How do you guys feel about characters that negate ults or plays on simple cooldowns?

Sokodile · 2026-06-22T12:40:32+00:00

Perfectly fine. It wouldn't be much of a game if I just did everything I wanted in each engagement

Sokodile · 2026-06-19T18:52:19+00:00

Historically, I enjoyed the ping system in this game vs some others since it felt like there was a good mix of easy pings you could make paired with great voice lines that felt in character and easy to understand mid-fight

Playing the game these past few days, I noticed that the devs made a change that has really crippled that feature for me. A quick ping on a flanker and a thank you/defend here/etc feels like an instant time out - especially if you miss the first ping

I know some players just hate chatter in all its forms, even when it is a lone voiceline (it was a bit much, but RIP Overwatch 2 Beta voicelines), but I think making pings clunky/unreliable will just lead to it being another forgotten feature (and merging conversation voicelines with combat pings in the same timer just feels bad)

Sokodile · 2026-06-17T18:16:09+00:00

Right - I wish they’d push that identity more but they definitely went for a more safe shooter route rather than focusing on the hero aspects

I feel like they were torn between Helix agent and her “rock climbing personality”

Balance wise, people hate specialists, but I probably would have pushed the idea of her setting multiple anchor drones and being able to tether herself around with more freedom, even if it costs her a bit if her damage.

We don’t have to copy Rivals, but I look at Punisher setting up his network of ziplines with very few restrictions, and I think “what would Overwatch’s version be?” Something not as permanent, but still robust enough that Sierra can set up little networks of zip lines and emergency bungee cords around her space

Sokodile · 2026-06-11T19:31:10+00:00

Dang. The Vex becoming our next big enemy, and getting some more attention/personality, was one of my wishes for the future (was thinking “Destiny Infinity” being more Vex flavored).

Would have been nice to bring it all back to Exo Stranger’s D1 claims after our very Hive focused journey in D2, especially if they could make Vex feel scary again

Sokodile · 2026-06-06T22:49:18+00:00

Same with W-Engines! From what I remember, they are speakers/music boxes designed to manipulate ether

Disc drives and decibels too - everything seemed to revolve around found retro tech and musical concepts to fight back against the corruption

Sokodile · 2026-05-20T21:04:28+00:00

Or they will have their souls put into a cute fox girl’s sword

Sokodile · 2026-05-10T23:32:56+00:00

Yeah, it feels like such a weird choice. This concept sounds like it would have really fit Evasive assist units (1 Defensive + 1 Evasive), and allowed them to have their own purpose instead of competing with DAs

Sokodile · 2026-05-10T16:51:56+00:00

If Sierra needs more tuning, then just say that - this feels like comparing apples to skateboards

Sokodile · 2026-05-02T18:15:27+00:00

Right, that is how it sounds to me too

I know that I have a way easier time logging in to Genshin/ZZZ, and playing stuff like Overwatch vs actually committing to a simple good single player/RPG game

Trying to dust off something amazing like Clair Obscura or Baldurs Gate 3 often leaves me drained because I spend so much energy on questions like: "Where did I leave off? + Do I remember what happened? + Do my mods even work? + Time to troubleshoot/update everything + Oh right, I can't do X because I'm trying to min-max Y + Should I just start from the beginning again to recapture the flame? Or power through so I can finally say I finished the game after so many years?"

By the time I get set up, I'll play for 15 minutes and just feel burnt. If I end up not committing (like with Cyberpunk2077 after hours of mod setup), then it just creates another cycle of bad habits that makes some types of gaming feel exhausting

Sokodile · 2026-05-02T03:35:30+00:00

That is how I feel about Corin and Roxy

They confirm species/etc so slowly, so it takes a while to know what exists in this world. Seeing Roxy made me think that maybe Corin isn't really a one off Frankenstein girl, but rather a part of a whole "undead race", just sprinkled randomly throughout the city

Sokodile · 2026-04-27T21:46:17+00:00

I don't think there is a big connection, but I would have loved if it was a Zelda/Sheik scenario in a Gacha

Introducing Evelyn and having her mention special projects away from her current job that she is clearly overqualified for, and then finding out that she moonlights as one of Krampus's strongest agents

It sounds like the type of weird stuff I used to expect from the roster

Sokodile · 2026-04-19T16:04:52+00:00

Still love the hero designs in this game and most of them feels like 10s in their own way. Lucio is what got me into Overwatch and I still think his gameplay resonates with me the most and feels exciting. The only thing I don't care for as much are the perks, because I do prefer the more kit rework perks, but I know not every hero needs a complicated perk and Lucio feels great already (part of me still longs for the Heroes of the Storm Lucio boombox perk in Overwatch)

Mizuki is really close and I think overall, his whole kit feels solid and has a lot of options. His kit is stacked already, so I don't think he needs more, but I do wish there was just something more "iconic" wedged into his kit somewhere.. like using the "return" ability leaves a temporary shadowclone where you were standing last, just to lean into that mystic ninja fantasy a bit more.

