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Ana hesitating shows that she's a better person
That’s what I’m saying
There is a reason Ana's bounty was higher than Mccree's lol
all of overwatch and ex overwatch agents have a bounty placed by Talon
Ana is high due to her marksmanship and info on Talon members
rein could beat mauga in 1v1
not easily, or maybe he loses
Rein almost died to an OR-14
Mauga is probably tougher than that unit
Especially since he’s using mini-guns and apparently a barrier himself
Considering Rein struggled to fight an OR-14 alone I doubt he'd be able to handle Mauga
that was also a younger and much egotistical reinhardt that didnt take his job seriously
he is obviously old now
but also more wise and has better strategy
it would be a close fight imo
and what will a barrier do to his hammer, and 2 miniguns do to his shield?
rein’s shield already proved it can withstand extended fire
Rein’s barrier only stayed up a few minutes after the bastions used their turrets tho
Mauga can potentially do the same thing
Mauga is also smarter than OR-14
But then again, seems he’s more or less like a mix between Rein and Orisa
If I had to guess
A barrier like Rein’s, guns like Orisa’s, and given he’s based off Talon Heavy Assault probably a charge like Rein or something
what omnic model inspired Orisa again?
Reinhardt has definitely upgraded his shield after 50+ years
Made to protect Numbani
Or-15
True, but even he needed Brig’s help to hold off the Null Sector Titan
This shows his shield has it’s limits
and their shields not failing shows he can easily hold back gunfire
its a huge laser vs gunshots
Maybe. But remember Null Sector units aren’t preprogrammed to do things
Mauga can think things through in a fight
I’m sure he can quickly strategize a way to take out Rein
At least in a 1v1
Maybe. But the kicker is we still don’t know what to expect from Mauga
We’ve seen everything Rein can do while we’ve only read about the few things Mauga can do
Not to mention, one would probably have more info on the other
Which could put one at a disadvantage
there were like 8 bastions and other droids in turret form all shooting the barrier so its obvious it would break also reins armour is bulletproof
Literally a heated sword penetrated his master’s armor
Bullets have more power to them then a heated blade
At the most, those bullets were hitting the tech used to build the thruster
armour that is now 30 years old
we see when in the cinematic at the end when rein shield breaks and he uses his body that the bullets do not penetrate his armour
also this armour has been ugpraded by torb so it is most likely way stronger
also i dont really see anyone else going against mauga apart from winston who willl most likely be fight doom
More skilled with a bow yeah
Arrows only go so far in a straight line.
If the opponent is far enough he's gonna have to start factoring in drop as well

winton overwach
Walking Zenyatta solos everyone tho
dumbass decision if so
not really
she is literally a side quest giver in lore
she was only used for pharah and cassidy’s latest mission
So who's the oldest current Overwatch member
mmm
By oldest I mean has been part of Overwatch the longest
Soldier, Reaper, Ana
All ex
but have all been there the longest
I mean current overwatch
Reinhardt
hmmmmmmm
he’s been there from early overwatch to current
He's basically retired tbh
he’s apart of overwatch?
The only thing holding him together is his suit
he still goes on missions
He gon die soon
Dude looks 80
he’s barely 61
Bro didn't age well
Reinhardt is the oldest current ow member
Or maybe it's the facial hair
aged fine tbh, still very muscular and strong at 61
Roids
no
Considering Zarya has a lot of muscles and doesn't appear to have any signs of steroids in her it's reasonable to assume Reinhardt is also naturally muscular
yeah
I'd assume she's more focused on defending Russia but I would assume so
her ex soldiers, overwatch, and people of russia
I'm pretty sure her opinion on Overwatch is mixed
not really
She joined them tho
especially Torbjorn

she only hesitated because she didnt want to leave Russia
Torbjorn isnt apart of overwatch
he is former
Brig is taking his place but his inventions will still be a part of current overwatch
only inventions in overwatch, are mercy’s staff and rein’s armor
also there should be a 'lunar colony' for Hammond since he isn't really a Junker anymore
PvE will change if he comes apart of overwatch again
no
no one is placed twice
and he is junker
junkertown is his home, he just travels the world
and dont see why Zarya would dislike torbjorn
I meant that Lunar Colony should be it's own section for Hammond, we know Winston is now overwatch
I think there's backstory between Torb and Russia
not that i can find
Don’t think so
Genji is also former shimada
He's current overwatch though
Members who answered to the overwatch recall:
Mercy, Genji, Reinhardt (with Brigitte), Tracer, Mei
Members who were recruited to overwatch by McCree:
Baptist, Dva, Echo, Pharah, Zarya
Think you mean cassidy
its 1 per row
and members who came to overwatch a different way wouldnt matter in a group list
I’m not correcting I’m adding info
I once got bullied for calling him Cassidy people like to call him McCree for some reason
Deadnaming the cowboy 😔
Not every hero will be in the campaign. They literally gave her and Soldier dedicated stories plural to say that they will not be joining Overwatch
She trained with them
As in she isn't from the Shimada clan
I dont think so
Tbh it makes more sense to say they trained with her
I think I heard from a video that she was genji’s cousin?
