Overwatch

That I can handle, I honestly don't mind the RNG more or less.

Its the fucking duplicates, seriously that's the major problem.

I got Zarya's skin and dance emote <3

I also got Sombra's dance emote and some voice lines.

Good thing you don't play Hearthstone

10 lootboxes and I got the dance emotes for Mercy, Torbjörn, Genji and Lucio. Not a single skin though. The only legendary loot was 500 ingame currency.

My biggest problem with duplicates is that they should give more coins. Beyond that, they're just a part of any loot system in existence.

@Wispy: Except, not accept.

Some gameplay-related thoughts on the anniversary update:

• Not many Shimada mains are taking advantage of the new buff yet.
• Reaper's auto-reload feels more like an idiotproofing patch for Reaper players who brain-farted by forgetting to reload before Wraith-ing.
• Can't comment about Orisa, since I've yet to play her with the new balance changes.
• On-fire point generation has been buffed from all the supports. It's not the "flat 50 to any assist" system from the Orisa patch that allowed Mercies and Anas to gain on-fire within 60 seconds by jamming their staff/rifle up the nearest DPS' arse, but still better than the low gains of the previous update.
• You now know if someone has been dragged off map by Orisa/Pharah/Lucio's boops/Halts, and you can see who got revived by a Mercy. Very useful tool for tracking skill cooldowns, but also means people can now track whether Mercy has or hasn't rezzed solely from the kill feed. So I daresay...a very indirect and roundabout nerf?

edited 23rd May '17 7:06:14 PM by DarkDestruction

Shhhhh, don't let them know.

"Is this what Hell looks like?"

Hell is A-MEI-zing

'plus HOTS around the world trick'

edited 23rd May '17 8:58:00 PM by FrozenWolf2

Boy you know your dealing with real winners when higher ranked players on the comp forums love to contradict themselves and make themselves look like elitist dickbags.

I honestly really wonder if the devs decided to not add comp in nor focus on the e-sports scene and instead go for more cooperative stuff if that would of cut down a bit on the toxic elements of this community. Really makes me wonder...

You could of had PvE and Pv P content in that direction....

edited 23rd May '17 9:04:41 PM by Wispy

I kind of wish that the Loot System had some hard coded limits. For example, if you've gotten the same item x number of times, the loot system will lower the % chance that it has to come up again in a loot box because it becomes frustrating when you've gotten the same legendary event skin 5 times and not a brand new one.

Or that, after a certain number of pulls without anything new or above a purple, the next pull has to give you a purple or higher.

Or, heck, just make sure there's something new in your loot box pulls period.

What I would personally like is if I could buy the profile pictures with in-game credits and buy in-game credits in general.

I think that honestly if they were to allow the buying of in-game credits that they would get much more sales then with lootboxes anyway as atleast if you buy a certain amount you are guaranteed the skin you want then if your gambling money away to the RNG Jesus of Lootboxes.

One thing I can agree with the official forum goes on (which is rare) is that this event is really...not what you'd call great for an OW event. The new gamemodes are not bad persay but I really don't like 3 vs 3 or 1 vs 1 even due to the amount of frustration the modes give me if I am just having a bad game session or a bad set of teammates over and over again. In contrast to this Uprising and Junkenstein's Revenge were vastly more fun and I'd love to see more PvE styled content.

Just earlier today I got paired with the same pool of people three times and 2 of those people would end on my team and get themselves killed in really stupid ways (running off on their own, charging into a outnumbered battle, getting themselves Ana naded, etc.)

It's kind of disappointing really. I like the skins themselves and the new maps but the loot box system is leaving a sour taste in my mouth again in regards to this. It really does feel like Blizz prioritized the money gains more than the actual content which...isn't great for the game's Birthday

edited 23rd May '17 9:52:36 PM by Wispy

As I said before, remember exactly what company Blizzard is a subsidiary of...Activision.

That should answer at least some of your questions.

Oh I know it's just....frustrating.

I know that I'm probably not going to get any of the skins because I'm not a lucky man, but I should have enough currency to grab Cruiser, and if I'm very lucky, the Sweethardt emote.

Personally, I just wish that they'd at least have the decency give full currency for duplicates or a token amount of currency with either each level or preferably each match.

edited 24th May '17 12:24:12 AM by BigMadDraco

So on the free Loot Box they dole out during every event, this time I got a Gold drop!

...but it was 500 Coins.

Better a gold coin chest (500 gallery cash) than a Legendary skin duplicate (200 gallery cash).

To be fair, the best thing about loot box system we have is that absolutely nothing it rewards affects the balance or the mechanics of the game in any way at all, so that a lv. 600+ player won't necessarily have more advantage than a lv. 1 player in actual combat. And also, the only money you are absolutely obligated to give to Blizzard is the 40/60 bucks at the very start, and no more after that. However, apparently that's justification (not) enough for the devs to:

• Ignore 99% of PTR feedback (see: Mercy's 50% damage boost, Orisa's 15% gun nerf)
• implement a frustrating gacha model for acquisition of cosmetics
• ignore sane, thoughtful, and reasonable forum suggestions regarding game balance (ahem, Sturgeon's Law)

I love the game's content, but I certainly don't love how the dev team handles the game at the moment. Which is sad, to be honest. Maybe if there were tighter product competition, the dev team would not act like this.

The sad part is that this is a pattern that Blizz generally goes into the direction of these days. I agree it's likely due to the fact they are such a big juggernaut that they probably don't put as much work in because their name alone gets sales.

You know, I was thinking if I should add a "Last seen on" note on the "Base of Operations" sections on character page based on the new arena maps (like Necropolis for Ana and Soldier: 76, Castillo for Sombra).

Sick Sombra player:

In another word, Their Sombra.

I have now received Hanzo's dance emote from a box.

Why are these Shimada boys so terrible at dancing? You'd think all those awesome ninja skills would translate to dope jams, but they just look like giant dorks.

I wish I actually liked either or their gameplay.

The first dance I got is the Reaper one.

Which is just him impatiently waiting for a bus.

You could always imagine him waiting to "The Bus is Late", from an early ''Welcome to Night Vale episode.

I got D.Va's dance right off, which pleases me since I play D.Va frequently.

You know what's so disappointing about the dance emotes?

Zarya's isn't the Kazachok dance.

I still need someone in OW to eventually do the Carlton. Maybe a future hero.

@kegisak: Hanzo's dance is a real thing (and apparently Genji's dance is a reference to something.