#lore-discussion

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fringe blade
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I mean, they are a terrorist organisation

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Its feels like a given lol

fathom tartan
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Hm

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Do you think reaper could've been working as a double agent for talon and blackwatch with moria??

peak escarp
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no

fathom tartan
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But the whole killing of that one dude in retribution

peak escarp
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it wasn't premeditated

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they went in to kidnap him

fathom tartan
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Mcree was the only one super upset

peak escarp
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and why would killing a Talon leader mean he is a Talon double agent?

fathom tartan
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Because the infighting

peak escarp
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McCree was upset because it was very out of character for Reyes

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and because Reyes told him they were just going to kidnap him

fringe blade
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And also, just cause someone isn't visibly upset doesn't mean they actually arent

peak escarp
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Genji didn't really know what was going on

fathom tartan
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Moria dosent necessarily care much bout anything

fringe blade
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It just means that Reyes kept his cool better than McCree, that's all

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I mean, after the killing

peak escarp
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Moira wasn't bothered - she was more curious to see the results of her work on Reyes

fathom tartan
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Also I know blackwatch operatives were limited but sending a scienceist in?

peak escarp
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she was monitoring Reyes

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and was the team medic

fringe blade
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^

fathom tartan
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Oh yeah teams need those

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Just strange

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Because if moria was a double agent then

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To me reaper being one dosen't seem that far fetched

peak escarp
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I don't follow

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McCree wasn't a double agent, so Reyes not being one isnt that far fetched

fathom tartan
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Well do you think reaper could've climbed to counsel so fast with already having a history of killing talon leaders if that talon leader wasn't already needed to he killed

peak escarp
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he was able to get on the council because Doomfist and Moira knows who he is

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probably

fathom tartan
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And moria saw reaper kill a big talon operative

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And she has little reaction or concern

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And she's in counsel

peak escarp
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why would she be concerned?

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she didn't care about Antonio

fathom tartan
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If tracer walked in and killed doomfist I feel like she'd have some concern

peak escarp
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what

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Moira doesn't care about other people, she just cares about science

fathom tartan
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Antino I'm sure was still a valuable asset bringing in funding

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Unless antonio was bothering her research I feel like she wouldn't be happy about her funding being shot in the face

peak escarp
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Antonio didn't fund her, Talon did

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there's other Talon leaders

fathom tartan
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He funded talon

fringe blade
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Like Doc said, that's not her problem

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She was getting money from Talon, not from him

fathom tartan
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But talon got money from him

peak escarp
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Maximilien was the money guy

last inlet
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He wasn't paying her directly

fathom tartan
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I'm sure antiono still brought in some money

last inlet
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He was paying Talon, who then paid everyone who works for them, including Moira

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He can't have been the only one giving them money

fathom tartan
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Well yeah max was the main source of money

peak escarp
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Antonio was just a smuggler

last inlet
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I'm always a bit unsure of how long Moira's been in Talon. During her whole stint in Overwatch/Blackwatch, just during BW, or what

peak escarp
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it's unclear

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some people suspect she was already on their payroll when Reyes recruited her

fathom tartan
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I'm assuming however long talon has had wraith tech is how long she's been in

peak escarp
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others think she didn't join Talon until after Overwatch kicked her out

covert echo
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probably right?

fathom tartan
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When was widow "recruited"

peak escarp
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some time between Retribution and Uprising

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so between 8 and 7 years ago

fathom tartan
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Hm

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Why didn't widow get wraith tech

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Other talon snipers did

peak escarp
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maybe because they needed her to appear "normal"

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or maybe it didn't work on everyone

fathom tartan
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Yeah

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Maybe with the slowed heart it wouldn't work

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What tech does the talom assassins have

peak escarp
fathom tartan
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I wonder if some talon abilities are similar to overwatch members is because info was given to talon

peak escarp
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well the "genetic enhancement" listed for several of them does point to Moira, but it could be by someone else (someone unknown)

fathom tartan
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But take assassin

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Abilities similar to genji

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And the heavy

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With abilities similar to rein

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I think genji even has a note about the assassin after killing one

peak escarp
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Assassin has abilities that Genji had in pre-beta of game development

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but the team decided they weren't fun to play against

fathom tartan
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Yeah but still wall climbing isn't seen a whole lot

peak escarp
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other abilities are because the dev team had to repurpose parts of hero kits to build them

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there isn't a lore reason for them to be similar

fathom tartan
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I suppose

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I wonder what they will do with malgma though

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Two charge abilities that are that similar would be werid

peak escarp
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I think he should get the swipe that the Heavy has

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the charge would be redundant with Rein

fathom tartan
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Yeah

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What I'm imagining he'd be like seems neat

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I'm hoping his guns overheat

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Like the heavy

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Making him venerable if not managed correctly

peak escarp
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vulnerable

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venerable means old

fathom tartan
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Sorry

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Its like 2 where I'm at

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Lore talking is just great

peak escarp
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yeah

fathom tartan
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Oh yeah did we ever figure out which that person at the end of storm rising is

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That df is talking to

peak escarp
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not yet

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he's likely a leader of Null sector (or the leader)

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and will be important in OW2

fathom tartan
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Yeah

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So Baptist and malgma used to be on a team right

peak escarp
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yes

fathom tartan
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Baptist was a trooper and malgma a heavy

peak escarp
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Baptiste and Mauga were on a team, and Nguyen was their handler

fathom tartan
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What about like the rest of there team

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Like the assassin or enforcer

peak escarp
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several members of Baptiste's former squad went after him

fathom tartan
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Neat

peak escarp
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Captain Cuerva, Pacanowsky, Doubleday and Mazzei

fathom tartan
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Oh

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Do we know there roles?

peak escarp
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nope

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probably just generic grunts, not specialized

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and Baptiste was a medic

fathom tartan
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Baptist is quite slippery though

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It seems even sombra has sone issue getting ahold of him

peak escarp
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escaping Talon isn't easy

fathom tartan
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Well yeah

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I wonder his role in ow2

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If we'll neet up with him

peak escarp
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probably

fathom tartan
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I wonder who's the best shot in ow

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I auto assume mcree

peak escarp
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probably Ana

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although it depends on the weapon

fathom tartan
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But that files shows Baptist to be a pretty good shot and d.va has good aim too

