DeathscytheX

Yeah, they really need to have better RnG on battle pickups... Battlefront's random spawns didn't go far enough because people still memorized them all and made sure to hang out next to them. In fact I think it had the same sequence of respawns every time since the same person would be the hero 90% of the match. It needs to be heavily RNGed to where the loud minority complain that they need to be more predictable. I want everyone to have it as rarely as I get it. People more busy camping possible spawns and not PTFO is bad no matter what they are waiting to get. The mortar was so OP, because you could see spotted people on its on mini-radar. Thanks to my turtles I could hear them in the distance and start running whether it was coming my way or not. I didn't stay still until I heard it hit. Without the minimap, I'd guess it would work more LOS, and be used for putting pressure on objectives.

Believe it or not, Winston is the worst character to use if you want to knock someone off the edge. He can only do it in his ult from, while Junkrat, Phara, Lucio, D.Va, Reinhardt and Roadhog have standard abilities to do the trick. That being said, there are some maps, depending on the control point that is up, you can really go ham and knock a bunch of people off the map at once with Primal Rage. The mouse and keyboard would only benefit a few characters. Widow, Genji, and McCree would be the top contenders. It def gives people an advantage, but how much of an advantage isn't as big as it would be on COD, Destiny, and Battlefield. The character diversity of Overwatch and how much counter there is to projectiles makes it less noticeable. I would accuse someone of using it last night because everytime I knocked him out of D.Va's mech, he'd jump up and down to make him hard to hit while he had perfect aim on me. A practice that is widely used on PC. Anyone I see jumping around and shooting (with a character that needs to make precise shots) I'm suspicious of. You simply can't aim effectively like that with a controller. Side to side is more likely. It something I've done since COD4.

I love me some Junkrat. Now that I got a better handle on his bomb bounce, and his mine jump, He's my go to on defense. He's one of those, easy to play, but a little bit more to master type characters. The utter chaos he brings to the table suits his character though. We lost this match in the end because of the D.Va nuke, but it was almost a good comback. I cut this next one down because there were a lot of dull moments. I got 41 eliminations the whole match. The other team wasn't very good, and I basically was cheesing it tossing bombs through doors and cracks, racking up elims... you'll see some of that going on in the video still XD. Near the start no one is paying attention to what I was doing. I'm especially proud of my double shutdown of Reaper and Genji at the end. Thats one thing Junk is great for. When people save up their ults for the final push, you can really disrupt their chances at mutli-kills. This last one is a competitive match on Volskaya. We managed to cap both points on our attack run, and this was the end of our defense. I didn't edit it because I'm lazy, so youll have to deal with my deaths and respawns. I got 30 eliminations with Winston and I knocked 76 and Mercy off the map near the end, netting me PoTM... and Reinhardt gets more votes than me.. wtf? People in competitive are super salty, hardly anyone votes like in quick play. Wintson is under appreciated on Console, he can absolutely melt 200HP characters at close range, and you can shut down people's ult's with that bubble shield. I encased Reaper and D.Va in this video doing their ult, and I blocked 76 a few times with help from our Mei. EDIT: big shout out to the Mercy player that kept my ass alive.

This movie was a hell of a lot of fun. Screw reviews. Was it a masterfully written story with deep, complex characters a rich dialogue? Hell no, who was really expecting it to have all that? It was a ton of action and light humor. I'd say it was very 80ish action at that. It was like Inglorious Basterds from hell. Will Smith put on one of his best performances in a long while and Margret Robbie nailed Harley Quinn despite what people were complaining about the over sexualization of the character. Yes her costume was pure fan service, but she nailed the persona. Leto was a very dark Joker, I liked it, but Ledger was better. Then again this film is way more comic-y and less serious.

McCree was nerfed, buffed, then nerfed again. I've seen some game ending High Noons, that I've been on the receiving end of. Maps that have high spots on the final checkpoint work well for him becuase hes such a sitting duck normally. His ability to instakill other 200HP heroes makes him popular, and he has made Phara less popular since he can snipe her out of the sky with 1-2 shots depending on the range. Players are probably Ana's biggest issue. when someone picks her on control, I cringe just like if someone picks widow. They'll never try to contest the point, they just sit back and try to be a pro sniper. Its like someone picking bastion or torb on attack. If you're pushing forward, there is no reason to pick these characters. Blizzard has really done great with the constant balances. When things get nerfed too hard they tend to fix them eventually. McCree is still a work in progress, and I'm sure Torb will get buffed again. Right now I play D.Va, Junkrat, 76, Tracer, and Zenyatta the majority of the time. I'll throw in a Reaper, Lucio, and Wintston every once in a while.

