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There are threads like this in all of the forums, and with lots of people new to the game (and possibly genre), there could be lots of confusion. So if you have a simple question about the game that's not worth starting a new thread over, feel free to ask here!
For the beginning this thread is open to pretty much any question! The exception being questions that have answers on our Wiki
Examples of what not to ask:
What kind of map is Hanamura?
What does Genji's ultimate do?
What comp should I run?
What skin should I unlock?
Examples of what is okay to ask:
I'm having a hard time dealing with bastion on attack. How do you suggest I deal with him as a tank?
I always seem to lose to the opposing widowmaker. Are there any tips on how to play an effective counter sniping widowmaker?
This thread is only for asking or answering simple questions. If you aren't doing this you will be punished. Consider this your one warning.
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How often do you find yourself using the basic melee attack? On which characters is it more common?
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On May 06 2016 07:51 MotherFox wrote: How often do you find yourself using the basic melee attack? On which characters is it more common? Literally ONLY when it'd be enough to finish them, else it's just more effective to reload. Unless, of course, you're a character who uses it as a part of their classic combos, such as Genji or Roadhog.
In my experience, at least.
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The only hero that I ever melee on is Mei. If I've got someone frozen and don't have enough ammo left to finish them I'll give them the old slap.
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I melee on everyone if they are in melee range and I need to reload, especially if they are low. Unless its a 1v1 fight you are better off using melee since your team will usually be also shooting at them.
Its a bit of a feel thing but melee is good and 2 takes 2 seconds and does 60 damage which is quite a bit.
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Im looking for the best settings (video, controls and mouse). I have a lot of experience in RTS (mainly Broodwar), and MOBAS (LoL), but im almost a rookie referred to FPS. ¿How can i adapt my PC and brain to deal with Overwatch?
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will new characters be injected into the roster anytime in the future? i feel like its similar to dota in that the characters abilities and roles play the biggest factor in team play and having just 21 seems very limited.
speaking of dota, do u think they should add power ups too (fast speed? cloak? armor?). having only a couple characters provide them sucks.
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On May 06 2016 12:47 No_eL wrote: Im looking for the best settings (video, controls and mouse). I have a lot of experience in RTS (mainly Broodwar), and MOBAS (LoL), but im almost a rookie referred to FPS. ¿How can i adapt my PC and brain to deal with Overwatch?
Generally as far as FPS goes the best video settings are the lowest settings. No one cares how pretty the game is. Distractions and potential hiccups aren't worth anything. I'll gladly take the game looking like butt if it means running butter smooth 10000000000000000% of the time because if you need a pixel perfect shot and you have any lag well RIP.
Controls is whatever you feel comfortable with. Mouse with an FPS like this where your moving fast bouncing all over the place I'd go with the fastest mouse you can handle, where as an FPS like CS:GO you want low sensitivity. Obviously turn off any smoothing or snapping because that stuff is literal cancer for any gaming.
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Dpi i run is 400 because thats what i play fps with. Many top overwatch players run 40p to 80p from my understanding. A few do use higher than 800 but not too many that ive asked and gotten answers from.
In general the lower the sens the more accurate your small corrections can be. But there are people who like high sens so in the end its personal preference.
All settings to low will maximize fps and minismise input lag
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On May 06 2016 07:51 MotherFox wrote: How often do you find yourself using the basic melee attack? On which characters is it more common?
Theres parts of animation when you are reloding. The actual reloading when you arent able to perform a melee attack--and then the second part of the reload animation when you are able to perform an attack. So typically what you wanna do is reload then wait for the animation where you can melee them. Normally I just spam my melee button as Im reloading to get it in asap.
ofc Im talking strictly CQC
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On May 06 2016 14:38 Emnjay808 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2016 07:51 MotherFox wrote: How often do you find yourself using the basic melee attack? On which characters is it more common? Theres parts of animation when you are reloding. The actual reloading when you arent able to perform a melee attack--and then the second part of the reload animation when you are able to perform an attack. So typically what you wanna do is reload then wait for the animation where you can melee them. Normally I just spam my melee button as Im reloading to get it in asap. ofc Im talking strictly CQC
Oh yeah thats true too, there is animation cancelling in this game though its applications are usually limited.
