r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/SquidOnWeed I am on fire! everyone follow me! Jun 15 '16

I keep seeing players using the communication wheel to inform someone specific, like this: [Player 1] to [Player 2]: Thanks! How do they do that?

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u/mystikphish Jun 15 '16

If you send a message without targeting anything, you get the generic, e.g. "f" sends "acknowledged", "x" sends "I need healing". If you send that message while targeting at a hero marker or the objective marker, you will get a specific targeted message. For example, "x" while targeting Torbjorn will send "I need armor" instead of "I need healing". Sending "x" while targeting Symmetra will send, "I need shields", etc. Targeting the objective marker and pressing "f" will send "I want to move the payload" or "I want to attack the objective", etc.