They were trouble makers when they were kids
She is Genji and Hanzo's martial arts/swordsmanship teacher's daughter
(As I understand she is the Asa-sensei Hanzo mentions in that one voiceline to Kiriko)
Bro how did D.va the least important character in lore get her own animated short
But we don't get one for Sigma, Ramattra, ana, reaper etc
?
she is now important in lore
as has future lore for her
Reaper has been in 3 animated shorts
she was relatives to the Shimada clan
cousins you could say
they saw her as one of their own due to their relationship to her family
and the least important ppl in lore are prolly the junkers now
And we haven't delved into his story
we know alot abt him…
The most interesting part of overwatch is how it collapsed and what happened between jack and reaper
D.va fought a big robot
Oh how riveting
ex cop of LAPD pretty sure, had a wife and child, went into the same soldier enhancement program as Soldier, was named code named “Soldier 24”, was one of the founding members with Jack and Ana, has so many foils with Soldier, became commander of his own division inside of Overwatch known as “blackwatch”, and is one of Talon’s most important members
he has some of the most lore out of any character in overwatch
you should be saying junkerqueen shouldnt have had her own cinematic due to her not having any important to lore rn
there is also no way to make an Ana cinematic right now
she does nothing to lore rn
and cinematics arent supposed to show a singular character’s lore (except kiriko and junkerqueen due to them being new characters and Reinhardt because best tank)
its usually to show whats happening at that current timestamp
so I agree we should get more origin stories of older characters
but Reaper doesnt need his own cinematic
I heard the Sojourn cinematic is yet to come
source
Could be expected before PvE comes?
maybe
The devs said it on a stream back in 2019, citing the specific example of Junkrat.
Saying that not every hero would be in the story.
Unfortunately, like most streams from 2019
The source doesnt exist anymore
But since 2019 a lot of things changed by Blizzard so who knows
not much has changed in PvE as far as we know
Ana and Soldier have no reason of being in the PvE
hence its main importance is Overwatch vs Null Sector uprising with a hint of Talon
What's talon up 2 at the moment
PvE shows Sombra and Widow goingto kill Zen or something along the lines of that
right now they might just be backing up Null Sector and killing ow members still
We saw doomfist talking to someone in his formal skin
Wasn't there a specific part in the pve trailer
Mhm. But atleast I was not mistaken
overwatch characters and their sentences if they were tried in court
No
The original Overwatch was an official government institution
It got shut down, and Overwatch activity was made illegal
The current Overwatch led by Winston is doing Overwatch activity
Its not quite a vigilante group
But its also not quite legal either
But this makes no sense at all
how
Tried for waht
if they were ever tried for their crimes
What crimes
junkrat has probably murdered people in his crime sprees, doomfist is a tyrant who starts war, reaper straight up murders people, widow killed her own husbalnd, moira is experimenting beyond human eithics in horrible experiements, rammatra has probably killed innocent humans, roadhog has outright murdered, DO I NEED TO GO ON
What did Hanzo and Ana do
hanzo is part of a crime family, and murdered his bro
Sigma, Junkerqueen, Hammond, and Torbjorn for starters have never broken a law.
Ana was a vigilante who probably killed lots of people
You keep using probably
What did Kiriko do?
Ana is equally guilty of vigilantism as Soldier 76.