Torb was probably one of the most popular pics on defense. You'd see him 99% of the time because his turrets were very strong on console. Widowmaker isn't picked very much and the only console counter was Reinhardt's charge or Genji. Bastion isn't as popular anymore because people finally have learned to swap to Genji, Tracer, and depending on the map Reaper to deal with him. Torbs turrets are smaller and can be put in more inconvenient locations for the opposing team while bastion sticks out like a sore thumb. Torbs turrets were probably one of the best counters to Tracer too... if she was more popular on console he may have not received such a huge nerf. (Yeah, I don't get why Tracer isn't popular, I used her a lot and dominate with her) Ana is ass on console. Mainly because of some of the points you brought up. Shes not supposed to be a main healer. But if there is no healer, some people will just pick her. Zenyatta isn't suppose to be a main healer either, (even though I found myself in that role today), but his offensive power is a lot stronger and he regens health. On console you rarely see 2 healer team comps. If I want to play Zenyatta, I wait for someone to pick a healer and then I pick him only to hope they don't swap because they think someone else volunteered to be team healer. Chalk it up to the console scene being way more casual. Hell, I get frustrated myself playing Lucio or Zen when people run away out of my AoE/LoS and I cant help them when they are at crit. What also doesn't help is when Ana players biotic boost the wrong person. Don't give it to McCree, hes already strong enough and can only single out targets. Give it to Reinhardt, D.Va, Phara, or someone that can do some serious widespread damage. I've been boosted as Reaper and its pretty nuts while it lasts. What sucks is if you use your ult as D.Va shes doesn't keep the boost outside of the suit. I'd say right now for console: McCree and Soldier 76 are the most popular offensive heroes while Phara has lost some popularity, and Tracer isn't popular for some reason, even though shes a monster. That being said, you never see terrible tracer players. Its pretty hard to be terrible with Tracer. Just keep moving and shoot. You're a counter to tanks, your a counter to everyone with very little counters to yourself. Shes actually very OP on console because of controller aiming. I have to swap to Junkrat and throw my bomb and trap in hopes of catching her. I'll also try Winston becasue its easier to hit her with his feather duster. McCree, Hanzo, Widow, Torb, Phara, or any character that requires single shot accuracy? Forget trying to hit Tracer. Hanzo and Junkrat are the most popular defensive heroes, with Junkrat leading easily. His area denial is just too good on console and Hanzo requires more skill to make hits. If it wasn't for his ult, he probably wouldn't be as popular. Mei, Widow, and Torb are the least popular. I'd put Bastion in the middle, but falling D.Va is newly the most popular tank, Zarya is the least popular no question. She's a rare pick, and when she is picked, its generally by someone that knows what they are doing. Winston, Roadhog, and Reinhardt are equally picked pretty frequently still. For support, sadly Ana is too popular because of her newness. Lucio remains the most popular legitimate healer, while Symmetra is the least popular character in the entire game on console. I mean, why is she even a support with her lousy 25 shield buff, no healing, and turrets that were nerfed for no sensible reason? They got the same 30% buff Torb's did. But her turrets are as fragile as glass. Winston can melt them all with his gun easily. I heard she was way too strong in alpha/closed beta, but damn they neutered her. She should be swapped to defense and get some reworks. Her teleported ult is useful on defense, but outside of that shes not fun to play. Turrets suck, her secondary fire is ass, I mean, you have to really blow or get caught completely by surprised to get hit by it. And her primary fire range is terrible.

So after playing post patch here are some thoughts on how the game has changed. Torbjorn is utter garbage now. The nerf was way too harsh. No one picks him anymore because his turrets suck, and so does his primary. The turrets should have had a 15% nerf instead of a 30%, or Torb's main weapon should get a ROF increase and a significant one at that, because he is built to support his turret, and not really to go head to head with anyone. Ana sucks, and it sucks that everyone wants to play her. Her ROF paired with her low damage makes her just bad. she doesn't heal very much per shot, and the biotic boost doesn't last long enough to really do anything. The sleep dart is the only thing she has going for her. If shes the only healer on your team, or even on your team to begin with, you might as well be 5v6. They should scale her damage vs. tanks or something, because unlike widow, she doesnt get rapid fire up close, its the same bolt action. D.VA is a f'n monster now. I love this for my favorite tank. Her defense matrix's 10 second cool down is now toggled and recharges off a 1 sec CD. This makes her survivablility skyrocket, when before it was trash compared to other tanks. Her ult is more useful now that you don't die from it and its a second faster. I'm so happy they gave her some love because shes way more competitive now, and people pick her more often. She doesn't have Rienhardt's blocking ability, but you can get up in Phara/McCree/Roadhog's face and absorb all of their ult. Zenyatta, holy crap hes a beast now. Having 200HP makes a world of difference. 150 of it being shield, it slowly comes back if you get to somewhere safe. They toned down his primary attack slightly, but its hardly noticeable. I think he is in a great spot right now. The discord orb is such a asset vs Winston, Roadhog, and D.Va. Zarya, while not many changes if any were made to her, Mercy's new 50% buff makes her hell to deal with. She can mow anyone down with that buff, including D.VA through her shield. Mercy isn't picked as much anymore because of her ult charge increased, but honestly it needed it. It was a little too OP with how fast it came back... her damage buff and mobility makes her a bigger asset than she was before. Hes hard a hell to kill now. I was getting so frustrated trying to kill her the past few days because she could get away so fast. If you didn't have any gap closers, you were going to get her. Lucio is still the preferred healer because he provides AOE healing and it takes significantly less skill to use him. His mobility was increased by requiring less buttons to deal with while wall riding. I witnessed a cheese defense method where the other team had 2 Lucios and they kept wall riding and jumping on and off the payload from side to side walls contesting it and making it hard to shoot at them. Here are a few clips I'm proud of. This won the match, so I'm proud of it. Holding down the point with D.Va

