Snipers are SO boring to play against

They always ignored this part. ALWAYS. lol.

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What are you on about? I don;t play quickplay becasue I pub stomp. That’s not why I play OW.

this thread just makes me want to go play widowmaker on 2cp and koth maps. dont think it will work out well tho lol

guess ill stick to havana

Funny how this game lost it’s original intention. Literally be accessible for everyone. Lost this direction when they tried to make this game competitive.

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I never understand the logic behind comments like this.

Duh if snipers didn’t exist people would complain about something else. Or do you think snipers are the only thing that are too strong in overwatch? Like this game has A LOT of issues.

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the logic is players will find anything to complain about, often times to justify why they’re taking L’s.

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His escape options are decent though. He’s able to build distance pretty easily assuming he’s not chilling alone in the open with nothing around him… which I’d hope someone playing hanzo is aware enough to not do in the first place.

But yes, considering he has a guaranteed 350 quick firing attack he easily melts a tank like winston as soon as he steps outside of his bubble and range which, again, his escape abilities allow him to do. That’s just assuming a 1v1, of which hanzo is usually in with his team

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Well yes, that’s because there will always be issues and something will always be too strong. So again, it makes no sense to say that cause it’s kinda like… ā€œduuhā€ that’s how it works. People don’t like things that are too strong for too long.

That’s kind of my point. Hitscan are even more overwhelming in QP where there is less rigidity in matchmaking and even less coordination. A solo soldier is much strong in qp than comp, where he is already strong.

Edit: read what you typed wrong, but yeah, you are right.

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The point is whenever any evidence of the usual complainers is requested regarding them claiming how Super EZ hitscans are, its always the same . Dead silence or just completely ignored.
Post a replay, people have invited you to a game to provide proof, … anything.

The only reason they even say they are easy, is to try convince others that the reason people are good mechanically with those heroes is because they are easy and OP.
And since they hate these heroes, they try to slander them any chance they get.

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And sometimes people just want to complain instead of improving.

That can also be the case. But in this case I would be in line to agree that yes snipers are broken. But I feel that way because I think snipers are broken by design, in EVERY game they’re in.

A long range (at most times infinite range) one shot that has little to no counterplay or risk involved in playing the hero. Playing hide and seek all game to avoid getting one shotted from Saigon is dumb.

Lol, this is DVS and LuckDucky. You all will crap-talk completely unrelated things and try to completely miss the point. A game of 90% stompage will be crap-talked due to one bad play.

Your type is duplicitous and argues in bad faith (see our thread yesterday).

Like ofc nobody is going to post a replay to you. Go suck an egg.

Grow up, start arguing in good faith, and then maybe people will post replays. It’s because of players like you that no constructive conversation can happen in these forums.

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you know what i love? playing sniper and getting dived by their whole team even though I’m not doing anything

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True, but another one they always leave out is here:

Like, I think people take this for granted, but there are people that genuinely can’t play widowmaker because of how hard it is to aim with her. How can people be overblowing the difficulties of aiming if there’s an ENTIRE CHARACTER most people can’t play solely due to her aim requirement? That sounds like aiming IS a big deal.

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True and real.

Shhh, he is a little slow.

This isn’t including any headshots the hanzo decides to do before or after the storm arrows goes off too. As anything that isn’t a Hammond, diving into any sniper without your full team support is just death.

They can’t. Trust me.

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Overwatch is at its worst when you’re forced to play at long range. It’s why people hate HLC, Paris and Havana.

Sniper compositions force you to play at long range if the snipers are competent. They can turn other maps into HLC point A.

Class-based shooters are medium-range, brawly games where you fight over an objective. There are usually sniper classes, yes, but they’re usually hampered by a limited ammo capacity, low mobility or low rate of fire.

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They are typing in unison. At least we know they aren’t one dumb person on two alt accounts.

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Insults always make your argument better. I can see how my logic of ā€œyou guys are willfully ignoring things and that’s harming the discussionā€ is completely dismantled due to me being insulted.

A blatant lie. I mentioned things that directly relate to the game:

1.) Aiming IS a big deal

2.) People mischaracterize Hanzo

3.) Widowmaker could be a worse character.

I used examples from other games to back my opinion up, so don’t accuse me of crap talking completely unrelated things.

Who, me or the other guy? If you mean me, then again your wrong. I’ve been the most good faith here by, unlike you guys, actually pointing to examples of what I mean so you know why I have my opinion. So far, you’ve only stomped around and insulted people like

Oh, and I realize you’re so upset about the ā€œprove itā€ part. Don’t you realize that makes YOU bad faith? You’re upset that I asked for actual proof, lol.

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Also the fact that in OW there is no movement acceleration. So it makes it even harder to hit targets. Let alone constant headshots.
Cant quick scope.
And the fact that she also has to charge up her shots to do significant damage.
There are barriers and life saving abilities everywhere.
Has to contend with enemies flying across the map hunting her.

People don’t understand how many hundreds of hours people practice just be close to decent with her. And the other hitscans.
Even the OWL pros only have like a 30 crit percentage.

But again having mechanical skill is bad and oppressive.

This is false. Not all Class based or team shooters are like this.
Battlefield is a class based shooter.
The maps are enormous. Way more open space than any OW map.
You fight over capturing points/objectives.
Snipers in that game make Widow look handicapped.

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