Sigma was in a mental institution to be contained for his madness, Junkerqueen is the leader of a bunch of raiders who steal and plunder shit, hammond uses a wrecking ball that has probably destroyed property, Torbjorn has been warned in the past for the things he creates
And unlike Soldier, Ana doesnt kill anymore
They specifically say she doesnt in New Blood
While Soldier literally kills people on screen in his appearances
I suppose i could fix ana and soldier then
I do quite agree for Junkrat,Doomfist, Reaper, Widowmaker etc etc
Junkerqueen is not a leader of a bunch of raiders who steal and plunder
THEY STEAL LITTERAL GOLD
AND OTHER STUFF
junker queen is seen travelling around the world visiting places, and most likely committing crimes in them
No she isnt
That is just straight up untrue
We have never seen her outside Australia
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THERES A PICTURE OF HER IN MEXICO
GIMME A MOMENT
Also watch the caps
what the hell, did someone gaslight me
Im gonna slap the person who told me that was that one mexico map from overwatch
A lot of the stuff you wrote is just baseless speculation.
not really
Yes really,
most of it was engrained in fact
I said most
i did not mean all
you asked why sigma was in a mental institution, when he littearly was put into one in the lore
so believe me if i dont take you seriously
I dont think you understand Sigma's back story.
yes I understand his backstory
Then you understand that he hasnt done a single crime and was not institutionalized for madness.
Which is the opposite of what you said
he was put into an institution because he was dangerous to other people, his power was unstable and he was insane
even if he had not commited a crime
he was still a danger to others
he was detained because he was dangerous and couldn't control or understand what was happening.
He can do that now
look its still a sentence regardless
I agree with the Deathrow part though. Self explanatory and all
There is no reason for him to be detained in an institution again.
The reason he was put there is no longer relevant
i put it as that because he was put into an institution
In the lore, right now, he hasn't hurt anyone yet despite his condition
hes still a risk
What use does he serve then?
controlling gravity while not being sane is a bad combo
seriously Sigma could be the most powerful character in the overwatch universe
That's why he's kept by Talon, keeping away from the outside world
not really gravity is stupid op
How is talon any better? Especially under doomfist philosophy
He hasn't stepped out yet, Talon knows how dangerous he is and that's an opportunity they'd take
Yes really.
The most powerful character is one of Winston, Orisa, Sigma, or Symmetra
you think a monkey could defy gravity
Honestly after that marvel episode where they beat the man thatcan control gravity. I think Winston has a chance beating him
Sigma is capable of lifting a huge pound monkey into the air and squish him down with massive force
Graviton, always a good example of how gravity manipulation is overrated.
he could probably crush winston with gravity
XD
Is he?
Based on what
which episode what
It is possible he may be able to do that, and it is possible he is not able to do that.
Just a speculation, but nobody probably knows what happened Dr. Kuiper besides Talon and the organization who got him out of his lab
his ult
First episode of earth's mightiest heroes avengers
Gameplay != Lore
Sigmas gameplay reflects on his lore
littearly during his ult you can hear wispers in his head
Was actually googling that to get a clip for it before you said anything. Good coincidence.
marvels gravity logic is dumb
Gameplay != Lore. In gameplay, Lucio can speedboost and heal his team with music. In universe, he can't.
In gameplay, Mei can heal in her cryofreeze. In lore, it actually harms her
Discord orb isn't canon. Resurrect isn't cannon
based on what
seriously
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Look its quite clear sigma is capable of controlling gravity, he almost made a full on black hole
which could indicate he may have some ability to even control black holes
A couple of abilities are not canon and some are not even as powerful as we think they are. For example. Zayra ult that is said to be a Blackhole is not that dangerous
now think about it for a moment
do you think
an ape would win against a fight against a black hole
YES HE CAN
No, he can't.
EVEN IN HIS GAMEPLAY HE MAKES A SMALL BLACK HOLE IN HIS HAND THAT HE USES TO SUCK PROJECTILES IN
Uh huh.
