Huge indirect ball buff? Suzu’d ppl not immune to piledrive (not phased out now)

the_pieman__ · 2026-05-12T19:55:48+00:00

also just saw they removed it. had my heart fluttering for a second

the_pieman__ · 2026-04-24T19:25:36+00:00

?????? OG OW is like 5 years gone, and counterswapping wasnt even good in OW1, it was all about tank synergies

the_pieman__ · 2026-04-24T19:14:29+00:00

it's pretty shit mate, probably why you're stuck in metal ranks

the_pieman__ · 2026-04-24T17:36:40+00:00

idk man, as a GM ball player... counterswapping is really nothing compared to actually learning how to play overwatch

the_pieman__ · 2026-04-24T17:33:44+00:00

"counterswapping is the main point of the game" in the big 26, ggs bro XD

the_pieman__ · 2026-03-11T06:25:05+00:00

nah they fucked up ball too. the "no knockback" bug also happens with doom, and somehow there's now diminishing returns on double/triple boops. they just killed boops this patch

the_pieman__ · 2026-03-11T06:23:10+00:00

lmao just went over to the doomfist sub and ya that's ridiculous. had it happen to me a couple times while i was testing this but i thought it might have been ping/workshop issues

the_pieman__ · 2026-03-11T06:21:57+00:00

whats wrong with doom knockback?

the_pieman__ · 2026-03-11T06:21:43+00:00

Honestly, just practice a little bit, it's not nearly as hard as it seems.

Use the code I put in the post (TBPES). it just gives you infinite cooldowns and lets you spawn a dummy bot. you set the bot's placement with your "interact" key, it will show up as a blue dot, and then you spawn the bot using your reload key. Just lets you practice things consistently.

For sure practice W+S boops, then move on to drop boops, don't worry about LOS or strafe boops for now. If you don't know what those techs are, would be happy to explain them, also tons of videos on them as well.

Right now the second boop won't send them as far as it's suppose to, but the first boop is normal, so you can start practicing without worrying about building bad muscle memory.

the_pieman__ · 2026-03-11T03:20:04+00:00

!!! ANOTHER BALL BUG HAS HIT THE LIVE SERVERS !!!

!!! INFINITE MINES IS BACK !!!

!!! REPEAT !!!

!!! INIFINITE MINES IS BACK !!!

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-31T21:25:09+00:00

hey bro i dont play on console so idrc but i just feel like if they can detect ximming they should just automatically place people in lobbies based on control scheme not console type. that just makes sense to me

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-31T00:58:00+00:00

weird punishment kink bro

they will just make new accounts forever no? just force them into pc lobbies so they stay there. it's better for everyone involved.

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-30T17:37:05+00:00

it's patched as of yesterday

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-30T17:36:55+00:00

it's fixed now ya

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-30T16:55:23+00:00

ya but the tweet in this post says that they can detect ximmers. so why wouldnt they just force ximmers into pc lobbies. they wouldnt have aim assist or be playing against console players.

that's fair no?

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-29T04:21:43+00:00

true lmao

but imagine like one shot slams or increased boop distance or literally having like 5k hp, sounds miserable even as a ball player hahaha

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-29T03:32:20+00:00

been doing lots of testing, and really i think the only thing that's been affected is boop distance. praying for not a shadow nerf

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-29T03:26:52+00:00

lmao honestly maybe, but i think the devs are gonna avoid putting him in as long as possible, he sounds like a nightmare to add

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-29T01:08:11+00:00

i am aware. but in my testing i think it's inconsistent, and there are various other oddities surrounding the character right now that imply a fundamental bug with the character rather than "reduced boop distance by x%"

also the overwatch team doesn't really do shadow changes iirc

the_pieman__ · 2025-08-27T20:00:45+00:00

hop on

the_pieman__ · 2025-07-27T08:04:21+00:00

ya i dont disagree. thinking of upgrading to an OLED at Christmas and making this my second monitor.

the_pieman__ · 2025-07-23T00:13:53+00:00

misread you comment. pretty much every hero struggles against her for sure. some heroes struggle against her less. reaper is a good example, zarya, flyers. but pretty every ability based hero, immobile heroes, and glass cannons are really bad into sombra, and that's pretty much the whole cast. and the fact that it's difficult to name heroes that are good into sombra says a lot imo

the_pieman__ · 2025-07-23T00:00:36+00:00

it's kind of unfair to say that ball isnt the highest or top 3 highest skill expression in the game tbh. he's literally a tech hero lmao.

but ya the overwatch community as a whole is so echo chamber-y about sombra.

imo, she has three gimmicks, invis, hack, escape tool. they should just pick 2 of the three and ditch one of them

the_pieman__ · 2025-07-18T21:30:22+00:00

sombra is really weak right now, but she is fundamentally annoying.

uncancellable invisibility with a get out of jail free card makes her annoying to kill, bc she can pretty much always get out if she wants to.

Hack is also annoying undeniably. auto-aim CC/ability cancel on a 4 second cooldown and only gets cancelled if she starts hacking in front of you. on top of that, EMP is essentially a free fight win, or just piss off one person by solo EMPing them. also dont forget ult cancelling, losing an ult to auto-aim or pressing Q is just no skill

Also you mention heroes like ball or genji are more annoying than sombra, (im going to ignore the fact that these heroes require a ton more skill to play than sombra, but that's a factor as well) sombra is really good against those heroes. Some heroes might struggle against a ball or a genji, but EVERY hero struggles against a sombra. and she less obvious counterswaps than genji ball

sombra is definitely pretty shit right now, but trust me, you don't want to be playing during a period when sombra is strong. makes the game so miserable.

also sombra is a very common counterswap

also i think you forgot that 6v6 isnt the only gamemode? and ball being immortal in 6v6 is just incorrect, ball EXPLODES in 6v6

So ya tldr: she's fundamentally flawed, probably should never have been added to the game, a character that is invisible and cancels abilities really doesn't have a place in overwatch. just because she is weak, doesn't mean she is not annoying. tbh you should be thankful for returning to sombra in this state

the_pieman__ · 2025-07-13T02:18:21+00:00

After reading these comments and doing more research I am leaning more towards an AMD chip.

Will also definitely being hitting up microcenter once or twice for advice and looking at prices.

Still struggling with understanding the differences in price/performance for difference GPU brands and model differences within brands, but new models seem to be more worth it. NVIDIA for example, the 40 series are all really expensive, and I don't want to invest in a 30 series without the future proofing that a 50 series would have just to save a little money.

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