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there's a bigger problem than mercy not being picked - defence heroes need to be sorted out before she is if there's a waiting list [editline]3rd August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=redBadger;50823781]If they gave pharah more aerial control I could see her being great. Would help her avoid mcrees easier.[/QUOTE] pharah absolutely does not need a buff the meta is just incredibly toxic to her at the moment, you sort that out by changing the heroes that caused the problem buffing her creates a crap cycle

Symmetra has been on the 0% block for awhile now.

[QUOTE=redBadger;50823781]If they gave pharah more aerial control I could see her being great. Would help her avoid mcrees easier.[/QUOTE] What if they gave her the ability to dodge in the air? It would work kinda like in Evolve: Double tap your rocket button and a direction to quickly boost in that direction. I'd imagine it would be pretty balanced if it instantly drained 50% of your fuel.

I stopped playing Mercy weeks ago - people clued in and focus down hard on her. It's no fun being the primary target of the entire enemy team and copping 3 ults in a row trying to get back to the front line from spawn.

[QUOTE=redBadger;50823781]If they gave pharah more aerial control I could see her being great. Would help her avoid mcrees easier.[/QUOTE] I don't really mind her as she is now. Ideally it would be nice if her armour would provide some form of protection tbh. At the moment she takes the same amount of damage as at least three people wearing no armour at all.

[QUOTE=redBadger;50823933]Symmetra has been on the 0% block for awhile now.[/QUOTE] Symmetra is a weird hero, with a very big depency on map knowledge and placement, who needs some setup time for her to be effective. I think that's a big hurdle for such a fast-paced game.

remember when everyone thought Bastion way way OP? blizzard did nothing about it because they knew we just needed to git gud. I think Symmetra is the same, you just have to git gud with her

Pharah was doing fine until McCree and Zenyatta's buffs. That's the issue.

finally played some rounds as mcpants again, and, well, what's the point of fan the hammer now? I found it more useful to nade into 2 normal shots rather than fan the hammer in their face.

[QUOTE=meppers;50824003]remember when everyone thought Bastion way way OP? blizzard did nothing about it because they knew we just needed to git gud. I think Symmetra is the same, you just have to git gud with her[/QUOTE] Symmetra's viability is inversely proportional to how good your enemies are. You're not gonna be able to dodge well enough vs. good players that the laser will work.

Not really sure if i'm into this game, which is sad as it oozes quality, just really isnt my cup of tea.

I just got a crate with an exclusive event line for Bastion. What the hell were they thinking giving an exclusive line to a character that never speaks?

[QUOTE=Ager O'Eggers;50823978]Symmetra is a weird hero, with a very big depency on map knowledge and placement, who needs some setup time for her to be effective. I think that's a big hurdle for such a fast-paced game.[/QUOTE] Her ult is shit. The moment she places it somewhere enemy team gets a warning, it's loud, it's bright and everyone knows where all the good teleporter spots are now. Her sentries are shit as well, with only one hp, shit solo damage and long cd they are pretty much good only for one time ambush or early warning system for flanks. Her left click has shit range comparable with melee and going for it is an assisted suicide without any escape ability and only 200 hp. Her right click is slow as fuck and its damage is not worth it. And her shields are negligible. Symmetra's kit is simply shit.

Our Genji: rank 72, drooling retard, doesn't get even half as many ultimates off as Their Genji: rank 64, literally Seagull, never not has ultimate for a teamfight, getting pocketed by Zarya, kills the entire team every time I cannot fucking wait until Genji gets nerfed, I'm so fucking tired of my games being decided by the Genji player on the other team.

So if you use the Nihon skin with the "Challenge" taunt this happens... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eS4yTQ9.png[/IMG] [video=youtube;V2LU-lC-WX0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2LU-lC-WX0[/video]

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So I ended up buying $20 worth of loot crates over the past couple of days because I wanted the new Tracer outfit. I ended up getting a bunch of other good stuff out of them, including Lucio and Zarya's new outfits, but couldn't get the Tracer one. So today I level up and what do I find in my box? [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/492401650179295202/A41952E76042951374B7B9521636AA7A0A7108DD/[/t] EDIT: Also the hero gallery has changed, it looks like there's space for 2 more heroes on the bottom row now: [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/492401650179297092/865F870B71F0C07C549AB3CB0BC49F685B70D9FA/[/t] Also, something else I noticed. When using Lucio's new juggle emote, the ball actually continues to exist in the world after he's kicked it. I saw it rolling around on a rooftop on Hollywood earlier after I'd kicked it; I wonder if the Widowmaker basketball thing can be done on it?

I just saw a Bastion "Lifesaver" POTG in which he kills a Roadhog who hooked me. I die not even a second later and that was the only kill he got in the highlight.

I gotta say, I've changed my mind and [I]actually like Tracer's punk outfit[/I]. I distinctly hate her Olympic ones though!