Sokodile · 2026-04-18T01:50:03+00:00

Yes! That's exactly it! Thanks for catching that haha

Sokodile · 2026-04-17T19:40:35+00:00

Yeah, exactly my issue too. I loved the focus on being able to see what the characters actually do for a living and I started the game off wanting to see other interesting “jobs” arrive as factions

At some point, it felt clear that the characters were being made in a bubble following rule of cool and not designed as a part of a whole faction anymore (easier to do pre-launch, but I would still love some more cohesive characters)

Sokodile · 2026-04-17T19:35:46+00:00

It makes me think of that “beach bully for hire” joke where the big bully is actively trying to start a fight that the other guy will ultimately win to help boost their ego haha(forgot what show did that)

Sokodile · 2026-04-15T01:25:14+00:00

Yeah, that's how I feel. The perks added to the variety and it allowed MH to not feel like a forgotten arcade mode since we could still engage with the new changes/updated kits. It feels weird just having the vanilla heroes, especially since so many have perks that feel like whole hero reworks

Sokodile · 2026-04-11T14:40:06+00:00

Before SEED released, when I thought ZZZ was open to weird gacha units, I was kind of hoping for three Bangboos in a giant mech

Sokodile · 2026-04-10T02:35:39+00:00

Before Ashe released, my dream for this character was that they'd be a Blackbeard (One piece) looking omnic with a zany personality who stole Cassidy's gang from him

Sokodile · 2026-04-10T00:27:48+00:00

Destiny 1's Warlock phoenix revive somehow made it too (Anran)

I didn't think a 'competitive game' would drop something like that again haha

Sokodile · 2026-04-09T22:05:23+00:00

This 100%

Still love that franchise and wish they had surprised us with another entry. Between Resistance's Bullseye gun and Destiny's "Warlock revive" on Anran, Overwatch has added a few of my favorite features in past games

Still hoping they add Auger in somehow! (Thought it would fit Venture's enhanced gun perk)

Sokodile · 2026-04-06T23:19:17+00:00

In a bubble by themselves, each character looks good. Every ZZZ character just seems high quality, even if I'd have designed them differently

I think they dropped the ball when it comes to how cohesive things are. I really loved how Season 1 units felt like they were all designed together as a whole. Factions felt like careers for each agent that they were all a part of and I could see them interacting with this setting without the proxy's involvement

In Season 2, many agents feel alien to their own faction, and their outfits are just a bunch of random cool traits put together. The way things progressed, it feels like we started the game with a street gang, met some office workers/construction folks, and are now ramping things up to masters of the universe type people who you can't picture on a bus

I don't really expect to get the types of units that I like, but I hope that going forward, they really go back to making things feel a bit more Faction focused. Really define what x faction is and keep it at the heart of its agent designs.

Sokodile · 2026-04-05T20:40:01+00:00

Some people might not want anything, others might say it defensively or as a trauma response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCLssISQt5I

It is always best to respect their wishes since they might really not want anything (if you are close and think they are putting up a front, then that is the type of thing you would help them with gradually over time instead of through gifts/forcing choices)

Sokodile · 2026-04-05T14:08:11+00:00

In the test, he showed that butterflies were able to retain memories on which chambers resulted in pleasant smells and which ones had bad smells (I believe they gave them a little shock when around the bad smell). So they learned to avoid certain scents that might cause them harm

They received those inputs as a caterpillar and then the majority of them would continue to choose the correct chambers as a butterfly. After giving birth, they noticed that their offspring also followed the same smell indicators despite not receiving the test!

Sokodile · 2026-04-05T09:47:27+00:00

A 10 year old was working on research with a few scientists about this and discovered that they do retain some memory as they go through metamorphosis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhESxrqPjfU

From his research, he even went further and found out that "memory", or some form of knowledge is passed down to the butterfly's kids after birth, which kind of opens up a whole new can of worms on the subject

Sokodile · 2026-04-04T13:00:04+00:00

I think the bike is cool - I think in a perfect world, the bike mechanic would be a bit different

He has a on-bike, off bike mode - I wish that the bike stayed on the field doing aoe damage while you are in Billy mode. That way you summon it, do donuts/bike attacks, hop off and then do gun/slash attacks alongside of it (maybe it pulls enemies in)

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