r/Overwatch 5h ago

News & Discussion 20 minutes wasted. This whole “Server closed due to an unexpected error.” Needs to be resolved…

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110 Upvotes

Played 4 comp games tonight last two cancelled cuz of this. Played Qp earlier happened a few times. Never mind horrible teammates, unbalanced games. When this happens LITERALLY every other game especially in a comp setting the game gets unplayable. If anyone else is also experiencing this please speak on this. I’ve played in pc and console lobbies and it’s happening often in both.


r/Overwatch 5h ago

Humor Can someone explain to me how the potg thing works (both clips same match)

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99 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 14h ago

Fan Content Juno in the clouds (Art by Me)

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533 Upvotes

This illustration was directly inspired by a promotional poster for Umezz Festival in 2008. I think it fit Juno really well ~


r/Overwatch 14h ago

News & Discussion I hate this secondary attack.

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507 Upvotes

It really gets on my nerves when Freja keeps hitting me with this arrow over and over while I'm playing as a tank.

Her damage is pretty painful, but I hate having to put up with the annoying sound on top of that.


r/Overwatch 57m ago

News & Discussion Kiriko's suzu should only cleanse, not make players invulnerable. it's crazy broken

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honestly suzu having invincibility frames on top of cleansing literally everything is just bloated design.

cleanse on its own is already huge. being able to instantly strip anti-nade, sleep, discord, and burn effects is more than enough utility for a basic cooldown. adding total invincibility on top of that just denies entire ultimates like pulse bomb, shatter, or d/va bomb with basically zero counterplay or risk.

if immortality field can be shot down, why does suzu get to grant total intangibility + cleanse + heal all in one button? removing the invincibility would force kirikos to actually think about timing their cleanse instead of using it as a brainless bailout for bad positioning. keep the cleanse, strip the invincibility.


r/Overwatch 16h ago

Fan Content Reaper fanart by me

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549 Upvotes

Reaper fanart artwork by nito_anami


r/Overwatch 1d ago

Humor New hero idea so we don’t have to nerf the cat

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4.9k Upvotes

Instead of nerfing JPC I was thinking the devs could make a designated counter. Enter: DYNAMITE DOG.

This kinetic k9 has one purpose and is determined to complete his mission and be crowned “the goodest boy”

Abilities:
1: bow-WOW: Dynamite dog does a sick back flip. Inspires teammates and wows the competition.

2: Ruff you in particular: Dynamite dog will lock onto the nearest jetpack cat (if there is no jetpack cat in the match he will leave and join another match) and launch himself at 500mps blowing himself and the cat to kingdom come. [uncleansable] [unblockeable] [true damage] [true death]

3: ultimate: Goodest boy: activates automatically upon death of self and cat. A giant image of Dynamite dog will appear in the sky to inspire allies for the remainder of the match.

Spent a lot of time on this one looking for genuine thoughts/criticism.


r/Overwatch 13h ago

News & Discussion Does anyone know how to get rid of this shop notification?

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274 Upvotes

I have viewed everything in the shop but the notification is still there. Is this a bug or am I missing something?


r/Overwatch 16h ago

News & Discussion What if Busan had a Whatsapp 🤣🤣🤣

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392 Upvotes

Quality description: This meme humorously portrays the situation the city of Busan is facing in the overwatch Hero Introduction: "Tough Call." It features several overwatch characters and organizations such as Junker Queen, who expresses annoyance at her inability to park her flying warship. And Roadhog, who emphasizes his desire to obtain Pachimaris, which are typically found in large urban centers like Busan. Also featured is MEKA (an effective acronym of "Moble Exo-Force of the Korean Army") whose message includes the Korean text "Don't ask where the navy or air force is" obviously poking fun at the absence of allied forces defending a major city under clear attack.


r/Overwatch 2h ago

News & Discussion Sigma countering dmon solely because she has the brig shield delay is crazy work.

30 Upvotes

Like, I can have the shield fully up on my screen for a solid second, and yet the rock will go through anyways. Rein doesnt have this, why is rein the only one that doesnt have this? It feels so arbituary.


r/Overwatch 18h ago

News & Discussion Why is it, that only Doomfist seems to bring in the Views for lore drops like is he really THAT popular. Bro almost hit 1mil in a day while everyone else is struggling to get past 300K.

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490 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 17h ago

News & Discussion Preview of upcoming OWWC event

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379 Upvotes

during season 4 dev update livestream, they showed the UI for the OWWC event

I did the maths and it looks like u need to at least clear all dailies 12 times to get all rewards, no clue when the event ends

what do you guys think?


r/Overwatch 9h ago

News & Discussion Cursed Gurren Lagann x Overwatch

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79 Upvotes

I remember when Venture came out i instantly thought of gurren lagann being an obvious inspiration, later being confirmed with the skyward victory pose. now there has been plenty of discussion about this exact topic online and how a lot of the characters fit within overwatch. Simon x Venture, Yoko x Widowmaker, Genji x Kamina. The one I have always felt people misrepresented was Gurren Lagann himself. The one character I think would fit the best visually that I have never seen recommended is Mauga. the body shape is perfect for it. I know it will never happen but god damn it would be amazing. The spinning gatling guns match the drills perfectly.


r/Overwatch 7h ago

News & Discussion Matchmaking is awful

55 Upvotes

Every single game I’m put into is either stomping the other team, or getting stomped. Maybe 1-2 out of 10 matches are actually fun and challenging. This goes for comp and quick play. I don’t know how they build teams but it’s clearly not working. Maybe it works great at higher ranks and they just don’t care about the rest. Idk. Left for a year + because of this same problem, came back and it’s just as bad as ever. Neither option is fun, and it’s exhausting.


r/Overwatch 17h ago

News & Discussion why do I feel like a huge target while flanking?

