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The Overwatch Thread

Seriously though I wish you all luck in getting Oni Genji, hope you enjoy Heroes of the Storm enough to stay, be sure to ask for Recruitment from other plays in the Heroes thread though, I already got enough to help out.

Anyway, Sombra's Origin and gameplay video got released, she looks fun, if you like Spy chances are you'll like her. I'm definitely gonna be using her due to my immense hatred of the Bastion fallback comp, and she can also hack Tjorborn turrets, so that'll be another counter, and just means those two gotta work harder, always a fan of that.
 
I'm really curious how her camo is gonna work. she looks like she's faster during came, but can you shoot while in camo? or does shooting make you visible again? can you hack while invisible? Her ultimate is basically a ranged version of her hack but what about ultimates that are already active like Zara or Lucio? Does it make it go poof? I really want to know these. And her voice sounds really similar to the little girl from 76's short, but that might be just me.
 
Gamrdogg said:
I'm really curious how her camo is gonna work. she looks like she's faster during came, but can you shoot while in camo? or does shooting make you visible again? can you hack while invisible?

If she fires or is damaged, while her camo is active, she loses her invisibility.
 
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yup. just like in Halo.

you can run around but the second something happens you become visible again.
 
sigh... but really. the question stands...

Is Hacker Girl waifu material?

I think not.
 
Gamrdogg said:
Her ultimate is basically a ranged version of her hack but what about ultimates that are already active like Zara or Lucio? Does it make it go poof?

Update on Lucio ult. If an enemy Lucio ults his team and then you ult right after that, it nullifies all those shields he just gave to his team.

Force has the numbers down from his time during Blizzcon.

 
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Los Muertos Legendary Skin
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One of her legendary skin imagines a young Sombra as a member of Los Muertos, a revolutionary group that formed after Mexico was left devastated by the Omnic Crisis.
This design, the team says, takes her in an even more audacious direction.

Cyberspace Skin
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Sombra’s other skin is a cyber concept, which the team says is meant to double down on the cyber-suit concept they enjoyed so much.
In other words, she’s covered in metal and really blue.
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Yeah thx man. You helped a great amount.
 
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so when it comes to the oni genji skin did all the console players get the short end of the stick? :y

I doubt it. They have not confirmed it's PC only. The Bastion Blizzcon skin carried over from the PC to the console version as well.

You can link a Battle.net account to your console account which grants access to cross-game promotions like this.
 
New Map: Oasis
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  • It is a Control map in the same vein as Nepal, Ilios and Lijiang Tower.
  • It will feature the game's first jump-pad, allowing you to get up high to strategic locations near capture points.
  • The team believes it will create a rich opportunity for amazing play highlights.
  • The city of Oasis is set in the middle-east desert. The developers wanted somewhere that would provide new architectural cues for the design process
New Map: Eco Point (AKA Mei's Frozen Tomb)
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Eco Point is one of two new battlegrounds that the company revealed during BlizzCon.
The other is Oasis, a desert-themed Control-style map that will come to the game in December.

Overwatch will receive an Arcade mode, which will be playable on the Public Test Realm next week.

Arcade mode includes both one-versus-one and three-versus-three play.
It will feature “a variety of regularly rotating alternate game modes,” unique rulesets, and chances to earn extra experience and loot.
It’s the first new mode to come to the game since the introduction of Competitive Play in June.

Players will be able to test out the feature on PC before it launches across other platforms at a later date.
The same is true of the wintery Eco Point map, which allows for both one-on-one duels and three-on-three fights.

Expect to find Arcade, Eco Point and Sombra on the PTR next Tuesday, when the game typically updates.​
 
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Jutsei said:
Seriously though I wish you all luck in getting Oni Genji, hope you enjoy Heroes of the Storm enough to stay, be sure to ask for Recruitment from other plays in the Heroes thread though, I already got enough to help out.
Battle.Net info said:
Challenge Details
Your challenge, should you choose to accept, is to party up with one or more of your friends and play at least 15 Heroes of the Storm games in Co-op vs. AI, Quick Match, Unranked Draft, or Ranked modes between November 15 and January 4.

I guess I'll try to do the matches against AI just to get this done and get the skin, so is it possible to win on this game against AI with no knowledge about this game at all? Also, is it just "play 15 games" or "win 15 games"?
 
Thats pretty kool.
 
If you want to know the strengths and weaknesses of Sombra's hack. Here's a video that helps on that.

 
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What I still don't know yet is can Sombra hack while invisible? Because it's gonna be really hard to hack a turret or a reinhardt if said turret auto locks onto you or reinhardt keeps his shield on you preventing you from starting the hack in the first place.
 
I tested it in the practice range. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you try to hack while invisible, you'll become visible before you start channeling the hack. This doesn't apply when you deploy a transporter, though.
 
If thats the case then its unfortunate but understandable, it should still give you a little bit of free hack time tho so I guess thats kool. The most I can think of is during a team fight to go invis to flank the enemy while having a teleporter set up. Should still do the job of messing with the reinhardt as he'd either have to focus on you or the team and you can tele-out if things get dodgy.
 
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Huh, Mei is becoming more like the TF2 Pyro in dealing with Spy-like characters.
 
Sombra and the new modes are out. Enjoy the 10GB update.
 
And I was saving up for the Los Muertos skin. This took me off guard. I still don't even have enough yet. :(
Also enjoy your Sombra mirrors in Arcade mode. Gonna be annoying as fuck.
 
I'm not committing to a legendary skin for her just yet, grabbed a voice line and her Hacked Heroic Intro, though.
Gotta do something with those empty coins from th boxes that didn't wanna give me Dr. Junkenstein
 
Played some games as Sombra, she is a lot of fun. She reminds me of Tracer but with slightly better attack ability, mainly due to the amount of damage she can deal before she needs to reload. She can have a really good initiating game by hacking first or just by being invisible and blindsiding an opponent.
 
So how good is the synergy between Sombra and support classes? Does Zenyatta's orb of harmony stay on a cloaked Sombra?
 
KZN02 said:
So how good is the synergy between Sombra and support classes? Does Zenyatta's orb of harmony stay on a cloaked Sombra?
Yes, but it becomes invisible when you do so.

As does Mercy's beam.

I don't know how Ana works.
 
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