Ryuuga Wagatekiwo Kurau - The Overwatch Thread

So, did you guys know that Shield Generator shields mcfucking stack? Because they mcfucking stack.

 

i was in a 6 stack and we picked all support, 1 genji as a joke attacking on volskaya
and then genji got a quadruple kill and we took the 1st point
and then the enemy team thought they had the situation well in hand and were basically spawn killing
so i told my team to just hang out in spawn, snuck in on a moving platform, and teleported all of us to near the point and we fucking took it
they didn't make it back in time
this is the best fucking thing ive ever done i'm crying

 

Spoiler: A Genyatta Draw I did for the SecretSantaWatch

 

So they're apparently releasing a new map called Oasis that's in Iraq! It looks nice.

 

And you can be killed by the cars on the map!

 

Here's the bnet launcher video showcasing it! (Having played it on the PTR, can confirm it's a blast.)

 

i love oasis, it's so pretty

fun fact: symmetra calls it "a place to her liking" when you're playing as her on it

 

holy shit it's so pretty

 

I don't even play the game, but seconded. Wow, is that a pretty map.

(Of course, the trailer's comments took about two threads to start yelling about ISIS)

 

Is Oasis not out on PC?? Haha, suck it!! Consoles had it since Tuesday.

 

There was an issue with the patch on Tuesday where PC didn't get it for at least a couple hours, but it is live on PC now. I think consoles did actually get it first for once though. :P

 

I'm kinda ashamed of how unironically gleefully that makes me.

 

That's OK, playing on PC is still better.

 

Favorite thing that's happened so far on Oasis: I was going after a low-health Reinhardt, trying to finish him off. He was backing up, holding up his shield... unfortunately for him, he backed up right into the stream of cars. Priceless.

 

oasis is nice! it feels a lot less railroad-y/streamlined than most other king of the hill maps, if that makes sense? could definitely be that I'm just not used to it yet tho

also one of the points is wonderful for symmetra - the one with the cave-ish thing beneath the point? you can booby trap it and it's great.
you can also put sentries on your way up from the jump pad.
ehehehehehhehe

 

KOTH in general is kind of my least favorite game mode because I don't like how it advantages/disadvantages some heroes and I generally just disconnect if I see I'm getting matched to a KOTH map.

That being said, Oasis is very, very pretty, and not quite as bad at the "if you can't stand on the point and win close range firefights reconsider your hero choice" sort of thing.

 

Huh. isn't that more the maps than the game mode, though? i mean, for example pharah is great for most of ilios and sanctum in nepal, but nnnnot so great for the rest of nepal, usually
then again i still play nearly exclusively mercy SO i may have missed something here

 

Yeah, but I don't like being shoehorned into/out of playing certain heroes based on the map choice, and in general KOTH maps tend to have a lot of stuff in common like a focus on close-range fire-fights and lack of sight lines for snipers. Outside of KOTH, I think the viability of heroes more depends on offense/defense position and the enemy comp rather than sheer map geometry.

 

one day my team will fight on the payload
one day
today is not that day

 

Oasis is really nice for making Pharah more viable, that's for damn sure. Sniping too, actually.