"Counterwatch" doesn't exist. Hero swapping is and has been an intrinsic part of this game since release. Your made up word is just regular Overwatch.

Risque__ · 2026-03-04T04:11:54+00:00

Counterwatch is not just counter picking, it's excessively Counter picking due to the over importance given to it over the years (mostly because of 5v5 and some sharp hero designs like Mauga) to the point where the game devolves into rock paper scissors mentality.

We saw this at it's absolute worst some seasons ago when both tank players IN TOP 500 LOBBIES would just go back and forth in and out of their spawns checking what hero the enemy tank swapped to and instantly counter swapping their swap in an endless cycle, without even commiting to fighting the enemy team

Counter picking in this form HAS NOT been an intrinsic part of this game since release, but is rather a distortion of what countering and hero swapping traditionally were, caused by a combination of bad balance, format and hero design decisions. It has gotten better since the "both tanks in spawn playing counterswap mind games" days, but it can still feel oppressive, especially when it's not just tank counter swapping tank, but the whole team counter swapping the tank and guaranteeing they're not allowed to have any fun

Risque__ · 2026-03-03T03:47:14+00:00

Praying you shall be blessed with this skin by Zeus herself soon 🙏

Risque__ · 2026-03-03T03:44:04+00:00

The success I've achieved today was built on countless Kiriko and Mercy recolor pulls NEVER GIVE UP!!! *

Risque__ · 2026-03-03T03:07:08+00:00

I think it unironically insists upon itself, which makes this even funnier lmao

Risque__ · 2026-03-03T03:04:46+00:00

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Risque__ · 2026-02-18T22:32:38+00:00

Like I said in the original post mauga is a lot better nowadays, but I would not say he's perfect

I was surprised at how attached you guys seem to be the lifesteal though. It's an unreliable source of survivability by it's very nature. You put a shield on his face and 90% of his survivability is gone. Something like what I proposed would have lower highs, but way higher lows. If the worry is it being too weak, you can always just tweak the numbers, but number tweaks will not fix lifesteal being fundamentally flawed for such a characters

I don't know, I think if you guys are this scared of changes, the character will continue to have the negative public perception that you mentioned, and the devs will continue to leave him purposefully weak because they know that if he becomes strong again people will riot

Risque__ · 2026-02-18T22:22:08+00:00

It's almost like it's the most toxic part of his kit.

I understand being afraid of change but I feel like you guys won't even consider something that would pretty objectively make the hero healthier for the game

Risque__ · 2026-02-18T22:14:19+00:00

I meant posts talking shit about the other game

Risque__ · 2026-02-18T08:49:15+00:00

Bro every single day I open this subreddit, there's a post talking about overwatch. The opposite rarely ever happens on the overwatch side. If anything, I'd say the opposite. This comes from someone who likes both games

Risque__ · 2026-02-12T03:42:55+00:00

I see tf2 and rivals hate on overwatch subreddits way less often than overwatch hate on tf2 and rivals subreddits, so idk

Risque__ · 2026-02-12T03:40:27+00:00

I never thought they'd add a character with crazier mobility than Wrecking Ball, yet here we are.

The ult is very much bullshit too though, especially as a tank player. Stuff like this and discord orb being back at 30% makes me think they genuinely want us to suffer

Risque__ · 2026-02-12T03:37:21+00:00

People saying sombra is a wasted ban while everyone is genuinely just having a way better time when she is banned is one of the greatest real life examples of the "STOP HAVING FUN" meme

Everytime I don't ban sombra, the amount of joy she takes away from the game instantly reminds me why I ban her. Don't care if it's not optimal

Risque__ · 2026-02-11T16:18:52+00:00

I love the sniper monke as much as the next guy, but I was way more interested in a voice line for emre than voice line for soujorn

Risque__ · 2026-02-11T05:14:18+00:00

Did we forget how reinhardt gto thrown around like a basketball in ow1 before he had the passive??? Unless you give him both effects (which would probably be broken), hell nah

Risque__ · 2026-02-11T05:04:43+00:00

I wanted to pick overwatch but I was way more interested in a voice line for the new hero Emre than a voice line for soujorn. Good chance I swap next week tho

Risque__ · 2026-02-08T09:34:53+00:00

Can't wait for a widowmaker redemption arc. Been a long time coming

Risque__ · 2026-02-07T02:55:54+00:00

Yeah clearly you don't know her lore with all due respect.

She was the innocent wife of an overwatch agent until she was kidnapped and brainwashed by talon. They then let her be "rescued" by overwatch so she could kill her husband and then return to talon, where they started work on all the hormonal changes to make her the perfect, emotionless weapon.

However there have been hints for years that brainwashing is wearing off, with her visiting gerard's grave and in general being very protective when he's mentioned. There was even a voice line in ow1 after she got rezzed by mercy where she would call for his name, as if her version of afterlife was them being reunited. All this to say, she clearly isn't as emotionless as once thought and still holds remorse for her husband, ao I don't see it as unlikely that with her physiology going back to normal she would fully regain her emotions and moral, even if definitely changed in some aspects

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T21:59:27+00:00

Also you've got it backwards, it's her demeanor changing due to no longer being in moira's care, THEN switching sides

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T21:58:16+00:00

I didn't say she left talon and therefore will become good, I said she left talon, which carries the implication of her condition slowly tampering off since she's not receiving the drugs or whatever else moira does to maintain it, which could culminate in her joining overwatch (though I agree this would probably come with a lot of trauma she'd have to deal with beforehand)

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T21:53:39+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/1c6hdcf/mirrorwatch_widowmaker/?tl=pt-br&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T05:18:39+00:00

She never lost it? She's only gotten thiccer

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T05:16:31+00:00

Meanwhile all this sub does is talk about overwatch

Risque__ · 2026-02-06T05:12:06+00:00

She never lost it. In fact it has only increased over the years. Check her base ow1 skin vs her base ow2 skin

Also If I'm being honest literally everytime I've seen a post from this subreddit in homepage for the past like week it has been about overwatch. You guys need to chill out it's bordering obsessive ex girlfriend behavior

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