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Overwatch - Weekly Quick Questions Thread - November 15, 2017

Weekly Quick Questions Thread - November 15, 2017

Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:07 PM PST

In this thread you can ask all kinds of questions you always wanted to ask without feeling like a total fool.

No matter if it's short Google-able stuff or a setting/skill in-game that you don't understand or a hardware recommendation, feel free to try your luck in here.

Trolling or making fun of people in here will be punished extra harshly! Please report such behavior.

For the purpose of helping people, make sure the comments are sorted by "new" in this thread.

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In Memory of INTERNETHULK

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 10:10 AM PST

Nice Torbjorn Turret Spot

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 11:44 AM PST

96, 97, 98, 99, You gotta be kidding me!

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 04:33 AM PST

Welcome to EA's Overwatch

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 08:29 AM PST

Welcome heroes! After purchasing Respawn, we decided to take Blizzard under our wing as well. Here is the info on the new Overwatch game coming out in 2018.

  • Old heroes return! Soldier, Widowmaker, Reinhardt, and Zenyatta are ready to play once you buy the game. All addition heroes cost $80 to unlock or you can play quickplay for credits to unlock some of your old favorites like Mercy, Hanzo, and Tracer!

  • Get hero abilities and weapons through lootboxes! Want to sprint with Soldier? Want to unlock the sniping capabilities on Widow's gun? How about the turret for the Torbjorn you just worked 40 hours to unlock? You have a chance to unlock all of these with our lootboxes that are now purchased with credits or by entering your credit card information.

  • Arcade mode is back and better than ever. You will feel more rewarded than ever by winning extra credits in this mode. However, don't forget that there will be a 24 hour cooldown before you can unlock more credits after you play three games.

  • We'll have free maps and characters coming to the game as well! They'll all be available through credits so that you can feel accomplished once you finally receive them.

We hope that you and your wallets enjoy this new game!

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Happy birthday Sombra

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 07:30 AM PST

One year ago we finally got the hero added to the live servers with the best and longest ARG ever. She had some hard moments. 6 seconds TL Cooldown, 12 seconds cooldown on Hack and hacked healthpacks that you couldn't see through walls.

But now, after one year we recieved a great skin and her real name. And we still have Somba's voice actress, Carolina Ravassa, doing a ton of great and awesome work within the Overwatch community on her channel "Hispanglosaxon".

Sombra players had a hard time last year. From being "OP" at lauch, to being one of the most hated hero's in the game and even to being called a support.

Now I just want to thank Blizzard, for making such a amazing and well designed hero. With the best highlight intro in the game. And one of the most game changing ultimates in the gamea and the best Zenyatta bully ofcourse.

"Boop".

Edit: Cooldowns

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Soon Moira. Soon.... (TM)

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 10:00 AM PST

https://imgur.com/a/2vErA

Any day now.

Edit

tl;dr:

Moira is coming real soon. Probably tomorrow. Would have probably been Tuesday but a delay seems to have changed that.

Also some tips on how to play her.

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Anniversary of Mei's nerf. A year in F-tier.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 10:45 AM PST

On November 15, 2016 Mei was nerfed. This was the last real balance change to her (ignoring cross-fire with regards to how ultimate casts work). Currently Mei sits at a 0.34% pickrate in GM, and a 0.7% pickrate overall. I do not believe she is quite as bad as the pickrate might indicate, but she still deserves some help.

For an entire year, she has been F-tier, not even considered a valid niche pick. This is true both for pro play and competitive queue. In this year, we've gone through many different metas, and Mei has not appeared in a single one of them. In the last year, many heroes with better pickrates at all level of play have received buffs, while Mei is left alone.

To fully understand what happened, let's take a look back at Overwatch history...

Season 2 - Mei's brief time as a decent hero

In season 1, Mei was bad. At the beginning of season 2, Mei received several buffs. Improvements to her ultimate, improvements to projectiles in general, and making self-heal give ult charge. After a few weeks, people realize that Mei was not so bad anymore.

Pro's started picking her, on certain maps. Mei was common for situations like defending Hanamura or Kings Row, where you have a nice choke to wall, and rarely to never used outside of those scenarios. She was a true "niche" hero. As always, the pro-meta spread to competitive queue. People were cool with a defensive Mei. Pick her on king of the hill and they questioned it, but she was good enough to work as a general DPS/Off-tank by dedicated Mei players.