AND IN THE LORE VIDEO ITS CLEAR HE WAS HARNESSING A BLACK HOLE
Which lore video showed he had a black hole
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bro
Not a black hole
it was a small black hole that failed
thats all in australia
That's a singularity
thats it im not arguing with you anymore, your extremly stubborn in a way that makes zero sense
I get the impression here that speculations aren't quite taken as facts here until it was truly shown canon
They arent. Especially when it comes to gameplay
it isnt speculation, Sigma was harnessing the power of a black hole
because gravity is a harness
That's a singularity, not a black hole.Two different things.
its not a singularity ffs
You are mixing them up because there is a singularity at the center of a black hole
But not all singularities are black holes
now your just gaslighting me and confusing me
Interesting
please just stop talking now
I've only known that today
im done with it
gaslighting means to make someone think that something is true when it is now
its essentially a form of lying
Uh
design to make you believe something became true
Yeah thats wrong too
Can we calm down
like if i said that your ballon was suppost to be green instead of red, thats gaslighting
see thats gaslighting
Gaslighting is to make you question your sanity and your mental state, not lying. Otherwise all lying is gaslighting.
Nonetheless
thats a straight up lie, gaslighting is just designed to make you believe something that isnt true
singularities are events that cant be explained pretty sure, not 100% certain tho
Yeah, and the Overwatch devs arent really physicists either
They just take something that sounds cool and use it
Like Hard Light
Which is also physically impossible
the fuck is hard light anyways
Hard Light
physical light
Exactly what it sounds like
green lantern esc stuff
They will never tell us
out of context it just sounds like horny light
Solid light..
But yeah basically Green Lantern shit
Also again, you dont need to ping every message
But if you want to come in here and post lore lists, you cant just have it filled with incorrect or speculative information and get overly defensive when people tell you otherwise.
That is how misinformation spreads.
And why 7 years later people still think Mercy resurrected Reaper
Like you said, someone told you that Junkerqueen was in Dorado
And then you continued that with your list
Junkerqueen hasnt been out of the outback ever pretty sure
well not everyones crimes are outright stated
its hard to confirm everyones crimes in the overwatch universe
Before Zero Hour, most people had no crimes
because the Dev team refuses to share anyhting
Well the overwatch wiki says he was attempting to harness a black hole but failed
im not gonna trust the wiki for once
infact I rarely do
I’m pretty sure sigma was very chaotic and insane when he failed he must’ve killed someone
the overwatch wiki is good to read from my understanding
Didn’t they take him in because he was too dangerous?
I dont think they said anyone died
At least in gameplay, some of it is 50% canon.. while the other 50% is for gameplay mechanics
I don't think the overwatch wiki has ever posted large misleading information
It has, but I usually removed it
all game abilities are in the pins if thats what ur referencing then centipede
Oh
that transfer to lore ^^
I never really liked the concept of phsyical light you can touch, if it was it would probably burn you
We can always go with magic
We cannot
or just say its a diffrent universe with diffrent logic
The only magic in universe is in Japan
only magic based character is Kiriko
and not try to make it like its our universe
I still remember people going crazy over magic being confirmed
Yup I've took a look of it before, just saying for the new peeps
which always makes me laugh
So unfair the Asians get all the cool stuff
From magic to gamer mechs. What's next
Crusaders are cooler imo
the dutch get a gravity version of magneto
That's because they are all buff and tall
so im happy
Terrorism - Baptiste, Doomfist, Ramattra, Reaper, Sombra, Widowmaker
Moira - Moira
Organised Crime - Ashe
International Crime Spree - Junkrat, Roadhog
Vigilantism - Ana, Cassidy, Kiriko, Soldier 76
Theft (from Vishkar) - Lucio
Nondescript Crime - Hanzo
Crimes for Vishkar - Symmetra
Feared symbol of the Crisis - Bastion
Minor assault in Binary that no one seems to care about anymore - Torbjorn
Post Zero Hour Overwatch - Brigitte, Echo, Genji, Mei, Mercy, Reinhardt, Tracer, Winston
Post New Blood Overwatch - D.Va, Pharah, Zarya
No Crimes - Junkerqueen, Orisa, Sigma, Sojourn, Hammond, Zenyatta
Junker queen has no crimes because she lives in a town with little rules
She lives in a town where she makes the rules
I love how moira is her own category
Far as I know Mauga was supposed to be the one with the Gravity powers, it was given to Sigma instead because it doesn't fit him
Thats half right
mauga was supposed to have Sigma's kit
pretty sure he was not gonna have gravity powers
But they didnt fit his personality, so they made Sigma and turned it into Gravity powers
Wasn't it also that sigma kit was to passive for mauga personality
for once we agree taiga
He was supposed to be like a crazy version of rien but with less restraints
mauga is a much more aggressive fighter than sigma will ever be
Who the hell is mauga
they both got that giant body type, big heads, crazy hair
I pray the rock does not voice act him
and they both samoan i think, mauga im not sure if he samoan or not
although maui was also mainly a Maori legend
A character the overwatch community was hyped for but then got sigma instead
Talon soldier
Bob
Quite unfortunate he didn't make it at the roster
I really hope the next tank is him. I've been waiting for so long
The devs said they still wanted to make him a hero, so we will see him pop up eventually
Maui is pretty much the Loki of Maori mythos, hes a trickster god who can turn into animals, hes actually my favorite god because he beated up the sun with his mothers bonejaw (or demi god i think i cant remember that bit)
Tank yeah?
