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Watchpoint Radio – Overwatch News, Discussion, and Community episodes
- #53: Genji Maining. Not Just for Overwatch.Having an incredible and well executed event drop on us last week, it's no surprise that there isn't much news this week. Mike and Jaa cover the lastest PC meta report, confirming some of what we already know, but also unveiling some hidden bias in the community. Additionally some of the data shows that Blizzard really needs to work on making Defense heroes viable, and the answer isn't by making changes to defense heroes. We also discuss a little Heroes of the Storm. There is an update on the way that includes new skins for Zarya, adding Genji as a hero, and also playing in an expanded Hanamura map.We talk some recent bug fixes, and also some changes coming to Genji. Finally we get into our community discussion this week, asking if SR for season 5 should be reset.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1sa
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 21 min - #52: Best. Uprising. Ever.After a tease and a comic a week ago, we finally have Overwatch Uprising. Honestly, it's everything the Overwatch has been asking for since the beginning. PvE content? Check. Story integrated into the game? Check. Sweet Widowmaker legendary? Check. Well, I guess the Widow legendary isn't something we've been asking for from the start, but it's still nice (sorry Hanzo mains). We go over what kind of items you can expect in the event, talk about the Uprising game mode, some of the best characters to pick, and other things that came with this patch.We also get into weekly updates starting with a Mei bug where her slow isn't working anymore. We also talk about changes to win/loss streaks that should help with the loss streak tilt. Finally, we get into some community feedback. All that and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1s6
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 43 min - #51: Uprising, Team Building, and Team TiltingSo much for staying quiet until the one year anniversary. Jaa is happy to be wrong about that, though. Blizzard surprised us with a teaser for their next playable event (we actually confirmed it after we had already recorded). King's Row Uprising will quench the thirst of those who want more info on the Omnic Crisis and the Overwatch world. However, we don't know what type of event it will be. Are we getting another horde mode? Maybe an objective based co-op map. We'll see in a week.We also talk about the state of Widowmaker and if she actually needs changes. Short answer: no. We talk a bit about smurf accounts on console as well. We dig into some great community feedback questions. One asking if you should value team tilt over your character picks, and another expanding on the team builder concept we talked about last week. That and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1s1
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 19 min - #50: Support Gets the Shaft... Again.Well... We made it! Welcome to the 50th episode of Watchpoint Radio! We'd like to give a big thank you to our community that has been listening week for week for the past 50 episodes, and we hope to be able to give you 50 more! Now that all the sappy stuff is out of the way, it's time to talk Supports and how they are getting shafted again. Just like season 2, Support players are finding that they are getting less SR for wins and losing more SR for losses after the most recent patch. What has changed?We also discuss if there is any benefit to using unpopular characters to game the SR system. The theory is that characters that are played less have less data on them, and should provide an SR advantage to those who play them even fairly well. One Reddit user tested the theory, and he seems to be onto something. We also take a look at the console meta, most of which is predictable, but there are some surprises. We also get into a few weekly updates, and talk about what we think Overwatch needs in the future.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1rv
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 28 min - #49: Cease Your Resistance!Orisa is now live, and as expected, it's taking the community some time to get used to her. Many are trying to use her as a replacement for Zarya, D.Va, and other tanks, when it's pretty clear she was built to be an option for Reinhardt. But now that she's off the PTR, we can focus on other important changes coming, such as Lucio being readjusted. Healing radius nerfed, healing amount buff, as well as some other interesting changes. Also, in an attempt to reduce draws on Assault maps, Overwatch will now track progress on objectives as a way to determine the winner on assault maps in competitive.Also we talk about additional character balance, changes to Route 66, is Reinhardt actually a must pick, and more.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1rr
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 12 min - #48: Straight From the Kaplan's MouthNot much going on in Overwatch this week, but thanks to Jeff Kaplan and his Reddit AMA, we got some insight into whats going on in Overwatch. Looks like changes are on the way to Eichenwalde's first choke point, as well as new skins coming to McCree and Widowmaker. We also learn about the links between Titan's classes and the characters we now have in Overwatch. Jaa was also disheartened to hear that some character balance changes are not made based on stats, and more on player perception. He thinks that's dangerous.Jeff Kaplan's GDC 2017 keynote was also released, giving us some insight on why the world of Overwatch looks the way it does. We also talk about how the latest Ana and Zenyatta changes on the PTR were reverted within 24 hours, Blizzard handling XP exploiters, more changes in store for Sombra, and more.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1rm
