Do you guys have some tips on how to improve, generally or specifically (with a character), in Overwatch?
I get confused by all the information of things going on at once and get killed easily. It's like, I can see some of my enemies and by the time I found a way to reach or shoot them, something else happens and I'm just lost in a feeling of helplessness. I want to gitgut and play better with friends but its really stressful and I get dizzy playing this.
>>340181139
> play the most casualized brainless shooter out there
> need to improve
how bout you improve by pulling your ethernet cable off
>>340181247
I never play fps or team games like this so its new to me.
>>340181139
Watch some streams and spectate other players.
Most of the reload animations are quicker than they seem. I.E., with roadhog's shotgun, you're fully reloaded as soon as he shoves the trash into it, and don't have to wait until he closes it again.
This won't matter if you're only reloading, but you can use another ability right after he shoves it in and not have to waste the extra second or two. (I usually start reload, jump behind cover, and use the heal as soon as he mashes ammo in)
>>340181773
Also remember that this is a game about counters, not whatever hero you're best with. Always change heroes to counter whoever the enemy is using,because most of the time your team won't.
>>340181301
Walking aiming and shooting is new?
Press E + right click to win as McCree.
>>340182169
After years of rpg/mmo, etc. it is to me.
McREEEEE isn't hitscan right?
Just play 76.
>>340182424
I mean, not the action of walking and shooting but the speed of all this, combined to various visual/audio cue
What's the best way to D.va?
Or is there one?
Gun is too shit for medium long, mech is too shit for trying to close range duel.
Is the cuteness all she has going for her? I just wanted to mech pilot.
>>340181139
Does this game have ranks based on skill/playtime? Or am I going to be pitted against people who have been playing since the beta if I buy it now? That would kind of suck.
>>340182576
I always try to get behind the enemy team to harass them. Usually you can kill a couple of squishy character easily (widow, mercy, even bastion is fair game). Of course this means you dont fly over everything. You can if you need to kill a sniper on top of a building. Play D.VA like an annoying pest and you'll have fun and good results.
>>340182248
how about something more useful?
>toss flashbang over reinhardts shield to stun him
>>340182576
your job as d.va isn't doing massive amounts of damage
you use energy matrix to block damage from turrets, bastions, widows, etc and then shift to find them and harass them
your ultimate clears points really well but if you actually want to kill with it it's best to coordinate it with ults like reinhardt's or zarya's or launching it on point on KOTH maps
With Symettra, I make sure that my turrets are placed in hard-to-shoot locations (on the back of archways for example) and spam the fully-charged M2 attack into Reinhardt shields because it passes through them
also SHIELD YOUR TEAMMATES
if you're playing Lucio, use the M2 attack to knock people off of cliffs or into non-advantageous positions
also wallrun is great if you can pull it off well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viOMLXI2Xwc
>>340182576
You have the means to dash in and out of combat. You're also quite deadly on your feet provided you're at a distance from your target. D.VA on her feet has absolutely no means of getting a Symmetra, Reaper or an irritating Winston off of her so it's a death sentence if you pop the suit in the middle of an enemy encampment without activating your ult.
A good thing to do with D.Va is activate her barrier thing because it absorbs gun ults, concentrated turret fire and all that kinds of good shit. If your team isn't stupid then they'll realize they can push behind you and tag a Bastion or Tolberone from a distance. You have very little to fear from a Toblerone turret--you can close the distance and blow that thing to all hell.
Harrassing Snipers is also a D.Va specialty but be wary--there is no getting a Symmetra off of you. And a Zenyatta will immediately discord and fuck your shit.
>>340182752
It has matchmaking that matches you with people of equal skill. It isn't perfect but it works pretty well.
As for general tips, most ultimate abilities have a very loud and specific audio cue (IT'S HIGH NOON), so listen for them and act accordingly.
>>340181139
How to I become a better healslut with Mercy?
literally HOW do I play genji
I can never hit anybody with swift strike and the moment anybody decides to pay attention to me, I die
Don't be afraid to hop on an objective when you're about to lose , initiate overtime. You can buy your team valuable time by doing so.
>>340183993
Use his agility and block ability to escape sticky situations
>>340181139
The only tip that anyone need to be better at Overwatch is to remember that shooting peoples' heads does more damage. The game's pretty damn shallow.
>>340183993
Double-jump and strafe like a motherfucker, learn to lead your shuriken shots, and if they're too hard to hit, sacrifice damage and use your alt-fire instead. Also, be sure to start deflecting enemies while they're firing, if they're using an auto/semi-auto weapon, otherwise it's too easy for them to stop firing.
