Guys just make paladins 2 and dont repeat mistakes made in paladins, this is gonna be fire. There`s a huge market for overwatch game, but overwatch 2 is basically dead. So there`s a place to be taken.
@@littlenuggets6426completely different dev team man, smite players are so fucking stupid that they complain to unrelated dev teams (im a smite player)
@@ManOlantern12 Can't say anything against the look, it can absolutely be rough. Gameplay has plenty of fluidity when it's not your first time playing at bronze tier. Same with Pacing
@@techwizsmith7963 Agreed. The thing it has always lacked is polish. But what do you expect being strung along with little support from hi-rez and stuck in Unreal 3
I've played both Paladins and Overwatch since 2016. I'm a fan of both games and can appreciate their similarities and differences. That's why I like when streamers like Flats give the game a fair chance and form an actual opinion of it instead of going "lol overwatch better" every 2 seconds.
@@la_win69 paladins is actually a better 5v5 moba but yeah unfortunatly graphics and certain wackiness dont allow it to be up there, even if it is a great innovative game
I’ve always loved paladins a little bit more because it always felt like a chaotic open battlefield compared to ow highly competitive team work focused gameplay and seeing flats play it made my day
@@hed1623 i feel like t's just that in ow you die faster and the abilities are less complex, which is fine because it makes the game lean more lean more towards fps/arena shooter instead of moba both have depth and their own strengths and weaknesses
Paladins is doing SOOO many things right. If this had the polish of OW I'm convinced this would be played 1000x more than OW. I love the loadout system. It changes how every hero plays. I also love the dps and the FLANK role.
Ya it really needs more support that unfortionly the company hi rez doesn't do much. It may be going in the right direction but for people who are their since the beginning, they need more new big content and item store changes and the new ltms aren't enough.
@@Ontarianmm The recent patch itself removed a lot of bugs and added a lot of clarity to the game. They even forgo'd making a champion because people were complaining about the game not being stable enough to warrant more content. They did it, and I'd say they did a really good job.
@@nidium1951okay but paladins. Still has a long road to go. It just doesn't run as well as overwatch does, it doesn't look as good as overwatch does. The settings are still pretty barebones in comparison fo overwatch. And There is still no dedicated replay viewer. And this is a thing that I don't think many players of paladins think about. The lighting and shadowing is very poor. Luckily they have very distinct character silhouettes so visibility isn't as bad as stuff like apex or warzone. But it becomes extremely obvious during team fights with alot of ults and particle effects being thrown around. All the bright colors tend to blend together and it becomes very difficult to aim. Overwatch has this issue too. Just not to the same level that paladins does. Next time you play overwatch and you see a big ult fight happen. Really pay attention to how much you can actually see during the fight. And then play paladins and make the comparison.
It’s actually so cool how a dev unlocked all the heros for you evil mojo are very cool people there’s only a select number of them these days but they try to keep this game alive which is awesome
It's almost like they're just unlocking characters for people that'll bring them potential money into the game and it has nothing to do with them being cool or anything- just makes sense financially.
People love to meme on Paladins, but I honestly find it different enough to stand on its own. Also been in development since before Overwatch's original announcement.
@@kusolp544true, but Paladins was the spiritual successor to global agenda which predates Ow by a huge margin tbf. Ow does have far more polish though.
I made fun of paladins for using a lot of overwatch stuff way back when. I now meme on overwatch for... you know... everything they did. Too much to say here. It's just how far overwatch has fallen.
I believe Imani summons the dragon and is kinda like Junkrat Tyre, so she just sits there n can be killed during ult.The dragon just has Lots of hp but a big hitbox means u don't even get much value except for zoning most of the time. My memory might be off or maybe they changed the game after like so many years.
So the character flats was playing imani, doesn’t turn into a dragon but is more or less controlling it, if you see imani ulting from another perspective you see her ontop of the dragon riding it
Came here as a Paladins player who likes watching Flats, glad to hear him say that Paladins is underrated. Def appreciate the positive shoutout to the game
@A.grenade are yall out of your mind? I agree that there is some rather downfalls to this game but it doesn't mean paladins is a bad game yall just bad lol.