For example genji can cancel the 2nd half of his attack animations with a melee animation and cancel the 2nd half of that with his dash. Once you learn where the damage is applied you can right click melee dash in CQC and get a huge burst of damage down. Its pretty awesome actually.
Reaper also has a very very forgiving animation cancel with melee which makes him super strong in melee range even if he is running low an ammo.
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On May 06 2016 12:47 No_eL wrote: Im looking for the best settings (video, controls and mouse). I have a lot of experience in RTS (mainly Broodwar), and MOBAS (LoL), but im almost a rookie referred to FPS. ¿How can i adapt my PC and brain to deal with Overwatch?
Well, for video I have no issue with all the stuff in the screen, although I still play CS 1.6 at 800x600 :D. Here what you need is a constant +60fps, I'm +80fps all the time. And the game is just too beautiful to not max it out hahaha
Controls: If you like Sniper go to Controls, Top Right Change All heroes to Widowmaker, and for her Zooming Sensitivity leave it at 50. So when you zoom it won't be faster, nor slower. At least that's how I use in Counter strike since beta 5.2
Mouse. I use windows in the middle, DPI 400, In game sens 10. Get a big mousepad.
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can i skip the aftergame thing completely or is there a penalty for just leaving and requeueing
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On May 07 2016 10:08 DrakanSilva wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2016 12:47 No_eL wrote: Im looking for the best settings (video, controls and mouse). I have a lot of experience in RTS (mainly Broodwar), and MOBAS (LoL), but im almost a rookie referred to FPS. ¿How can i adapt my PC and brain to deal with Overwatch? Well, for video I have no issue with all the stuff in the screen, although I still play CS 1.6 at 800x600 :D. Here what you need is a constant +60fps, I'm +80fps all the time. And the game is just too beautiful to not max it out hahaha Controls: If you like Sniper go to Controls, Top Right Change All heroes to Widowmaker, and for her Zooming Sensitivity leave it at 50. So when you zoom it won't be faster, nor slower. At least that's how I use in Counter strike since beta 5.2 Mouse. I use windows in the middle, DPI 400, In game sens 10. Get a big mousepad. Are you sure setting it to 50, makes it 1:1 with normal aim sensitivity? I put it to 0 when I saw the default being 30. ( I would assume default value would make it faster as is the case in most FPS games, when zooming in)
I haven't really tested much but it sure felt like there was no change in sensitivity even when zooming at 0 value.
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On May 08 2016 05:15 LaNague wrote: can i skip the aftergame thing completely or is there a penalty for just leaving and requeueing
I believe you can leave as soon as the cards show up on screen. If you leave before the cards there will be a penalty applied to your account if you do it enough.
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Is there a way to play on a specific server, I que with 2 friends from USW and 1 from USE, i'm europe but it defaults to USW.
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On May 08 2016 09:19 Kipsate wrote: Is there a way to play on a specific server, I que with 2 friends from USW and 1 from USE, i'm europe but it defaults to USW.
Nope it just auto selects your server.
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when reaper starts his teleport animation, he can get shot down, but what about when he pops out at the other end? I feel like there is a slight delay from when I can start moving, I can get killed right then right? Also, is it true that reaper yells something edgy when he pops out the other end and that enemy players can hear it? if all this is true, I am surprised that I can get away with it nearly all the time.
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yeah Reaper drops a sound line after porting and yes you can headshoot him if you time it right before he can move. And I think right now there is a rather high amount of people that play without sound. Can't say much I usually hear it unless someone on my team is using an ult.
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How do I know if I'm any good?
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