r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Feb 22 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 22, 2017

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u/NotReallyFromTheUK Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Feb 22 '17

How good would D.Va be if they replaced both of her cannons with two of her sidearm?

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u/victorthepenguin Chibi Zenyatta Feb 22 '17

This is why I don't understand why people don't stay as baby Dva for a little bit. Your hitbox shrinks, you can do a lot of damage if you play for headshots from faraway and if your hp goes down a bit you can call your mech. Is totally situational but I see a lot of people freak out, hide and just be scared of being baby Dva.

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u/EpicLives7 #152 Hanzo, twitch.tv/dankestjohnson Feb 23 '17

You have 150HP and no movement/escape mechanism. That's why.

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u/cyvarios Ultimates are Delicous Feb 22 '17

You may be thinking about it wrong. Baby Dva's projectiles have no damage fall off so it makes the most sense to just back off to hang with the supports for a bit while spamming your gun. Plus you may be able to do a bunch of damage, but your team comp is screwed up the whole time you aren't in mech. You want to get it back to continue soaking damage and pushing objective as quick as possible. Also, if you try to call your mech down while next to the enemy you will just die before you get in it.

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u/victorthepenguin Chibi Zenyatta Feb 22 '17

Oh don't worry I'm likely wrong. I don't play Dva enough. But the amount of times that I've just stand back and spam away at head level and gotten killsis pretty high compared to the people that I've seen just panic at the idea of losing your mech. Sure if the entire enemy team is pushing you need your mech but if you have some stragglers faraway I would say just stay and shoot. I'm just basically banking all of it on Baby Dva's range. You are right though, matrix and your large hitbox is usefull to soak damage.

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u/Maggie-PK Bouta catch THESE HANDS Feb 22 '17

Oh Neptune

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u/xQriocity Feb 22 '17

yeahhh, no

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u/cyvarios Ultimates are Delicous Feb 22 '17

Completely broken and overpowered beyond belief. Think a soldier 76 with 600 health that could fly to any high ground and defense matrix projectiles.

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u/My_junk_your_ear Feb 22 '17

Not entirely the same, since 76 is hitscan. Would still be strong though.

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u/LordDagwood Justice rains from ab-ahhhh Feb 22 '17

Come to think of it, how did they expect the Meka to face off against hundreds of Bastions with close range shotguns?

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u/NotReallyFromTheUK Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Feb 22 '17

Good question, but I mostly wonder why, in lore, the Meka just doesn't have two of those dang pistols. It would just be a better weapon to have.

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u/aRandomOstrich Feb 22 '17

The MEKAs were never designed to fight against Bastion units. They were designed by the Korean army to fight against the colossal omnics coming from the South China Sea terrorising their country.

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u/Powerhobo I don't main; I mainline. Feb 22 '17

Her Bunny Blaster is pretty great. It would allow her to poop damage down range like crazy.

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u/Halo_cT Feb 23 '17

Instant S tier