Malaphax Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20845154 Double XP this weekend, starts tomorrow at 5pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 awww yissss. the drop rate for the anniversary skins sucks so bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 The drop rates in general are pretty horrendous. I think Blizzard has some of the worst consumer consumer practices when it comes to their add-on content. Funnily enough Heroes of the Storm it's rather generous with their loot boxes and even allow you to re-roll ones that you don't like with in game currency. I think the general industry trend towards RNG boxes is shitty, I'm wondering how long it takes our law makers to realize this is basically a form of digital gambling and to go after some of these companies like China recently did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Not voiced by Terry Crews. Pre-order cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted July 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 https://imgur.com/a/KcGJU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Reminder: All new heroes are disabled from competitive matches for 1 week after release on live servers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malaphax Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I don't normally post commentary, but I think this is a fairly good video demonstrating why overwatch doesn't work very well as an e-sport. Basically it's fully 3d and all other sports/esports are predominantly isometric views - mostly 2d. I think this explains why it's not terrible to watch a single streamer playing but it's absolutely garbage to watch an e-sports match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Self narration felt a bit excessive but I'm not sure how else they could have conveyed it.... That got sad fast. I still think Bastion was the best one. They learned so much from TF2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malaphax Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20759166300 New patch: Junkertown map D.Va changes - micro missles, fire weapons while boosting & less defense matrix uptime Mercy changes - bonkers, just bonkers On the one hand I dislike the mercy changes because it frankly makes no sense. On the other hand, I hated 5 man res and mercy hiding being optimal. I also expect a bunch of dps players might be interested in playing mercy now because when you pop the ult you can go absolutely bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 19 minutes ago, Malaphax said: D.Va changes - micro missles, fire weapons while boosting & less defense matrix uptime They cut defense matrix uptime in 1/2..... jeezuz..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Like I mentioned previously, it's way too harsh. I could understand cutting it 25% as it did feel strong, but I feel like this will make defense matrix feel like garbage. I expect we'll see more reinhart and roadhog (already happening) in competitive. Also, I've run into a couple of roadhogs that still manage to 1-shot me. I'm not sure if the combo is much tighter but it's still there. Of course when I try it it never works... The nice thing about the current meta is that it feels all over the place. There's still people playing dive heavy comps with winston/dva and fast dps classes but junkrat is super strong and now with these new changes I expect more diversity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 So there was a bug with mercy that allowed her to carry momentum from guardian angel after cancelling it. The devs thought it was cool and left it in. You can now bunnyhop and chain glide with mercy. Example: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted October 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/events/halloween-terror/ The usual new skins/emotes. Nothing too crazy. I know this game has personally fallen off for me, but mostly because I've been busy playing other games. I wonder what will happen when the usual November games release calendar hits, probably a pretty big drop in player population would be my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted November 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Blizzcon is going on. Here's the overwatch stuff. https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/moira/ The new hero looks pretty interesting. Plenty of people have asked for more support and preferably and "evil" support aligned with blackwatch. I'm glad to see they put something together. Her kit looks pretty basic so we'll see how she plays. EDIT: Here's the origin story video. I like her casual/normal outifts and the asexual styling she has going. Really shakes up some of the character design. I'm not a huge fan of her base skin and the poofy sleeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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