@@rookere1604 I think OW just has more polish but i do genuinely enjoy paladins. I love the load outs because it does genuinely affect how the character plays
@@aurorae1672i feel the same way about league of legends to heroes of the storm. (Just a heads up, i dont play either of these games, bit i am an active veiwer to both games). Like yeah league of legends is more popular, but hots is more varied in the maps and objectives, and theres some characters i absolutely love from how theyre unique. Like stukov.
@@mikesimmerman4457 it's managed by hi-rez and developed by like two slaves at evilmojo studios that are forced to develop a game with a shoestring budget it's not bad, it's just undercooked
@@gamerbeast3616 game is bad because it didnt get attention, therefore it didnt get funding. They had to compete with overwatch, a game made by a reputable company, there was no winning.
@@gamerbeast3616 how is the game bad? it has better balance than overwatch, more diverse champions for many different types of players, and has a lot of customizable things for each champion, the only thing overwatch might be better at is the models and textures and story. anything gameplay wise paladins is better over all than overwatch
I know this was an april fools prank but lowkey this could help reinvigorate the paladins community lol. the game is kinda struggling rn and so seeing y'all have fun on it is super heartening
@@mentarium9741 and quick melee, and fixing collision issues that mess up momentum. And making it so you’re not locked into that champion the moment you click it.
@@cartersouthernAnd more melee combatants that don't use melee as another "gun." Would play the game a lot more if they did that so we could have nothing BUT melee characters.
@@cartersouthernchamp lock is good for paladins because the game is balanced around ranked. Imagine you're rolling some dude and he just swaps. People just need to draft better.
I think the reason it's fun is because it's more chill. You don't get the entire enemy going mach 20 across the map to kill you as a tank, for example.
time to kill tends to be a lot slower since cauterize sorta forces a lot of damage to be lower to be a bit fairer vs heals. You also just have more options because of loadouts, talents, and items to help with that. Characters can honestly be more mobile than OW characters imo tho. Stuff like VII, certain dredge lodouts, vora, and so on usually can just clear entire maps. Maps also often are a bit compact like most seige maps too for instance so its easier to get around. Mounts also help less mobile characters rejoin the game fast too, helps make it less of a respawn sim so you still can actually play the game some even if you're losin a lot.
@@emmas1366 Not being locked to one per team is a big one Tanks are designed to have rly good synergy in Paladins, you have Main Tanks for capturing point and making space for the cart, and Off Tanks for flanking in the offlanes to make space for the Flank class Probably the biggest thing is Paladins is a flexible game where hard counters don't rly exist In ranked games (which is all I ever play if I hop on tbh) you have a drafting phase with bans to alleviate dealing with a character you really don't want to And the biggest thing is the item store, tanks in Paladins aren't broken by CC and boops, or extreme amounts of damage because items exist to allieviate ALL of that % dmg reduction, and increased healing cards exist to make tanks tankier, and there's an item to resist CC, plus other items to increase mvm speed or ult charge. It's a real basic system but it works Anti-Heal is a gamewide passive in this game so it keeps tanks from ever being oppressive because focused fire will force them to retreat if they want to get healed back up. Plus some tanks do have some pretty harsh weaknesses to certain characters, like shield tanks melt late game bc there's an item to break shields faster TLDR: Paladins is a more flexible game due to drafting any comp you want, plus items and loadouts to make tanks more tanky and stronger to the things that usually weakens them
Hey you can’t complain about counterswapping, the devs THEMSELVES have stated on a dev blog that they want swapping at least on the tank role. So yes… OW is now paper rock scissors with guns
@@Thirstylion314 Even if the tank swap is kinda annoying when ur diffing so they have to swap, but when dps swap to counter tank its just cancer, u go doom they go sombra cass, say u go genji they go mei sym, counter is just so damn annoying
Paladins is very fun. Only problem that I have at the moment is trying to recover my account, since I haven't played since the Switch sundown, and my Hi-Rez account just won't connect with my other console account.
I'm having a similar issue, same thing with the account merging since they shutdown the game on the Switch a few months ago... but instead of me trying to play it on a different console, I tried it on my PC and it basically forced me to create a "new" account. So, my 3 and a half (almost 4) years worth of progress from champion unlocks, skins, customizations, etc... is all gone now. To say that I'm "disappointed" would be an understatement, as it's beyond that point for me now. The fact that they would've rather (and DID) shutdown Paladins on Switch, instead of trying to fix the major amount of bugs that they had within the game... it just baffles me. Super upsetting, but I guess we have no choice but to do what we can & deal with it, as it is.
