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Romulux
Mar 17, 2004

E V O L V E D

Internet Explorer posted:

I'm not claiming to be a super game dev or something but all of the ideas posted in the past few pages are loving awful. Can we just agree to stop proposing new character ideas?

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Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Manatee Cannon posted:

it is if you play in servers that allow for it I guess but pro tf2 is 6v6 and the scout limit per team is 2

This sounds very "Fox only, final destination, no items" :(

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



overwatch ranked is 6v6 one hero limit so ???

Verranicus
Aug 18, 2009

by VideoGames

Manatee Cannon posted:

overwatch ranked is 6v6 one hero limit so ???

It's a bad idea.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



good argument

ImPureAwesome
Sep 6, 2007

the king of the beach

Internet Explorer posted:

I'm not claiming to be a super game dev or something but all of the ideas posted in the past few pages are loving awful. Can we just agree to stop proposing new character ideas?

What if sombra was a sentient sombrero that had to jump onto people and then they'd be blind for a bit. Like a reverse stealth!

Verranicus
Aug 18, 2009

by VideoGames

ImPureAwesome posted:

What if sombra was a sentient sombrero that had to jump onto people and then they'd be blind for a bit. Like a reverse stealth!

Now this is a good idea.

Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011

Kai Tave posted:

a weird one-trick pony like Symmetra and I'm not sure either of those outcomes would be desirable.
I feel like if they plan on continually adding characters, a lot of them will end up here just because most, if not all, of the generalist bases have already been covered.

e: It could also be that my imagination is poo poo and I can't come up with any good new character ideas, but then, neither can anyone else here (except for the sombrero). :v:

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬
How far are people loitering from the control point to not be in a position to defend against a hero that in theory might only be able to cap the first 10% of the point before it gets revealed to enemies? If her stealth was on a long cool down the defenders would really have to be asleep at the wheel to let it be a major issue.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



there's a maximum to how fast you can capture so it'd mostly be down to facilitating backcaps on cocky teams or breaking the stall on maps like hanamura. you can't capture a point if a defender is on it so it shouldn't even come into the equation in a team fight unless you gently caress up

it's actually not that useful in this game since there's nothing like badlands last in tf2 where you can cap it in like a second. hell, there aren't any 5cp maps so it'd actually be a pretty useless ability unless the defenders just gently caress up monumentally. I would think that that's why people like tracer and genji don't have the ability

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Ravenfood posted:

I feel like if they plan on continually adding characters, a lot of them will end up here just because most, if not all, of the generalist bases have already been covered.

e: It could also be that my imagination is poo poo and I can't come up with any good new character ideas, but then, neither can anyone else here (except for the sombrero). :v:

I'd bet if Reaper hadn't ever been released and I proposed a hero with a good shotgun attack, temporary invulnerability and a teleport some people would lose their poo poo on how broken they'd think it is.

Blizzard could play it safe with character design but then you'll just end up with 8 more iterations of soldier/McCree/Bastion.

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf
What if Sombra has the power to appropriate other cultures?

sleppy
Dec 25, 2008

Panfilo posted:

I was daydreaming about another hero with as unconventional playstyle as possible- what if their whole gimmick was dying?
On death: Enemy that killed you has 25% of their ult meter drained.

LMB: Slow RoF slow moving projectiles that can pass through thinner walls but not hero generated barriers.

Left shift: Explode, buffing your allies damage and projectile speed around you significantly. If any ally either gets a kill or dies within 2 seconds, you come back at full life. If neither happens you die and respawn as normal.

E: Explode, reducing affected enemies current HP in nearby radius by 50% and allies by a flat amount. Any kills within 2 seconds resurrect you.

Ultimate: Explode in a large radius, doing a small amount of damage, brief stun, and drains enemy ult meter over time. If you interrupted an enemy ult /are near a friendly player using an ult within 2 seconds, you resurrect. Otherwise you respawn as normal.

The idea is that as long as you are 'dead' you can't be damaged. You're forced to use your skills intelligently and are vulnerable alone otherwise you have a long downtime.

Panfilo posted:

Space: Sticks to walls, but can't normally shoot while doing this.

Shift: invisible for X seconds, your projectiles are also invisible and don't give direction indication for hits during this time. Melee kills stretch out the duration a bit longer.

E: Teleport X meters directly above your current position. If you hit a ceiling you can hold down space to cling to it momentarily.

Ultimate: All friendly projectiles are invisible and leave no direction indicator, and all allies will briefly be stealth ed beyond a certain distance for several seconds.

Panfilo posted:

I'd bet if Reaper hadn't ever been released and I proposed a hero with a good shotgun attack, temporary invulnerability and a teleport some people would lose their poo poo on how broken they'd think it is.
Blizzard could play it safe with character design but then you'll just end up with 8 more iterations of soldier/McCree/Bastion.

