New Overwatch Content 06/06

After the Blizzard post earlier today, I'm going to give you all more of an idea of what's coming, without ruining too much of the surprise.

The new hero and map will be coming to the PTR on the 6th of June, as the anniversary event ends. Good timing to keep people playing after the event.

Hero:
The new hero is a Chimpanzee with cybernetic enhancements.
He is a support hero.
His abilities include placing anchor points that connect to form a barrier and placing a stun beacon.
The barrier drops after taking too much damage, but unless an anchor point is destroyed, it comes back up.

Map:
The new map is based inside the Horizon Lunar Colony.
It is a 2CP map, and you fight to secure the control room, and an air-lock.
There are a few small areas where gravity is reduced.

Animated Short:
A new animated short will be released to show off the new map and hero. It will take place on the colony, and will be narrated during flashbacks by the new hero.
It will show what happened on the colony and how Winston ended up on Earth.

Misc:
A few new skins will be added to the normal loot pool, the best of which include astronaut suits.
Spaced themed voice lines and sprays will also be put into the loot pool. Tracer gets a cool Portal reference voice line.
Custom games will now have a gravity setting.
The Mei origin story has been pushed back for a more favoured hero.

Sorry for such a long post, but I hope you all enjoy the new additions!

doomfist when?

why are they holding out on doomfist? are they saving him for blizzcon or something?

I always wanted a Monkey King in all my video games. I guess this chimp will tie me over for now.

Doomfist is so overrated

who cares

just give us what we want and then go back to making new characters who nobody gives a shit about

Sounds too cool to be true. Also, another monkey as a playable hero? I'm calling bullshit on this one.

Really? Of all the neat shit they could have had, they are going with another ape?

better than another fucking brown girl.

Doomfist was never intended to be a hero, everyone just wanted to see him so the team have had to put the work in to make it happen.
The main focus of the team was to carry out intended plans.
Orisa came about as a way to keep the momentum for Doomfist, as was the change to the Numbani payload.
Don't worry, he's coming!

what's next after the summer olympics event

im assuming there'll be no new content in july but something in september/october

Not so much an event, as it is story development.
More items will be added to the standard loot pool over this time that coincide with the new story elements.
October will have it's Halloween event like last year to hold everyone over until November time.

interesting

even if you are a larper this has been fun

who's next after hammond and doomfist

or is there someone else coming after hammond and before doomfist

>A few new skins will be added to the normal loot pool, the best of which include astronaut suits
>haven't received one anniversary skin this entire event
Fuck this game

The hero for Q1 2018 is still in concept phase.
Most I've heard on it is 2 characters working together. Think Ice-Climbers in Smash!

awesome, i love playing cho'gall in hots

last questions before i go for my run

1) are reaper and s76 gay, for eachother, or in general

2) was that reaper's child and grandchild in the christmas comic

knowing blizz this will be a hunter and a pet

Fuck you OP, this all sounds cool but I know you're a fucking liar

1) If you believe they are, then sure!
2) Spoilers!

>you know what made our game sell so well?
>what?
>Winston dude. Winston
>Duuuuuuude you're right, they totally dig the talking gorilla dude we should put more monkeys in the game

does widow get a redemption story.
If not then make it happen

Your game is fucking garbage.

What would happen to you if you were caught sharing this with us?

this is so obviously going to happen down the road

Orisa buff when?

>what's next after the summer olympics event
olympics are every 4 years, there wont be another event

The event ends on june 12th, faggot

I think they mean they go on the ptr for a weeks testing to launch after event

it would be extremely painful

But your a big guy you'd be ok? Right?

Wouldn't be surprised if this came from reddit

Winston has a skin tho

>2cp map

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

Remember boys, some fag on Sup Forums leaked Orisa before she was even hinted at.

Sadly this seems pretty believable and the posting style seems similar.

Whats the difference?

>ANOTHER FUCKING SHIELD HERO

fuck off and die you fucking hacks

no one wants to mindlessly shoot shields all day

Go into more detail on the Chimpanzee.
I assume he is Hammond, but what of the leak earlier about Brio. Any relation? is this what Brio became?

You say he is a support, and it sounds like he is a bit Symmetra-ish. Does he have any healing abilities at all?

The reason we are getting so many shields is exactly because of your point. They are trying to push Rein off his throne but the problem is you cant beat his shield. Stationary shields just do not compete at all then you have the health pool on top of that.

>coming to the PTR on the 6th of June, as the anniversary event ends.
it ends on june 12

This is why i really wanted them to add that robot from the Null Sector event.

