Araxen
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Well after a few game, my SR on all 3 roles seems to be stabilizing.
Tank is 2450, and still going up, I gained about 200SR since placement.
Support is 2100, and seems to be stable, goes up and down can't seem to get any sort of win streaks.
DPS is 1950, gained about 100SR since placement, but games are all over the place. I easily carry some games, and some others I struggle to do anything.
This is probably the first time, I actually dislike a meta, probably because it's the first time I really experience it. GOATS for example was never much of a thing in Gold, neither was dive. This double barrier meta is in Gold though, and it's not fun seeing it all the time. Especially when playing DPS, all you seem to do is shoot at barriers.
Still the quality of games is so much higher than before 2-2-2, I'm enjoying the game as much as I ever did, even with the annoying meta. At this pace, I'll finish the season with more games than last 3-5 seasons combined.
Tank is 2450, and still going up, I gained about 200SR since placement.
Support is 2100, and seems to be stable, goes up and down can't seem to get any sort of win streaks.
DPS is 1950, gained about 100SR since placement, but games are all over the place. I easily carry some games, and some others I struggle to do anything.
This is probably the first time, I actually dislike a meta, probably because it's the first time I really experience it. GOATS for example was never much of a thing in Gold, neither was dive. This double barrier meta is in Gold though, and it's not fun seeing it all the time. Especially when playing DPS, all you seem to do is shoot at barriers.
Still the quality of games is so much higher than before 2-2-2, I'm enjoying the game as much as I ever did, even with the annoying meta. At this pace, I'll finish the season with more games than last 3-5 seasons combined.
Araxen
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3-2 in Support placements, 2342 SR. I don't get to play Zen anymore which makes me sad. All the fucking shields even in gold is bullshit. Baptise is a god in gold though. Invul field can turns fights around by saving lives.
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LAG got rolled. The sooner OWL gets a Chicago team the better. It's a shame the Fissure bs happened last season. I honestly think they could have won the season last year with him. They were rolling on all cylinders till that happened.
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LAG got rolled. The sooner OWL gets a Chicago team the better. It's a shame the Fissure bs happened last season. I honestly think they could have won the season last year with him. They were rolling on all cylinders till that happened.
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Bunch of balance changes on PTR:
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Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – September 24, 2019
Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – September 24, 2019 A new Overwatch patch is in development and now available for testing! To share your feedback or report any issues, please post in the PTR Feedback or PTR Bug Report forums. Please note that the below patch notes only include changes currently...
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Araxen
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Blizzard really doesn't like Soldier, and why the fuck are they buffing Tracer. Stupid ass Blizzard balancing.
Symmetra - I'm not sure why they feel the need to nerf Symmetra again. It's like they don't want her to be viable. The Ult nerf is ok, but I don't agree with the other nerfs. If they are going to nerf her turrents then she should be brought up to 250 hp.
Roadhog - I like the 6 shots buff. It was sorely needed for him. He still needs a passive that reduces the amount of ult charge he feeds the other time. When I play Mei and see a Roadhog on the other team, it's like Christmas for me because I know I can farm him for Ult charge. It's insane how quickly you can get Blizzard when Hog is around.
Orisa - I don't care for another nerf to her shield cooldown. It's a two second nerf overall now(this is the second nerf to it) and if you don't have a Sigma as your other tank you are going to be in a world of hurt. Halt/Hook won't be viable either because she won't be able to keep her shield up consistently anymore.
Winston - I think the shield health buff is stupid. All shield HP should be going down, and not up. More "creep" in this game that isn't needed.
Symmetra - I'm not sure why they feel the need to nerf Symmetra again. It's like they don't want her to be viable. The Ult nerf is ok, but I don't agree with the other nerfs. If they are going to nerf her turrents then she should be brought up to 250 hp.
Roadhog - I like the 6 shots buff. It was sorely needed for him. He still needs a passive that reduces the amount of ult charge he feeds the other time. When I play Mei and see a Roadhog on the other team, it's like Christmas for me because I know I can farm him for Ult charge. It's insane how quickly you can get Blizzard when Hog is around.
Orisa - I don't care for another nerf to her shield cooldown. It's a two second nerf overall now(this is the second nerf to it) and if you don't have a Sigma as your other tank you are going to be in a world of hurt. Halt/Hook won't be viable either because she won't be able to keep her shield up consistently anymore.