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Idk mcree seemed to easily hit like three grenades mid air

fringe blade
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It depends on what the weapon is

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Ana is undeniably the best with a sniper in OW

worthy rose
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I’d say widow is better tho

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Given how she shot her eye

iron plume
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She did because Ana hesitated

fringe blade
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I mean, currently, Widow is probably the better sniper

iron plume
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but Widow is better now

fringe blade
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In her prime, it can be argued for both

worthy rose
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Well technically she’s still better now

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But they could have same accuracy and stuff

fringe blade
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I don't think Ana's better now

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Without her eye, with her age, and with all of Widow's modifications + training, it doesnt seem very just

fathom tartan
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Who has the worst accuracy

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I'm thinking tracer

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Not necessarily her fault

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But her weapons are just inaccurate

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Maybe sombra though we've seen her miss quite a bit

cosmic crest
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Not really lore relevant.

limpid agate
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Sombra and Tracer are both shooting with one hand

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In Sombra's case, it's speculated she may be left handed

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It would probably be someone untrained in the use of firearms, inexperienced, and young

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Like Brigitte or Mei.

fathom tartan
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Well mei seemed to be pretty handy with that gun when trying to repair the tower

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And I suppose it could be brig but she uses a mace

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But she's trained by rein

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Raised by torb

limpid agate
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That wasn't exactly a precision job

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Trained by Rein
Rein doesn't use firearms or any projectile based weapons

limpid agate
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They were featured in a lineup of PvE enemies. Everything in that picture was a PvE enemy

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That was the whole context of the image

limpid agate
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Ok. And

fathom tartan
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Projectile much

limpid agate
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Rein doesn't use firearms or any projectile based weapons

fathom tartan
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Fire strike is a projectile the hammer makes fire strike happen

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It's a projectile based weapon

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Rein isnt just a fire bender and makes fire out of no where

limpid agate
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There is a difference between a projectile based weapon, and just throwing a projectile while using a weapon

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A big stick is not a projectile based weapon. If I use it to hit a golf ball into someone's throat, its still not a projectile based weapon.

fathom tartan
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Well not just rein does it his whole squad uses it implying they were trained to

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It's a feature of the hammer

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A hammer isn't projectile based but a hammer where the handle is a gun is

limpid agate
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And the handle isn't a gun

fathom tartan
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No the whole hammer is used to launch an attack

limpid agate
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And the whole stick is used to launch the golf ball

fathom tartan
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But I can use that stick to hit anything i cant make a stuck launch a fire strike

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The hammer is simingly designed to do this

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So that it can be used for more than close range

limpid agate
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Replace Stick with Golf CLub

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A Golf Club is designed to hit a Golf Ball

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A Golf Club is not a projectile based weapon

fathom tartan
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Yes but the golf club dosent make the ball

limpid agate
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A hammer doesn't make the debris that fills a fire strike

fathom tartan
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It creates the fire strike

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Know what

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@peak escarp

limpid agate
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They're probably not gonna reply, its 6AM

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On Christmas

fathom tartan
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I trust docs opion on the subject more than yours

limpid agate
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Just wait a few hours, and you'll probably hear the same thing.

fathom tartan
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Your just slow

keen peak
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Ok “fightingfox1204”

cosmic crest
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I think it goes without saying that a hammer is not a projectile weapon.

iron plume
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not unless you throw it

fathom tartan
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Or if the hammer projects fire

valid terrace
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If adding a bayonet to a rifle makes it a melee weapon, having a ranged attack on any weapon should classify as a projectile weapon

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But that doesn't change the fact his aim is probably lousy compared to most other heroes

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And Brig's

unreal tartan
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Whip shot takes considerable hand eye coordination, but it doesn’t translate 1-1 into firearm aim

fathom tartan
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Ew

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I just imagined rein

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But with a gun

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Its like a cursed image

peak escarp
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@fathom tartan what

fathom tartan
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Would reins hammer technically count as a projectile weapons because of fire strike

peak escarp
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no

fathom tartan
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I'll just remove my flame thrower hammer gun off the shelve of projectile weapons

peak escarp
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it's a hammer

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hammers are melee weapons

fathom tartan
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Hammers that launch out projectiles are projectile weapons

cosmic crest
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That's not a thing.

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Outside of OW

fathom tartan
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I sure theres some sort of nail gun hammer combo somewhere

cosmic crest
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Why would there be.

peak escarp
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why does it matter?

fathom tartan
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Because via likes to argue off the main topic

peak escarp
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what

fathom tartan
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We were debating on who has the worst accuracy after who has the best accuracy

peak escarp
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probably Mei

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since she's inexperienced

fathom tartan
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She seemed to be handy fixing that tower though

peak escarp
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but compared to trained soldiers

fathom tartan
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We haven't seen too much of lucio

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He isnt trained is he

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But then again he plays sports

peak escarp
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he seems to be pretty good with his sonic amplifier

fathom tartan
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Maybe sigma

iron plume
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we've seen Lucio stand his own against Doomfist, so it's a safe bet he's at least competent

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either that or the amplifier doesn't need all that much accuracy, which is also an option

fathom tartan
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Woah

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When did lucio face off against doom fist

iron plume
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The ending of Hero of Numbani

fathom tartan
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Dang

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Pretty impressive for a lil sonic gun

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I think sigma may have the worst aim

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Insanity isnt good on hand eye coordination

iron plume
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that's
not really how insanity works

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but the real answer is likely Mercy either way

fathom tartan
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Mercy?

