Fire

A deep dive into the Overwatch 1 fire system. I go over how fire is earned, how fire is lost, and a few quirks with the fire meter itself.

Edit: I forgot to include Tracer's recall, which earns 0.1 fire per HP recalled.

TIMESTAMPS:
• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:44 The Fire Meter
• 2:10 Gaining Fire (once)
• 6:44 Gaining Fire (per second)
• 7:29 Gaining Fire (per unit)
• 9:05 Draining Fire

MUSIC:
• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
• Blinx: The Time Sweeper
• Super Monkey Ball 2

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[ITalk]

Blizzard removing fire feels bizarre. It made players feel good and it was fun banter. Will definitely be missed.

[gray]

This was uploaded on the day that the system disappears. R.I.P.

[Marblr]

it's hard to believe, but we're finally at the end of overwatch. apparently there is no workshop editor in overwatch 2 (yet), so we'll see how that pans out.

[gengar]

4:53 I love the retroactive dubbing for Cass’s name

[myseglis]

Maybe Fire does factor in the POTG algorithm and that's why Brigitte and Moira earn less fire per healing. Remember a few years ago when they said they tweaked the POTG algorithm to favor a bit less Moira and Brigitte into it, maybe that's when it changed.

[TheTortuga]

Simple stuff like Rein saying "I'm on fire" is gonna be so missed :(

[garrisonwalter]

4:50 The abruptness of the redub "Cassidy's" 😂 I feel you on that.

[muzankibutsuji]

5:18 bro the Ana doing a 360 sleep and the sun-glasses sliding in on her portrait is too good 😂

[Weza]

For the next video, could you make a video about how the game decides on what play gets to be a POTG? Thank you for your content!

[dirt_dert_durt]

I've actually heard characters say their "I'm on fire" voicelines in OW2, though less often recently. This leads me to believe that the mechanic is still present, but not displayed, except in the voiceline case which was probably an oversight, silently patched out.

[lungboy]

I'll miss teasing my friends with "Shoutout to everyone on fire" when only one of us isn't. Can't wait to see what videos you come up with for OW2 :)

[LemonAidk]

Lucio’s sound barrier actually earns fire from blocking! Not sure by how much but it does happen

[luker]

Despite this video only being two years old this feels like ancient history with the old maps, abilities and HUD

[TheRioRanger]

It's video's like these that remind me of the good old times I had with Overwatch. While I may be skeptical about OW2 with all the...business decisions they are making I'm still glad to see in-detailed content like these.

Keep it up!

[skrillsz_]

Again a other good vidéo, love your content

5:18 ana gets sunglasses in botem left.

[corneliustaifu]

I can't believe that Blizzard didn't explain this for six years lol. Either way, thanks for putting out great and informative content!

[oh.sorry.dont.mind.meeeee]

I've been playing overwatch since release, took a long break like season 1 - 6 and came back. Had no idea on fire was ever gone. thank god they brought it back. i love that mechanic

[aqueleRu]

They said that fire will come back, but different, so it's not over yet.

I always love the on fire voice lines.

[MoiraPrime]

One thing I want to mention is that in Overwatch 2 betas, and in the creator summit footage I've watched, the fire system still exists in the game behind the scenes. You still hear characters say they're on fire when they do something potentially POTG worthy, along with the sound. The fire system is just hidden now. I'm glad that it's not completely gone, because that on fire sound gives me such a dopamine rush.

[THEMEOFLAURA]

I know you get comments like this every single video, but you really are one of the highest quality Overwatch YouTubers ever. Hope you keep it up with more quality content when Overwatch 2 comes out