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Sporting singleplayer missions, new maps, and several new modes, Overwatch 2 is the next step in the Overwatch franchise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9UqebkSC4gOverwatch 2 was revealed by Blizzard at Blizzcon 2019.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeKUX6a5NwsEcho is now Live.
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Now that we have role queue, having two accounts isn't really super useful but I decided to do placements on both. And somehow even though my tank and support SR is almost the same on both, my DPS SR on my original account is more than 300 points higher than my second account. And also after initial placements, DPS was my highest SR on account A and my lowest SR on account B. I guess it's probably because I haven't played much DPS on my main account in a long time, so when role queue placements came around my placements (which I did pretty good on - even had a good Hanzo game!) were given more weight than usual.
Anyway role queue is good and fun. I used to almost never play DPS because I always felt like I was more useful in either of the other roles, but now I don't have to feel (as) bad about locking in my mediocre McCree!
A Thematic Moira Rework
I don't really have a balance justification for this one; it's just an idea that occurred to me when workshopping ways to change up Moira's gameplay.
- Moira may now use her healing spray indefinitely.
- Instead of a reserve tank for healing, Moira has an "alignment" gauge. Let's say that it runs from -100 to 100, with anything less than zero being "Negative" and anything more than zero being "Positive". 0 counts as whatever mode Moira was in last (she starts the game Positive).
- The power of both functions of Moira's Biotic Grasp now scale with Moira's alignment. When Moira is at alignment 100, her healing spray has its maximum power and her drain attack is at its weakest. Likewise, at alignment -100, her drain attack is at its strongest and her healing spray is at its weakest.
- Using the healing spray reduces Moira's alignment toward Negative. Using the drain attack increases Moira's alignment toward Positive.
- The effect of Moira's Biotic Orb is now determined by her alignment. While Positive, she shoots the healing orb; while Negative, she shoots the damage orb. Using the Biotic Orb maxes out Moira on the opposite alignment; the Biotic Orb's effect scales with how far from neutral Moira's current alignment is (from 50% of its full effect when used close to neutral to 100% of its effect when alignment is maxed out).
The main thing this changes for Moira is that she can't completely exhaust her healing spray with no ability to regain it (due to, say, aggressive barrier use by the enemy) any more. In addition, if she winds up completely Negative, she can pitch a damage orb toward the enemy to halfway reload her healing spray's effect. For people fighting Moira, they can't get immediately overwhelmed by a combination of a damage orb and her drain attack, because using a damage orb necessarily means that she's reduced her drain attack to its minimum possible effectiveness. (Though she could bounce a healing orb for herself to max out the drain attack, that's probably still less than today's damage orb and drain put together).
And, of course, whether this works or not is a function of the numbers, which is why I intentionally haven't specified any.
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the fade buff was unnecessary too
literally all she needs is some measure of utility to provide for her team rather than pumping out raw heals and damage
Not every hero needs an "escape" or "utility" or some other tchotchke to round out their skillset (some might but not others and I don't really see Moira needing anything of the sort, she's one of the strongest healers if not the most effective in the game right now)
moira doesn't require a full on rework, just increase her ult cost and give her a passive or some new ability like how dva got micromissiles or something
One, it is way harder than I give it credit for. Two, I think the main problem a lot of DPS players have is that they think their team is supposed to pour all their resources into them and they can just do whatever. I've seen so many games lost because one things backline kept getting harassed and all it would have taken was someone waiting and protecting the healers.
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There's enough DPS players in Overwatch without me adding myself to the pile
More often than not the team doesn't know what they want, it's more about identifying what they need. Tank picks are what decide the team strategy, DPS/Support should react to them IMO. Beyond that it's about making picks that don't get countered by the enemy, and ideally can counter them.
I really like how I cracked open point B here. Jumpin' in at half health I get the Zen and execute one of my best Orisa picks ever, circumstance forces me further away from my team but I adapt, keep the Zen and Orisa off the point and return to the cart to kill the primary healer and secure the 2nd point.
Lovely.
I agree with the second. Reaper, for example, is best played as a bodyguard for the main tank, putting pressure on the opposing tanks and taking space while denying opposing pressure on tanks. McCree is great as a bodyguard against flankers. Mei can play similar roles.
Dps should think of themselves as applying pressure, either to locations/space or resources. It’s completely possible to win a fight without getting a kill by denying the opponent space due to pressure on a location or space.
It’s also worthwhile to consider how much your play puts pressure on your own team’s resources. Hyper aggressive play often requires a large investment of resources (healing, shields, etc). While this may enable your play, it can still be a net negative if you require more resources from your own team than you deplete from your opponent (simple example: a player requires 200 healing from his team while only inflicting 100 damage).
Take my reaper example from before. If I walk alongside my rein and fire at the opposing tank, I probably deplete the opposing rein’s shields/healthy with little investment from my team (chip damage healed passively). The other team either has to invest more resources into their tank, depriving them from other players, or give space to our tank.
This can lead to chain reactions. Opposing flankers may be deprived of healing due to focus on the tanks, lessening pressure on our back line. The opposing tank may give space, resulting in more space for our team and better sight lines. At best, the opposing team reacts slowly and their tank dies to the pressure, leading to a fight win.
However, if I fail to put enough pressure on the opposing tank, then my team is at a disadvantage since there is one fewer flanker and one fewer person to peel for healers. Still, the uptime on reaper’s pressure is higher in this playstyle than as a flanker (at least at higher SR where diving reapers get flashed/frozen/slept). If I can’t make it work, then I should swap to a different hero to create pressure along a different vector.
The turrets are trivial right now. There's no need to even throw out turrets through the shields if you're in the front line because they get destroyed almost immediately by the damage coming through at you and zapping the shield is way more valuable for your team, breaking the shield and also getting you nuts dps.
Y'all should listen to Toasty's Sym advice, so that you may one day do things like this!
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feels... good
This makes me feel old but also angry because even when I was young, I never pulled that kind of shit.
I should legally be allowed to choke people who pull that shit.
We're in the last four days of the role queue beta, which everyone was told doesn't count towards your rankings next season (btw, an official Blizz reply in a little Role Queue FAQ on the Overwatch forums yesterday confirms that it will in fact inform your rank next season, but the population as a whole probably doesn't have that information). Everyone's gonna' be acting crazy or leaving games or DPS Moira-ing.
Stick to QP or arcade if you care about your rank, right now.
Overwatch on Nintendo Switch is looking very likely.
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I think it's more that the Smash community has its own wish list of new Smash heroes, Tracer wasn't on that list and they're scandalized at the thought of her jumping the queue. That's the impression I got from scanning the trending feed for like 120 seconds, at least.
Yeah, for the game that's about cataloging the history of gaming there's been quite a few "wait but OW came out 3 years ago" comments. If you're pulling from Blizzard it'd make a lot more sense to grab someone iconic from their other, two-decades-running properties.
The three vikings would be coolest though