yes
its only confirmed that that will be one of the mini bosses though right Taiga? its the same in Retribution right?
No
looks similar
The picture is just a comparison gif to show that he is a Heavy Assault
The enemies in Retribution were heavy assaults
I really wonder whos gonna voice him
Its like how Widowmaker is a Talon Sniper
ahh okay
Imagine if they actually got dwayne the rock to voice him lmao
yeah i get it
Can't she still be judged by the UN? Like this is a common thing done irl
It's up to the devs to change him ig
no, the outback/junkertown is its own place now
Junkrat and Junkerqueen were born and raised in Junkertown
Like even though she makes the rules the UN can call then out on abusing things
Its not their fault its the way it is
At least more than a heavy assault
Australia doesnt care about the outback anymore
bro he is so cool looking tho
We dont know no
I hope not
YES I GOT IT RIGHT MAUGA IS SAMOAN
Most likely
We dont know his ethnicity
But based on his name, he is probably Samoan
his name means mountain in samoan
It could be partly but we've seen people survive a ground crushing punch to the face like with genji
We still dont know his Ethnicity
even if hes not Maori id still love him to be in the game
Roadhog is speculated to be Maori
he was punched in the chest
But he is Australian
In the same vein, Mauga is speculated to be Samoan
But he could be Canadian or something else
I think hes Maori that just moved to Aus
Yes but still thats also a huge thing
Cuz leveling skyscrapers is never shown with doom but putting huge craters has
what proves it for me is this taunt, the cup hes holding has a Maori cultural symbol often seen in their culture
then why did that kid say that
Merely an exaggeration
I know i just wanted to mess around
Im not going to press do not distrub
why not
Because one person pings every message shouldnt prevent me from hearing notifications in every other server
do you work as a discord mod
I used to moderate this server, yes.
in any of those servers
And I do in others, yes.
alright then fair enough
if you didnt moderate in other servers id just tell you to stop making excuses because why should you care about people pinging you in other servers
but i respect discord mods so ill stop pinging you
You should respect people for asking, it shouldn't matter if they are staff or not on any server
is Echo english?
her primary language is english yes
not every person is gonna respect that
no
thats why the do not disturb feature was made
what nationality is echo
omnic
ill stop pinging you
omnics can have nationality too like zen is nepal
Echo is not an omnic
She's an advance robot, I wouldn't say multilingual but she can probably speak language other than English
because im not like those discord dinguses
But she also doesn't have an ethnicity really
no whats her home country
She was made in Switzerland
she has a english accent
@twin umbra you've expressed your point, that's enough. Focus on lore discussion.
yeah my bad
technically shes a singapore citizen
But she emulates the personality of her creator, Mina Liao, who was Singaporean
She isnt
already moved on dw
Technically and literally she isn't a Singapore citizen
Echo isn't a citizen anywhere in the world
she is a singapore citizen, says so in the lore
No, it doesnt
Mina Liao is yes
If you want to say it says so in the lore, provide a source
i just hope we get a British character one day that isn't a Charles Dickens mega stereotype
Echo isnt
Mina Liao, her creator, was a Singaporean citizen
she was created by a singapore person, making her a citizen of singapore
Well she's created by a Singaporean scientist but.. yeah she's a robot
no
That's not how that works
Not the robot that has sentience
citizenship doesnt work like that
i thought she's a sentient AI not a robot
think of echo as her baby
If a man from Singapore goes to America, impregnates someone, then dies.
That child isn't a citizen of Singapore
then shes swedish
if a person born in australia moved to the US and had a child there, the baby isnt a Australian citizen
She isn't Swedish
WHEREVER
Switzerland
nationality is where you're from
sorry
she doesn't have rights?