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 12 min - #47: When Do We Get to Shoot People?A new hero was announced last week, but it wasn't exactly who we thought. Orisa, a modified OR15 unit with a personality module, is here to save Numbani -- as well as bolster the Tank roster in Overwatch. Just a few weeks ago Jaa and Mikey discussed the dangers of adding another tank like Reinhardt, and Blizzard has flat out decided another anchor tank to be like Reinhardt. Great. Jaa thinks this is a reaction due to the community complaining that Reinhardt is the only true tank, and that the Tank role should actually be called the Heavy role (there is a difference). Players should see Orisa soon after some additional tweaking, but in the mean time we can also expect to see some additional character balance for several characters.Blizzard continues to try to balance Ana, cutting her abilities deep this time. Mikey believes they are going about it the wrong way. Winston gets a needed buff to his barrier, while Zenyatta can now use Orb of Discord through barriers. This can cause a huge headache for Reinhardt. Also, Geoff Goodman addresses feedback he's been getting about D.va -- essentially confirming she is supposed to be used as damage mitigation. Mikey disagrees. A lot. That and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1rh
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 37 min - #46: The Bastion Meta is Upon UsPatch 1.8.0 not only brings Competitive Season 4 to Overwatch, but also the load of character changes we have been seeing on the PTR to live. We knew Bastion would definitely have more survivability, but what we are seeing on live goes beyond that to damn near immortality. Putting Bastion in the right hands is pretty terrifying at this point, and it's something Blizzard needs to address. Blizzard also made some questionable decisions regarding defender respawn times in Competitive Mode, giving a huge advantage to the attacking team. Diamond players will also be sad to hear that unless they are playing at least seven games a week, they can expect to find themselves back in Platinum do to skill decay. These really aren't the changes we were expecting for season 4.Additionally, Blizzard keeps stringing us along with new lore regarding Efi, and whatever she's building. 1v1 and 3v3 modes will be getting an update soon. Finally, we discuss how Reaper can be put back in the game, since he doesn't appear to be very productive right now. All this and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1rc
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 31 min - #45: No Doomfist For You!The silence about Doomfist has been broken, and it was to hint to everyone that Doomfist isn't actually the next Ovewatch hero. Soon after that, more hints drop about two possible characters coming to Overwatch. Great timing. A voice actor may have accidentally leaked his involvement in a character called "Greek", while Blizzard introduces us to Efi Oladele -- a 11 year old robotics genius. Thanks to some leaks released back in January, we are able to speculate that you actually won't be playing Efi, but instead her creation. We take a look at those leaks and other hints from various pieces of Overwatch media to try to piece it together.Additionally we get into the Winston changes that Jaa missed last week, as well as discuss community backlash over D.Va and how the Overwatch team feels she is in a good place right now. We also discuss Sombra's hacking limitations and if they should be expanded, and get into some community feedback on last weeks question about McCree, competitive season 4, and we discuss if overtime is fair or not.Special thanks to CyclopsDragon for allowing us to use music from his video "You Reinposted In The Wrong Neighbourhardt" for our opening this week! Make sure you check out the video and his channel.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1r8
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHosts:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusMikey Kenneytwitter.com/KeyLockMVPThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 34 min - #44: Roadhog 2.1, the Tragedy That is Bastion, and Fake News.Jaa is doing this one solo again, but trying to make sure you get what you need to know about upcoming character changes. We finally got a chance to check out the Server Browser, and just how custom you can make your games. While it isn't perfect yet, we are hopeful that this will lead to great things in the future, and maybe encourage the Overwatch team to develop real modding tools. Jaa also talks about upcoming changes to Roadhog and Bastion. While he thinks there were better ways to make Roadhog fair again, the upcoming changes shouldn't hurt the big guy that much.The changes to Bastion were put in specifically to make him more viable in other situations than sitting in a corner or behind a shield. Jaa doesn't think he is there yet, and offers some suggestions on what would make Bastion better. To be honest, Jaa doesn't really think Bastion can ever be a fun character to play. We also dive into recent Overwatch rumors revolving around Doomfist, and how easy it was to debunk them.Later in the show we dive into some community feedback and start this weeks community discussion by asking if McCree needs a buff or do people just need to L2P. All that and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio.
Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1r4
Show Twitter: twitter.com/watchpointradioHost:
Jarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamusThank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.
Website: mashthosebuttons.com
Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetworkDiscord: mash.gg/discord1 hr 4 min
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Watchpoint Radio is Mash Those Buttons weekly podcast dedicated to Overwatch and its community. Join us as we talk news, gameplay, strategy, events, and what’s going on in the community.