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She has combat experience and training

iron plume
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She has combat medic experience

fathom tartan
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Sigma was a scientist and never touched a battle field before talon

peak escarp
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I think Mercy would have been given basic firearms training for self defense

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but that doesn't mean she'd be a particularly good shot

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she just knows how to shoot a gun

lament prawn
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i think mercy's training is a good place to put the canon-inity of her gun existing, i believe she has it and has used it for training, but makes a point about never using it or barely using it in actual combat

fathom tartan
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But sigma never held a gun

cosmic crest
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Mercy is a combat medic, she certainly has some weapons experience.

peak escarp
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why does it matter who has the worst aim?

fathom tartan
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Why does it matter that anything is anything

peak escarp
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"worst aim" is somewhat subjective, and not something we can accurately tell because we haven't had anything to compare against

fathom tartan
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It's all just debate it's good to discuss

peak escarp
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"best aim" we know because there are several heroes said to be exceptional marksmen

fathom tartan
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Even that is subjective

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Mcree is able to easily shoot grenades in rapid succession mid air

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Widow has taken out ana's eye

peak escarp
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we've seen McCree have exceptional aim, and Ana was a professional sniper said to be the best in the world

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and Widowmaker is also a highly skilled sniper

fathom tartan
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And Baptist has been said to be an excellent marksman

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Able to fend off several talon agents gunning for him

peak escarp
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he could have ambushed them

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nothing says he beat them in a shootout

fathom tartan
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It's still said he's an impressive shot

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And d.va has spectacular coordination

valid terrace
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Most of the cast has exceptional aim, but the best probably comes down to Ana and Widow

peak escarp
fathom tartan
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The link you posted yesterday

peak escarp
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that doesn't his aim at all

fathom tartan
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I’ve never known a medic to be such a good shot

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That's a quote

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From the report

peak escarp
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okay

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that still doesn't mean he had exceptional aim

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he just has good aim for a medic

fathom tartan
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It's from a talon agent that's impressed by his aiming

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Surely it's something

peak escarp
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okay

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still not better than Ana, Widowmaker or McCree

finite urchin
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go celebrate christmas or smth guys

fathom tartan
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Iv already done that

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I'm not sure what doc has in her personal life besides a job

peak escarp
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rude

fathom tartan
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Well no I'm just saying I don't know

pliant sparrow
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L

peak escarp
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anyway, discussions of "who is best" get very repetitive

fathom tartan
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Yeah

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I still think its mcree

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But it's hard to argue against ana

pliant sparrow
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Can't know for certain unless they actually have a contest

fathom tartan
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I'm always gonna think the scene in reunion is the single biggest feat of accuracy we've seen

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How old is brig again

valid terrace
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Ana taught McCree most of what he knows about marksmanship from the ground up, he's just a guy trained by the world's best shot, so I find it hard to say he's better than Ana, at least in her prime

fathom tartan
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Well now I'm onto ages

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How old is brig

valid terrace
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!!lorebios

fathom tartan
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And how does tracer's age even work

valid terrace
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Forgot the command

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She still ages normally

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The only thing that changes it is when she's actively using abilities

fathom tartan
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Every time she recalls though she should be getting how every many seconds older

peak escarp
valid terrace
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But blink and recall cancel each other out

fathom tartan
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But also did tracer age when she was in between time

valid terrace
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We don't know how long she was in from her perspective

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But that would be my answer

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Whether it was years or weeks for her would probably be how much she aged

fathom tartan
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But she wasn't even like in time

peak escarp
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she was only missing for a few weeks

fathom tartan
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Oh okay

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Also we know that we caught up to her but we never followed up on the jet is there just a jet blinking in and out of time

valid terrace
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Didn't it explode or something?

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!!loreheroes tracer

twilit nacelleBOT
valid terrace
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Nah the thing just disappeared I guess

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So possibly

fathom tartan
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Be funny to see it in a future misson

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"What in the world was that"
"Oi think that was the slipstream"
"What?!"

limpid agate
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I don't think we are gonna be seeing it anytime soon

fathom tartan
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Maybe ow2

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Witch at this rate it's coming out 2040

peak escarp
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it won't take that long

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2021 is most likely

fathom tartan
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Ik I'm just being hyperbolic

terse oar
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It’s probably not coming this Anniversary as I had hoped...

arctic loom
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no... is cant be november

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a whole year without new content dont makes sense

limpid agate
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Its not a whole year without new content

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We are getting Kanezaka in January.

arctic loom
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yeah i knwo about map

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i was meaning about a hero

terse oar
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My guess is they release a beta at BlizzConline

fathom tartan
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Who knows

limpid agate
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The last hero was Echo in April. There will undoubtably be hero news in February at Blizzconline.

peak escarp
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hopefully a few reveals

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maybe more details on Sojourn

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I feel like the Kanezaka hero is likely going to get revealed at Blizzcon

arctic loom
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two things i hope to have on that blizzcon be able to do pre order of ow 2

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or

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a beta of ow 2

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i really doubt... this both will happen

peak escarp
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those are reasonable hopes to have

terse oar
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A beta seems likely as they usually let attendees play the game at BlizzConline. Since BlizzConline is free to attend this year, it’d mean attendees still get to try the game

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I could see them having a release window announced as well

red root
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👨‍🦲

scarlet apex
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so she could've aged just a few hours/days in the months that she was initially missing

peak escarp
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if there is any difference with her age, it's probably only a few weeks/months

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not like Mei, who lost 9 years

finite urchin
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I dont give a fuck about so jorn

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I want to hear about heavy assault mauga

peak escarp
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wow so aggressive

finite urchin
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Lol idrc mate

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There’s legit no minigun character

peak escarp
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Bastion

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and Mauga probably still won't have one

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the Heavy Assault is pretty op, they're not going to make Mauga exactly the same

finite urchin
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Bastion is a turret

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He’s a pathetic fake

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He’s evil for filling the niche of minigun hero

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Zarya and orisa dont count either

peak escarp
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what's so special about a minigun?

finite urchin
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It’s fun?

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Like, for me at least, playing the minigun in an fps is the most fun

peak escarp
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sounds boring

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no skill, just spray

finite urchin
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There’s a special charm about laying down suppressive fire and seeming like a menace of the battlefield for me

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That’s why I mained heavy in tf2

proud pike
peak escarp
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I dislike automatic weapons in general

proud pike
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||Sry for ping, that new reply system...||

peak escarp
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I prefer single shots that require precision

proud pike
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I respect your opinion, but when the enemy needs to be suppressed and cut off from any area, and not killed, then automatic weapons here in the win

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This is purely psychological - a person at the level of instincts is more afraid to hear many small shots than one, but rare.

peak escarp
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the scarier shot is the one you don't hear

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a single sniper shot is all it takes

proud pike
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also true, sound is slower than light, so you won't even hear what killed you...