Evidently not
doesn’t necessarily need them
you have no idea how much i want to slap you for saying that, no offence
She's sapient(?)
especially after playing detroit becomes human
gasp what about all my echo ships
Well if she was a person
Echo is not an object
She wouldn't have been on an American Military freight train on her way to an airplane graveyard
She is legally an object
She's not an omnic
she shouldnt be legally an object
yeah a lot of Overwatch characters would get really mad if you called Echo an object and not a person
America is a country that gives Omnics rights
Winston would primal rage
Echo isn't an omnic
she wasnt built as an omnic
She's an adapting robot
she was built by the inventor of omnics wasnt she
So was Athena
or someone who made omnics
doesnt make her an omnic
Isn't she just an advance ai
so shes excluded because she was not built to be an omnic
but was made by the same person who made omnic for a company hence their name omnic
and I thought the racism in harry potter was bad
Echo was Mina Liao’s own project/property
i thought Athena was Echo
thats a car
no
im not a car expert sorry
Echo is not an omnic
look
Clever analogy
yes i get that echo is not an omnic, but she shouldnt be an object either
she is capable of thoughts, like the rest of the omnics
Im not arguing based on my opinion. Im arguing based on what was shown in universe
even if she is just copying people, she clearly just copys what she finds to be useful or what she enjoys
Echo is echo. It doesn't matter what other people think. What she thinks o herself should matter
she cant shapeshift
im sorry i just love echo as a character, she is my favorite
The point is that this started with someone asking about what ethnicity or nationality Echo is
She doesn't have one
well shes singapore in my eyes
She's emulating the personality of her Singaporean creator
But she herself is not Singaporean
even if the lore does not say it
she would be swedish if she was a human
No she wouldnt
can she even get citizenship in a country
Echo has been known to be in 3 countries
i think she's English because of her accent
i mean swiss btw, not swedish
echos voice is inconsistant
in the overwatch 2 trailer
she has a completely diffrent voice
or the voice actor
she had 3 different VA if im not mistaken
forgot how to voice her
In the Rio de Janeiro PvE too
i dont like what blizzard has done to echo
its like they dont really care about her
they didnt even model a overwatch 2 skin for her
^
Widowmaker and I think Mercy also had 2 VAs
Although that's who she is right now in lore, she's a favorite to me still despite the inconsistency
But they got replaced before launch
whats there to remodel?
id say the same for every other character with that logic
the other characters are able to change their gear
The only reason Echo released in OW1 was because they promised her back at Blizzcon 2018
echo could get some new armor plating, or start wearing clothes like genji did
echo, someone who was in a case all until right before Zero Hour, would have time to change
All I've known is she's an adapting robot that learns. She understands everything but probably not like how humans do in social norms
Unless, there's a better explanation than that
echo just reminds me of myself in some aspects
i say some aspects
i wouldnt be so arrogant to claim i am littearly her
she was in a case for a very long time until right before zero hour, and clothes would get in the way of her machinery
look why does every character apart from the new ones that were added in overwatch 2 get overwatch 2 skins, why is she excluded, it feels wrong to me
because…they can change how they look and were able to..
Though gameplay isn't entirely canon, one of her hero spray shows she's wearing an apron
and they couldnt even try for echo, that just sounds lazy
or like they cant change her because the lore wouldnt be right…
bro her overwatch 2 look could come from after she meets the gang from reunion
like winston upgrades her look
to make her function even better then before
she didnt see winston until zero hour…
ow2 skins are from zero hour+
its really not that hard to just give her some changes
it is…
you can tell by the amount of skins she has how hard it is to give her a canon look
I doubt Echo needed more upgrades, she herself is far advanced than an average omnic
what is that even suppost to mean
thats because the dev team dont prioritize her
they cant prioritize everybody…
her millitary model version could be what the echo model design was based off of
and not every character has a canon version skin either
no
We can see how she avoided the missiles through with aerial maneuver in Zero Hour.
