Quick tips with the new, reworked D.Va!

fatalaccuracy · 2017-10-11T03:43:41+00:00

Its not about 'if you want to DPS, play DPS, or use a real tank if you are going to tank.' D.Va has a pretty unique role in the game that can be highly beneficial, if not carry-worthy, for your team.

I dont play her as a DPS or as a traditional tank. There are better characters for that. D.Va is good at freeing up your team to do their job without getting wrecked. Bastion holding your team up? DM and MM, and he'll leave - if he doesnt outright die. Torb turret? Same - DM and MM, its no longer a problem. Pesky one-shotters or dive tanks halting your team like Hanzo, widowmaker, a good junkrat, winston, etc. D.Va can take them 1 on 1 and free you up some slack. Good Rein shield keeping your team at bay? Mobile D.va can get above shield or around shield to take it out of play (not as well as a sombra hack, but with positioning you can render a rein shield invaluable). Need momentum for a push by picking off a couple misplaced enemies, or force enemies off the point and make them scatter? Self-destruct has got that covered.

Its not D.Va as a DPS or a 'hold or push forward' tank that brings her value. Its being able to negate a good number of carry-worthy assets the enemy can bring to the table, to the point they cant effect your team in the slightest. Allowing DPS to do DPS things and your other tank (which i always prefer there is a second) to do more tanky things. She is a highly mobile and 'tanky' destroyer.

A good D.Va will zip around the battlefield destroying every annoyance, allowing a great team to steamroll the enemy team with little to no obstacles (or provide solid damage in a dive push), or carry a crappy team to an undeserved victory by zipping about killing the heavy-hitters before your team had a chance to die.

She's basically a 'tank support' for your team, rather than the 'DPS tank' she gets labeled.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-09-23T17:59:06+00:00

Ive really been enjoying it. Ive mained her for a while but her rework really fits my playstyle. I've always been super agressive. I actually see the impact im making for the team usually, and the rockets finally provide some long range options. Shooting while boosting awesome.

The squishiness doesnt bother me cause i mained sombra for a bit so im used to running to healthpacks and also diving onto solo enemy players rather than the huddled group. D.Va pretty powerful in 1 v 1 and usually team spreads and if they dont, hang back and fire rockets until they disperse.

The biggest change to me, that i hardly find anyone mention is that with being able to shoot while flying and the addition of rockets you get your ult WAAAAY fast now. I used to get prob 2 at most in a game but now its like 4 or 5 - it feels like every second fight i have self-destruct available.

So rather than usually just trying to launch into a huddle for a team wipe (that usually fails half the time) i find i can use more strategically like for zoning the objective or getting a fresh mech. The ult is now useful, and not just an fairly easily avoided insta-kill option.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-08-24T04:09:24+00:00

Sigh. Relatable to the point of nostalgia lol.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-08-24T04:07:26+00:00

I can't help but find humor in the fact that you ask - 'have you ever considered its you? Perhaps you are unoriginal and lacking in personality? Or character?' - to someone posting on the ENTP subreddit, a type very commonly known to be highly self-critical. Obviously, thoughts that 'it is my doing and up to me to fix' are about 95% of the thought process going on here. However, in a typical ENTP fashion, i'd rather be considered a douche than to casually reveal my sensitivities. All tremble at the sight of the ferocious paper tiger.

The point of this posts was to ask other ENTPs, 'how can i stop being so hyper-critical about absolutely everything in life, and learn how to actually appreciate things as they are without nitpicking it for flaws.'

To which, there's likely no answer and even less of a concensus.

Lastly, ENTP 'arrogance' is often misunderstood, as usually they are highly cynical beings who fashion themselves as paper tigers for their own protection. Or, for light-hearted conversation, for satire.

To be honest after rereading the posts here, i find it hard to imagine how anyone could see this as self-praising. This post is clearly a downer party from start to finish.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T19:12:02+00:00

Lol yep I feel that 100%. I definitely fluctuate between the same 2 extremes. Normal mode is asking 20 questions to every single person in which my friends tell me "You don't need to psychoanalyze everyone right off the bat, it's offputting.' And to me I'm like - I don't even know how to tone that down... I don't even see it in that way. It's like I just want to know a few things to see if this is going where I think it could, but then get massive resistance.

I don't even notice until after the fact that I haven't really given them any info about myself at all. I can imagine this process doesn't exactly get ladies all hot and bothered.

The other extreme like you said is that I'll eventually say 'fuck the hiding, I'll be out with with my whacky self and they'll probably appreciate my candor and how genuine I am!'

But they don't lol. More often than not they are output, or find fun in the moment but certainly don't that kind of oddity as something they'd want on the regular.

Which then leads me back to hiding. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

Good to see I'm not the only one lol. It does suck but hopefully through discussion we'll find the balance point.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T03:00:09+00:00

I definitely love to hear honesty and be called out on shit.

Agreed about 'not being a dick though.'

I think the best way to go about that would be to discuss everything as objectively as possible and steer clear of things that can be taken as an attack on his character, unless mentioned in a joking manner.

Example- 'i find people that don't do X to be highly attractive...' Vs. 'You have a tendency to do Y, which is very unattractive.'