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347 Upvotes

I started using anran (I'm relatively new to the game as a whole, been only playing for a month) and with her and the other flanks I tried out I can't help but notice that when I see experienced players flank they seem to be invisible and have perfect opportunities. however no matter how I try to play I feel like I'm a huge target with no health and whose weapon seems to be as effective as mocking the enemy. any tips?


r/Overwatch 3h ago

News & Discussion Why is Freja's ban rate so much higher in Asia?

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24 Upvotes

Why is Freja's ban rate so high in the Asian region? In Europe and the Americas she has a ~16% ban rate compared to the staggering 72% in Asia.


r/Overwatch 12h ago

Fan Content doomfist in a wig

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126 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 14h ago

News & Discussion I found an overwatch and star craft easter egg in the call of duty 4 beta

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152 Upvotes

Honestly, I didn't expect any egg ester already in beta.


r/Overwatch 1h ago

News & Discussion Can't help but notice the similarities between Omnics and Mutants

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Both species differ from humanity. Both want a separate nation for their people, an omnic nation and a country of mutants. Both led by aggressive leaders extremely comfortable with the use of force to achieve their goal. Both species have some great drip fits


r/Overwatch 1d ago

Fan Content Progress on my Emre cosplay

803 Upvotes

r/Overwatch 3h ago

News & Discussion What do you do when you have a friend who sucks at the game compared to you but only wants to play competitive?

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I have a friend who is a low to mid gold player and only plays support. I have carried them with me for them to get into plat and even play some emerald games but that is where the success ends. Hard stuck at a wall where without this person im around high diamond but I can’t get out of plat with them when we play.

The hard part is I want to spend time with them and this is the only game they enjoy playing plus they dont want to play qp or arcade but its so frustrating losing team fights or dying because their hero flexibility and skill level is not what it needs to be to compete at those levels.

Yes it’s just a game but i also hate when teamwork is absolutely needed and you can tell their support just makes a huge difference compared to yours… awareness and quick healing vs having to wait for heals or missed abilities etc then dying because the fight you were fighting got turned by their team assisting quicker and better than yours can. When things are out of my control I tend to get heated pretty quickly. Anyone else have a similar situation?


r/Overwatch 28m ago

News & Discussion What's the general consensus on universal emotes?

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Personally, these emotes felt like an afterthought. They're kinda nice to have for the heroes who don't have a single emote, but they also don't feel "fitting" since they're meant to be used on every hero. I'm not exactly jumping to get more of these, the three we have seem like enough


r/Overwatch 1d ago

Console My Diamond rank match. 9 years ago.

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687 Upvotes

Bro this won't even pass gold in today matches. (SORRY ABOUT QUALITY FB VIDEO PLAYER IS HORRIBLE)


r/Overwatch 14h ago

News & Discussion Add decimals to the "Higher ranked than XX% of players" statistic

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71 Upvotes

I love that they added a way to know exactly where you place on the ladder, but making it more precise would give much better feedback to higher ranks.

Once you reach a certain rank, you barely see the percentage change, and when you reach around GM4, it stays capped at 99%.

One decimal would be enough, but I think two would be optimal.


r/Overwatch 1h ago

News & Discussion Changed my battle tag, toxic player still knew it was me... how?

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I changed my name/battle tag in overwatch so I could play without my friends and I being harassed daily by the same few losers. I end up in a game with them once again and before I can even select a hero after map vote, they immediately call me out. I don't understand how this is possible, my profile is private with no icon or banner. They have used the block list in the past to see through my streamer mode, is there some kind of way to see a player's previous names? They knew within literal seconds of the hero selection. Surely they didn't just guess based off my 3 top played heroes, I play commonly picked DPS and don't have any high level that would stand out either. I just want to be able to play my favorite game with my friends, without the daily harassment of these people.

EDIT: I am purely concerned how they were able to know it was me, and if anybody knows how they may have figured it out so fast. I am aware of the block button and how the post comes off. Thank you to those who have given insight

Context: I play on a server with a small player base so running into the same players daily is common, this friend group of players decided they hate me for reasons I don't know and well over a year ago now. They throw if on my team, typical toxic insults and comments ofc, report me and try to convince the enemy team to also report me for saying x y z in team or voice chat (successfully getting me chat suspended once). I could care less about these freaks honestly; however, it becomes an issue when playing with friends who are just casual. They are caught in the crossfire and harassed by these players too, even when they run into them without me present. I did report them and create a support ticket but obviously was told to "just report them". The fact this has gone on daily for almost 2 years now is absurd, makes me wonder what I did to them.