@@bobo-ds6zdTrue. I played it while it was in beta and a few years after. Came back recently and somehow the gameplay hasn't changed a bit, but it had more graphic bugs (like the one Flats had) and the new characters, skins and menus gave mobile game vibes. It's still funny obviously but kind of sad
If you take tank recommendations, I strongly suggest you play Atlas! He's the man out of time and basically Tracer as a tank with a rewind ability that lets him return to full hp. His shield blocks all incoming projectiles and has no health, lasting for 3 seconds.
im hoping we get more paladins from you flats the game is really enjoyable also for anyone making comments about them not putting any new chars out they have not for the last 3 updates due to the community asking them to slow down on characters.
early game paladins is tough but when you get into it with all the loadouts and different champion playstyles you will understand it and be able to play it for fun
Paladins was my first introduction into an arena shooter while my brother was playing OW1 with his friends - now I have an addiction to OW2 and I hate myself 😁
Paladins is the game I play when I wanna take a few weeks away from OW towards the end of a season. It's not quite as polished and the heroes all being locked kinda sucks, but it's a very fun game.
there was some things about paladins that nvr hooked me in like OW did but i loved the game mode of fighting over a point then the winner pushes a payload, always wish OW did something like that
I do think paladins did it better since it's not just 10 minutes of struggling to push first point and losing on cart. I actually wouldn't mind seeing this version in OW
I was a devout OW player until about OW2 Season 3. Met a friend at college who'd played Paladins since launch, i had dipped my toes in when it was new, and convinced me to play with him just in time for me to lose faith in Blizzard. Been playing Paladins since, as you saw the devs are active in the community, put out polls asling what the community wants to see changed (and they listen), and the character depth is massive. Theres a lot to know, and that experienced friend made the transition a lot easier, but overall, the game has its merits.
genuinely tho id like to see more paladins gameplay with flats and his friends. you can tell he didn't exactly know what to do but was just pressing buttons and having fun. that's what content should be.
No flats won't leave ow2 cause he wants that blizzard check just like all the ow2 streamers who won't leave cause they on knees getting paid by blizzard
Even if it was an April Fools joke, it's great to see a big content creator give Paladins some attention. I enjoyed this video greatly, especially as an Imani enjoyer myself.
I've been playing Paladins since 2016 and currently play both Overwatch and Paladins. I admit that I didn't expect a Paladins video on your channel. The community is very small, and since people always say "lol overwatch is better" even without having played, this video made me very happy. I think everyone who plays both games would agree with this, and yes, the game is extremely underrated. We would also be very happy if any more Paladins videos appeared. And that's it. Have a good day. And peace guys, both games are fun and both are good with very crucial gameplay differences. (I don't know if you'll continue playing at some point, but if you do, I recommend looking at a character called Zhin. He's like a cockroach, and extremely fun.)
@@GRUC1O - Yes, it is. In my opinion, it's even more fun than Overwatch because of some extremely specific things. If you're interested, I can point these things out.
