Are there any heroes you like other aspects of besides gameplay (design/lore/voice acting/etc.) ? Or heroes who you’d like to play, but find them too difficult?
I really like Reinhardt’s personality and I think he looks really cool, but I just suck at playing him. Especially against enemy Reins, I don’t think I’ll ever get the hang of the Rein vs Rein mind games. Whenever I do play Rein, it’s more reminiscent of his cinematic where he just charges in head first without a plan, rather than actual good more methodical Rein gameplay.
Another hero I like but don’t play (much) is Sombra. I really like her design, and her story about trying to uncover a global conspiracy is very interesting to me. I think in concept she is very cool, more of a disruptor and utility based hero rather than just a high damage assassin (at least that’s what I thought her appeal was before the OW2 rework), but I just don’t really find it consistently enjoyable, though I do like bullying countering enemy snipers & Hammonds as her.
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I like junkrat.
Too bad I never get to play him when I play DPS because pharah is just way too oppressive if you don’t pick hitscan.
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Pharah, but mostly because I can never manage her flight ability well and I almost always get eliminated when I try to use her ult.
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For tank, doomfist, roadhog and wrecking ball.
Doomfist because even though he’s fun to play, other tanks get value more easily. So I’d be throwing if I play doomfist especially if I’m terrible at him.
Roadhog because people were already mad at you by you picking roadhog even before he was severely nerfed. Now that he has been dumpstered, you’ll get flamed even harder if you pick him in ranked.
Wrecking ball because for some reason lower elo, people doesn’t know how to play around wrecking ball’s playstyle. So they’ll all die if there’s nobody in the frontline to protect them. I’d like to play more wrecking ball, but can’t in lower elo for this reason.
For DPS, sombra and widowmaker.
Sombra because she’s one of the most team-dependent DPS hero. So you’re not going to get that much value if nobody on your team follows up on your call outs like hacks. They’ll then blame you for the loss because according to them, you “didn’t do anything”.
Widowmaker because even though she’s fun to use, you’ll need hundreds of hours on aim lab to even get any meaningful value out of her compared to all other DPS heroes. Plus, you’ll also have to deal with unreliable healing and non-existent peeling from your teammates in lower ranks. Which makes widowmaker even more harder to use and a risky pick in lower ranks.
For support, zenyatta. Even though he’s technically strong, in lower ranks your team feeds and need tons of healing in order to stay alive. So if you play zen into a feeding team, you likely won’t get that much value. And then your teammates will flame you at the end of the game.
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I love Ashe. I think she has some great cosmetics, Jennifer Hale does a great job on her voice, her short with Cowboy was awesome, and who doesn’t love BOB? Problem is, she’s like a psuedo-sniper. And I suck at snipers. I seem to die very often on Ashe, even more than Hanzo and Widow. Even using Coach to get away, the enemies seem to get me every time.
Glad it’s not just me. This is why I don’t like to play him, either. And most Reins feel entitled to fight a Rein mirror most of the time.
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I do think Genji as a concept is kinda cool. I don’t like how his gameplay feels, so I don’t play him.
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Doom. I can play every other character at least a gold level, even Hammond who im terrible at, but for whatever reason, i can NEVER do anything with doom. I dont understand how enemy dooms are tanky and unkillable, yet i die in .2 seconds, even when blocking.
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I like Sombra’s personality and VA but nobody seems to like it when I pick her, neither the enemy team nor my allies
I like Ashe too, but real life health issues make her gun painful to use for a full match (those same issues make healing with Lifeweaver painful as well, though I haven’t played him for many matches yet)
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I really like Sombra as a character. I wish they did more with her lore. They kinda left her storyline in limbo. I think Carolina Ravassa does an amazing job with her voice lines. I also speak Spanish, so it’s the only hero that I can actually understand the non-english lines. She also has some great skins. But, I kinda hate her gameplay loop. I don’t enjoy playing her or against her.
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Yes and its Tracer. She has great damage, mobility and you can carry with her if you are good enough. Sadly I am just terrible with her.
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Ana
I dislike being immobile in overwatch. Mobility is so fun to maneuver around which is why I enjoy Mercy/Moira so much and was to happy to see that Lifeweaver has a dash as well (sadly… it’s so garbage ehh)
I swear, if Ana had a dash or a slide like Sojourn I’d play the heck out of her. Such a cool character
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Tank: Hammond, Sigma, D.VA and Junker Queen.
DPS: Tracer, Ashe.
Support: Moira, Bap, Ana
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Genji. So much fun but zero reason to play him over other flankers.
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I like Widowmaker and Hanzo but I suck at aiming so I rarely play them outside of mystery hero. Similar to Ashe since I guess she also count as a sniper type character. I am ok with her but that’s mostly due to her rate of fire and ability to fight off ppl squishes at least. Tracer is another good one I get lost when I dash. I just really like her cheery personality.
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I’ve always liked shooting downwards.
But that’s not enough to make me go Pharah.
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This. Lol
Being forced to switch to hitscan support or DPS when the enemy team has a Pharah is annoying. And the only hitscan I play regularly is Sombra. But, if no one else on my team is going to switch… Well.
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I love Ashe, partly because I’m a Jennifer Hale fan, and partly because of her Lever Action Rifle. And BOB DO SOMETHING!
Alas I can’t aim to save my life.
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heroes that I like visually or personality wise but don’t like playing:
ana, ashe, mercy, sombra, widow
heroes that I like playing but not interested visually:
bastion, jq, junkrat, lucio, moira, orisa (OW1 gameplay), hog, torb, zarya, zen
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I like Tracer but she’s a throw pick for me. Wrecking Ball is the same way.
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Sombra.
I’ve always wanted to play Pharah. But wow, I just cannot manage flight AS WELL AS everything else (aiming, shooting, projectile trajectory and timing, positioning, cooldown management, keeping track of my team, staying in sight of my supports, not crashing into walls, environment etc). Such a difficult hero for me.
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