Overwatch - Weekly Role Discussion Thread: Offense - November 18, 2017


Weekly Role Discussion Thread: Offense - November 18, 2017

Posted: 17 Nov 2017 09:07 PM PST

In this weekly thread you can discuss the Offense roles of Overwatch to your heart's delight. What are the characteristics of those heroes?

The main objective of the offense role is to scout the area, harass the opposing team, and press the objective. Heroes classified as offense generally have high damage weapons and abilities and lower health pools than tanks and some defense heroes. They are usually excellent duelists with high mobility and good burst or sustained damage.

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You can find a list of the current offensive heroes on the Overwatch Hero Overview.

Share guides and strategies that are valuable to an offensive Overwatch Hero or other tips and tricks that helped you to get better. You can also propose ideas why a certain hero is bad in your eyes and how to make it better. Please do so in a constructive way!

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Ana: Because sometimes its worth it.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PST

Blizzard take note: Valve discovered in 2013 that toxicity alone was the leading driver in a player quitting their game. If we want Overwatch to thrive and have a future, toxicity needs to be taken seriously.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 12:24 PM PST

The blog post was originally for Dota 2 but it 100% applies to what we're seeing in the Overwatch world.

One of the first things we dug into were the factors that contributed to a player quitting[...] Interestingly, some of the factors we assumed would affect [users] leaving didn't – for instance, the outcome of matches doesn't correlate at all to the likelihood of quitting. Losing a bunch of Dota 2 games doesn't seem to cause people to quit. But one thing that did stand out in the data was the amount of negative communication between players. Put simply, you are more likely to quit if there is abusive chat going on in your games.

They go on to talk about how they dealed with the issue and that not only had toxicity been at an all time low (a 35% drop) but that 60% of players who receive bans go on to modify their behavior and don't receive further bans.

Although it seems like a small portion of the game, the way teammates interact with each other really does make a difference in how much of a future this game really has. I hope to see Blizzard taking this as seriously as Valve did and work towards making Overwatch a game that can last for years.

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I think instead of showing the heroes we have the most hours on in the social tab, it should be a list of heroes we prefer to play that we can set ourselves.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:13 AM PST

Basically title. The heroes we have the most hours on this season doesn't always reflect who we'd rather play. Instead make it a list that we can set and edit ourselves. For example:

 

1.) Genji

2.) Zenyatta

3.) Ana

 

In this example, someone could tell that you'd rather be playing Genji, but will pick Zen or Ana if needed.

 

Edit: formatting

 

Edit2: A lot of people are saying they would still want the hours to be shown for the heroes, and I agree. I'm going to put here what I've been saying in the comments to others.

 

You could put the hours for your preferred heroes next to their name. So for example:

 

1.) Genji: 6 hours

2.) Zenyatta: 8 hours

3.) Ana: 3 hours

 

I also kinda feel like it should be the hours in all modes and not just the current season. Maybe I've spent 20 hours in quick play practicing my Genji and I think I'm ready to bring him into comp. But then others see my hours in comp and say "Why are you playing Genji, you only have 20 min with him?" So it could also look something like this:

 

1.) Genji: 20 hours

2.) Zenyatta: 24 hours

3.) Ana: 10 hours

 

Maybe it could list both comp hours and all hours, because I'm sure people like to know if you've played the hero in comp before, so it could also look like this:

 

1.) Genji

-All Modes: 20 hours

-This Comp Season: 2 hours

2.) Zenyatta

-All Modes: 24 hours

-This Comp Season: 8 hours

3.) Ana

-All Modes: 10 hours

-This Comp Season: 3 hours

 

But it could be getting to information overload at that point. Let me know what you all think!

 

Edit3: Gengi --> Genji

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50 elims and 13k healing, I think I'm in love.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:47 AM PST

Horizon Lunar Colony: The Most Fear And Hated Map in Overwatch.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 03:25 AM PST

I have yet--this season--to begin a competitive game at Horizon Lunar Colony without mild heart palpitations. Every time I get into the pre-game room, there's nothing but groans, complaining and anxiety about playing the map, shared by everyone on the team.