Kashuno posted:

What is with you and bizarrely unbalanced character designs?

Panfilo posted:

..rank 1400...

oh...

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Naerasa posted:

What if Sombra has the power to appropriate other cultures?

Random enemies in the radius gain a "triggered" debuff and blog furiously about the issue.

Nakar
Sep 2, 2002

Ultima Ratio Regum
Are those Omnic monks appropriating Nepalese culture or is it cool as long as they're Robuddhists?

Romulux
Mar 17, 2004

E V O L V E D

Guys I'm daydreaming about a crazy animal, it's like an elephant but it lives underwater and it's always down there in the ocean stompin on all the crabs and stuff hehe. And it can't swim, it's like the penguin of the sea, but it doesn't care because it just loves it down there, stompin and eating everything it can get its big ol trunk around. As a matter of fact, this could be an Overwatch character!

Left click: Stomp
Right click: Stomp
Space: Stomp
Shift: Stomp
E: Stomp
Ult: Eat

What do you guys think? Can we talk about it for multiple pages? Explore the lore? Why does Aquelephant love stompin so much? Let's hear those ideas, boys!

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



sombra should be a dinosaur

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
Kings Row and Anubis have such natural defense points that I don't know why teams overextend past them because it turns something so easy into too hard.

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Romulux posted:

Guys I'm daydreaming about a crazy animal, it's like an elephant but it lives underwater and it's always down there in the ocean stompin on all the crabs and stuff hehe. And it can't swim, it's like the penguin of the sea, but it doesn't care because it just loves it down there, stompin and eating everything it can get its big ol trunk around. As a matter of fact, this could be an Overwatch character!

Left click: Stomp
Right click: Stomp
Space: Stomp
Shift: Stomp
E: Stomp
Ult: Eat

What do you guys think? Can we talk about it for multiple pages? Explore the lore? Why does Aquelephant love stompin so much? Let's hear those ideas, boys!

I think it's a great concept to explore! It might not be viable in such a rough state, but, hear me out: *steeples fingers *

Stomp is good, but let's try to make it work in a way that's fun to play but still manageable to deal with. Maybe tweak the damage a bit. Since he's got 4 feet maybe each "clip" of ammo is him stomping his four feet in rapid succession.

Maybe he gets some ground slam ability that let's him rapidly drop down to the ground, the damage and affected radius could be proportional to the distance he dropped. So you could find interesting places to do sick elephant drops. But your opponents also know this so they're not going to make it easy if they see a huge elephant perched up on a ledge.

He could grab dudes with his trunk and Chuck em in whatever direction you flick the mouse. Since this gives you a lot of control, the range and cool down would have to be tweaked.

I was thinking he could have maybe like vampire powers? Only instead of blood he sucks the Chi out of his enemies. This could be a life steal ability where he sucks their chi out by impaling then with his tusks, and if two enemies were standing at just the right spot he could hit both at the same time with it or something.

His ult could be a psychic blast out of his trunk like a hitscan attack that if you hit the initial target it'll split into mini lasers that bounce around and heal allies for a small amount if they happen to stand in the way.

I like the idea of a psychic tandem cyborg war elephant in Overwatch!

Romulux
Mar 17, 2004

E V O L V E D
Please stop.

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib

Kenshin posted:

I agree that the door should not close after it's been bashed down. I don't really see a reason for the additional chokepoints to entering the castle.

If the door didn't close that last section would be a lot more similar to King's Row.

Gibraltar Point 2 has this problem in spades too.

Schneider Inside Her
Aug 6, 2009

Please bitches. If nothing else I am a gentleman
10 bucks says Panfilo's terrible character designs are part of the Sombra ARG

junan_paalla
Dec 29, 2009

Seriously, do drugs
I just found out I can't ignore on the ios app so uh...

Shnag
Dec 8, 2010

"I'll be whatever I wanna do!"
What about a velociraptor like like the one from the old turok games? He can flail his arms around rapidly, or swipe each claw at the same time to do more damage per swipe but slower. Pounce, and for his ultimate he can summon a swarm of those tiny dinosaurs (Compsognathus) that you see overwhelm people in the Jurassic park movies.

Star
Jul 15, 2005

Guerilla war struggle is a new entertainment.
Fallen Rib
Blizzard have stated that the door was open at first, but the long sight lines made it really annoying to play so they added the closing.

Kashuno
Oct 9, 2012

Where the hell is my SWORD?
Grimey Drawer

Internet Explorer posted:

I'm not claiming to be a super game dev or something but all of the ideas posted in the past few pages are loving awful. Can we just agree to stop proposing new character ideas?

L Shift: Kill the whole enemy team
LMB: fires 8000 shotgun shells with no damage dropoff or spread
RMB: deletes a hero from the match permanently
E: teleport inside the enemy spawn
Q: Win the game instantly.

