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Araxen
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Valderen
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I love the no more draw on Control Points, with the new progress bar. I had 3 games ending early because of it, where we just reach the progress the other team made. I'm not saying these would have been draw, we might have taken the point completely anyways and get the win, but it's a very nice addition.
It also changes how you need to defend and attack. We screwed a team on Anubis that didn't realize the game ended the moment you hit the same progress. we had an almost perfect defense, they had like 5-10% on the first point only. They set up their defense at the choke like usual. Our D'va just flew over them, and landed on the point, she took it almost the moment she landed. It means people with low progress will either need to leave 1 person on point at all time, or defend at the point rather than the choke.
We had a similar thing happen on Point B on Anubis again, we lost the first point, but defended Point B with again 5-10% progress only. I ended up using Roadhog ultimate to push the other team(not 6 of them, a few had died already to our push) off the point, didn't kill anyone since I was shooting at a Rein's shield...but they were all pushed off the point long enough for us to cap what we needed and win.
Again, those were not guaranteed to end up being Draws, but it's nice that there won't be draws anymore...they just suck.. And I think we'll see a few new strategy on offense and defense...especially when the other team made a low progress.
It also changes how you need to defend and attack. We screwed a team on Anubis that didn't realize the game ended the moment you hit the same progress. we had an almost perfect defense, they had like 5-10% on the first point only. They set up their defense at the choke like usual. Our D'va just flew over them, and landed on the point, she took it almost the moment she landed. It means people with low progress will either need to leave 1 person on point at all time, or defend at the point rather than the choke.
We had a similar thing happen on Point B on Anubis again, we lost the first point, but defended Point B with again 5-10% progress only. I ended up using Roadhog ultimate to push the other team(not 6 of them, a few had died already to our push) off the point, didn't kill anyone since I was shooting at a Rein's shield...but they were all pushed off the point long enough for us to cap what we needed and win.
Again, those were not guaranteed to end up being Draws, but it's nice that there won't be draws anymore...they just suck.. And I think we'll see a few new strategy on offense and defense...especially when the other team made a low progress.
Ravishing
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Love they added a tie-breaker mechanic, I suggested something similar back in December:
Tenks wasn't on board with it though!
Tenks wasn't on board with it though!
Tenks wasn't on board with it though! [bcolor=rgb(24, 24, 24)]
I'm still not. It is still garbage. Did you just watch that 3-3 tie on KR Misfits vs Dig? Misfits had 0:00 timebank and Dig had ~1:00. All Dig had to do was get 1% on the capture point and they won. It is so unsatisfying to watch and absolutely horrible to play.
They should have at least made it so you need to get 33% or something. Even then I think that is stupid since they hammer into you "Overwatch is about objectives" but then when it is in overtime mode it turns into "Overwatch is about other stuff now." It is just as dumb as coinflip where you'd just cheese the first point because you didn't really give a fuck.
Valderen
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I don't like draws, it feels like I played for nothing...and there's so many of them these days. I prefer the new system...but that said I totally get where someone would not like it.
The 1% example is probably frustrating, but the other end is too where a team gets it to 99% while the other had 0% and it's a draw.
I guess ultimately it's about how you feel about a draw.
The 1% example is probably frustrating, but the other end is too where a team gets it to 99% while the other had 0% and it's a draw.
I guess ultimately it's about how you feel about a draw.
Amzin
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That means Dig finished the first 3 points faster than Misfits, thus having an advantage, and them winning there seems way more fair than a draw despite finishing with time to spare compared to no time.
I personally think time spent in overtime at one point should count against the time boost you get if you capture that point - I don't like how "overtime" can actually just mean "extra time for the attacking team because of timing"
Dig already had an advantage over Misfits in the previous ruleset of being given the opportunity to capture A. Now all Dig has to do is step on A while Misfits is not stepping on A and they win. Its dumb and anti-climatic. It is bound to change because it is a horrible experience.