Overwatch, It Isn't New Anymore

[Tokitoki]

I've had that problem with healers recently.

Yesterday, several times, I'll be on tank with a healer (usually Mercy now) with me. I'll charge into the enemy with the team behind me and take out 1-2 people and then die without getting any heals. When I get to the team cams after dying, and look where the team is, they would all have split up with the healer running in circles.

There were actually a few times where I had killed 3 of the enemy team before dying on the second Hanamura point and the rest of my team is back at the entrance running around outside chasing a Genji.

[xElipsis]

I'll charge into the enemy with the team behind me and take out 1-2 people and then die without getting any heals. When I get to the team cams after dying, and look where the team is, they would all have split up with the healer running in circles.

Story of my fucking life. I even let my team know I have my ult ready and I'm ready to blitz the fuck out of the payload. 1 vs 6. All the god damn time. I guess I'll start sitting in corners with all the Reapers and the Soldier 76's that stand still and fire... *facepalm*

[Wulfgang]

It's a balancing act on Mercy. Like 90% of my comp time is on her and you really need some team support to dive in with the tank, otherwise you just get blitzed and the tank is screwed regardless. Perfect example are Reinhardts who zoom in to the Hanamura bell on Point A. The success of that maneuver depends on the support that rolls with you. I blame the ubiquitous flanking mentality of DPS; you need some stay at home DPS in this game. I'm a big fan of S76s for this reason. They typically do a good job of staying close, DPSing behind the shield, and cleaning up with a pretty devastating ult. Rein / Zarya or Hog / S76 / Mercy is a great core pushing foursome. The efficacy of flanking is reduced when you have more flankers.

The best pushing teams I've seen roll at least 4 deep in the center and then have the Dragon Blade, etc. drop the hammer from the flank while everyone is focused on the core push.

[Corrderio]

Speaking of ults and pushes....

Fuck the people that constantly spread flanks when I have my ult on Lucio. Nothing annoys me more than sitting on my ult and usually only getting 2 people I can hit with it.

[Malithar]

I blame the ubiquitous flanking mentality of DPS; you need some stay at home DPS in this game. I'm a big fan of S76s for this reason. They typically do a good job of staying close, DPSing behind the shield, and cleaning up with a pretty devastating ult. Rein / Zarya or Hog / S76 / Mercy is a great core pushing foursome. The efficacy of flanking is reduced when you have more flankers.

Pretty much this. Had one of my best games lately on Reinhardt with randoms. Payload pretty much never stopped til a ring-around-the-rosy with Junkrat towards the end that I miss timed an ulti in stopping. DPS were smart and either stayed close or extended when they knew they could. I swear PS4 macro wheel is either very fidgety or I'm just super bad at directions. Totally meant a hello at the start.



Speaking of good groups, tf you been at? Some nights randoms make me question still playing this game. Other times, I'm ready to swear allegiance to some amazing Anna that could zzz a womp rat from across the map and heal for more than anyone ever could. Except for your 30k comp heal match, fuck that non-sense.

[Tomiko]

I've run into this too, but everyone knows it's a joke. If someone takes it seriously then it is a real problem.

Played a game yesterday where we all went Hanzo and then a couple of them cheered saying "Let's lose!" I've also done all Genji, all Winston, all Mercy, and all Junkrat.

Had a few of those matches, but like you said, everyone knew it was a joke and just having fun with it.

All Zarya teams are scary as fuck though.

Perfect example are Reinhardts who zoom in to the Hanamura bell on Point A. The success of that maneuver depends on the support that rolls with you. I blame the ubiquitous flanking mentality of DPS; you need some stay at home DPS in this game.

I do this a lot on multiple assault maps. I expect to die when I do it, but my goal for it is just to get my team past the choke point. When the clock is ticking down, I don't want to sit at the initial chokepoint for 2-3 mins while my team waits for the enemy team to invite them onto the point. Basically I just try to give my team an opening/distraction so they can get through the first choke since they aren't doing it themselves.

[Tyrath]

We dick around with stacking the same heroes occasionally but a lot of times it actually works >.>

I think the 2 most succesful ones have been D.Va on attack and Bastions on defense.

[Meian]

Tanks like Dva and Roadhog, occasionally Zarya, can get silver/gold and win. I suppose Rein could if he was Ana boosted a lot.

[Moridam]

i had a QP on hanamura a week or two back and my team went with a full symmetra stack. worked out brilliantly, opposing team happened to be going for a full mei stack and they never so much as touched A, haha.