Why is this? Because the map is horrible. A VERY high percentage of the games played their end up in overtime and a lesser percentage end up in double overtime. It's an absolutely grueling experience, as one minor mistake is hardly allowed on defense.

I know Blizzard has tweaked the two CP points before in minor ways to make them more offensively or defensively friendly, so I plead with you Blizzard, please put some thought into a slight rework of this map.

Edit: Oh SHIT, "The Most Fear?" I meant feared. I need coffee.

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My killer gives me one final mercy

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 03:18 AM PST

Now that Ana is viable again I can get back to hitting these

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 08:01 AM PST

Destructive Healing Pocket Sand

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:48 AM PST

Opened my game to see this monstrosity. Loving Moira's redesign Blizzard!

Posted: 17 Nov 2017 10:03 PM PST

Ana's Shh... highlight intro should behave like Sombra's Hacking intro.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:42 AM PST

It would make the rare Ana POTGs even more special, and if Sombra already has it, why only let her get the spotlight?

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Overwatch free for all spawn doesn't like me

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 08:06 AM PST

Beautiful

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 10:12 AM PST

Moira FanArt that I just finished!She is so inspiring!

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:55 AM PST

I played as Dv.a and i killed Tracer from our team by Moira`s Biotic Orb

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:06 AM PST

Hero Heights (Including the 5 new heroes since launch)

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:07 AM PST

Me and a friend spent an hour or so standing heroes up against one another on Lijiang Tower, comparing them to confirmed hero heights in-game (mostly Junkrat & Zarya), and we think we have the approximate heights of each new hero, plus all the old ones.

7'4"/2.23 m - Reinhardt
7'4"/2.23 m - Orisa (stands at about Reinhardt's height, this one we're not too sure on though, so feel free to challenge it)
7'3"/2.2 m - Bastion
7'3"/2.2 m - Roadhog
7'3"/2.2 m - Winston (upright)
6'6"/1.98 m - Doomfist (unsurprising, but his heroic stands a little taller than Zarya, possibly 6'7" instead)
6'5"/1.95 m - Junkrat
6'5"/1.95 m - Moria (yeah ik, I was surprised too, but hers and Zarya in heroic poses stand at the same height)
6'5"/1.95 m - Zarya
6'1"/1.85 m - McCree
6'1"/1.85 m - Reaper
6'1"/1.85 m - Soldier 76
6'/1.82 m - Ana (her Heroic pose stands a little shorter than Soldier)
5'11"/1.8 m - Pharah (daughter is still shorter)
5'9"/1.75 m - Widowmaker
5'8"/1.73 m - Hanzo
5'8"/1.73 m - Zenyatta
5'7"/1.7 m - Genji
5'7"/1.7 m - Mercy
5'7"/1.7 m - Symmetra
5'5"/1.66 m - D.Va
5'4"/1.62 m - Sombra (might've miscalculated this one, but she looked about Tracer's height, possibly 5'5" instead)
5'4"/1.62 m - Tracer
5'3"/1.6 m - Lúcio (always made me laught that he was so short, especially since the Brazilian male average is 5'8")
5'3"/1.6 m - Mei (surprisingly, Mei is slightly taller than the Chinese average of 5'2", I didn't know that until I looked it up)
4'7"/1.4 m - Torbjörn (very unsurprising)

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The Best Pharahs Remain Mobile At All Times

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:05 AM PST

It's midday every 3 seconds

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:43 AM PST

Two seconds of me explaining why I hate Hanzo

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 10:06 AM PST

500+ hours of play and I did it.

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 12:24 AM PST

[Highlight] Solid Snake Bastion

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:12 AM PST

would anyone want to see a Moira Lab Coat skin?

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 01:13 PM PST

I think it would be pretty neet to have a skin with Moira wearing the white lab coat with her black shirt and the tie visible underneath, would anyone else want a skin like that?

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There once was a man named Mondatta...

Posted: 17 Nov 2017 08:54 PM PST

Who had a disciple, Zenyatta...

'Til one night in King's Row,

He encountered a Widow,

And his head blew up like a pinyatta.

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200IQ German Thrust

Posted: 17 Nov 2017 08:01 PM PST

I entered the Demons den

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 02:13 PM PST

xQcs Statement

Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:37 AM PST

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