Sombra is the worst kept Overwatch secret out there. A pic seems to have surfaced now.
http://www.pcgamer.com/long-rumoured-overwatch-hero-sombra-appears-to-have-leaked/
Looks like she will be released soon, maybe along with the Halloween loot boxes that seem to be coming our way.
http://www.pcgamer.com/it-looks-like-overwatch-is-getting-halloween-themed-loot-boxes/
Personally I thought the Summer Games boxes were mostly naf - because I am a miserable so and so who doesn't really get into the wholy Olympic thing... but these Halloween ones are much more appealing (I will refer you back to the 'miserable so and so' comment).
No word on when exactly the boxes pop yet, but they FINISH 1/11, so fingers crossed they will land any day now.
What do you guys think?
I don't mind them adding skins, cosmetic changes are fine and if people buy loot boxes and that helps keep this game great then I'm all for it.
Adding new characters to spice things up is good too, but blizzard seem to make changes in the PTR but take ages to implement them into game.
I love the variety it brings into the game, no matter if I like them or not. But there are some skins I dislike a lot and hate to see an enemy wearing them. Makes me more focused on killing them :D
Halloween event looks great, cant wait and Sombra looks smooth as well.
Give Zen some pumpkins to shoot!
Quote from: Jewelz^;418216Give Zen some pumpkins to shoot!
or even junkrat
I can blow pesteh up with pumpkins just as well as bombs any day of the week.
Agree with the more variety - can't hurt, and they aren't charging for it (as in, it is not DLC - I am aware you CAN buy these boxes, but you don't have to).
So they're going down the DOTA 2 route then, new characters for free and paid-for cosmetic items. Smart play, it's worked for Valve.
Sooner or later they'll run into problems balancing so many different abilities, which will be interesting....
Very good point Tut. I'd like to see only a handful more characters, and loads of more maps and modes, personally. Maybe that could avoid that problem.
This.....This HAS to happen
Theres been rumour....what comes of it have to wait and see but released in latest comic are pictures of:-
Junkenstein (junkrat)
Junkensteins monster (roadhog)
Witch (mercy)
Headless horseman (reaper)
Viking (torbjorn)
Admiral (reinhardt)
Van helsing (mccree)
As seen here:
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/raSuK
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these are awesome Milli, thanks
Quote from: Chaosphere;418228Very good point Tut. I'd like to see only a handful more characters, and loads of more maps and modes, personally. Maybe that could avoid that problem.
I think it would benefit the game not to throw too many characters in it, as a lot of people are having trouble playing the ones that are already in it. I mean there's loads to choose from and with 1-2 more coming up, that'll be more than enough. I'd prefer more maps for variety instead. Some maps are more open, which suit some chars better and some maps are more closed for the other chars - this is what gives the variety. Player and weapon skins would be awesome if they added more though...
Another teaser for new skins here. (http://i.imgur.com/psTQV3eh.jpg)
Patch Date: 2016/10/12 CEST: 8:00PM
So cool.
So looks like 19:00 GMT, tomorrow for the update :D
Just in time for Overwatch night ;)
(Which I will miss due to damn work!!!)
Well I have two days off thursday and friday, was gonna go for a trip but weather and manflu got in the way so I guess I have those two days sorted out ;) God works in mysterious ways :D
I will catch you one of those 2 I'm sure :)
Looking forward to it Chaos :)
Regarding the update, there is also this info from eichenwald map. (http://overwatch.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/eichenwalde-easter-eggs) Quite Interesting as you say :)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-11-todays-probably-the-day-for-overwatch-halloween-loot-boxes
These could drop tonight then at 7pm, not tomorrow. I will keep my eyes open at 7 :)
You are correct, it probably starts today, yay new skins preview here. (http://www.overpwn.com/news/231-halloween-overwatch-patch-early-preview-new-skins)
Quote from: main;418321You are correct, it probably starts today, yay new skins preview here. (http://www.overpwn.com/news/231-halloween-overwatch-patch-early-preview-new-skins)
Cool! They all look nice, but I have to say that Symmetra's and Zenyatta's skins seem a bit lacking in comparison. They're just re-coloured original skins compared to the likes of Roadhog and Reaper... still, I'm wanting so bad to get them! :)
Patch is live people :)
I will be on at 19:45 for a few games :D
I agree, sym and zen could have been better, zen is just plain ugly and i dont mean in a scary way. Love roadhog and junkat, also thriller soldier, very good ideas.
oyg, patch IS live :yahoo:
They have seriously Halloween-ed the Hollywood map, and its pretty awesome.
Thanks for games tonight chaps, good fun!
Quote from: main;418353Thanks for games tonight chaps, good fun!
Yup, smashed it!
Jumped off a little early last night, after the patch I gained substantial FPS drops making the game choppy. Usually 200+ was dropping down to 80 FPS :/ done a clean install of both GPU driver and Overwatch will see how it goes but it was fine on CS.
Also waiting for an update on here:
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749755996?page=2
Saying that though, the new brawl is really good.
I noticed there was a 2nd patch when I jumped off last night Mike.. not sure what that was for, but maybe it is something related?
Have to go to work now but have a look when you can see if it is fixed.
//www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2016/10/18/13318010/overwatch-sombra-arg-blizzard-pls-giff-sombra?client=ms-android-samsung
Was hoping she'd turn up today in time for overwatch tonight but no luck :/
Somba confirmed!
[video=youtube;Og5-Pm4HNlI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5-Pm4HNlI[/video]
Finally... have been keeping up with the ARGs.. took forever for them to finally show this.
Next week she will be in PTR... shouldn't be too long until she turns up in regular play.
*boop*
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I'm thinking she'll be terribly OP for a week or so before they nerf her a bit. I think Blizzard does this on purpose to get players to spend more time playing her so that more are likely to get skilled with her, making her viable even after the balancing. Will be very interesting to see what her DPS output is like, because it seems like she's got a couple of abilities that will be very powerful... removing a Reinhardt's shield = useless Reinhardt in many occasions. Same goes for Zarya who won't be able to get charged...
I wonder how the "hack" ability will work... if it's as easy as placing a discord orb on someone (but with a bit longer cooldown) I think it'll be way too powerful. Hope they do something like Ana's sleep dart...
Already slighty overpowered :D
[video=youtube;DmNmALJbXv4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmNmALJbXv4[/video]
looks like my kinda hero :) can't wait to try her out myself.
So she can see low-health enemies through walls?! ...AND she'll pretty much always have the return-beacon up since it lasts 15 seconds and has low cooldown. :blink:
Prediction - she will be OP for the first week :P
I reckon they will release her to the game (i.e. normal servers - not just PTR) the week season 2 of comp ends, so they can balance her for the start of season 3, 1 week later.
This is quite an interesting read actually
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overwatchs-sombra-started-out-op-heres-how-the-dev/1100-6445159/
Im quite excited to get a new hero. But God damn do I want some new maps now too!!!
Sombra live on the ptr now, along with the new games modes :)
Sombra looks great fun and it might become my favourite character to play. But I agree with Chaos, hope they make more maps soon. Koth and payload maps, because they rotate so quickly during an evening play.
ive been thinking since the blizzcon announcement she looks really really fun think i will end up spending some time on sombra lots of cool tricks to come im sure
Rumours are that Sombra is coming to the main game soon - perhaps even today - along with many of the other changes from the PTR.
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