Overwatch - Weekly Role Discussion Thread: Defense - February 17, 2018


Weekly Role Discussion Thread: Defense - February 17, 2018

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 09:07 PM PST

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

The main objective of the defense role is to guard locations, create choke points, and establish a front. They may have long range weapons or the ability to create turrets, and excel at area denial.

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

Share guides and strategies that are valuable to a defensive 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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McCree's ulitimate is saved by enemy Zarya

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 08:13 AM PST

[PTR] Sombra's faster hack is pretty sweet...

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST

...I think I'll try the other direction

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 08:48 AM PST

When a street sign save lives

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 04:09 AM PST

The ole switcheroo

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 09:48 AM PST

"In Overwatch, every dog has its day. 2.19.18"

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 11:01 AM PST

270° hook prediction on tracer

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 06:42 AM PST

Post-nerf CTF Lucio's reading new meta

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 08:01 AM PST

Jeff and the Overwatch team admit they have a "grouping" problem and they don't quite know what to do about it. They asked for brainstorming ideas, so here's mine. It's, uh...comprehensive.

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST

Hi. I'm OzoneOOO. I've written a long paper. The idea really came together when I started playing in a regular 6-stack. Overwatch really comes alive when you play with people you know and trust. It's truly an amazing experience. It's part Clan system, part Role Queue, and part Reporting system. The primary insight is that distribution of players into teams is a resource allocation problem. The secondary insight is that there is poor social memory among the player base.

The thing is, I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole notion of "Fan Content" as it generally seems that a lot of people put in a lot of work with zero chance of seeing the idea implemented. The reason I'm putting this idea out here is because it seems the Overwatch Team is stuck on a problem and has asked for brainstorming ideas. Specifically, they don't know why people aren't grouping up as noted in Jeff Kaplan's response to Effect's letter.

I don't expect everyone to read the document in its entirety so I'm posting the Introduction and Table of Contents portion of the paper so that if it interests you (and there are probably a lot of you that will be interested) you can go on to read the entire thing or parts you're curious about.

It's all in-game. It will not be easy. It may not be possible. It probably has issues that I'm missing entirely. It is something entirely different, though. I'd love to hear about any issues that I've missed or points that need clarification.

Thanks all, OzoneOOO

Table Of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. List of Challenges/Scope of Work a. Sub-optimal Matchmaking b. Toxicity 3. Description of Alternate Solutions and Their Drawbacks a. Role Queue b. Clan System c. Reporting System 4. New Concepts a. Player Market b. Team Mode c. Solo Mode 5. Market Based Browser System a. Team Structure b. Market Information 6. Potential Challenges 7. Bonus Content 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18q4_k-HE3IHFnxvJmud3bgIsHKHL6LkBoyz5Dv7-HQc/edit?usp=sharing

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Mei Clutch

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 02:30 PM PST

Everything can be hacked. Sombra android theme.

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 12:22 PM PST

Is Muma the best Junkrat in the world?

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 05:21 AM PST

1v6 Zarya TeamKill

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 08:12 AM PST

Smurfs spawn camped us for an hour. This is ridiculous.

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 01:00 PM PST

Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 03:53 PM PST

When your team and the enemy team are really playing on the same level

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 04:38 AM PST

I never deflected anything good as Genji... until this.

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 09:12 PM PST

The new hero won't be Liao, Junkerqueen, or anybody else that we've guessed already. Here's why.

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 12:13 PM PST

We won't be getting a new tank, but rather a beefy new defensive character. Papa Jeff has already told us that we know the identity of this new character, saying he/she has already been hinted at. What we didn't know was that they actually told us the heroes identity without anyone noticing. Blizzard has timed the release of this hero to accompany the current event, but what we haven't realized is that this event is completely focused on hero 27. That's right, it's the Year of The Dog.

Duane "The Dog" Chapman was born on February 2, 1953. If we take the sum of 1953 (18) and subtract his birth date (2) we're left with February 16, the first day of the Year of The Dog.

Now that it's been confirmed, let's speculate on what abilities this bounty hunter will have.

HP= 250 (50 hp, 200 leather armor)

Primary fire= Backhand - Quick melee attack

Alternate fire= Pepper Spray- Disrupts vision for duration of attack, allowing for fellow team members to take down the susp.

Passive Ability= Jog- Runs at a moderate pace

Passive Ability= Dog's Dogma- Damage to non-christian characters is doubled

Passive Ability= Fighting Leathers- 10% damage buff when armor is at max

Ability 1= Melanoma- Causes 1 damage per second for the entire round. Cooldown is reduced when standing outside

Ability 2= Non-Lethal Force- Pins character for 3 seconds, able to use primary fire while character is pinned.

Ultimate Ability= Want A Smoke, Brother? - Incapacitates all opposing team members in LOS. Duration is determined by individual player impact, more kills= more time.

Thoughts?

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When the Whole Lobby Hates that Widow

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 09:36 AM PST

Mercys have to look out for each other

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 05:23 PM PST

My favorite D.Va bomb spot on Hollywood

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 02:16 PM PST

Well that's not what I wanted to do. (Video link in comments for team reactions)

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 10:09 AM PST

Ana|76|Reaper - Old Soldiers (Fan-Skins)

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 04:17 AM PST

I manage to group number eights together for my in-game currency.

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 10:15 AM PST

Thanks for the Lift! Now perish!

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 12:37 PM PST

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