There was an issue though. Mei could get her ult fast, really fast, and now it was useful. It was easy to get a blizzard every other fight, and when really hot a Mei player could get one every fight. Blizzard (the company) thought this was a problem, so she got a ult nerf charge the same patch as the global ult nerf charge. The double wammy drastically reduced the number of blizzards Mei could get.

This was not a bad decision. A game of constant ult spam isn't good. The issue is Blizzard nerfed an all ready niche hero without any compensation buffs. Mei was a situational pick while being able to spam her ult. Without that, she became bottom tier. Next to Bastion (without 35% iron-clad) and later joined by Doomfist.

So what to do? I'll suggest two different approaches...

1) A mild buff (like what McCree, Zarya, and Widow have gotten)] I have two possible suggestions, but of course there are many more.

  • Make cyrofreeze increase ammo during it's animation (no instant reload). It's common in a brawl to need to rapidly freeze to save yourself, but when you come out your low on ammo. This would just smooth out her close range righting

  • Add one "pillar" to her Icewall, widening it. Icewall is good at chokes, and weaker everywhere else. Making it wider would improve it in the open, without making it any stronger at chokes where it's all ready wide enough to cross.

2) A rework to the core Mei mechanic that causes balance issues - her left click freeze This has been an issue because Mei's left click is great for new players, but sucks at high levels.

  • Remove the freeze effect - leave the iconic freezing of heroes for her ultimate only
  • Buff the slow effect - stronger initial slow, stronger max slow, longer duration
  • Buff Mei's damage output (left and right click) as needed to balance from there

It would be less frustrating for Mei's opponents. You're never "frozen", so you're always able to fight back. It would take more skill from Mei. Your enemy is still moving, if slowly, so you still need to aim.

Yet a strong slow is still a powerfull CC mechanic, and one no other hero has. Plus, without the easy on-demand stun, Mei could be properly balanced at high levels without wrecking new or casual players.

Particular suggestion, however, are not that important. I threw in some just for fun, but really what we need is Blizzard to actually address the issue. No hero should be absolute bottom tier without being touched at all for an entire year.

And in fact, no other hero has been. There have been other heroes in as poor a state as Mei, but never left untouched for even half as long. So on this sad anniversary, I think all players can come together and agree...

Blizzard, you need to look at Mei!

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Hiding Dva's Bomb Behind an Ice Wall

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 12:35 PM PST

Mei, stay behind the shield. Mei. Mei...stay behi- DAMNIT MEI

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 03:06 PM PST

Ghost Hunter Zarya. Maybe next year?

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST

Winston is actually an alien

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 06:19 AM PST

He's a fully sentient creature that wasn't born on earth

so he's technically an alien

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why had this blown up so fucking much,jesus christ!

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Overwatch Survey 2017 Results!

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 05:30 AM PST

Hi guys, first off I just wanna say a huge thank you to you all for taking part in the survey! I was aiming for 5,000 within a week and we got 10,000 in less than 48 hours! I closed the survey off at 10,013 responders – sorry to all who didn't get to take part, there will be more!

Here is the information in a very simplified format. If you would like any more specifics please just ask below and I will try my best to help!

Thank you all for taking part – hope you enjoyed it and hope you find some interest in the results!

Please note – This information is not a representation of the entire Overwatch community/player base, but is a somewhat good indication of the users who frequent this Sub. Even so, there 10,000 responses while there are over a million subscribers so take the information with a grain of salt. Make of the following information what you will!

Results are posted in order of most votes, second most, third most and least due to time constraints. I will post more later along with the actual raw data.

Gender

  • Male (84.8%)
  • Female (13.6%)
  • Non-Binary (0.6%)

Age

  • 18-21 (31.9%)
  • 22-26 (29%)
  • 15-17 (15.8%)
  • Last – 40+ (0.9%) (combined % of all ages above 40)

Region

  • North America (63.3%)
  • Europe (25.8%)
  • Australia & New Zealand (5.7%)
  • Last – South America (1.7%)

Purchased Overwatch:

  • Launch (44.2%)
  • Between Launch and Christmas 2016 (35.8%)
  • Between January & March 2017 (8%)
  • Last – Between June 2017 and Now (5.1%)

Platforms:

  • PC (76.4%)
  • PS4 (19.1%)
  • XB1 (14%)

Statements on Sexism/Racism/Homophobia

  • 41.6% of Female players have been subject to, or have witnessed, sexist abuse on Overwatch.
  • 24.8% have not.
  • 20.9% do not use voice chat out of fear of being abused
  • 9.2% do not use voice chat
  • The remainder do not remember if they have experienced it or not
  • 23.1% of Male players have been subject to, or have witnessed, sexist abuse on Overwatch.
  • 61% have not.
  • 9% don't use voice chat.