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okay, I think we went to the wrong topic XD

peak escarp
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fair

fringe blade
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I think there should certainly be room for both, no?

graceful shadow
peak escarp
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what is it

graceful shadow
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reaper and tracer arguing over Christmas cookies

peak escarp
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oh, no it's not canon

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it's just a cute animation they did for christmas

finite urchin
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I think when he states something like that, which obviously wouldnt be canon, it’s probably just them expressing their approval of it, @peak escarp , if you had a hard time telling

peak escarp
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no I can tell

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but I treat everything said here as a serious question/statement

fathom tartan
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@finite urchin kinda mansplaining there

peak escarp
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also yeah

finite urchin
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Hey that’s not fair

peak escarp
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and you'd be surprised at the things people think are canon

finite urchin
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I didnt know what her gender was

fathom tartan
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What

peak escarp
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my gender is irrelevant

finite urchin
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U said mansplaining

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I didnt know what that was

fathom tartan
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You can mansplan to a man

finite urchin
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I searched it up

peak escarp
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mansplaining is when you explain something to someone who clearly doesn't need explaining

finite urchin
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It’s

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Kk

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Well online

fathom tartan
finite urchin
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Ohhh

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It’s, “typically from a man to a woman”

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“Typically”

peak escarp
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typically yes

fathom tartan
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Yeah but anyone can do it do anyone

finite urchin
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Kk

peak escarp
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anyway, yes I was aware that it was probably sarcasm/a sign of enjoyment

finite urchin
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Ok, i judt thought it was strange how u took it srsly

fathom tartan
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But back to the implantation of malgma into ow I think he could have mini guns but they overheated after a short period making the malga player have to manage there guns alot because itll probably have e wind up aswell

peak escarp
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I take things seriously here because this is a serious channel

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and it is easier to shut down jokes than to humor them

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malgma

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it's Mauga

fathom tartan
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Sorry

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I thought there was a L

peak escarp
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an overheat mechanic would be interesting, but that would just be the same as having to reload

fathom tartan
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Not necessarily because you could avoid the overheating but it means you'd have to stop firing

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And if it overheats in assumed it'd be a little longer than a reload and make a loud noise

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Enemy would see your vulnerable at the time

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So if the heat of your gun isnt managed you can be taken out easily

peak escarp
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so they'd have two reloads?

fathom tartan
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If they had to reload

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The spin up plus overheating may make reloading make him feel unusable

lament prawn
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the way it works in most games is that you can avoid long down times by having good fire management but if you need to focus down a target and its worth the extra few shots, you can deliberately overheat and risk being caught in that cooldown time

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not the same as reloading

fathom tartan
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And if he had an ability like sweep it would pair well with trying fend anyone attempting to make use in your vaunrable state

peak escarp
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this does veer away from lore and into gameplay though

fathom tartan
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Idk we tall about implication of charters quite a bit

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I feel like it more lore based because were grabbing from lore and try to construct how itd work in the game

peak escarp
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I think they're going to go a different direction with Mauga

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blowing him up gave them the opportunity to start fresh

fathom tartan
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But I'd assume it'll be like Baptist because bap is like the foot soilders with some changes

arctic loom
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also one of things i want see on ow 2 story mode

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is ana and pharah reunion

fathom tartan
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Like Baptist little geal burst ability is from the foot soilders in retabution they'll do it randomly and I think they just repurposed the ability Baptist

lament prawn
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they can do whatever they want design-wise, he obviously wont be a perfect copy of the talon heavy even if he wasnt blown up (see: other talon heroes), but i personally think they’re sticking with at least the base “chunky intimidating heavy dual weilding miniguns”

arctic loom
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because... pharah dont even know about her mother alive right?

lament prawn
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she knows

peak escarp
#

Ana wrote two letters

fathom tartan
#

She had dinner with her dad didn't she

lament prawn
#

the letter ana was writing in her origin story was sent to pharah, bastet told us that pharah never replied

peak escarp
#

one explaining why she faked her death, another telling her she was joining up with Jack

fathom tartan
#

Who dosent sombra know about

arctic loom
#

hm...

peak escarp
#

Sombra knows everything

arctic loom
#

yeah

#

she know all the secrets

fathom tartan
#

What about stuff in junkertown

#

No tech no info for sombra

opal berry
#

Who’s Mauga

fathom tartan
#

Um a talon heavy that was apart of a team with Baptist when he was in talon

terse oar
#

Mauga was Baptiste’s best friend in Talon

opal berry
#

Is he a hero leak for ow2?

peak escarp
#

kinda

terse oar
#

He’s not confirmed, buts it’s very likely he’ll be a hero

#

After all, Sigma was supposed to be Mauga

opal berry
#

I could see that

terse oar
#

He’s also referred to in a Sombra/Baptiste interaction

opal berry
#

So do you guys play ow2 or is that not a public thing yet

#

It kinda got announced then pushed in the closet

terse oar
#

It’s not public yet :/

#

I expect a beta at BlizzConline in February though

arctic loom
#

so

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why Mina Liao helped to build the omnics

terse oar
#

She was passionate about it, and they were pretty revolutionary

peak escarp
#

because she believed they would help humanity

cerulean ice
#

it backfired instead

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then she created echo

terse oar
#

Tbf, that’s not really something they could’ve predicted

finite urchin
#

About mauga

#

They stated that they first intended to give him dual rocket launchers, right?

peak escarp
#

no

finite urchin
#

Ok, i dont know where i read that

#

It just came into my mind

#

All of a sudden

peak escarp
#

we don't know what kind of kit he was intended to have, aside from what is described in WYLB

#

a shield, two miniguns

#

hands that could crush a man's throat

finite urchin
#

Ok so it’s confirmed in the lore that he’d have miniguns

terse oar
#

My guess is he wouldn’t have the charge like normal Heavy Assaults though since the Devs don’t really like ability overlap :/

finite urchin
#

Yes definitely not

#

Definitely not

#

But since tanks are supposed to create distance, be the main pusher/defender, peel

#

I think he may have a cc ability

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Like that minigun swing the heavy does when u get too close

#

After all, mauga incapacitated one dude with his hands

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And it would really fit his character

#

Maybe, like, a body slam?