>>340183993
His movement is like a poverty TF2 Scout. Spam jump, throw your projectiles, and use your reflect when being shot at (especially against Bastion). That's pretty much it.
Just got to 100 games, 57 wins.
Does anyone actually have a lower win rate than 50%?
How do I exist as Zenyatta?
I've played it for 13 hours and I get killed by basically every hero in half a second at medium range.
I have been fucking erased by 76 from really far away in less than a second cause he headshot me.
The hitbox is so huge that Tracer can melt you from mid range and doesn't even have to get in close.
If anyone, literally anyone, gets in close, it's over.
And let's not even mention the fucking french blueberry of instant hero-deletion.
What the fuck do I do? How do I live?
How the fuck are you supposed to win on some maps like Temple of Anubis when Mercy keeps reviving people like every 2 min?
>>340185053
Anon it's literally impossible for everyone to have a winrate higher than 50%.
>>340185053
I have like 550 games played and 297 wins. I keep getting put in some rage quitter's spot where I lose the minute I get into a game.
Always test the M2 of every character, some of them have alternate firing modes that are not entirely clear at first glance. Torbjorn has a shotgun, for example, and Roadhog has a displaced shotgun blast that flies off for a short distance [and if it hits anything during that period does very little damage] but then explodes into a full shotgun blast that can shred enemies you couldn't hit with your regular shot. Pretty useful if someone is trying to get away after you've hooked them and didn't quite manage to kill with the first shot.
I there should be a Tracer on your team at all times. She is a very good instigator (especially behind reinhardt) and can flank very well with well timed blinks.
My main is always Tracer but sometimes I like to switch to Pharah if they have more then two Torbjorns.
Remember when TF2 was first released and people complained THAT was a sluggish and casualized fps?
What the fuck happened?
>>340185127
Meet a nice Reinhardt and hide behind his shield like a good boy and do DPS
>>340185881
>hide behind his shield
>enemy flanker comes in
>instantly evaporates you with no chance of failure unless he has a spontaneous seizure or disconnects
>runs away
>even if he dies he traded his life for a healer pick
I always loved sniper rifles in FPSs but suck using them in PVP. I want to break my streak and get better but what's the best way to do so?
I know the fundamentals is to anticipate the shot but i always manage to just miss by a hair's breath. Should I just keep playing PVP constantly as a sniper and die until I get better or does going into training mode actually help out?
>>340186245
Don't worry about any of that with Widowmaker, she's braindead easy to play
>>340185127
>what the fuck do I do
Your most basic function, even more basic than healing I'd say, is being an Orb of Discord dispenser that turns every tank into a pretty paper crane for the rest of your team to murder effortlessly. If you can't move and fight because there's someone tagging you and you cam't shake it off, at least applying your orb to tanky enemies is already quite useful. But of course, if there's a widowmaker or a good Pharah making short work of you every time you leave the spawn, swap heroes.
![zenyatta-victory-pose-3-peace[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/vO4APTV.png "zenyatta-victory-pose-3-peace[1].png")
If I can't see you, I can't heal you.
If you walk out of my line of sight, you're going to die, so don't come crying to me because you wanted to be a lone wolf and walk into the enemy with no one to assist you.
I'm over here doing my damnedest to heal everyone and make sure everyone's staying alive, but if you go somewhere I can't go, you're most likely going to die.
So, stick together, stay behind the tank, and let me throw my balls at you.
>>340185246
Excuse me
>>340182576
D.Va isn't a tank so much as a backline harasser.
Your main targets are people like Widowmaker, Hanzo, Mercy, Toblerone and Bastion - mostly squishy and/or static targets who like to sit back, essentially.
Learn the layout of maps and use your boost to flank over buildings or around otherwise-impossible gaps.
Almost always initiate combat by boosting into the enemy, it'll hit for 50 damage and get you immediately into rape-range for your shotguns.
If the enemy is smart, they'll try to back away - your guns lose 99% of their damage once the enemy is around 3 inches or further from you, so don't fall into the trap of thinking "I can get this guy!" just because you're sorta-close, you want to be within spitting distance at all times.
Against heroes with high damage/low ammo pool weapons, throw down defence matrix mid-attack to (hopefully) bait them into wasting ammo - Reaper, Roadhog and Toblerone can all end up wasting their entire magazine long before defence matrix drops, letting you unload on them as they're forced to reload.
>>340186327
not him but I cant aim for shit so even widow is hard for me. I get like 3 elimination and 5 death and then just switch. I'm literally unable to aim at anything that doesnt stand still for 2 seconds.