Winston - I think the shield health buff is stupid. All shield HP should be going down, and not up. More "creep" in this game that isn't needed.
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I always feel like there should be two different balances, one for top tier players and one for us dipshits that can't make it past gold. When ever they buff a character it just wrecks low level play. It's already a nightmare dealing with a halfway decent tracer in shit league.
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That skill disparity related to balancing is probably #1 obstacle for Overwatch. A character can be completely over powering at silver and utterly useless at GM.
I would love for 76 to get reload while running nothing major just that little change and we can’t get that .
While I like to see Winston getting some attention I hate that it’s in the form of his shield. Fricking shields
I would love for 76 to get reload while running nothing major just that little change and we can’t get that .
While I like to see Winston getting some attention I hate that it’s in the form of his shield. Fricking shields
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I'm curious to see what the impact will be of all these changes. I'm not a good enough theory crafter to understand all the ways these changes will interact with each others.
I'm hoping we more variety than the Orissa/Sigma, double barrier isn't fun, and as I said before it's the first time that the meta is played a lot in gold. Never really felt the GOATS meta in gold...but this double barrier is being played a lot.
I'm hoping we more variety than the Orissa/Sigma, double barrier isn't fun, and as I said before it's the first time that the meta is played a lot in gold. Never really felt the GOATS meta in gold...but this double barrier is being played a lot.
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I dont see these buffs/nerfs as a bad thing, a lot of it is pretty healthy, neither gutting a champion or putting them too far ahead.
Its been pretty "stale" as of late, I can't speak for everyone else but the casual ranked games I do play with some friends.. The power of Sigma/Orisa, a single decent Symm, or a remotely decent/smart Doom changes the games tides so hard, it ridiculous. Game is still in a pretty healthy state as far as I can tell, but just small parts of champions making them not as useful, or making them too useful.
The tracer buff doesn't even seem that ridiculous lol. It's just a range fall off adjustment, you can still duff the living shit out of her, plus with the monkey adjustments.. He becomes a little more relevant. The monkey barrier is definitely needed. Orisa can rotate shields so god damn fast. Sigma can readjust his shields with no punishment. Moira is pretty face roll winning in duels.
On a side note of Symm, I queue with one whenever she decides to play dps.. And she can literally get a photon within the first fight, if not the second fight. I'm not entirely sure how, but they always answer me sentries. That photon barrier is generally a guaranteed win fight when ults aren't avaliable and you have someone shot calling sides.
I don't think 76 is bad either, his sustain dps is still pretty good and above most. I'm sure they could do a few adjustments, but it'd easier to tackle the big problems first; which is the double barrier with sig/or which really hurts 76 because his dps is pretty much spent dumping shields when his burst dps isn't as high, and shields just get reset cd. He can reset/reposition extremely well, but there are only a handful of maps that cator this.. And he'd still be dumping into shields pointlessly.
Its been pretty "stale" as of late, I can't speak for everyone else but the casual ranked games I do play with some friends.. The power of Sigma/Orisa, a single decent Symm, or a remotely decent/smart Doom changes the games tides so hard, it ridiculous. Game is still in a pretty healthy state as far as I can tell, but just small parts of champions making them not as useful, or making them too useful.
The tracer buff doesn't even seem that ridiculous lol. It's just a range fall off adjustment, you can still duff the living shit out of her, plus with the monkey adjustments.. He becomes a little more relevant. The monkey barrier is definitely needed. Orisa can rotate shields so god damn fast. Sigma can readjust his shields with no punishment. Moira is pretty face roll winning in duels.
On a side note of Symm, I queue with one whenever she decides to play dps.. And she can literally get a photon within the first fight, if not the second fight. I'm not entirely sure how, but they always answer me sentries. That photon barrier is generally a guaranteed win fight when ults aren't avaliable and you have someone shot calling sides.
I don't think 76 is bad either, his sustain dps is still pretty good and above most. I'm sure they could do a few adjustments, but it'd easier to tackle the big problems first; which is the double barrier with sig/or which really hurts 76 because his dps is pretty much spent dumping shields when his burst dps isn't as high, and shields just get reset cd. He can reset/reposition extremely well, but there are only a handful of maps that cator this.. And he'd still be dumping into shields pointlessly.