He carried a shield just like Reinhardt, but he could lob shots with it up, it was just a lot smaller than reins shield.
I think it would have occupied a different niche if balanced right
>Rein with a rocket launcher, Smaller shield, but can shoot and shield simultaneously.
>critical point on his back like bastion in turret form. slowed movement with shield up.

He would be a more specialized rein, more suited to protecting individuals and providing continuous fire, but would still be able to do his job in his absence.

So I've just finished season 4 and achieved a final SR of 1848. I know, mindblowing numbers, but hear me out. My question though is it is difficult to gauge if it is my actual skill level holding me back or the people I unfortunately find myself being matched with in competitive.

Now I am a humble fellow and am willing to admit when I am bad at a hero or have a bad game I'll throw my hands up and admit my guilt. This is mainly because my style of playing comp is wait for the other 5 to pick heroes and fill in the gaps around the 2/2/2 meta. HOWEVER this only works when only 1 gap needs filling, when 4 dps have been picked and nobody else is willing to switch this is where I feel I am not the problem. Ergo, shouldn't be punished for selfish genji/hanzo mains. (Yes, I highlight those two because those heroes attract that type of person. The same way a piece of shit attracts flies.)
You see. It seems to me that alot of people fail to deduce that Overwatch is a team based arena shooter. Keyword 'team' so when you 'Have to play genji' because you have 78/80 hours played with him and do not know how to play any other hero, then this isn't team based when the team a still needs another tank and another healer. So are people really that naive that they cannot try to learn 2 heroes from each category?! It makes their lives easier in comp because they can adapt and play as a team than make the other members of the team suffer and a loss of SR for everyone involved.

Again, because I pick to fit the comp I may not be amazing at the hero I pick but pick the hero to aid the comp in general, but at least I try, and surely this should count for something? Or at least I need to find a way to counter this like finding a regular group to play in with the same ideals.

Is the hero that produces a swarm of drones still happening?

Make his shield health be variable based on how big it is and I would play it. Tiny little thing will be like a personal Rein shield and bigger once would cover more area but have less health.

The hero and map will be officially released on the 13th, but will be available on the PTR on the 6th. Internal play tests suggest he is quite well balanced already. Sorry for the confusion!
Both of his arms are augmented. Components in the arms act as the builders for the abilities. I don't want to spoil too much, but they also assist in his passive ability.
Brio is not a factual leak I'm afraid. The idea of a hero that walls off areas was thrown about, but would just make Mei's wall redundant.
No healing abilities!

I'll stick around for another half hour or so and then I'm off.

Do you know anything about Junkertown? is that still happening?

>Doomfist was never intended to be a hero

>even more annoying permabarrier bullshit after orisa
good writeup but stupid ideas

so what is his passive?

>barrier that is perm, Placed in doorways

1v1's with this will be so fun i can assure you

Are you retarded?

We definitely want to go into Junkrat and Roadhog's story, but we are first focusing on the Lunar Base and Doomfist.
As I said, I don't want to spoil everything. I like the passive and ultimate too much to ruin the surprise!

Whats his gun?

Content patches are way too slow.

Is there a reason they are holding back on Doomfist?

Last i had heard was that he was completed and was supposed to come out with the anniversary event. Clearly that wasnt the case.

Are they planning something huge with him, or was he much farther away from completion than originally thought?
Is he still that Rein/Tracer fusion with the instakill ult?

Do you honestly believe this retard isn't making shit up?

I bet you also believe his dad works for Nintendo.

To compensate for his strong abilities, his weapon isn't the best. It works well with his stun beacon. Think 'thundergun' from CoD Zombies, but weaker!

>support
>no healing or def/atk boosts of any kind

NO! Bad Blizzard, this is a defense hero.
I know you don't want people to think a new hero sucks solely because it's in the defense category, but stop forcing defense heroes into the support role.

Please no, please be wrong.
We really don't need another 'support' in this game that can't heal. When I'm forced to tank in comp, I at least have some options for who I get to pick. When I'm forced to supp, I basically get to choose between ana or mercy and I'm sick of both of them.

Which hero is is next to be getting a rework?

Shh, leaking Hammond and his legendary skins.

I have a leak fetish. For some reason i only really enjoy things if i think im not supposed to be seeing some info. It is honestly the only reason i watch steven universe. Every episode of the show is leaked ahead of time. Its shitty but leaks make it fun.

Im also that fag that responds to all the smash threads during japan time.

also Orisa was leaked on Sup Forums ahead of time. Thats all the confirmation i need to support this shit.

Doomfist has been the hardest hero to make to date. To stand up to the hype he has to be perfect. He has already had multiple reworks, meaning more delays.
He is currently 'The Big Bad' in the Overwatch universe, so he has to live up to that reputation.
Huge hype means a huge reveal is needed!