>>340186245
Don't lead your shots when zoomed in as Widowmaker since her weapon is hit-scan it will hit exactly where you are aiming. Hanzo is one where you need to lead your shots more.
PRO TIP
DO NOT PLAY HANZO
EVER
LIKE EVER
and your winrate will go up by 10%
also advise your team to not pick hanzo ask them to switch if they accidentally picked hanzo
>>340185246
>>340185246
Google it dumbass the forced 50 is a v meme, kaplan himself said it was a myth
>inb4 BLIZZARD LIES GAME SHIT DEAD ON ARRIVAL NO REALLY ITS DYING GUYS REEEEE
>>340186879
Go back to /a/ genji. You weeb.
>>340186787
Just do not play her on offense you will be the bane of your team's existence
>>340186654
Reaper takes like a split second to reload, so I wouldn't even fight a reaper as Dva.
If you ever fight a Dva up close id recommend just slapping her while her defense matrix is up until she drops it
what makes me sick are people that only play one or two characters exclusively then as they level up continue to play those characters because they never bothered to learn others early on.
Reaper can cancel his reload animation by using a melee attack once he gets rid of his shotguns.
Makes reloading ~1 second shorter.
>>340185246
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20744524460
Dipshit
>>340182576
have a mercy suck your cock, damage boost plus infinity ammo = win, just remember you have to have a smart team for this
>>340187521
You fucking idiot
>It's impossible for everyone to have more than 50% winrate
as in
SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE UNDER 50
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO HAVE OVER 50
YOU MONGOLOID
>>340182576
also, put your ult on top of payloads on the last push, will win games
Every once in a while get a team full of reinhardts and bum rush the objective.
If you guys get smoked, look at their team and adjust accordingly but every now and then you will overwhelm the enemy team who is set up to take on squishies and you will aquire a free point.
sometimes so quick that they are not set up at the second and you can cap that in under a minute too.
This is horrible advice and should only be taken if you are 100% willing to lose and be called a faggot. Shit is fun as fuck though when it works.
who cares its a game for underageb& reddit faggots
>>340187429
Thx Im gonna use that
>>340181139
Overwatch is aimed at shitters like yourself op
Overwatch is baby's first fps
>>340187348
There are only maybe three characters I am useless as and thats only because I am balls at sniping.
If you are not thumbing through characters constantly to get the best results for your team then you just arent playing the game right.
>>340187348
Not everyone likes all kinds of character. I love to play D.VA to harass the other team and dea lwith sniper/bastion/etc. My time played as something else is usually entirely map dependent (like playing lucio at Ilios to push people of ledges, or Reaper when the other team goes full tanks). But really, I dont like that switch that much if possible.
>>340187429
It doesn't make reloading any faster, just adds a melee hit
>>340187676
Maybe I should stop assuming /v/ is deliberately trying to be cancer. Figured he was spouting the forced 50% winrate bullshit thats been all over these threads
>>340188156
Maybe you should've stayed in school, shithead
Holyshit I'm fucking mad. How is this fair
>Defend route 66
>other team as a lv92 and 86, we average around lv45-50
>They setup on the payload with 2 Reinharth, 1 bastion and there's a mercy staying near them. Meanwhile they have a widow and McGee moving around.
>I pick junkrat to try to deal with this. A teammate pick Pharah for similar reasons
>Get absolutely BTFO by bastion and widow. Literally cant be anywhere near the payload or get shit, stunned by McGee, etc.
>It takes Pharah's ult and blind grenading to move them a little.
>Reinharth usually just looks at me shield up like "haha motherfucker, you aint doing shit"
God damn it, we lost hard. The one time where we killed them, mercy just rez everyone like nothing happened. Jesus christ. Nerf Bastion damage, or Reinharth shield, or Widow's damage.
>>340188340
Well at least we're back to autistic shrieking and anger, all is right with the world
Tip for Hanzo: Press H
>>340187348
>Mainly play Reinhardt and Zenyatta
>Think about playing another character that's more focused on damage
>Everyone else picks damaging characters
>Get stuck playing either Tank or Healer because people don't want to play anything other than damage
I'll play other characters when people want to actually work together as a team and when other people pick a damage character.
>>340188352
There's a hidden mmr, levels don't mean shit.
>>340188735
*when other people pick a tank or healing character.
>>340188735
>want to start trying out Tracer
>at least 3 people always lock in damage characters a split second after i load in
>stuck playing tank or healer forever
>>340188765
what does it means whn there a star under a player's name? And I'm not talking about the ult ready icon.
>>340188735
How about you stop giving a shit about team comp and play whatever you want?
Your team clearly don't care, why would you?