#

Comparable to a one tap rocket punch without wall dmg that can hit multiple targets

#

And his miniguns definitely will create distance

#

And crush defenses/lay suppressive fire

fathom tartan
#

Unless they were to change the charge enough to its unique

limpid agate
#

The only important parts are "Heavy Assault Berzerker (with shield)"

sand barn
#

Quick question, Genji Mercy ship. Cannon or not?

cerulean ice
#

no

#

probably a crush towards mercy but idk

proud pike
#

No, but with a big "maybe"

sand barn
#

Hmm ok

iron plume
#

they're canonically close, definitely friends
we've had some hints towards more, but no confirmation

worthy rose
#

where did that ship even start

proud pike
#

Interactions/"Reflections" comic

worthy rose
#

ahhhh right ty

limpid agate
graceful shadow
#

It’s mostly just headcanons about relationships

#

Overwatch lacks lore about relationships and friendships between characters for the most part

peak escarp
#

it's not the sort of game/story that depends on romantic relationships between characters

#

they are unneccessary

graceful shadow
#

Mhm

fathom tartan
#

My favorite ship is emily and tracer

peak escarp
#

is it still a ship if it's canon?

fathom tartan
#

Um

#

Yes?

#

I think so

#

Though I would love more info about Emily like iv said before

#

Like how is emily paying for a small apartment in london

#

I'm sure tracer's money from ow days wasn't little but an apartment in London isnt cheap

peak escarp
#

I think she's a journalist or photographer

#

you can see a lot of photos in her apartment

fathom tartan
#

I also wanna know what she does to cope with tracer going out all the time doing hero stuff what she does to fill her lonely days

peak escarp
fathom tartan
#

And also I would like to see tracer write to emily especially sense ow is being rebooted

#

I feel bad for emily I know she's okay with tracer going back into the field but still emily is a person too and she doesn't even have a pet or anything

#

And I'm sure with a rebooting of ow she's going to have to go into some sort of protection

peak escarp
#

it's not like Tracer is going to live on base or something

#

she'll probably still live with Emily between missions

worthy rose
#

@fathom tartan OW is being rebooted?

peak escarp
#

they mean that Winston is reforming Overwatch

worthy rose
#

Ah ok

fathom tartan
peak escarp
#

I doubt it

#

she's not important enough

#

Emily is a nobody

worthy rose
#

Thats a bit harsh lol

peak escarp
#

but in the big picture, it's true

worthy rose
#

Though I guess it's true she's beneath even the fodder Talon soldiers

peak escarp
#

she's not a political figure, or anyone important to anyone other than Tracer

#

killing her would just make Tracer angry

#

the world would not notice

#

Mondatta was a valuable assassination target because he meant something to a lot of people

#

he was a political/religious figure

#

his death will drive a wedge between humans and omnics, which is what Doomfist wants

graceful shadow
#

Also was important to overwatch although not directly

peak escarp
#

eh

#

Emily's death would just add to the list of reasons for Overwatch to hate Talon

#

they already have enough reasons

graceful shadow
#

Inspired their beliefs or at least backed them and made them more supportable by the public

worthy rose
#

@graceful shadow Nah she's not important at all merely fodder

graceful shadow
#

I’m talking about Mondatta

worthy rose
#

Then yeah your right

peak escarp
#

I also don't think they'll kidnap Emily or try to use her as leverage against Tracer/Overwatch

#

mostly because I hate seeing female characters used as pawns like that, but also it doesn't seem like Talon's style

#

yes, they kidnapped Gerard's wife and used her against them, but that was under Vialli and the previous Doomfist and they only resorted to that after failing to kill him directly several times

#

also, we don't need another Widowmaker situation

fathom tartan
#

Well it'd break logic in the universe to not put her in s facility safe from dangers like that

peak escarp
#

how so?

#

people's loved ones aren't in constant threat from Talon

#

even Overwatch members themselves aren't under threat from Talon at the moment

iron plume
#

and also what facility

#

Overwatch is disbanded and then illegal

peak escarp
#

Talon is a little busy starting a war

fathom tartan
#

Tracer has been an annoying threat to talon and widow has had a personal fight with tracer

#

And watchpoint gabiralta would he fine

peak escarp
#

then just (try to) kill Tracer

#

no need to go after Emily

fathom tartan
#

That's not doomfist mo

#

He wants to Strengthen humanity via trama

peak escarp
#

Doomfist's MO certainly isn't going after civilians

#

or kidnapping women

fathom tartan
#

The wants to strengthen humanity

#

And itd make talon seem not a threat

peak escarp
#

he wants to strengthen humanity as a whole

#

how would targeting one woman do that?

fathom tartan
#

Tracer has been a symbol of heroism and hope

#

Break her

#

And you break that

peak escarp
#

then attack Tracer directly

#

no point in attacking Emily

#

Tracer doesn't seem like the type to give up if Emily is killed/captured - it would only make her fight harder

fathom tartan
#

Killing tracer wouldn't sting as bad as seeing tracers hope being lost

peak escarp
#

Tracer wouldn't lose hope

#

she'd fight harder

fathom tartan
#

So itd be strenthing her via trama

peak escarp
#

that would strengthen her, but it would do nothing for humanity

fathom tartan
#

Itd also be like showing talon isnt a threat in this world and there afraid to kill or kidnap when they aren't

peak escarp
#

and Doomfist wants to strengthen humanity

#

the public already knows Talon is a threat

#

they're terrorists

fathom tartan
#

So they'd put emily in somewhere safer than a london apartment when a revolt is already in the planning

peak escarp
#

why do you want Emily to be put in danger so bady? there are plenty of other ways to achieve the same result without using a "damsel in distress"

fathom tartan
#

I want them to put emily somewhere safe

#

Because itd make sense

peak escarp
#

it would make sense if she was in danger, but she's not in danger

fathom tartan
#

She would be thought

#

Because of tracer

peak escarp
#

we haven't seen any evidence that Emily is in danger

fathom tartan
#

Tracer fails to keep herself private

#

Endangering her close ones

valid terrace
#

Taking out Emily does nothing for their plans

#

It doesn't stop their enemy

pliant sparrow
#

What's the discussion revolving around

valid terrace
#

It wastes their time

worthy rose
#

She is beneath their time

peak escarp
pliant sparrow
#

If they wanted to involve Emily in danger, I'd say get her caught up in an attack on london from null sector

finite urchin
#

Quick question though, is there any explanation to why the soldier from train hopper knew mccree?

