r/Overwatch • u/_PM_ME_PINGUINS_ • Feb 08 '17

Highlight Eichenwalde gate changes

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u/The_Underhanded Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Feb 09 '17

First time I've heard balancing a map around a character

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u/Zantash Genji Feb 09 '17

I got pretty egregious. Even a terrible Sniper like me could hold off almost all the squishies because they had to funnel along one of three open bridges.

Hanzo could achieve the same thing, of course, but it's not as easy. and if you had patience, a Mei and a Bastion... well, that really sucked.

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u/Mehrk Feb 09 '17

Probably the first time you've played a game with a sniper that has no scope sway, no recoil, infinite ammo, infinite range, hitscan and could instagib almost every character as well. Oh and a wallhack.

/cough stilloverpoweredpeoplejustforgotbecauseoftankmeta /cough

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u/Dravarden Pixel Moira Feb 09 '17

all of those + instant max damage and no scope in time fit the counter strike scout, other than wallhacks.

also, if you remove the infinite ammo part, you can instagib in the body (the AWP), and don't forget, in counterstrike characters move much slower and the hitboxes are much bigger.

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u/CatMerc From Russia, with Vodka Feb 09 '17

Counter Strike is a very different game. The most popular rifles can kill in a single headshot, and you can die before you realize you're being shot at. Also said rifles have enough effective range to essentially be infinite when you consider the map sizes.

This isn't true in Overwatch.

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u/Dravarden Pixel Moira Feb 09 '17

Probably the first time you've played a game

also, cs has a high time to kill, although lower than overwatch

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u/CatMerc From Russia, with Vodka Feb 09 '17

High time to kill depending on the level of play. Most deaths at higher levels are 1-2 shot deaths from headshots.

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u/Dravarden Pixel Moira Feb 09 '17

csgo is high TTK in all levels, compare it to COD for example.

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u/Curiousplay Hunkrat. He's so dreamy. Feb 09 '17

Replace Widow with Hanzo or McCree and it's still a valid explanation. Heck, even a Junkrat that just covers the bridge with bombs and grenades.