  • The remainder do not remember if they have experienced it or not

  • 45.2% of players have been subject to, or have witnessed, racist abuse on Overwatch

  • 54.8% of players have not

  • 40.4% of players have been subject to, or have witnessed, homophobic abuse on Overwatch

  • 59.6% have not

Current Level

  • 400 (99 votes)
  • 250 (93 votes)
  • 300 (89 votes)
  • Last – 155 (15 votes) | Also note, over 5820 different levels were recorded.

Most Played Hero

  • Mercy (15.4%)
  • Lucio (11.3%)
  • D. Va (8.3%)
  • Last – Torbjorn (0.5%)

Favourite Hero

  • 9.7% have no favourite and choose the hero necessary for the team
  • Zenyatta (6.9%)
  • Ana (6.8%)
  • Last – Bastion (1%) (no pun intended)

Class which needs a hero the most (even when Moira is considered)

  • Support (35.5%)
  • Tank (31.3%)
  • Defense (30.8%)
  • Last – Offense (2.4%)

Class least fun to play

  • Support (26.7%)
  • All are fun to play (26%)
  • Tank (21.4%)
  • Last – Offense (8.6%) (Many minute percentages were placed in the "other" category, stating a distaste for playing specific characters, but not classes)

Most played Game Mode

  • Quick Play (40.8%)
  • Competitive (39.2%)
  • Arcade (20%)

Most popular Skill Rating

  • Platinum (27.2%)
  • Gold (21.4%)
  • Diamond (18.1%)
  • Last – Bronze (2.7%)

Favourite Arcade Mode

  • Mystery Heroes (27.1%)
  • Deathmatch (19.2%)
  • 3v3 Elimination (8.8%)
  • Last – 6v6 Elimination (2%)

Would you consider playing Arcade even after you get all your loot boxes?

  • Maybe/Depends how I feel (50.4%)
  • Yes (29.7%)
  • No (20%)

Favourite Assault Map

  • Hanamura (32.7%)
  • Temple of Anubis (25.3%)
  • Volskaya Industries (18.4%)
  • Last – Horizon Lunar Colony (8.7%)

Favourite Hybrid Map

  • Kings Row (40.2%)
  • Eichenwalde (30.4%)
  • Hollywood (14.2%)
  • Last – Numbani (7.1%)

Favourite Escort Map

  • Watchpoint: Gibraltar (24.6%)
  • Route 66 (24.5%)
  • Dorado (22.9%)
  • Last – No preference (9.2%)

Favourite Control Map

  • Ilios (29.3%)
  • Lijiang Tower (28.7%)
  • Nepal (18.8%)
  • Last – No preference (11.1%)

Favourite Arcade Map

  • Chateau Guillard (33.8%)
  • No Preference (25.8%)
  • Black Forest (16.4%)
  • Last – Castillo (7.1%)

Favourite Event

  • Uprising 2017 (26.5%)
  • Enjoyed them all equally (23.2%)
  • Halloween Terror 2017 (14.3%)
  • Last – Summer Games 2016 (1.9%)

Loot Boxes Purchase Frequency

  • Never Purchase (50.1%)
  • Only at Events (46.1%)
  • Once every few Months (3.1%)
  • Last - Once a Month (0.5%)

Loot Boxes average spend per transaction

  • 10-20$ (32.9%)
  • 1-10$ (29.4%)
  • 20-40$ (21.3%)
  • Last – 50$+ (5%)

Overwatch Improved in Year 2?

  • Yes it has (81%)
  • No improvement or decline (12.4%)
  • Declined (6.6%)

Overwatch community improved in Year 2?

  • Declined (53.9%)
  • No improvement or decline (32.5%)
  • Improved (13.6%)

Season Length

  • Fine the way it is (52%)
  • Yes – I get bored of it very quickly (26.1%)
  • Other responses/Unsure/Don't know(21.9%)

Would you like a Clan System?

