Ryuuga Wagatekiwo Kurau - The Overwatch Thread

Yeah, I suggested that one too, but Sibling felt that since other than the maniacal laughter at 4 AM they're pretty chill and amiable as kingfishers go, that's not the best fit.

Whatever he has, though, it's definitely slightly toasted. Just like him. :::PPP

 

Link to Ana's comic. (Warning for sound-- the comic is semi-interactive, which is cool.)

 

My very important question: so why didn't they just give her another cybernetic eye?

 

Actually there's dialogue about that!

 

Yeah I think it's a very firm "I was already tired, and this was my sign that it was time to quit" with a sideorder of 'death is a very convenient out for super agents for a multinational organization designed around hunting people down'.

 

oh my god this line of Ana's.

 

that is the best line ever and i want ten million comics drawn about it

 

"BUT MOOOM"

 

Hey so, here's a question: has anyone else been having weird issues with the physics in game? I'm thinking specifically of Pharah splash damage disappearing (not consistent across matches, especially noteworthy in a match where a Genji melee'd me from about ten feet away in game because I was in the air), Reinhardts getting flung into the air when they touch the payload wrong, and Mei's walls flinging people across the map when they're put under them.

I'm trying to see if this is a me thing or if it's a server-side issue. I know the Flying Reinhardt issue exists outside of me+Moony, but I'm not sure about the others.

 

I haven't seen it but I'll keep my eyes open for it.

 

I've been thinking about some Hero concepts, and I dunno, I just wanna share them, I guess.

Hazmat, a Junker, heavily involved in the Australian Liberation Front during her youth. A bit of an Overwatch fangirl, still kinda loyal even after they got to being peaceable with Omnics. Everybody makes mistakes, they'll figure it out. Genuinely wants to do good, but is more than a little impulsive, quick tempered, and vicious. Tends to overreact, and has a very "it's all gone pear shaped, burn it down" approach to problem-solving. I think she's a Aboriginal, and her reaction to the Outback being given to the Omnics is very well shaped by that. Didn't really expect to survive the omnium meltdown, and was pretty well disappointed by the less then steller results of her "sacrifice". Feels obligated to fix things, but keeps coming back to "it's all fucked, kill everything and start over" mode. A bit of an apocalyptic figure in Junker mythology, cause everywhere she goes tends to get utterly wrecked. Would have gotten very tired of destroying everything she touches by this time. Hooks up with Overwatch as a "I've been not doing great things on my own, these guys'll heklp me do right, right??" deal.
Deals in toxins, poisons, corrosives, etc. I think radiation prolly mutated her a bit, made her kinda weird about stuff that'd normally kill her, which is basically all that's kept her alive to this point. Main weapon is a couple tanks of gross junk strapped to her back, which she can short range hose peeps down with and med range shoot gobs. Sticks to the ground for a few seconds, does half damage to anyone who steps on it. One ability is a tar bomb type thing that gunks people down, makes them slow. The other would be a blast of acidic gas at short range, for clearing areas. Like Widow's mine, does damage for as long as you stand in it. Ult would be a jerry can, gets a few seconds to trail flammable liquid around an area, then a second push on the ult button lights it. For laying traps, trapping enemies in an area, etc. "That's it, I'm burning it down" or something. About 200 health, no armor.

Glitch, rogue Vishkar AI, made as a sort of automated city planner, supposed to monitor stuff, make repairs and adjustments in real time. A prototype, kinda secretive. Figured AI might get a bad rap, after the Omnic crisis. Went rogue because, yunno, I can make literally anything. Why should I be stuck here with these squares fixing bridges? Hooks up with Overwatch for protection from Vishkar, who want to avoid everyone knowing that they made an AI that went rogue. Bad publicity, yeh? She's excitable, innocent, has no real sense of morality. Delighted by her abilities and likes thinking of new, creative uses for things.
Mostly does visual trickery. I think her abilities would be turning an ally into a blue team member, visually, for everyone on the map for a tick, and the opposite. Doesn't turn on friendly fire or make peeps immune to enemy damage, just makes a dude look like a friendly/enemy. Make peeps waste time shooting a friendly, or let an enemy trot past the lines. Best if fools turrets, then has a utility even if the enemy is aware of what you're doing.Gun def makes visuals go wonky. Alt fire would be a charge shot, makes a target's screen do an immediate lurch that fades out quick. Main gun would build up and fade out slower, lasting effects. About 200 health, 150 shields. Shields going down would dispel her usual looks, make her a little tiny walking Symmetra turret type thing. Spidery, I'm thinking. Cute. Dunno what her Ult would be.

 

Those are neat! Maybe the AI's ult could be something like a dozen illusory copies of her teammates appear around her and start attacking automatically? They wouldn't actually do any damage, just cause confusion, and they'd follow her around in a loose mob. Would be good for doing pushes on points.

 

That's cool! One thing I was thinking for Glitch was that when she Ults she could scream a random other character's ult phrase instead of having her own. A little bit distorted, just for harrasment purposes, yeh? She'd mostly just be obnoxious to fight.

 

Yeah, she sounds like she'd be fun to annoy people with. A trollbot :D It seems like she'd be a Spy-equivalent character the way that Hanzo and Widowmaker are Sniper-equivalent or Pharah is Soldier-equivalent. (which is to say, not really equivalent at all, but superficially similar and serving a kind of similar role on the team.)

 

I'm convinced that when Pharah was a little kid she had a 'super hero ego' that she called Justice and played as 'Justice' who would defeat the bad guys!!! Just like her mom!!! And Ana knows about this ofc (probably even played that imaginary bad guy good guy game with her).

And thus the snarky callback to 'I think Justice needs a nap'

(This is all headcanon but I refuse to let go)

 

Meanwhile I found this and suddenly I need to play 100% more overwatch

 

I keep forgetting how much competitive sucks and then I give it another go and people are so rude >:I
Playing support in placement matches is not reccommended. Playing support alone at all is not reccommended in general?? why do I keep doing this to myself I have two more games to go and then I can have it officially confirmed that I suck :'D

but, on the positive side; just now I was in a game and I went for Mercy and one of my teammates was like 'no do lucio instead' and i told them i'm a shit lucio but a decent mercy and they were like ok mercy's fine i guess
and at the end of the game (we won, we did great) they told me 'you were right, mercy is better' and i am still very happy about that

 

Nobody wants to play support in competitive. That's how I ended up playing my first Mercy in a competitive match. Guys, please, good team comp helps us all succeed.

I managed to artistically suck at my matches. Win fail fail win fail fail win fail fail win. Made a lovely little pattern.

 

If it helps even though my laptop sucks too much to play from home I'm only any good at all playing support or defence (if I was less terribad then I would join your team if you'd have me)