pliant sparrow
#

I'd assume word of mouth/previous encounter

#

Mccree seems to be a known figure

peak escarp
#

since that Talon squad was using Blackwatch tactics

finite urchin
#

I just thought it was because reaper and moira were former members

#

That they used the tactics

peak escarp
#

we didn't know that when the comic came out

#

and at the beginning of the comic, McCree mentions that they're using the Blackwatch playbook

#

it's not impossible that the Talon soldier was a former Blackwatch agent - we've seen a few former Overwatch agents working for Talon

#

not just Reaper and Moira, but Vernand Sainclair, from WYLB

finite urchin
#

Man i really learned a lot from this channel

#

I thought blackwatch was just 4 people

peak escarp
#

nah, it was a whole division

#

they probably didn't have many people, but there was more than just Reyes' team

fathom tartan
#

It was like the black ops of overwatch

limpid agate
#

Given the context, the one that recognized him was probably ex-Overwatch

#

Not that it matters, since he's dead now

worthy rose
#

dababy

proud pike
#

Ehh... what?

#

My friend, it's better not to spam here.

#

If you have a question or an interesting theory , we will listen, but spamming and writing nonsense is not very good here.

#

just saying

fringe blade
#

!!shitposting

twilit nacelleBOT
#

Shitposting will result in a loss of access.

scarlet apex
#

It was

#

black operations are defined as covert military or political operations that generally uses unauthorized (read: illegal) measures

#

Reyes's Blackwatch team wasn't legally allowed by international law to be in Venice

proud pike
#

Perhaps this has already been said, but is Blizzard world an existing place in lore or not?

cosmic crest
#

Most likely.

proud pike
#

okay

fathom tartan
#

Yes it is

#

Blizzard is a real company in ow but in the ow universe they didn't make ow

worthy rose
#

Wait does genji’s dragon have a name?

terse oar
worthy rose
#

:0

peak escarp
#

the dragons aren't real

#

they're projections

worthy rose
#

Some have given it the nickname soba apparently
Cuss of some fan art of the dragon and some noodles

peak escarp
#

that's dumb

terse oar
#

Lol

peak escarp
#

noodle dragons are the worst idea this community has come up with

young knoll
#

the worst?

#

are we talking about the same community that largely doesn't even know the dragons aren't magic

finite urchin
#

HRMMM?!?!!

#

THE DRAGONS—— NOT MAGICCCC??????

#

WTF UR HIGH

#

NO WAY

#

MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE

worthy rose
#

And yes, the noodle dragons are a mistake

#

But so entertaining

limpid agate
#

@finite urchin Watch the caps spam

#

The dragons are not magic. There is no magic in Overwatch

worthy rose
#

I don't know, Reinhardt doesn't get concussions when he charges, pretty magical

valid terrace
#

The smaller the brain, the less concussions you get ReinhardtSmile

limpid agate
#

!!shitposting

twilit nacelleBOT
#

Shitposting will result in a loss of access.

valid terrace
#

That is a fact though

#

Concussions are caused by the brain's contact with the skull

sweet jetty
#

Dude i dont remember the shorts being so damn good ngl

#

wait what exactly are the dragons ive always been curious but never actually looked into it

worthy rose
#

Yeah the shorts are great especially the ones where Reaper is involved

#

Its cool to see Reaper just stomping on the mighty Winston like a child

proud pike
#

''I'm angy'' boom boom boom

#

Thats all

#

Winston is invincible

worthy rose
#

In the recall short Reaper stomped Winston

#

Winston only won in the end because of PIS

#

Even in the museum Reaper manhandeled base Winston and even when he became angry he fought evenly with him

terse oar
#

We just know it’s not magic ReaperShrug

limpid agate
#

It's just speculation, but it behaves identically to Syms orbs

proud pike
#

if it's hard light, that explains a lot

stray zephyr
#

isnt it genetically bound to the shimadas or something too

limpid agate
#

We have nothing telling us that

stray zephyr
#

very cool

finite urchin
#

Ok then if it isnt magic, why does hanzo say only a true shimada can control the dragons like its some super special superpower

peak escarp
#

because Hanzo is dramatic

gusty sluice
#

So how did the dragons work in real life physics when they are not supposedly magic?!

proud pike
#

Hard light

gusty sluice
#

Ok thanks, same stuff symmetra does regularly

proud pike
#

This is only a guess, but most likely so

peak escarp
#

yeah

#

it's probably a family secret or has a DNA key or something

proud pike
#

I would call it technology, not DNA. I doubt that Genji is able to summon a dragon without a sword, and Hanzo without a bow.

#

I don't think it's related to their DNA

peak escarp
#

I'm just guessing

#

the dragon seemed to come out of Hanzo's tattoo in the short

proud pike
#

hmm... okay, i'm confused a bit now

fathom tartan
#

Maybe it's a special tattoo DNA type thing that only shimdas know

peak escarp
#

and Hanzo used a sword when he fought and almost killed Genji

proud pike
fathom tartan
#

Kinda did kill genji

#

He had to get like 45% of his body replaced

fathom tartan
#

But it also wouldn't make much sense because any tattoo genji has would of been deleted

proud pike
#

Well, now I don't have any ideas at all.

fathom tartan
#

Genji's dragon seems to come from his back

#

And I think his back is almost completely destroyed

peak escarp
#

maybe the tattoo isn't involved

proud pike
peak escarp
#

we don't know

finite urchin
#

That may be why he’s only able to summon one

#

Instead of 2

proud pike
#

By the way.... How does Genji wear a katana like that?

peak escarp
#

magnets

fathom tartan
#

Maybe it's dna coded with there weapons

proud pike
#

two-handed weapons were never hung on the back

peak escarp
#

but it looks cool

proud pike
#

He just can't get it out of its scabbard

peak escarp
#

shhh

#

rule of cool

proud pike
#

well. well..

