Overwatch

I got this as impulse buy since it's usually not my thing, but had tons of fun tonight just solo queuing. Made level 6, only played as Mercy which is kinda fun and easy for a noob.

Araxen_sl said:

How is D'Va any good? When she gets blown up it's over. She has very low health.

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Her pistol does insane damage, just need to have good aim since 0 spread. You can charge her Q (mech suit) back up quickly if you land pistol shots. D'Va isn't considered top tier for competitive but in SoloQ she's fine. Her boosters provide a small knockback, useful for pushing an enemy away from an objective or just disorient them so you can kill them easier. Her passive is a "get out of jail free" card. Her Ult is a free heal since when you call your mech you are restored to full health.

Just don't run into a ton of enemies alone with her, she's better as a flanker and for harassment. Ult is good for zoning. I like to hop on D'Va to take out Pharahs since you can fly like them and even knock them back during their ult to save your team, also a Pharah can't escape a D'Va too easily. Also good for getting to the hard-to-reach snipers perched on a ledge.

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Had fun games grouped with McFly last night, think we won all but 2 games?

LadyVex_sl said:

do not pug in this game. Just do not. It's like a wow battleground - it's going to be you trying to tell people they need to capture an objective, and even when you somehow manage to do well, it'll go into overtime and you'll lose.

Absolutely hate overtime.

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spronk_sl said:

i've 100% solo queued so far and no problems, don't worry too much about winning and its not a big deal. you'll get teams with good players who know what to do, and sometimes you'll get noobs who play like its team deathmatch. grouping up has its own issues, like preferring matches against other similar sized groups - no big deal if its just 2 but then you get sweaty games or go up against a full 6 man premade, which won't happen with solo queues.

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Agree with Spronk. Right now the games don't mean anything. It's casual mode. Competitive is being reworked, so no meaningful ladder right now. Practice, learn heroes, learn maps, don't worry much about winning. Competitive has its own stats so you don't have to worry about your KDA in Quick Play either, the only stats people will care about will be Competitive stats.

In Beta you had to be level 25 to enter Competitive, so right now leveling up to that point is the only real goal so you can jump into ladder games once it's released.

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Also, as I've mentioned before for the Betas, to be most successful you'll want to focus on mastering only a few heroes. I'm basically sticking with S76, Reaper, Mei, D'Va. Don't expect me to heal your ass if we group

Qhue_sl said:

I do like how, like TF2, they give useful roles to people who cannot hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun. I've been focusing on Lucio, Torbjorn, D.Va. and Symmetra and at least feel rather effective.

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LOL, that's me, which is why I played Mercy last night.

I'll try others, but I find her to be a good way to learn the game, maps etc... without worrying too much about my bad aiming.