Hammond is the fucking jetpack cat, you fools.

>stole a glove
>wrecked some robots
sombra's hunting for the fucking illuminati and you come in here to tell me some black guy with two strong arms is the big bad?

>A few new skins will be added to the normal loot pool
That's where you slipped up OP

Just focus on one hero you're good at and stick with that. At least 1 in each role.

The top best players are one tricks who are only good in one hero and mediocre for the rest, follow their example.

Reaper is high on the list.
Like I have mentioned, a strong story arc is coming and Reaper is part of it.
This will hopefully push more people to play Reaper, and we want him more than he is currently for this.

You don't understand.

It's not the wielder that's the villain

He's all we've got in terms of evil leaders rn

>Internal play tests suggest he is quite well balanced already.
Like blizzard knows what balance is

What if Doomfist is a game mode.

Holy shit it just clicked.
>Talon wants to cause a second omnic crisis
>why the fuck would they want to do this if they would be slaughtered with the rest of the meat bags?
>The leader has to be an omnic
>but Talon members wouldnt follow an omnic leader
>unless he was using a human as a host.

We Idle Hands now!

That's too cool a story for blizzard.

I'ts like Diddy Kongs popgun but it shoots science pellets.
His ultimate gives him a jetpack and he constantly shoots bullets but with all the recoil it can be hard to fly and aim straight!

Hope this isn't true
No more barrier watch please

Jeff confirmed in the twitter Q&A video that internally they thought reaper was in a good place right now.
Try harder

are there going to be any new events this year?

>Doomfist is actually a parasite omnic
>It takes over the user
>That Omnic company has the schematics
>It plans to take over the human race

where's my sombra amelia earhart skin

Alright leakman, I'll take the bait.
Tell us about Hammond. Is he smart like Winston? Is he psycho-chimp? What's his character like at all?
Blizz told us that all the monkey's on the moon went bonkers except Winston, so I'm expecting an interesting personality from this kong.

>There are a few small areas where gravity is reduced.
i hate this so much
WHY
WHYYY

Hahahahahahah leaks ammirite so many (You)s if I post leaks

Literally anniversary patch. Shorter cooldown on barrier

Robo-monkey could change that if he ruins close quarters characters. Never know with Papa Jeff.

Even more heroes that can spam barriers. How fun.

>new
>overwatch
>content

So... Terry Crews?

The emails mention a weird sound in the vents and that Hammond was a "smaller subject".

Even a chimp would have a tough time fitting into vents, so it has to be something even smaller.

Last question!
The new hero has a (mild) split-personality. The good side tries to fight off the bad side but doesn't do the best job. Like how Winston has, again mild, control over Primal Rage, our new hero does not.
In terms of IQ, he's the kind of crazy mad-scientist type.

Can you namefag or do a tripcode so we can verify this around next month when the Hammond comes around? To be honest what your saying sounds very cool but it seems like you making really yummy bait

Sure! ^^^

>mad scientist
I'm down for slim, sexy evil Winston.
I'm still upset he has no heals though. Means I'll never ever get to actually play him in comp thanks to the 2/2/2 meta.

If you're lucky he'll be a niche pick like symmetra, all depends what his ult does

>dnommaHeMllaCtnoD
Don't call me Hammond??? What did he mean by this?

>Don't call me Hammond
>Split personality
>Crazy
If true, props to Blizz
If not, props to fakeleaks

Symmetra's my favorite character in OW and I still never get to play her.
If the stars finally align where she becomes a good pick, I'm still usually forced to go tank/supp thanks to our 3rd dps hanzo.

Sounds like you need to find people to queue with who like the roles you don't

>Talk about 'Anchor Hero' with Orissa
>She is anything but
>Add new Chimpanzee hero who actually serves as a sort of anchor

Blizzard are incompetent

I got 6 of my buds together that like OW and we considered making a ranked team together. If we do, I'll probably get stuck as tank since most of them already prefer dps.
the worst part is that I'm around 1k higher ranked than all of them.

Nothing for the OW Anniversary?? Jeff literally said:
Well, i open 25 loot boxes with NOTHING, no legendary skins and 1 fucking dance (reaper xDD), fuck Blizzard and fuck event.

New hero: Meh, whatever. Might be true, might be not? I don't care.
New Map: 2CP. Okay, at least it's not another CP map. I'd prefer a new paylaod map though.
New animated short: FUCK YOU! Make shorts for the heores that already exists and that people actually WANT to see shorts of instead of a short about some literally who - fucking ape noone knows (or even wants to know)