Overwatch

I need to vent a bit - I was playing Mercy on attack in Volskaya and was healing from the back line. Some of our team went forward, but I stayed with the Reinhardt to heal him to full health. An enemy Roadhog shows up and hits Reinhardt once, then spots me and starts walking towards me. What does the Reinhardt on our team do? He starts spamming "Hello!" and watches as I desperately try to flee from the Roadhog and doesn't make a single attempt to assist me. The Roadhog was standing RIGHT NEXT TO HIM and he didn't swing his hammer once.

After the Roadhog killed me I immediately switched to D!va; I'm so tired of playing Mercy and always* be dumped by the other players.


*obviously this does not always happen, but it has happened quite a lot recently.

Reaper, Soldier and Winston all on the same team, who does Ana give the nano boost to?

That's right, Hanzo. God fucking damn it, Ana.

Play as Ana, that way you can still play as support if you so choose and if a Roadhog or other tank comes towards you its very easy to tranq them Ana is very good against tanks

I've seen Mercy get nanoboosted a few times in my "career".

Whatever you call it, it sucks



When Mercy or Lucio get nano boosted it's because they got in the way though.
For Hanzo to get nano boosted when he's nowhere near the front lines, it has to be intentional especially if it's done more than once.

I am almost playing with Zenyatta. Its tricky to play with him but he gives good Feedback how you play him.

The Bastion/Reinhardt/Mercy combo generally is easy to break if you have a team that knows to switch to Junkrat/Pharah/Tracer to beat it.

Junkrat/Pharah can break down Rein's shield pretty quickly while being safe from the hail of bullets or possibly get around it to bombard the Bastion and Mercy. Tracer can go around it and plant a pulse bomb to instantly kill the Bastion(and maybe get Mercy in the process).

Genji can also turn the Bastion against the Reinhardt's shield with reflect.

As far as healers go, I personally like Lucio if I'm in a pug game because he can handle himself better than Mercy can if my team is being stupid and not protecting me.

Though my personal "I've had enough of this shit" hero is McCree and just left click headshot everybody.

I am curious on what drives people to playing Overwatch over and over.
I am at level 90. On top of that I got to level 42 during the Beta. Clearly I haven't played that much but I find it really tiring and I take regular breaks after playing it for a couple of days in a row. The last time I played it, I saw Lijiang Tower and I had to Alt+F4.

The game does have solid combat mechanics, amazing controls, it is very well-balanced and original. But boy, it is repetitive as hell.

I like getting better

That's really all I need. Playing with friends for shits and giggles in quick play is an extra bonus

Find some friends to play with them. The best matchups are with duo-queue and six-stack, you will enjoy it immensely more, and team dynamics are the core strength of Overwatch.

If you are serious about improving, I've read the following advice in Overwatch University sub-reddit: Play 20-30 hours each with the following characters:
1. Reinhardt: learn how to play him well, notice the positionings on all the players, know when to shield, when to charge, when to push, when to back off. Reinhardt is the most important character in the current meta.
2. Lucio: while mechanically he isn't difficult, he requires knowledge of positioning and game flow. Try to lead and call shots, be positive and do not criticise teammates who screw up. Learn the economy of ultimates (if you are pairing with a Zen, one battle you ult, one battle he, expect enemy Reaper ultimates, etc).
3. S76: The basic DPS hero, can't affect much Reinhardt shields so you must play around him. Get the mechanical skill that requires you to play him proficiently. Know how to pick your targets and when and where to ult.

With experience with those 3 and all the skill they require, you should be able to pick up and play any role you fancy. You will have the most important skill IMO: game sense, which is more important IMO than mechanical skill that can be easily learned with some practice.

EDIT: found the thread: check out the first reply. Here it is.

Assuming she doesn't get nerfed, learn to play Zarya.

Once you know how to use her shields, she's an absolute monster who can survive a long time, dish out a crap ton of damage and is never bad pick on any team or map.

I guess you are playing on instinct. Actually I have the same problem that prevents me from performing better in shooters. In Starcraft I can circumvent this problem by having an extremely detailed and practiced plan for the game, in shooters you can't actually do that. What I suggest is probably to slow down and think about your every move, instead of going on instinct. But I'm shooting in the dark here...