fathom tartan
#

And it seems as if they have to say the select phrase

finite urchin
#

Maybe dragons are a superpower but they’re just binding it’s power to the weapons

proud pike
#

shhhh

#

we can't break the rule of cool

#

xD

finite urchin
#

And i dont think hanzo would be THAT dramatic about it, making tech seem like a superpower

#

LOL

fathom tartan
#

I mean there are plenty of super natural stuff in the ow universe

finite urchin
#

Right, so i think it’s reasonable, yeah?

fathom tartan
#

I think it could be a very long sequence of things you need

finite urchin
#

Pls elaborate

fathom tartan
#

But also the whole requirement of weapons is questionable because they've had different sowards and bows

finite urchin
#

Yeah, and hanzo used a sword before didnt he?

pliant sparrow
#

Nothing supernatural in overwatch as far as we know

fathom tartan
#

He has used one and is trained but mostly uses bow

finite urchin
#

Yeah i think he picked up the bow afterwards

peak escarp
fathom tartan
peak escarp
#

yeah, he'd do that

fathom tartan
#

Time manipulation?

finite urchin
#

Uhh ok, i guess you could say that nothing is supernatural, but loosely based off of science?

proud pike
finite urchin
#

That’s what he means ig

pliant sparrow
#

Does it count as supernatural if it's considered extremely advanced technology?

peak escarp
#

those are not supernatural

#

they all have scientific explanations

pliant sparrow
#

I assumed supernatural meant things beyond explanation and reason

finite urchin
#

That’s what i said

pliant sparrow
#

All of those have explanations

fathom tartan
#

Well if I go get my mind spliced by a blackhole I'm telling you I'm not gonna be able to lift rocks

pliant sparrow
#

Would send a screenshot of the definition of supernatural

finite urchin
#

Ok, but it doesnt change the fact that they still have unexplained powers

pliant sparrow
#

The powers are explained in universe

peak escarp
fathom tartan
#

Exactly

pliant sparrow
#

?

peak escarp
#

they make sense in universe, and that's all that matters

fathom tartan
#

I suppose

peak escarp
#

they are given an explanation

fathom tartan
#

Well super powers exist

finite urchin
#

Ok? Well unusual things can exist, so why shouldnt the dragons??

pliant sparrow
#

'A manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific reasoning or understanding or the laws of nature'

finite urchin
#

I agree with fightingfox

peak escarp
#

because magic explicitly does not exist

#

and dragons by definition are magical creatures

fathom tartan
#

Well if you strech cannon a bit it could

peak escarp
#

no

fathom tartan
#

Because of hero strom

#

Or whatever its called

pliant sparrow
#

Heroes of the storm is not canon

fathom tartan
#

I know

peak escarp
#

canonically, magic does not exist

fathom tartan
#

Well if it does we dont know yet

peak escarp
#

we have been told so by the writers

finite urchin
#

It’s unrealistic for time and space powers to exist tho

fathom tartan
#

Maybe the shimadas get like infused with dragon juice

pliant sparrow
#

This isn't our universe

peak escarp
#

they're not suddenly going to change their minds on that

pliant sparrow
#

This is overwatch's universe

#

The abilities are explained with science in universe

fathom tartan
#

See the weapons being the key dosent makes sense because they change weapons the tat dosent make sense because genji's body is practically gone

pliant sparrow
#

We don't know what it is

#

But we know it isn't magic

#

That's about it

fathom tartan
#

The only thing we do know is they probably need to say the phrase

pliant sparrow
#

Genji's seems to more closely related to his sword than anything else

finite urchin
#

You keep saying magic doesnt exist but that doesnt explain why only genji and hanzo can use dragons

pliant sparrow
#

??

fathom tartan
#

Maybe its voice recognition

#

But what would be recognizing the voice

peak escarp
#

we dont know if it's a fact that only Genji and Hanzo can use them - Hanzo may have just been being dramatic

pliant sparrow
#

The technology might be fairly common, but it's tailored to the shimada 'style'

fathom tartan
#

I'd say it's safe to say it's only them

limpid agate
#

Its not

finite urchin
#

It is, i frankly believe hanzo wouldnt be that dramatic

peak escarp
#

but if it is Shimada exclusive, there's plenty of explanations - DNA locks, family secret, exclusive rights, etc

limpid agate
#

The dragons were the exact example used to say

#

Magic does not exist.

peak escarp
#

again, this is Hanzo, the man who fights his way into a guarded castle on the same day every year to light some incense to honor the brother he thinks he murdered

#

he is 100% dramatic enough

finite urchin
fathom tartan
#

Dont be so mean to hanzo

finite urchin
#

That someone else could use it?

peak escarp
#

because he's also sheltered? idk

sweet jetty
#

ive seen lizards now prove to me dragons dont exists

fathom tartan
#

Hmmm

peak escarp
#

I don't care enough

sweet jetty
#

checkmate atheists

fathom tartan
#

Your lizard dosent breath fire

#

Or fly

sweet jetty
#

You dont know that

finite urchin
#

I just did some research, didnt sym say that there were some things she could do with hard light that others coudlnt?

sweet jetty
#

maybe hes just cautious and prefers to be on the ground

peak escarp
#

that's not how evidence works

finite urchin
#

I think

#

I think maybe its the same case with shimadas

sweet jetty
#

can you disprove it

peak escarp
#

maybe

finite urchin
#

Now that i think of it

peak escarp
#

I dont have to disprove anything

sweet jetty
#

No cos he died

#

but i saw him fly and breathe fire

#

these are the facts

peak escarp
#

it's on you to prove your outlandish claims

fathom tartan
sweet jetty
#

i dont have to prove anything

#

these are facts

peak escarp
#

facts need proof

fathom tartan
#

Okay Selena this is getting to shit post status

sweet jetty
#

prove it

#

lmao

peak escarp
#

!!shitposting @sweet jetty

twilit nacelleBOT
#

@sweet jetty Shitposting will result in a loss of access.