LMAO

Bloodstone Fen is something I've always wanted in this game. An open world PvE way to grind for ascended trinkets without the timegate of laurels. Events spawn relatively fast and there is plenty of magic to gather even if the map dies. Since there most likely wont be another map for 4-6 months, I hope they keep BSF fresh. The map wont get any bigger like DT did when ti came out, but I hope they do somethign similar to SW where the meta changes over the course of the story. Vinewrath didn't appear until the last episode of Season 2. I don't expect anything major like that because the Jade Constructs/Unbound Guardian is pretty epic on it own. The map is pretty profitable as well. I made 25g today grinding it for about 6 hours. DR seems to be more forgiving too, especially since you start in the 440's with karma. After two good days of farm, I'm 2500 away from getting that node. Its the biggest grind of the map besides rubies. I'm glad they added a special set of dailies for the map that gives you karma and rubies. If they keep the map the same, I hope they add another ring and 2 accessories before season 3 is over. The map would stay alive for a long time. One of the raid bosses appearing it open world was a nice touch for those of us that don't raid. And I liked the added mechanic of forcing us to use reflects on the jade bows. I always love when they toss in mechanics that are more than press 1 and CC for break bar. I'll be curious too see if Tiami's experiment leads to a version of Gorvesal in the open world.

It was def my usb adapter. It seems people with wireless cards weren't affected as much. USB adapters are the main source. I got my new one in today and at first it was doing the same thing. Even though it said the best drivers were installed, I had to hunt down the actual windows 10 driver and install it with a drag and drop. o_O; Once I did that it works. I actually only lose about 2-5mbps as opposed to the 10 I'd lose with my old one. There are still packet losses here or there, but its minimal. Hopefully future patches will fix this. Just searching it seems to be a widespread problem.

LMAO this is funny, every time I watch it.

No, my router is just an wireless-N. Its about 2-3 years old. http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-make-your-windows-look-any-way-you-want-1784215986?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow I've been tinkering with this a bit, Its pretty cool.

It sounds like Nintendo is trying to siphon their handheld success into their next console. This may or may not work. As harsh of a critic as I have been on them, I am a little intrigued. I wouldn't take this out somewhere in public, but it could have functionality bringing over to a friend's place and playing console to console. One thing I've come to realize is that Nintendo can't afford to build the infrastructure similar to XBL or PSN. MS and Sony are very large companies that aren't limited to the gaming market. They have more resources than Nintendo has. Still, a console with decent specs and a normal controller would still be nice. Even if the online service was non existent.

My wifi is still slow. I ordered a new USB adapter. Mine hasnt had a driver update since 2013, and there are 3 newer models that have come out since I've had mine. I bought a linksys dual band one though so I'll see if that helps any.

I'm already starting to regret this upgrade. GW2 keeps giving me the 58:11:5:504:101 error and boots me to the char select screen, sometimes I cant even get into the game, and when I do I get massive skill lag with no change in ping. I clean installed my graphics drivers and that isn't the issue. I had to change some settings on my wifi to get it to run at a decent speed, but its slower than what my phone is getting, when it didn't use to be like that. I opened a ticket to anet and they had me run some game advisor app. I sent them the results and I'm waiting to hear back. Edit: now I can't even connect to the Internet to try to download drivers for my wireless USB. I was getting 1300 ping on gw2 and the anet support said there was packet loss. This is pissing me off.

I played the world boss tonight, It was interesting. A lot of getting downed involved. So much AoE it reminds me of the Division at times. I found two communal MP along with a champ fight that gives one... but I still need one more because there is a new mastery line I spent one MP on. What is interesting though is that I was gaining XP for that even though I didn't have it selected. I assume this is a change or else I would have been wasting all that XP on nothing. The new area is neat. Leyline gliding will make life a whole hell of a lot easier. Hopefully I can finish up the story tomorrow.. I def need to get some blood stone consumers. WTF the bloodstone nodes give you bloodstone dust with a small chance at a ruby.

WTF, WP didn't care about Scruffy and his death scene? What an asshole.

Sweet!

First trailer is up!

That brief moment with Rytlock commemorating Eir hit me in the gut. It's gonna be hard to go through that part with Braham present. ;_;