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Bob's thoughts on upcoming character balance, Season 5 kicks off, and how to improve Overwatch broadcasting....
After a tease early this week, the PTR has delivered us a new map and character balance. Soon heroes will be able to return to the Horizon Lunar Colony — a place we’ve only heard about in Winston’s lore. Lots of people were excited for this map, but Jaa isn’t so sure it’s a great map for Overwatch. Major character balance is on the way, with Reaper changing the way he heals himself, McCree getting a much needed buff to Deadeye, and Roadhog getting nerfed AGAIN. Other than that, not much happening this week.
We did find out that Rein is having a little trouble with latency in his attacks, causing trouble that may cause him to die when he should live. We also discuss Jeff Kaplan saying he wishes he never put rewards into competitive mode. To Jaa’s surprise, it turns out Mikey is only in competitive for the rewards. Finally we discuss some datamining that could give us a hint of what event comes next. All this and more on this episode of Watchpoint Radio!
Jarret is Executive Director as well as one of the founding members of Mash Those Buttons. He plays all types of games, but tends to lean more toward FPS, Stealth, and Combat games.
Mikey has been playing fighting games since he could reach the arcade stick and buttons. While not be ever being tournament ready he strives to do better. Loves pure action games and enjoying bonkers jrpgs. He's just you're average gaymer.
The gang is back from Blizzcon with more thoughts on what was revealed, as well as their experiences in the WoW Forever beta!
Kim full breakdown guide, Arjun and Japan’s new leverless controller, EVO France attendees head count, and a look at 2XKO modders updates.
Fighting game news is heating up! We’re covering the latest Marvel Tokon Dev Talk, City of Wolves (Tokyo Revengers), Kaphwan gameplay, Street Fighter 6 x Apex Legends, and Arc System Works’ new fighting game IP
The gang (& Chip from Squad Goals) react to all the Blizzcon news! Also, listen to find out how to enter for a chance to win a Warcraft Forever Collection which includes Warcraft III: Reforged and the Forsaken Kingdom expansion! World of Warcraft Forever launches Nov 4th! #wow_partner
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