i think you are biased against echo
ur biased for echo…
im not…im stating how hard it’d be to give her another canon skin…
and whats with the ... btw
and how she wouldnt have had time to change her look between reunion and zero hour
it makes you look nervous, like your afraid what your saying is gonna made me tear you apart limb from limb
because everything ur saying is based off of bias
so is u
no
yes
your explanations behind why blizzard refuses to do much with echo makes no logical sense, every hero was given fair amounts of attention exept echo, and i believe its because they do not really care for her character, they essentially forgot her
zenyatta has 0 to no lore
Can we calm down, this Lore discussion
if blizzard focused on echo better she may have had more skins or content
that is deliberate
okay lets just sotp
stop
move on
new topic
if they forgot her she wouldnt have been in zero hour
I like reinheart
reinhardt
i forget to spell his name
it sounds like heart
lore discussion just died lmao
So like anyone hyped for the pve story this year
Been waiting for it since ow2 was released, Just lowering my expectations and hope it won't go to a stalemate so quickly
we had a peak at what the PvE will look like in the halloween event
its not exactly like it
but it has that hud
I hope that its not like the Halloween event
And they learn from that
That event had no replayability
For PvE to be successful, and for them to continue expanding it
It needs to be good
And for it to be good, it needs to have replayability
when did echoes creator die?
unknown
it was after anubis right?
so like around 25ish years ago
probably more recent than that
20 years
when is the golden age?
Does anyone have an image of Aurora with Symmetra in it?
when did the doom attack take place?
i dont like the idea of orisa joining overwatch
i really like her current lore of defending her city and i wouldnt want overwatch to have another big doom counter
it probably wouldn't be permanent
I doubt she would join
like having 2 of the 4 most powerful in overwatch seems kinda op
well the game is called Overwatch
yeah all orisa cares about is numbani
what's wrong with the title group having powerful characters?
it kinda lowers the stakes if the main characters are really really powerful
I don't expect high stakes from the story mode
is the staff rework canon?
also, Winston is a top 4 strongest hero yet we all feared he would die in Zero Hour
yeah
so having powerful heroes doesn't really affect the stakes because they're only as powerful as the plot requires
you know its hilarious how many people miss this in other forms of media
Yup
are the Omnic statues in Nepal and Shambali technically "AI generated art"?
lol depends if omnics made them I guess
oh i assumed the omnics definitely made them which i also thought was weirdly vain for monks
had a lot of time to think about them with all my running back from spawn💀
depends on if you consider omnics ai
i think they're sentient but they must qualify for "artificial intelligence"
well not really
like their intelligence isnt artificial
their sentience happened after aurora ascended
her ascension caused the omncs to become sentient
or ig sapient is a better word
omnics as robots arent natural they are created by humans
but their intelligence isnt artificial
intelligence and sentience aren't the same thing
their intelligence is artificially made
their sentience/sapience came from Aurora
and we don't know how she achieved it
if liao was still alive could they replicate aurora?
has sigma technically ascended in the same way Aurora did? he has a voice line with zenyatta where he tells zen he met with the iris
or could that just be sigma being insane
hes probably just crazy
you cant "meet" a state of being
so it doesnt make sense to meet the iris
Liao didn't even know how Aurora became sentient
Why dva
She has pve voicelines so she is prolly
Rein
it would be bad writing if winston fought every Talon tank
Winston is genetically engineered, Doomfist is just a man with a gauntlet.
the fight wasn't fair regardless
Doomfist is a man with many cybernetic enhancements and a very powerful punch we didn’t see the whole fight it could’ve been close
Winston would definitely win a second time if they ever encountered each other again, since Winston is also smarter and probably has more battle IQ than their first encounter
also the one thing I hate about the Zero Hour cinematic is that it literally takes place at the end of Storm Rising, and Mercy was definitely still with them so idk why she just up and left
You don’t know Winston would win a second time dooms cybernetics have definitely improved since then and both have more experience in battle since then
Winston has a better chance but it’s not 100%
Winston was able to out-smart Reaper a few years after that fight went down, Reaper is significantly stronger than Doomfist at this point in time so I'd place my bet on Winston winning again
Outsmarting reaper doesn’t mean he could outsmart doom and he didn’t really outsmart reaper it was just reapers arrogance that lost him that fight
Winston would win because he's the main character
Yeah
on-top of just being genetically stronger than doomfist
I mean he’s genetically stronger but without plot armor doom has a chance
Do you think genjis armor could take a bullet?
