unmade that character and rebuilt her as another "high skill ceiling" teamwork-required esports main
If you uninstall and reinstall, can you save your keybindings?
All settings are saved locally and aren't deleted when you uninstall. I didn't have to touch a thing.
Anecdotally, I think keybindings are tied to the account? I had a friend log in on my computer and change some bindings, and it was still set on their account/computer when they got back home.
Oh yeah probably. That makes sense.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
Yeah. A lot of people have been saying her current beam feels kind of janky, even Seagull. Haven't had time to test it myself but that does sound worrying.
I haven’t played as new Sym yet, but as far as I can tell, her beam isn’t really her primary attack anymore (despite its button placement). It’s for barrier busting and tanks. Meanwhile, her orbs are significantly more effective than they used to be and should be what you’re using most of the time.
I could be way off base, but that’s the impression I got from watching streams.
I haven’t played as new Sym yet, but as far as I can tell, her beam isn’t really her primary attack anymore (despite its button placement). It’s for barrier busting and tanks. Meanwhile, her orbs are significantly more effective than they used to be and should be what you’re using most of the time.
I could be way off base, but that’s the impression I got from watching streams.
Definitely
Especially when you can use the tele to get up on high ground. Suddenly dropping 3 turrets and a bunch of balls into the enemy backline can be very tough to deal with
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I don't really find the beam to be any harder to use than Zarya's. Which for the record has always felt pretty unnatural for me, but most people seem okay with that one
I played some mystery heroes last night while the PTR was borked, and as someone who could never "click" with Sym I normally dread rolling her. Last night, watching teammates get wrecked by turrets sticking to the wall behind them, and then doing the same to opponents, I definitely agree that she has changed completely.
I know a lot of people here hate it, and I am just
ambivalent, but I no longer groan when I have to play as her.
The turret change is fine. They really should have done just that and see how it worked out. Moving her to DPS and giving her primary a damage nerf is just lol.
(Yes it's a nerf. She does significantly less damage to jinky targets now because OW beams suck)
The teleporter is also too finicky for me, and requires everyone who wants to use it to map a completely new button for it (which was real fun the first time I tried to use it and straight up couldn't) plus she's now completely vulnerable and unable to protect herself or anyone else if she gets caught in the open, since she lost her projected barrier
They took all the parts of her kit that were about spacing/area denial (no one is afraid of the Sym beam anymore) and static defenses/passive buffs like the shield generator or the teleporter, all concepts I really enjoy, and replaced them with more "active" shit
I could be fine with the turret changes in a vacuum but combined with everything else, they basically unmade that character and rebuilt her as another "high skill ceiling" teamwork-required esports main
And I just do not like it at all
I'm sad we lost barrier penetration for the right click as well, that was a route I wish they had dove into.
But ya, it was just so many changes at once, and so very little is anything like Symm we've had before, it's definitely a kick in the teeth for those that loved old symm and wanted her to receive a rework in tune with her character.
Other revamps have at least stayed true to at least 70% of the previous character, Symm is maybe 10% what she was before.
Like , sure, she's more viable to random people now, but she's not Symmetra anymore.
BaidolI will hold him offEscape while you canRegistered Userregular
As someone who played 40+ hours on old Sym, new Sym is pretty great. I can use her on both attack and defense effectively, and I think she may actually be better on attack due to the projectile turrets and that's without factoring in the teleporter.
In other news did a better version of this ( sadly against ai again because stupid que wouldn't give me Lijang on it's own!) https://youtu.be/xIeo8maJBUs
I wonder if it would be better to have, say, the next 2-3 ticks' worth of Symmetra's beam (and Zarya's, if we want to be fair) hit the last target you actually hit, should the hitscan not find anything and you're aiming in vaguely the region around them. Not her classic lock-on by any means, but just enough to smooth out the need for absolutely perfect tracking.
My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
Finally got around to playing nu Sym and like her more than old Sym, way more active. Probably still needs a few tweaks but I like the general direction.
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How about just go the full way and make a 2000 year old man character and hire Mel Brooks to record lines.
happy to see reinforce in that lineup
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It's the word, or at least that's how they say it on the desk.
No but I'll give that a shot.
I keep graphics drivers updated. CPU drivers maybe? I'll look.
I always check my settings and turn them back if they do that. Didn't happen this time.
Yeah, that aught to help then. Make sure to hit the bnet client itself too. It tends to build up a lot of garbage.
Yep, that seems to have done the trick. Getting 60 easily and usually 80-90. Thank goodness.
New Brawl for this year’s Summer Games: 5 Lucios vs 1 powered up Wrecking Ball. Lucios trying to push the ball towards one goal, WB trying to use his grapple to get to the other side.
I'm 95% sure bindings are saved on their servers, not on your local machine. So it'll still be there when you reinstall. Or if you logged into a friend's machine with your account.
one of his legendary skins should just be a lucioball
All settings are saved locally and aren't deleted when you uninstall. I didn't have to touch a thing.
Anecdotally, I think keybindings are tied to the account? I had a friend log in on my computer and change some bindings, and it was still set on their account/computer when they got back home.
I hope people just call him Hammond in game.
I don't think I'll play another
This is not the same character and it makes me very sad
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Alas few people use the whatever option
I know a lot of people here hate it, and I am just
ambivalent, but I no longer groan when I have to play as her.
The turret change is fine. They really should have done just that and see how it worked out. Moving her to DPS and giving her primary a damage nerf is just lol.
(Yes it's a nerf. She does significantly less damage to jinky targets now because OW beams suck)
The teleporter is also too finicky for me, and requires everyone who wants to use it to map a completely new button for it (which was real fun the first time I tried to use it and straight up couldn't) plus she's now completely vulnerable and unable to protect herself or anyone else if she gets caught in the open, since she lost her projected barrier
They took all the parts of her kit that were about spacing/area denial (no one is afraid of the Sym beam anymore) and static defenses/passive buffs like the shield generator or the teleporter, all concepts I really enjoy, and replaced them with more "active" shit
I could be fine with the turret changes in a vacuum but combined with everything else, they basically unmade that character and rebuilt her as another "high skill ceiling" teamwork-required esports main
And I just do not like it at all
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Oh yeah probably. That makes sense.
I could be way off base, but that’s the impression I got from watching streams.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Definitely
Especially when you can use the tele to get up on high ground. Suddenly dropping 3 turrets and a bunch of balls into the enemy backline can be very tough to deal with
That just means Winston and Mei have the only good feeling beam weapons now
It takes a while to charge is relatively short range and is tied to a squishy hero with limited mobility.
And so far all the gameplay I've seen of this simply reinforces this belief.
a potg with Sombra in Mystery heroes . the system truly is broken
I'm sad we lost barrier penetration for the right click as well, that was a route I wish they had dove into.
But ya, it was just so many changes at once, and so very little is anything like Symm we've had before, it's definitely a kick in the teeth for those that loved old symm and wanted her to receive a rework in tune with her character.
Other revamps have at least stayed true to at least 70% of the previous character, Symm is maybe 10% what she was before.
Like , sure, she's more viable to random people now, but she's not Symmetra anymore.
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