  • Yes (65%)
  • No (35%)

More options to spend Competitive Points on?

  • Yes (77.8%)
  • No (22.2%)

Is content released at a reasonable pace?

  • Yes (82.2%)
  • No (17.8%)

Would you consider paying for an expansion including an array of maps, characters, cosmetics, game modes or Story?

  • Yes (57.6%)
  • No (42.4%)

Would you like to see an Overwatch animated mini-series/movie?

  • Yes (87.2%)
  • Not concerned/don't care (6.8%)
  • No (6%)

Would you like an Overwatch story mode?

  • Yes (76.8%)
  • No (13.2%)
  • Not concerned/don't care (10%)

Have you lost interest since purchasing?

  • A little bit, I still play a lot though (50.8%)
  • Not at all, still play as much as when I first got it (21.9%)
  • A lot, I rarely play now (13.8%)
  • Last – Nope, I play even more now (13.5%)

Do you follow Overwatch ESports

  • Not really, but I've seen some matches (39%)
  • Yes (37.2%)
  • No (23.8%)

Console players, do you want a PTR?

  • Yes (66.1%)
  • No (27.8%)
  • What's a PTR? (6.1%) #lul

Top 3 most recommended features – excluding Clans & Story Mode

  • Role Queue
  • Match History
  • Cosmetic Trading/Exchanging

Feature Most Needed right now?

  • Clans
  • Story Mode
  • Role Queue
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Overwatch should add more weapon skins other than Gold.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 04:45 AM PST

I only play a few heros and I already have gold weapons on them, Blizard should add a few more skins.

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Please report aimbot cheaters when you see them even if they are on your team

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 09:04 AM PST

Last night i was playing in low silver and i saw a instalock widowmaker 36 level and i thought to myself : " this guy is gonna throw the game isn't he "

NOPE. He destroyed the whole enemy team with headshot after headshot, he had like 20 final blows in one round and he swears this was his main account

the enemy team told me that from his killcam it seemed he was cheating or he was a top 10 widow maker

I doubt he was a top 10 widow maker but at this point and time we were winning pretty hard so i forgot to report him. I now regret that decision so much. What if i play against him? How fun would that be

so point is don't forget to report cheaters just because you win playing with them

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A white spray will appear darker against an illuminated background

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 10:33 AM PST

As a healer main, this Moira patch will be the best patch yet and I want to thank Blizzard.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:02 PM PST

Seriously, nerfs to Mercy and releasing a healer with strong healing output couldn't have me happier with Overwatch because it's covering my 2 biggest qualms with being a healer main

  1. Not enough healers was beginning to get really dull for me.
  2. I can't express how fucking tired I am of playing Mercy every game. Especially if nobody else wants to heal and I want to play Zenyatta I have an entire team "Yo Zen can you go Mercy?" "This comp really needs a Mercy." Like I'm so happy that not only will I hopefully not be forced into her as much but also have that much more of a selection.

Thanks, Blizzard. Specifically the Overwatch team, you all are great at listening to us!

Edit: after reading the comments I'd also like to add another thank you for on top of all this you're making another one of the healers more viable which is fantastic

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Your average deadeye

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 09:23 AM PST

Jardio's sneaky Mei wipes enemy team

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 04:49 PM PST

“Your safety is my primary... Efi is not going to be happy about this”

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 07:48 AM PST

Game changing play I had earlier tonight. My friend didn't think it was Reddit-worthy but I'll let you guys decide

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:18 AM PST

Calvin finds a fangirl (volume warning)

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 01:07 AM PST

When 24 hours pass fast

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 03:15 PM PST

Killing Mercy makes me dizzy

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 05:30 AM PST

Fun Fact: The Overwatch Ultimate indicator has 48 notches.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:50 AM PST

The indicator in the bottom-middle of the UI has 48 individual notches for ultimate indication. This means that, while the yellow fill that wraps around the circle can perfectly represent percentages, the notches themselves cannot. If there were an even 50, each notch would represent 2% of ult charge.

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Mercy Mural in LA

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 06:31 PM PST

https://imgur.com/b7v3Ga6

Sorry for the quality, I get off work late, and this is the best I could do. 1901 Broadway if anyone is interested in checking it out in person!

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