Overwatch Beta

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Anyone playing?

I should be on later this evening. Trying this out on PC but may give it a go on the XB1 if enough people are playing it.

PC: SadTRex#1138
XB1: Kampfers
benMath08
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I've been having a blast on PC preorder early access.

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Vade281
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Battle.net: vade281#1986
Pman17
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Open Beta tomorrow!
Kampfers
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Open Beta tomorrow!
Actually begins tonight, at 6pm ct
Kampfers
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thoughts on favorite characters so far?

have hardly tried many, but have had a few great rounds with widowmaker and d. va
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I am looking forward to playing the turret guy

Gamer tag: nolank85 on Xbox one
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I'll try it on PC over the weekend. Hate fps without a mouse.
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I'll try it on PC over the weekend. Hate fps without a mouse.
It's pretty fun so far
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Played it last time they were stress testing it in open beta. I can't remember the character name, but I was doing real well with the crazy demolition guy with the bouncing grenade launcher. I think there was a game where I had 30+ kills to 0 deaths. Seemed way too good.
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Playing as Bastion with friends supporting me with Reinhardt and Mercy = Me getting Player of the Match almost every single game.
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A few of us grouped up together last night and it certainly makes a difference in team play with a group that are communicating.

A lot of people are playing Bastion and many people don't know how to handle him. I envision them nerfing it due to the complaints from the masses.
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thoughts on favorite characters so far?

have hardly tried many, but have had a few great rounds with widowmaker and d. va
Depends on the map for me. Soldier 76 is great all-around, Junkrat on any map with decent chokepoints, Pharah whenever there's opportunity to get vertical (and they aren't countering you with the hitscan classes). Really though, I enjoy playing pretty much everyone except Torbjorn and Symettra (too passive for my tastes).

Lucio and Zenyatta are surprisingly fun as healers, since you can still do decent damage if you aim well and their ults are great for taking an objective.
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PC: warpain #11909

Fresh Battle.net 5 digit coming in hot.
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thoughts on favorite characters so far?

have hardly tried many, but have had a few great rounds with widowmaker and d. va
Depends on the map for me. Soldier 76 is great all-around, Junkrat on any map with decent chokepoints, Pharah whenever there's opportunity to get vertical (and they aren't countering you with the hitscan classes). Really though, I enjoy playing pretty much everyone except Torbjorn and Symettra (too passive for my tastes).

Lucio and Zenyatta are surprisingly fun as healers, since you can still do decent damage if you aim well and their ults are great for taking an objective.
Agreed that a lot of it depends on the map. It also depends on the game type and the whether you're attacking/defending. Not much worse than having both Widowmaker and Hanzo on your team when you're the attackers.


Zenyatta I'll agree with, fun to be able to dish out a little damage in addition to the healing powers, but Lucio I didn't play enough to get the hang of. Symmetra is really good when defending (especially for the first objective), because she allows you to get back into the fight so much sooner should you die. I think Mercy was the easiest to play with though. Had a number of good games with her.

Reaper is pretty cool with his teleportation powers. Drop in behind someone who separates themselves from a group for easy pickings. Tracer is similarly good at picking off stragglers due to her movement speed/dash ability. Didn't really care for McCree or Gengi but that could just be me not playing them correctly.

The game definitely encourages team play, which is nice. Lone-wolfs tend to get torn up.
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Woo woo woo. You know it.

Gt: Anthrometal
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boboguitar on xbox one
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Played 2 games last night. Went 0 and 9 the first game then 11 and 0 the second game.
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Played a few matches and pretty fun. The characters are hugely different in play so going to take forever just to figure out what I like. I did best with the big hammer shield guy mostly shielding a turret guy on defense they didn't have a chance.
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Played a few matches and pretty fun. The characters are hugely different in play so going to take forever just to figure out what I like. I did best with the big hammer shield guy mostly shielding a turret guy on defense they didn't have a chance.


I'm liking the healing classes actually.
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That and the arched.
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Genji is awesome. Climb walls, throw ninja stars, yell random **** in Japanese, slice people in half with katana,
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Played a few matches and pretty fun. The characters are hugely different in play so going to take forever just to figure out what I like. I did best with the big hammer shield guy mostly shielding a turret guy on defense they didn't have a chance.


I'm liking the healing classes actually.
Same here. Brings back memories of playing a Shaman in EQ and WOW back in the day.
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Big fan of widowmaker...using her hook to get up to good vantage points creates great sniping opportunities

GT: Drfishfingers18
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Played a few matches and pretty fun. The characters are hugely different in play so going to take forever just to figure out what I like. I did best with the big hammer shield guy mostly shielding a turret guy on defense they didn't have a chance.


I'm liking the healing classes actually.
Same here. Brings back memories of playing a Shaman in EQ and WOW back in the day.


My thoughts too
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I think I finally finished some time with all the classes last night. I agree with the previous comments that different characters seem to work best for different maps. I like D.Va's ultimate attack for wiping out a payload team. On large maps I like Pharah and her rocket ability. It's easier for me to just point out the chars I dislike or just don't play well, looking at you Hanzo, Winston, and Zarya.
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I've noticed Zarya is best if I don't actually try to be the "tank". She dies surprisingly quickly once her shift-ability shield wears off (which only lasts for a second). But instead, if you have someone on your team playing aggressively you can shield them for a damage boost and keep spamming secondary fire, which actually does quite a bit of damage if your energy level is high. Her ultimate is one of the best team wipe abilities, provided your teammates are around to help put damage on the other team.

I would never pick her if there's a Reinhardt in the game, on my team or the other team. His shield negates just about all of your usefulness, even your ultimate.
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To me, the archer is OP. One shot kills with the bow(on non tank classes). Your rate of fire isn't high and it takes a decent eye for long distance but there's a ton of damage.
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I'm trying to make myself play more characters especially in beta and enjoying it. So far my favorite is Lucio or Bastion but I still have a ton to play. Lucio is a blast got up to a 10 kill streak with him.
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The Nordic turret maker is still my favorite. On defense, put it in the back and now people down. It sucks if they flank you but had a blast last night
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The Nordic turret maker is still my favorite. On defense, put it in the back and now people down. It sucks if they flank you but had a blast last night


When you escort, put it on the tank and mow people down as it moves you.
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I love McCree and Reaper
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I've had the most success with the turret guy, but i like everyone just for their diversity. Pharah and symmetra are really fun, mel is great in closed spaces and defending.
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My main concern is premades owning random groups. Are they going to have a way to divide out the groups like most games do these days? Otherwise could get boring really fast for people like me who are old and don't have real life friends who game.
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My main concern is premades owning random groups. Are they going to have a way to divide out the groups like most games do these days? Otherwise could get boring really fast for people like me who are old and don't have real life friends who game.
Premades get queued against premades. It takes us about 1:30 to queue just with a group of 3 as opposed to 10 seconds or less solo.
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