>>340188735
>Gimping your fun in unranked because of others
Nigga play what the fuck you want. Someone else will switch
>>340188352
A good genji/sniper could have gotten you out of that pickle
>>340188932
Just flair for having a high enough level
>>340189036
You are scum
>>340188916
It's even worse if you want to try McCree, at least Tracer isn't as popular as Mr. Hold On Man. First pick of every team seems to be either McCree, Reaper, or Genji
>>340189181
>Pay 40$
>Can't play what I want
Yeah, no.
>>340188735
Are...are you me?
>>340183436
>works very well
No way. Every fucking team I join they are dumb as fucking bricks and it's usually just me pushing payload or capturing objectives. Teammates don't have a clue of what team comp is, but the enemy team seems to be more aware and 10x better than my team. The games are ALWAYS one sided and it's either you're stomping or you're getting stomped.
>>340181139
Is it true the match-making system in blizzard forces you to have basically a 50/50 win/lose ratio in solo queues?
Can someone who knows the system better elaborate? I'd imagine quitting mid-game and shit probably gets you grouped up with a bunch of shitters afterwards
>>340189865
Partially this but i have actually had quite a few games that were close. My problem is that i always find myself getting put into matches with level 80-90s that have been playing non stop and I'm only like 30ish.
>>340189263
>19 fan the hammer kills
>19 eliminations
so when are you guys going to move this shit to /vg/
>>340189894
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20744524460>>340189894
>>340190505
I'm feelin never desu
>>340181247
>some faggot wants to git gud in a casual game regardless of what opinion has v about the game
You come and just try hard to be the edgy fag saying all games are shit except the ones you like.
Wow give us more info about your wins at pro tournaments. I wanna know what a real game is
>>340187069
>picking Genji in 2016
kek you are the reason we lose every game hanzo or tjorb on attack.
>>340190505
/vg/ is a cesspool of circlejerking namefags, avatarfags, and tripfags. At least this thread is actually discussing the game
>>340181301
Just keep playing? Practice makes perfect, as they say.
>>340190821
>defending the most casual FPS on PC this hard.
Wow he really hit a nerve didn't he.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_WuyEhdnEI
Play Junkrat and have loads of fun
>>340181139
To my experience
Snipers at first are pure lucky head shots unless you've played as sniper in any other pc fps but is easy to skill cap
Tracer is just useful to fuck around and distract enemies from behind, not much for killing alone, only if you really know how to head shot while running
Junkrat is just spam, there's some tricks with the bounce of his bombs but it's nothing special
Fucking pharra just jump spam and retreat she's good behind the enemies too
Genji is just a weeb shit don't ever pick him unless there's a to sneak behind sniper or turret out of the range to hit you
>>340190464
>mfw you try it, and you can't hit a Lucio at pinpoint range
>>340191118
You have to admit though, it's annoying to have assholes come into the thread just to bitch that others are invading their space.
>>340182576
She's shit tier. Literally any character does any job a typical "Dva main" will claim she does, and better.
>shield? Better shields out there.
>backline harass? Better backliners.
>ult that scatters enemy team? Better ults.
Only thing she has going for her is that she has two effective lives with her mech up and she's fap material for 12 year olds and neckbeard virgins.
And anyone who claims she's great because she does all of those things in one character is still fucking retarded, because those different actions are so different in purpose that you're better off switching to characters who do each thing better (ie: you won't be backline harassing when you're shielding for your team).
here's a tip, go to /vg/ and stop posting these shitty threads on /v/
>>340191697
Seems like every time an ally tries it they spin off into the shadow realm but an enemy mcree right clicks into 6 headshots from 30 metres
>>340191118
Where am I defending this piece of shit of a game? This is game only lives because waifufaggs and blizzfucks but I don't give a fuck if the entire community dies tomorrow or some shit. If someone wants an opinion go ahead and make your own thread on how this game is the apex of casual bs in pc but, comon son, fucking with casuals won't make your skills in your own games to improve unless your game is to shitpost every day on v
>>340192151
>>340191624
>junkrat is just spam
Okay nigga I'll see you in game where I'm mine-jumping to take out a Pharra flying around
>>340183993
Don't underestimate his mobility. It's extremely easy to get behind the enemy team as Genji, which lends you plenty of opportunities for mischief.
Your main job is to harass an entrenched team so your offensive line can approach easier. Get back there and make the two or three Bastion players kill themselves with deflection.
>>340192784
Unless the bastion players are smart enough to stop shooting while deflection is active. Then Genji has no where to hide.
>>340192765
Hey man that's next level shit
You can't expect someone to accomplish that at first. Have fun defending with him and then send them to hell with the tire