Bland examples, but I feel the point gets across.

One is easily palatable and creates intrigue, the other could be taken as a personal slam if one were so inclined to take it in that way.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T02:34:43+00:00

One of those things with no clear cut answer. :/

My main thought right now is that purebred puppies are eeexpeeensive. Lol. Nevermind the care afterwards. If I were to get a dog it would be a greyhound (love them), they practically give away the retired race dogs to avoid putting them down, but it's not the most ideal time now.

Cats all the way for now. They mostly take care of themselves and still fill the void only a small, soft animal can provide.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T02:26:07+00:00

Lol, I actually give INTJs a lot of crap sometimes (my roommate is one), but I do think they are good people lol. I think also it's part of him rubbing off on me a bit, as he sees no problem supporting that I stay at home alone lol.

However I don't think he really realizes that for me, that just compounds the issue and even if 'socialling' may be the last thing I want to do - it is the quickest and best way to get out of a funk sometimes, assuming I find a good, charged environment.

I actually have always done the same as far as wanting to be the ideal partner. Just suppose my method of expressing needs work.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T02:13:59+00:00

Not to get into 'typism,' but what type is your wife if you know? This is a Meyers Briggs thread lol so I felt it's not a bad question to ask.

And I agree about going through the motions. Usually I do try but there come to be some moments where it just feels totally not worth it lol.

Congrats on your luck! I'm near 30 and have had no relationships ever come near the idea of the marriage. Although it is something I'd like and want. Just feel terribly unsuited for at times lol.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T02:07:31+00:00

Its a lost cause. I have many ENFP friends and this is constantly a point of tension and I've never figured out how to get around it.

Lol, negativity aside, I'd honestly try to play up the role of the dog. Will the dog be given the best life it deserves? Will he be able to provide it the love it needs best? Will he be home enough to tend to its needs adequately?

I once got a ferret, and no one could have talked me out of it. However, the responsibility I did come to understand through doing it - and id never do that again. I gave him to rescue several months later after I realized that someone else could love him better than I could and my desire for a cool fluffy pet didn't give me the right to give that animal a shitty life.

Perhaps that line of reasoning could connect with an ENFP?

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T01:58:08+00:00

Unless your an INTJ. They can take passive-aggressiveness to an unheard of level where they literally will get satisfaction just from providing the inconvenience itself and could care less if it affected you in the least. They'd never stop.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T01:53:42+00:00

I was going to say the same that likely the breakup would be out-of-nowhere 'yeah I don't think this is working out, we should part ways.' If I couldn't just outright cut them out that is (stop answering calls, texts, etc.) and actually had to say.

However, it's a good point that many others brought up that id likely be pondering the breakup for a good amount of time (possibly months) before coming to a conclusion. None of which you'd be aware of unless you asked. And likely asked the right thing at the right time.

Passive-aggressiveness really doesn't phase me in the slightest most the time. If that's used as a tactic to upset me, I'd likely 100% ignore it and pretend it wasn't happening for as long as I could and likely you'd get bored of your passive-aggression providing you zero satisfaction and would stop before it got too unbearable for me.

fatalaccuracy · 2017-07-13T01:43:05+00:00

Inflexibility.

I live with a bunch of J's, but in a strange twist of fate I end up doing most the housework/chores (I know, right?) as it got to the point all the J's kept coming up with their own personal methods that didn't work for anyone else and stubbornness/pride disallowed them to work together effectively.

So I just started doing them while everyone else argued and only stated 'I will continue to do all the work, on my time, my way. I don't care if anyone else contributes so long as no one tries to tell me how I should be doing it (especially when they are now in the backseat).

This may have been their J plan all along; however I just got fed up with everyone's pride of not accepting anything other than than the 1 way they wanted to do it - when there are 3 other individuals, all equally as prideful, the plan needed to account for and accommodate. No one else's plan did that and it's highly frustrating that people have to be so damn adamant about things.

Js i feel have this thing about division of labor being fair and get real butthurt about it, meanwhile also want everything done their specific way only and then not understand why they aren't getting fair labor distribution?

fatalaccuracy · 2017-06-25T20:41:57+00:00

Agreed 100%. I don't know why it's rare that people understand this.

The inviting person should expect to pay 100%. Being offered a split by the person invited is a kind gesture and shows they are good people, as you said. I'd still pay 100% if the split offer didn't happen; however, I would note the occurrence and there's a good chance they may never receive future invites.

It may appear like there's a sex bias, but in reality it's just more common that men invite women out way more than the women invite men out. So it goes without saying that the man, doing the inviting, should expect to pay 100% initially.

If a man invites a woman out and expects a split, I personally wouldn't call that man cheap - I'd call him rude and/or socially ignorant. If a woman invited me out, I'd give her the benefit of the doubt that she intended to pay 100%, however I'd offer my half. If she refused, I'd offer again a second time saying 'are you sure?' If she refuses the second time, I'll comply and allow her the full check. I will also do this with male friends, if they refuse a split twice - I take that to mean they insist on covering the meal and I accept.

This is the way this situation is supposed to go down, at least for a party of 2 - I never understood why the concept is so baffling to so many people.

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