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ronne
Nǐ hǎo, yǒu jīn zi ma?
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I mean yea, I'm sure there is matchmaking of some kind out there, but I like playing Widow and even a moderately played Genji mostly ruins my life no matter how good I am at her.
spronk
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I find S-76, Lucio, and Reinhard or Roadhog to be pretty decent for those of us older and slower. Don't need pinpoint accuracy with any of them, good distance on shots, have some escape talents, and Lucio and S76 move fast enough that you can escape sometimes. Stuff like Widowmaker or Tracer or Mei just require too fast reflexes for me to ever feel decent with them. I can do ok with the Texas ranger guy since his range is good, whereas I usually get destroyed as Reaper since he is a close range combat guy.
Pharah may not be too bad, but I have a bad time getting caught out in the open so I die a lot when I try to play her. Maybe once you learn all the map nooks and crannies she may be great, since she has really good range and her ability to get up high gets you out of sight for many people.
If you have time though I'd try Lucio, I really find a great groove with him usually. Just run around like crazy with heal mode on, its an aura for people near you so you just heal (supercharge it every CD) and pew pew while moving fast as a bug. Since most people don't wanna play a healer its pretty easy to always have him or Reinhart, a fun tank thats really mostly 1 button (shield) with the occasional rocket and dash.
xzi
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Roadhog is really fun imo, but I see a lot of people not properly abusing hook+damage. You shout always land a shot immediately after you pull somebody. As soon as you throw out the hook just hold down your left click and it will automatically shoot when you put the hook away. It's near impossible to miss a shot if you "queue" it like that. It's simple and easy but just throwing that out there.
It was such a huge problem in TF2 and now it's transferred into this game as well. Almost every KOTH game I play the point gets converted to the other team at 99%. It's not even just me either, watching people play KOTH they always push at 99%. It's kind of bizarre actually, I almost want to believe there's some weird mechanic when the cap gets to 99% but I know that's not real, it's just people waiting until the last milisecond to push lol
nevergone
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There is a mechanic that increases energy, damage, ultimate cooldowns towards the end of a match to ramp up the tension. I noticed the same phenomenon too, but if you watch the meter under your health bar, it reacts much more towards the end of a game than the beginning.
Cybsled
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Cantatus
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I got in a few matches tonight where the team stuck together which resulted in some more intense fights. If fights are going to be more like that when people become more familiar with the game, I think I'm becoming more inclined in getting it.
I was having a lot of fun with him tonight. I like that he's sort of a hybrid support character in that you heal your team but you don't have to focus on your team so much (like Mercy) that you really can't go on the offense unless absolutely necessary. I'd also add that that instant toggle thing from the video posted made a huge difference in how he plays. He's also really entertaining on maps where you can throw people off cliffs.
I have yet to play a team-based FPS where people don't treat every single map as a deathmatch. Hopefully, as people learn the game more, they'll figure out the requirements for victory. But, so far, it's amazing how many fights I've just walked the payload in all by myself with no one on the enemy team even bothering to try to stop me.
Abefroman
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They could also improve the game if they stopped this people leaving after 30 seconds cause things aren't going well shit. It's a domino effect that causes even more people to leave. Right now you can just quit the match and re-queue in 1 second. Make it where it puts you right back where you were or a penalty.
Some of this is due to crashes. I routinely crash to desktop about every 15 minutes despite having mid/high end gear and updated drivers, etc.
Open Beta was extended an additional day, just so you know
So Open Beta ends in roughly 8 hours 43 minutes from the time of my post.
I really liked agent 76. He feels like an old unreal tournament character and he is a really fast moving character. I had a few matches where a tracer player was sticking with me while being behind enemy line. My heal was enough to sustain the both of us and they could not catch us without breaking their siege.
I also liked Reinhardt. I tried to play a duo with a buddy who was playing Mercy and it was working decently but we would have needed a third guy to support us with damage. Everyone was going everywhere. Mercy and Reinhardt are very specialized while I do think 2 hybrids would work better in duo.
So far I like this game and my 6 year old child really enjoy but she was getting destroyed online lol. Seems like a more hardcore alternative to splatoon.
I also liked Reinhardt. I tried to play a duo with a buddy who was playing Mercy and it was working decently but we would have needed a third guy to support us with damage. Everyone was going everywhere. Mercy and Reinhardt are very specialized while I do think 2 hybrids would work better in duo.
So far I like this game and my 6 year old child really enjoy but she was getting destroyed online lol. Seems like a more hardcore alternative to splatoon.
Evernothing
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Evernothing
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That rotating turret in the second one though...
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That rotating turret in the second one though...
Mures
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Got a cool reaper intro from a loot box and got to make use of it before the game went down. All of his intros are really good.
Speaking of slow reflex characters thats probably why I played a lot of symmetra starting out. No reflexes needed for sentries/teleporter, auto aim lmb, and her rmb is more about timing. Sucks they nerfed her ult between when I played on the invite weekend and now, but its still really strong as is so it kinda did need to be done. I guess not too many ppl play symmetra because I get kills with my rmb all the time, but I can't remember ever getting killed by one. People must be wondering how the fuck I killed them when me or my sentries aren't anywhere near them.
Once you play for awhile you get back up to speed. Sure you may not have your 16yo reflexes anymore, but many people don't.
Speaking of slow reflex characters thats probably why I played a lot of symmetra starting out. No reflexes needed for sentries/teleporter, auto aim lmb, and her rmb is more about timing. Sucks they nerfed her ult between when I played on the invite weekend and now, but its still really strong as is so it kinda did need to be done. I guess not too many ppl play symmetra because I get kills with my rmb all the time, but I can't remember ever getting killed by one. People must be wondering how the fuck I killed them when me or my sentries aren't anywhere near them.
Once you play for awhile you get back up to speed. Sure you may not have your 16yo reflexes anymore, but many people don't.
TJT
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Roadhog is by far my favorite champion. I have like 8 hours on him already. Playstyle is totally to move in, hook someone, do some damage/kill them then run away and heal. Rinse repeat. Preferably pick off supports like Mercy/Zenyatta/Lucio. Even Tracer/Reaper/McCree
If you hook them and aim at a downward angle just below the head you will 1-shot them with the primary attack. You can shoot while the hook animation is happening so if you time it just right they wont have the ability to use an escape ability and you can get more than one shot off.