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;50823162][t]http://i.imgur.com/7vzpisV.jpg[/t] What a time to be alive.[/QUOTE] Not sure I agree with this. I see Roadhog ALL the time in competitive, almost as frequently as Reinhardt.

This game seems to have become unplayable in the last few days due to terrible teams or against premades. It's not fun anymore. Close to throwing in the towel

[QUOTE=Nidhogg;50824189]Not sure I agree with this. I see Roadhog ALL the time in competitive, almost as frequently as Reinhardt.[/QUOTE] those charts are made from actual professional play and tournaments I think, not from competitive matches

[QUOTE=Nidhogg;50824189]Not sure I agree with this. I see Roadhog ALL the time in competitive, almost as frequently as Reinhardt.[/QUOTE] yes I dont think there is anyone in the game with 100% pick and 0% pick rates in matchmaking

Did Zarya always have a line on Volskaya saying "Katja is a hero to my people, we must protect what she has built!" Zarya is my most played hero, but I've only ever noticed it the past few days it seems. Was I just not paying attention before or is it new?

I've never heard it, but I rarely play Zarya outside KOTH. I also heard 76 say "gentlemen, welcome to the Rock" on Gibraltar yesterday, which I'm sure isn't new so it's easy for me to have not been paying attention.

[QUOTE=Damjen;50824058]Her ult is shit. The moment she places it somewhere enemy team gets a warning, it's loud, it's bright and everyone knows where all the good teleporter spots are now. Her sentries are shit as well, with only one hp, shit solo damage and long cd they are pretty much good only for one time ambush or early warning system for flanks. Her left click has shit range comparable with melee and going for it is an assisted suicide without any escape ability and only 200 hp. Her right click is slow as fuck and its damage is not worth it. And her shields are negligible. Symmetra's kit is simply shit.[/QUOTE] As a Symmetra player this is mostly true. If there is a flanker chances are as soon you stop paying attention to your teleporter it will be destroyed. That is why I save it until someone dies and hopefully I'm not that person. Her sentries only work as an alarm or caught someone with low health in a spot with a health pack. Her left click is good when an enemy is focusing in something else, if they focus on you better be ready to someone finish the enemy. Her right click is useful against Reinhardt or someone behind his shield. It's slow but a well placed ball would leave someone vulnerable to get killed. While 25 of shield doesn't seem much, being able to recover it helps in dire situations when you are low on health. She works, yeah, but as long the enemy team doesn't realize you can get easily destroyed by using someone like Winston (Which I rarely see), you will be fine... Or just can be lucky like one of my friend that only used Symmetra twice and got the cute spray by teleporting 20 players, which I can't manage to get.

Forgot to mention, when Tracer recalls using her Track and Field outfit, she says "False start".

[QUOTE=Banned?;50824086]Our Genji: rank 72, drooling retard, doesn't get even half as many ultimates off as Their Genji: rank 64, literally Seagull, never not has ultimate for a teamfight, getting pocketed by Zarya, kills the entire team every time I cannot fucking wait until Genji gets nerfed, I'm so fucking tired of my games being decided by the Genji player on the other team.[/QUOTE] Sounds like you just got out-played. Don't be such a sore loser. If someone dominates the hell out of you with Genji, they earned it. He's not some broken OP hero like McCree has been at times, where anyone with half-decent aim could just pick him and wreck face. It takes practice and reasonably high-level play/team cooperation to do really well as Genji. You simply got outplayed and if your reaction to that is to cry "NERF!" then what you're really asking for is a game that coddles your feelings and ego and lowers its skill ceiling to make you feel better than you are.

[QUOTE=Anonymuzz;50823839]concussive blast is amazing mobility if you know how to use it. i just wish it had a shorter cd[/QUOTE] how about we not make ilios a more unplayable map than it already is

[QUOTE=E.C.S;50824249]As a Symmetra player this is mostly true. If there is a flanker chances are as soon you stop paying attention to your teleporter it will be destroyed. That is why I save it until someone dies and hopefully I'm not that person. Her sentries only work as an alarm or caught someone with low health in a spot with a health pack. Her left click is good when an enemy is focusing in something else, if they focus on you better be ready to someone finish the enemy. Her right click is useful against Reinhardt or someone behind his shield. It's slow but a well placed ball would leave someone vulnerable to get killed. While 25 of shield doesn't seem much, being able to recover it helps in dire situations when you are low on health. She works, yeah, but as long the enemy team doesn't realize you can get easily destroyed by using someone like Winston (Which I rarely see), you will be fine... Or just can be lucky like one of my friend that only used Symmetra twice and got the cute spray by teleporting 20 players, which I can't manage to get.[/QUOTE] That's true for average level games but I was talking from tournament level perspective. Where Symmetra would get sniped by either McCree or Zenyatta before even reaching her range, Reinhardts just dodge the right clicks and 25 hp shield makes no difference when there is a discord orb constantly flying from one target to another. She's already pretty meh in average ranked game and all of her problems get worse with more skilled opponents.