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Meh, not even sad I'll miss this. Female Spock rip off, and on top of that all I can see is Sasha. She wasn't a good actor in TWD, and I don't see that changing here. Too many aliens as crew... it makes zero sense timeline wise if this took place before TOS. We go from Humans and a Vulcan on Enterprise to a diverse alien crew on this series, back to humans and a vulcan on TOS. The "I can sense death" guy already bothers me. I feel like its something that's going to be overplayed, and unlike Counselor Troy, there is no way to be vague about his abilities in a way where he could be wrong and it be believable. The captain isn't the anchoring main character, and seems weak in this trailer... if "Sasha" is always questioning her orders, it will make the story worse.

So in about a week it will have been 1 year since this game came out. Its been a long time since a shooter type game has kept my interest for an entire year. The game has evolved quite a bit since day one. In a single year we've gotten 3 heroes and 3 maps. It doesn't sound like much, but considering the balancing equation this game requires, it actually is. Not only have heroes received constantly balancing, but so have maps. Unlike other games that don't admit when they've made a mistake. Blizzard has altered their maps, opened up choke points, and made new paths and door ways when defense has it too good. As I sit back and reflect upon my time with the game, I've come to a few observations about heroes. I started out with Torb and D.Va as my best characters. A year later Junkrat, D.Va, Roadhog, and Lucio are probably my strongest characters. D.Va is kind of in a poor state now. Her armor nerf was pretty shit IMO, and she can't do anything against Zarya. Once Zarya sees you just just immediately goes after you because her beam rips through defense matrix. This needs to change TBH. Its pretty bullshit. I still play her because I adore her character, and I love her alt. I never thought I'd be good at support, but damn, Lucio is becoming my most played character. He's #3 right now behind Junks and D.Va. But with people not willing to play healer, I've become pretty damn good with him... not only keeping my team alive, but I've managed to get gold medals in kills as well. The buff to his gun did a lot of good, and his healing buff/nerf was done well. You have to work to heal like every other support character now, but you still have the speed advantage. Now that I've spent time with Ana, I do like her and how she works. I prefer Lucio any and every day, but if I get stuck with her on mystery heroes, for the weekly loot box credit, I can be pretty proficient with her. I continue to get better with Genji. Hes just a rewarding character to play. You have to work hard to max your DPS, and you really need a decent healer to keep you up. With the rise of Orisa, and Winston's shield buff. Junkrat is just a very important character now. Hes a shield buster... and now that his bombs don't self inflict damage, you can cause mayhem in small rooms without worrying about killing yourself. Some people are foolish enough to challenge your territory with a tank. This game is still not very fun playing solo. I get frustrated waiting for friends to get on as I constantly get people picking hanzo and widow... and then ana as a healer to make it worse. They all just ignore the "too many snipers" warning on the side.... then when you start the match none of them take out the torb turret, bastion, or Phara.

So after playing this sparingly for the last 3 weeks, I've learned 2 things. 1. Diablo is fucking OP as hell. WTF? I was lucky to get him as a lootbox drop and have wrecked face with him. He can win 1v2s and even 1v3s if you're decent and your opponents are poor. He has insane CC, gap closers, damage, HP, and a massive MP pool. He can also trait to regen HP so you can retreat when you're in trouble, and regroup pretty fast. With a support healing and buffing you, you're an unstoppable god. Once I killed 20 heroes and didn't die one time. I'm not really good at this game, but I can beast with Diablo, and I've been rekted a ton by him. You cannot 1v1 him at all, unless you're some pro at the game. I think the only challenging opponent I've had is some dragon like hero that can split into 4-5. 2. The Monk from diablo is a 1v1 beast once you get your ult. 7 sided strike can make even Diablo retreat if you have back up. Spec it to hit more and you'll win every 1v1 encounter with any non tank hero. Once you lay it on them and they try to retreat, you can shadow step to them and continue the beat down. You can spec at the start to regen mana by using basic attacks... you pretty much get unlimited mana from this and can just spam your skills off CD without worrying about running out of juice. Plus you gain a ton of access to spirit shielding, and you have a self/group heal with a short CD. He's very tanky once you've gotten a few upgrades. I pretty much play these two characters exclusively. Mostly because I lock down one lane by myself... even if I can't win the fight, I can stall indefinitely while my teammates go on the offensive.