sweet jetty
#

fine fine

finite urchin
#

Lol it was a joke

#

U lore channel lurkers gotta chill

peak escarp
#

this is a serious discussion channel

fathom tartan
#

No funny aloud here

peak escarp
#

not the place for jokes

sweet jetty
#

mans gettin bent outta shape cos his noodle dragons cant get explained

prime zephyr
#

Why are roads in OW so small

#

And narrow

#

Is that an acceptable lore question lol

#

Sorry if it’s not

finite urchin
#

Yeah since aymmetra could do some unique things with hard light im assuming that its the same case qith shimadas

#

Uh that’s a good question

#

But no answer

fathom tartan
#

Not sure maybe in the future people have smaller cars?

prime zephyr
#

Wait

finite urchin
#

Maybe it’s just not canon

peak escarp
sweet jetty
#

Why is there no direct route to get to route 66?

prime zephyr
#

How far into the future is overwatch set

fathom tartan
#

Like far

peak escarp
sweet jetty
#

like theres no roads leading there

finite urchin
#

Its set in 2079 or 2069

sweet jetty
#

69

finite urchin
#

U can frankly find this online

#

Lol

#

69

fathom tartan
#

No need to be rude

sweet jetty
#

im a comedic genius

finite urchin
#

Whoops sey

#

Sry

fathom tartan
#

I don't like these people in lore

finite urchin
#

I just meant that this info can be found with a quick search

prime zephyr
#

Lore has the nicest people

#

The rest just has rude people

#

Like they ignore u and everything

sweet jetty
#

I need to fill my glowing brain with Ow lore

peak escarp
pliant sparrow
#

I wonder who has the best physical endurance of all heroes

prime zephyr
#

Tracer

fathom tartan
#

Echo

pliant sparrow
#

E.g. long distance running/swimming

fathom tartan
#

Bastion

finite urchin
prime zephyr
#

She’s a robot tho

#

So she shouldn’t really count

#

True

finite urchin
#

No, its doomfist

prime zephyr
#

What

#

No

finite urchin
#

Yeah

pliant sparrow
#

My initial guess was soldier

prime zephyr
#

Soldier is old

#

So can’t be him

sweet jetty
#

reaper might be immortal

finite urchin
#

He’s strong enough to smash the ground, he wouldnt get tired

pliant sparrow
#

He is also essentially captain america

finite urchin
#

Wait hol up

sweet jetty
#

god knows whats up with him

finite urchin
#

Yeah i think reaper

fathom tartan
#

Well tracer runs track but soilder and reaper are slower soilders but there also old and died

sweet jetty
#

Reaper literally just doesnt have a physical form and can probably hands down out pace anyone

peak escarp
#

Soldier and Reaper are genetically enhanced

#

Tracer runs a lot

prime zephyr
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C’mon it’s obviously tracer

sweet jetty
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okay

fathom tartan
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But also soilder and reaper are really old

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I mean winston is a modified gorilla so

prime zephyr
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What about zarya

peak escarp
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they might be old but they're still in peak condition

prime zephyr
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Why didn’t we talk about her lmao

sweet jetty
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shes literally just a bodybuilder as far as im aware

peak escarp
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Zarya is more strength-based, not endurance-based

fathom tartan
prime zephyr
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Hmmm

finite urchin
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I think doomfist has the most endurance?

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No?

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I mean he’s probably the strongest character

fathom tartan
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Doomfist did punch a wall with his bare hands for awhile

peak escarp
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Doomfist is also a trained martial artist

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so he'd have good endurance

finite urchin
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And he’s 7 foot 6

fathom tartan
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I mean

sweet jetty
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doomfist probably has the highest gforce endurance

fathom tartan
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Are we also counting genji

prime zephyr
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Ew genji

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No

fathom tartan
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Rude

finite urchin
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Lol

prime zephyr
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He’s 90% robot so no

fathom tartan
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More like 45%

finite urchin
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Well, let’s count all the heroes

sweet jetty
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what about roadhog?

fathom tartan
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No

sweet jetty
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man is pretty big

finite urchin
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Bc about all of them have enhancements

prime zephyr
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Yes roadhog

sweet jetty
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could prolly be a sumo wrestler or somethin

prime zephyr
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Let’s be honest

finite urchin
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It wouldnt be fair just to count out the ones who used cybernetics

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Uhh hog?

fathom tartan
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Hog ligit must take those inhalers ever now and then or he dies bc radiation

finite urchin
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I mean, he’s mutant

sweet jetty
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man is inhaling copious amounts of steroids

fathom tartan
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But he also runs out of breath easy

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So he dosent have good endurance

peak escarp
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Roadhog isn't a mutant, and doesn't inhale steroids

finite urchin
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But i dont think he has the highest endurance

sweet jetty
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What does he inhale then?

pliant sparrow
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Counting all heroes, the robots would easily have the best endurance

peak escarp
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he inhales Hogdrogen, which treats radiation poisoning

sweet jetty
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Hogdrogen?

fathom tartan
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Its probably tracer or doomfist

finite urchin
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Yeah

sweet jetty
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is the real lore?

finite urchin
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Its written on the can

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And yes

prime zephyr
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HAHAHAHA hogdrogen

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Wait

sweet jetty
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That is peak dumb

prime zephyr
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Serious?

finite urchin
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You could actually learn A LOT from the channel

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For instance

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Do u know who mauga is?

sweet jetty
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man just breathes in a canister of hog juice brewed in his backyard

peak escarp
pliant sparrow
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Is mauga confirmed polynesian?

finite urchin
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No

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He’s samoan

peak escarp
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his name is of Polynesian origin

sweet jetty
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surely thats not healthy to breath in right

finite urchin
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That is

sweet jetty
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being flamable and all

peak escarp
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and he mentions Haiti reminding him of home

fathom tartan
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Mass destruction?

finite urchin
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It’s probably like asthma gas or some shit

pliant sparrow
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Radiation treatments usually aren't healthy

sweet jetty
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I mean

pliant sparrow
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But much better than the alternative

finite urchin
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Idk i dont know what is in inhalers

peak escarp
sweet jetty
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then why does he gain health from it

finite urchin
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But compare hogdrogen to an inhaler

sweet jetty
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if its just there to treat radiation?

peak escarp
sweet jetty
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But why?

peak escarp
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in the lore, it heals his radiation poisoning

pliant sparrow
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Because gameplay mechanics

finite urchin
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Bc that’s not canon