[Karbuncle]

I can't wait for S2 to start. Quick play is such a fucking cesspool. Had one match where someone wanted everyone to pick Harambe (Winston) then wondered why we got rolled with 4 winstons, a lucio and a d'va, then another match where our healer was Ana and blaming the tanks and dps for not pushing, claiming her heals were just as good as Mercy's.

Not defending nor saying that Ana was right but at least she was healing, a team thats failing because of lack of survival deserves to lose if the attackers are too stubborn to swap to another support and instead just blame the current healer.

Also do people really take those "All one class" things that seriously XD? Thats amazing, i've been in a few and everyone pretty much took it chill knowing what it was.

aaand agreed, will be so happy when S2 starts so the tryhards can get out of Quick Play and I can go back to enjoying it.

I've had that problem with healers recently.

Yesterday, several times, I'll be on tank with a healer (usually Mercy now) with me. I'll charge into the enemy with the team behind me and take out 1-2 people and then die without getting any heals. When I get to the team cams after dying, and look where the team is, they would all have split up with the healer running in circles.

There were actually a few times where I had killed 3 of the enemy team before dying on the second Hanamura point and the rest of my team is back at the entrance running around outside chasing a Genji.

Killed 4 People and got an achievement with the Dva explosion on Point 1 of Hanamura and my team still didn't push. 4 dead and my team, including a Rein, seemed to have lost the door to a single soldier, lost that round without seeing the first point.

Was really depressing.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

I don't get potg on dva often, but when I do it's Qing into a quad, getting the achievement, saving the match, and getting Karb all worked up.

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[Karbuncle]

I don't get potg on dva often, but when I do it's Qing into a quad, getting the achievement, saving the match, and getting Karb all worked up.

<winkyface>

HIGH NOON FUCKING ONE KILL SHORT SHIT ASS

[Corrderio]

I don't get potg on dva often, but when I do it's Qing into a quad, getting the achievement, saving the match, and getting Karb all worked up.

<winkyface>

Frggin gremlin and her OPness

[synistar]

I still have Winky Face bound to reload for her. Yea I can't reload when she's out of her MKEA but fuck it, Winky Face all day.

[Tokitoki]

It's a balancing act on Mercy. Like 90% of my comp time is on her and you really need some team support to dive in with the tank, otherwise you just get blitzed and the tank is screwed regardless. Perfect example are Reinhardts who zoom in to the Hanamura bell on Point A. The success of that maneuver depends on the support that rolls with you.

I don't use Rein's Charge attack from all the way back like some people do. I usually walk the shield into the courtyard or into the house on the side. When I get fairly close to the point, with the team behind me (or so I think) is usually when I charge in. Try to make sure the team is close enough that I don't immediately die.

Obviously doesn't work when nobody follows at all. Honestly, the Mercy could have healed me from around a corner for a bit and stayed with the team if they didn't have their heads up their asses.

[Tyrath]

Speaking of Rein charge. Probably the single greatest moment of my OW career.

D.Va snuck up on us from behind and charged her mech at us while self destructing. I turned around, pinned her mech with my charge, slammed it into the wall and put my shield up as it exploded. No one died.

Wish it had been in my highlights to record it.

[Corrderio]

I still think my favorite Rein moment was using my ult and stunning 5 people. Reaper DB'd for a quint kill then dropped a lone assault for a Team Kill.

We got a 2nd TK a moment later when they trickled in fast enough to die in the right time frame without being a threat.

[Malithar]

Favorite Rein moment.

https://gfycat.com/ViciousRectangularDogwoodtwigborer

[Tomiko]

Mainly been playing Symmetra for KotH maps (PS4 Quickplay) and I got my first salt message today.

Spoiler: show

He had to add me to a group to message me since I turned off non-friend messages.

So I check my Symmetra stats:



Then I check his stats:



I check his Genji stats since that's his most played:



If Symmetra is bad, what does that say about his Genji?

Also, we won the game where I was Symmetra.

[Demosthenes]

Two games last night I used Zarya's ult on a single enemy. An attack Symmetra and a McCree. In both games they both immediately said something along the lines of, "Wow, you're so bad, using your ult on one person." Bruh, I'm gonna make sure I give you a 0% chance to place that teleporter behind us. The McCree was trying to get behind us to use his ult. 0% chance mah nig. Won both games.