I wouldn’t think it could given it’s probably solely built for agility
He'd deflect the bullet before it could hit him tbh
Not necessarily
idk how good his reaction time is
the only things we've seen of deflect is hanzos arrows (slow compared to bullets) and the omnic from zero hours bullet which he knew was coming and was slower than a regular bullet
his reaction is good enough to deflect hanzo arrows up close, and isn't afraid to fight omnics with bullets or something
he deflected the arrows almost point black iirc
something i think is odd from dragons is the amount of force that goes into hanzos arrows
like at 3:40 he fires an arrow which launches genji 10ish feet and puts him through a thin wall
you still need to put the same amount of force in
compound bows are harder to pull back
well then it's just a technologically advanced future bow
it fires arrow with more force
but like you cant just generate energy
like its possible that its electric somehow but that seems kinda unlikely
railgun disguised as a bow
i mean the arrows can reorient themselves midair so it having a lot of force isnt the most unrealistic part
I mean if we're talking about realism what the fuck is Genji's sword made of
also btw do we have an explanation for how they do that?
wdym?
its just like steel i assume?
some type of metal
like any other katana
how is that thing able to slice through a robot
genji got that rgb lighting
force
the size of a titan
its strong
velocity
maybe it intense vibrates and is made from some kind of exotic material so the cutting edge is
the way it is
that's
not
How it works
yes
it
is
ur questioning a futuristic katana, but not a flail that rips through omnics like nothing
strength doesn't equal cutting ability
hanzo wasnt using it
he didnt say let the dragon flow through you or whatever he says
no but it probably articificially enhances his strength anyway
in zero hour you can hear genji saying his thing
uh source?
there is no source
we're hypothesizing
my speculation is their dragons represent 2 different forces through their summoning tools
Genji: A striking force
Hanzo: A constant force
like it might enhance his strength but we dont know
yeah genjis seems to like enhance his strength in short bursts
and hanzos
it uhh
can shoot at peopel
and the sword itself is probably special
and damage them maybe
Genji wouldnt have been able to cut through the hand most likely without his spirit
it's not just a regular katana
I mean in terms of materials
well it obviously has a good enough material and that he has enough strength to cut straight through a car with no problem
yeah
its very durable
maybe in overwatch another metal is found out or something to make reins hammer armor etc
strength of material and strength of the wielder do not equate to cutting power
so either it's the dragon spirit that gives it the ability to cut through anything
i dont think it can cut through anything
or it's a vibroblade with a ridiculously fine cutting edge
what exactly is a vibroblade?
a strength of the material does equal to cutting power…it has to be durable enough to handle the force behind the object cutting
that's just to withstand
it doesn't dictate how sharp the object is
its just a really fancy durable katana probably supplied by overwatch or something and genji is really strong
omfg
even like unsharpened with enough force it can go through robot hand
like are you asking how its sharp?
if he could cut through anything, he’d be the most powerful in the verse
it's implied to be made by Kiriko's father
I mean isn't that already implied?
no?
since he was blacksmith to the Shimada family
not the strongest entirely but close to it
he isnt close wt all
he’s like top 13
like doom solos him easily
you're still wrong about the sword thing though
Genji got wrecked by Doomfist in one punch
genji is not durable but hes really strong
the idea is that the blade vibrates so intensely that it's able to cut through shit on a molecular level
if genji was a stand
power: a
speed: a
range:d
stamina:b
precision:a
doomfist cant be more durable than a giant metal hand
i think its just a normal katana my guy
nah its got sci fi magic
kiriko does
not really
theres nothing hinting toward it being anything else than just a katana
he's got a spirit dragon
did u see the dragon (also it has a light switch)
the sword itself doesn't seem to be anything special
plot balanced katana with magic spirit dragon
my theory is his dragon amps with strength
fine
then the spirit dragon is the only reason it can cut through shit the way it does
on it's own it'd just break
the dragon isnt a part of the sword
the sword is pretty durable
i dont think so
its just a really good katana
make up your mind
there's no katana that good
we dont know
then it wont break but it certainly wont cut on its own
its 58 years in the future theres better katana making processes by then
no sword is that good on its own
that's now how it works
doesn't matter what its made of
just liek steel
he cut a car without the dragon
again 58 years in the future
then it's a vibroblade
it's just basic physics
so it is a scifi magic katana
genji doesnt use magic
its not magic itself its just well made
vibroblade isnt real technology
NOTHING IN OW IS REAL TECH
being really durable =/= vibroblade