DeathSandwich
Apr 24, 2008

I fucking hate puzzles.
Is it sad that I want Hanzo to be nerfed? Not because I think he's broken or overpowered, but because I'm sick and tired of seeing 2 of them in every game? It's always the same couple of weeabos that play him and have twice as much time playing him as all the other characters combined, and 4 times out of 5 they are worthless fodder that gets eaten by reaper/tracer/winston before contributing anything special.

Verranicus
Aug 18, 2009

by VideoGames

DeathSandwich posted:

Is it sad that I want Hanzo to be nerfed? Not because I think he's broken or overpowered, but because I'm sick and tired of seeing 2 of them in every game? It's always the same couple of weeabos that play him and have twice as much time playing him as all the other characters combined, and 4 times out of 5 they are worthless fodder that gets eaten by reaper/tracer/winston before contributing anything special.

His projectiles need a re-nerf but honestly what you're feeling would just be replaced by whatever hero annoyed you the next most if they did nerf him. It's normal to feel that way.

LCL-Dead
Apr 22, 2014

Grimey Drawer
Scatter arrow one-shots an unshielded Zarya.

As someone who regularly flails uselessly against a Zarya, I enjoy this immensely. Especially when I one shot them coming out of their spawn multiple times and the salt dam breaks.

Thor-Stryker
Nov 11, 2005

DeathSandwich posted:

Is it sad that I want Hanzo to be nerfed? Not because I think he's broken or overpowered, but because I'm sick and tired of seeing 2 of them in every game?

There's an invisible progression chart for 11yr/olds and Wannabes: every team must have at least one Hanzo, if no one selects Hanzo, then Genji must be selected, if no one selects Genji, then Reaper must be chosen. This is the list of cool and good characters.

Also, New Map types would be great! there's still Double-Payload and Gravel Pit "2>1" Capture Point that could work for Overwatch. 5cp is possible but doesn't fit well with Overwatch's deathball gameplay.

TheresaJayne
Jul 1, 2011
The next Character should be the master of gravity,

Gravitar

They can hit space to attach to local walls and use them like normal floor.
primary fire - pellet that pushes anyone hit back until they hit something (like rein's pin)
E AOE explosion causing anyone in range to float up into the sky for 5 seconds
L Shift - perform mega jump equal to Genji's double jump

Ult, Like Zarya's ult but rather than in a small area like a black hole it just insta freezes anyone in a 20 m radius, they can still fire etc, just not move for 7 seconds.(so like multiple junkrat traps)

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬
Having a map type where both teams have to simultaneously escort their own payload would be a lot of fun, and take less time than having multiple rounds.

verbal enema
May 23, 2009

onlymarfans.com

flamethrower knight is insanely cool

gently caress all of that other poo poo

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

TheresaJayne posted:

The next Character should be the master of gravity,

Gravitar

They can hit space to attach to local walls and use them like normal floor.
primary fire - pellet that pushes anyone hit back until they hit something (like rein's pin)
E AOE explosion causing anyone in range to float up into the sky for 5 seconds
L Shift - perform mega jump equal to Genji's double jump

Ult, Like Zarya's ult but rather than in a small area like a black hole it just insta freezes anyone in a 20 m radius, they can still fire etc, just not move for 7 seconds.(so like multiple junkrat traps)

I like it. Few if any heroes can move downwards quickly so being able to knock them up into the air would be useful. Maybe instead of mega jump being left shift its his regular jump that you could "charge up" for extra height (the catch being that he's just squatting in place while charging up). His wall stick could be used when storing gravity power from his other push or stun abilities that would let you momentarily cling to walls (like how zarya gets a damage boost temporarily when her shield is hit).

Even i think 7 seconds is really long, maybe 2 or 3 seconds instead or give it a base amount+whatever gravity power you have charged up.

Kashuno
Oct 9, 2012

Where the hell is my SWORD?
Grimey Drawer
You guys design characters so poorly I can't even tell if you're lying.

verbal enema
May 23, 2009

onlymarfans.com
the only character i want is a HWguy but we already have a stupid shoot forever person with bastion so w/e

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Kashuno posted:

You guys design characters so poorly I can't even tell if you're lying.

So what's your idea for a new character then?

Thor-Stryker
Nov 11, 2005

Panfilo posted:

So what's your idea for a new character then?

Stttttaaaahhhppp!

LCL-Dead
Apr 22, 2014

Grimey Drawer
What would you call the map type where the payload would be in the middle and the teams have to reach it and push it into the opposing teams base?

Sorry.. Not familiar with these things.

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Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Thor-Stryker posted:

Stttttaaaahhhppp!

OK so is that like a stun ability? Maybe the guys from New England, and was like a ground traffic controller for their transport VTOLs or something?

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