Overwatch

[CC]

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I already feel pretty dominant with D.Va most of the time due to having basically two lives. At least at my unimpressive skill level.

[The JareBear]

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Here is the mercy stuff from the patch notes

Mercy

Caduceus Staff
Damage Boost
Bonus damage increased from 30% to 50%
Effect will no longer stacks with bonus damage provided by another Mercy

Resurrect
Ultimate charge cost increased by 30%
Movement is no longer prevented during activation
Guardian Angel instantly resets upon use

Roadhogs ult got a big increase in how long it takes to build up since his powerful self heal

I already feel pretty dominant with D.Va most of the time due to having basically two lives. At least at my unimpressive skill level.

I only started using her a lot recently and I feel I have been doing quite well with her so I am loving the buffs

[Sandman42]

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They might have to tone down how much Ult charge self healing gives you. Was just watching streams from the PTR and Roadhog's self heal gives him 20%.

[The JareBear]

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They might have to tone down how much Ult charge self healing gives you. Was just watching streams from the PTR and Roadhog's self heal gives him 20%.

Yeah I just read in the patch notes that Roadhogs ult charge was increased 45 percent too. Sounds like the self heal percentage in general may need further tweaking as far as ult charge contribution

[thegut]

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Sorry if this was posted

Just read this article talking about a new patch with balance changes

http://kotaku.com/overwatch-is-getti...ges-1783536916

Sounds fantastic. No more trying to escort a payload with 3 random junkrats on team.

McCree, Zenyatta, and D.va getting buffs

I was really enjoying Dva before, now she's gonna be even more awesome

Wonder how long it will take for this to hit consoles

Actual patch notes

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog...523#patchnotes

Maybe I can start using my mic for strategy now instead of screaming at the three hanzos or double torbjorn on attack to help.

[KSUowls]

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Interesting.

Not the Bastion nerf we needed.

I love the D.va buffs for the most part. However, I don't like that she can't be damaged by her mech now. Seems kind of dumb from any way you look at it from a logic standpoint. Now I can shift in, lay down some fire, ult when things get rough, survive. I feel like the rest of her buffs were plenty without giving her the ability to suicide in.

Good to see Mccree get a little love. We'll have to see how that plays out.

I'm not sure about the Mercy buff increase. I mean, at 30% it was already pretty brutal. 50% is going to 1 shot a lot of characters.

I like that hero stacking is allowed, but I will be kind of happy to see is limited to just 2 or 3 per team.


Now, can we please get a matchmaking balance??????? It's quickplay so I know it's going to naturally be a bit, different, but I' have been playing a lot with some friends who are all level 20 and below. I'm around 55 and we consistently get matched up against teams with multiple 100+ players. The few times we get matched against other low ranked teams, if we win then it immediately sends us to fight another set of players who are largely high level.

[bcruise]

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Interesting.

Not the Bastion nerf we needed.

I love the D.va buffs for the most part. However, I don't like that she can't be damaged by her mech now. Seems kind of dumb from any way you look at it from a logic standpoint. Now I can shift in, lay down some fire, ult when things get rough, survive. I feel like the rest of her buffs were plenty without giving her the ability to suicide in.

Honestly, it was pretty silly already because her own team doesn't get hurt by the blast - just her. I don't think the end result is going to be much different aside from easing the frustration of having to dive to cover while the rest of the team (hopefully) assaults. I say hopefully because you'd be amazed at how many people are unaware they won't get blown up by their own team's D.Va, and miss a great chance to rush the objective while the other team is forced into cover.

[Cyros]

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[KSUowls]

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Honestly, it was pretty silly already because her own team doesn't get hurt by the blast - just her. I don't think the end result is going to be much different aside from easing the frustration of having to dive to cover while the rest of the team (hopefully) assaults. I say hopefully because you'd be amazed at how many people are unaware they won't get blown up by their own team's D.Va, and miss a great chance to rush the objective while the other team is forced into cover.

Noob mistake I know but I have been killed by my blast a few times. Usually it's because I'm surrounded and I would die anyway. Now in those situations I can blow myself up and not deal with the consequences. It's a huge buff to no longer risk dying when you don't shift+q

Any ideas on how to counter a bastion reinhardt combo without a lot of coordination. Most counters I have read usually ignore the fact that there are 4 more players besides the bastion/RH, require half the team to use their ults, or just solid team coordination.

[87Birdman]

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Noob mistake I know but I have been killed by my blast a few times. Usually it's because I'm surrounded and I would die anyway. Now in those situations I can blow myself up and not deal with the consequences. It's a huge buff to no longer risk dying when you don't shift+q

Any ideas on how to counter a bastion reinhardt combo without a lot of coordination. Most counters I have read usually ignore the fact that there are 4 more players besides the bastion/RH, require half the team to use their ults, or just solid team coordination.

Only thing I can think of by yourself is a sniper hitting the shield till it breaks and hope to kill the bastion before shield comes up to repair. But that would involve a long site line which isn't usually the case.

Or junk rat able to bounce grenades over the shield. But usually neither of this week work from where I've usually seem them placed lol. Good thing is I haven't ran into it a bunch.

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[DocHolliday]

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Only thing I can think of by yourself is a sniper hitting the shield till it breaks and hope to kill the bastion before shield comes up to repair. But that would involve a long site line which isn't usually the case.

Or junk rat able to bounce grenades over the shield. But usually neither of this week work from where I've usually seem them placed lol. Good thing is I haven't ran into it a bunch.

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Ya need a Tracer or Reaper to get behind them and force them to turn around.

[Dogslax41]

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Genji wrecks the Bastion Reinhardt combo. Dash through the shield and hurt both then wait until Bastion turns to fire and reflect. A lost of times if they are lined up you get a double kill

[87Birdman]

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Genji wrecks the Bastion Reinhardt combo. Dash through the shield and hurt both then wait until Bastion turns to fire and reflect. A lost of times if they are lined up you get a double kill

The place I find them the most is in some type of corner which then ends up with a clipping shield that finds ways to block shots.

I remember the first time I ran into it it was the hybrid game type in the modern city. They were in the back corner and the bastion was up on the grass thing with Reinhart in front of that.

So many reaper attempts of running by them to get to the bastion and even an ultimate that had all bullets blocked by the shield that was clipping through the bastion because the Reinhart turned to see me.

Probably should have attempted a Genji but don't think I would have been able to get behind him

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[Speedy]

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They might have to tone down how much Ult charge self healing gives you. Was just watching streams from the PTR and Roadhog's self heal gives him 20%.

I'd presume Soldier76 and Mei get the same reward, right?

[Sandman42]

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I don't really see Bastion that often in competitive anymore, but like others have said you need a Tracer/Genji/Reaper to flank behind and take them out. Sending your own Reinhardt to absorb bullets up front and throw some Firestrikes through the other Rein's shields, helps mitigate some damage. If you can also manage to get a full team push have a Pharah fly above and rain down rockets on Bastion from above, they'll probably die but Bastion can only focus on one at a time.

It may seem tough, but that Reinhardt dedicating himself to defending Bastion also means their other 4 heroes aren't protected by Rein's shield.