@@GRUC1O - Let's take it easy, ok? First, the build system. You can, to some extent, customize a character according to how you feel comfortable. Drogoz, for example. I can make a build to fly infinitely, or another to kill and run, or another just to spam damage. Can you understand? I can play my way. In Overwatch, each character has a specific way of playing, and this limits it a bit, because everyone who plays well with a certain character plays the same way, but in Paladins that doesn't happen. Following Drogoz's example, you can have one on your team and one against you. They both play very well, but the way they both play and the builds are completely different, with their own advantages and disadvantages. This is without taking into account the items, which you normally buy to complete your build. Item that makes me charge my Ult faster, or that reduces the cooldown of skills, or that increases my movespeed when I get an elimination, and so on. Second, "counters". In Overwatch, if the guy is your counter you simply won't be able to do anything no matter how well you play and you are forced to change characters. Tank, for example, plays on the counterswap basis. In Paladins, even if you are against a counter you can still play for two reasons. Firstly, in my opinion, your ability is a little more valued, because of the builds and because there is no absolute counter. Also because of the items. If I'm against a character that gives me a lot of CC to the point where I can't do anything, I can buy an item that reduces the duration of that. So if I'm playing Raum, for example, who is a character that is heavily countered by CC, I can buy an item that reduces the duration and in the end I won't be so harmed or be a dead weight for the team. This is extremely important. Third, the teams. In Paladins, you are not required to take any specific class. I won't deny that it's more practical when you have at least one of each, for example, but it's not mandatory. So if you want you can make a team with 4 Tanks and 1 Sup, or 5 Sup, or 3 DPS and 2 Tanks, and you can potentially win. And since there is the issue of builds, you are not locked into an archetype. Take the character you think will work, and go. In Overwatch, in addition to having defined classes (which isn't exactly a problem), it has defined archetypes and the entire match is based on that. If the team is rush or brawl, for example, the characters that work in this archetype, the issue is that if the guy doesn't get a character that fits, the team feels the match getting heavier, you know? And this ALWAYS happens. So there are games, for example, where people talk about Tank Diff, but the problem is the support that doesn't work with that tank and puts the blame on someone else or that archetype, or the DPS that doesn't accompany the tank. Can you understand when I say it like that? This is a discouraging problem. Fourth, balancing. In my opinion, Overwatch's balancing is seasonal and the game can NEVER be fair. So if we're in the Poke meta, you HAVE to play within that meta or you won't play well because everything else is very weak. They buff what doesn't need it and nerf what doesn't need it. I remember a buff that Brigg and Mei received (it was a while ago) that my only reaction was: "Why the fuck did someone decide to buff her?". In Paladins, for example, there is a character, more than one in fact, who has not received a buff or nerf for almost a year. And it's harder to balance, because of the builds. The idea of balancing is to nerf what is very strong and buff what is very weak so that all characters are viable, with the difference being that there are characters that are more niche, and there are others that do a little bit of everything. Fifth, the community. Both games have problems in the community, but Overwatch's is a little worse because it's the type that insists on mistakes. The Overwatch community, for example, has two extremes. There are those who insist on playing with a character who is being a dead weight for the team and if you even suggest that he change to help the team, he will blame the defeat on you. He will have done absolutely nothing, he will have the worst support in the game for example, but according to him it's the rest of the team's fault. The other extreme is the player who only focuses on numbers. It's the player, for example, of Doomfist who only hunts for kills far away but can't help the team in TF, the DPS player who did a lot of damage but only hit the tank because he leaves the enemy support free, it's the support player who He has 15K healing and is being less efficient than the team's support that healed 7K and so on. In Paladins the problem is the pre-judgment people, when they see the talent I'm using, they think I'm going to play badly and start trolling the match, you know? The rest of the problems the community has in every game.
As someone who loves Paladins (but doesn't play it too often since all my friends are apprehensive about it :( ) I was SO excited to see this video!! Imani is really cool!! I'm so glad you gave the game an earnest chance and enjoyed it and even said it was underrated!! I'd LOVE to see more Paladins content in the future!!! :D
Terminus is reins hammer w kinetic grasp, but instead of Shields you gain charges for your projectile, up to 4 charges making it fire 5 shots. But you can build into not using the charges and have them give you speed and DR for every stack your holding, having a completely different play style then using them for burst dmg.
I'd actually have a blast if you played more paladins, this game is so special to me and seeing you react to stuff for the first time brought tears to my eyes, damn I miss this game sm...
That was amazing! It is really good to see you playing and giving an oportunity to Paladins! Hope to see more fr! Also it looks like you find your main! 🗿🍷✨
@@execuwutie_YT That's because Hi-Rez have abandoned Paladins and taken all of EvilMojo from Paladins to SMITE. A game which also has heaps of issues as I understand from my friend who's played it for most of its life, I've not played SMITE for nearly as long. Only started properly 2 years ago maybe.
@@mikesimmerman4457 I mean the alternative is play Paladi- *Matchmaking bug that existed since 2019 has occurred, please go to your directory and delete a file manually and cross your fingers*
Wish this game got a remaster it has so much potential. Also, i adore their skins despite the graphics being bad, they have a lot of detail, sound effects and different voicelines/actors. Its honestly funny how this smaller game has more effort in their skins while ow makes it only for mythics (not even that unique too)
im now an ow2 player but can say have enjoyed paladins for almost 3k hours. love the playstyle personalization with loadouts and items, i just wish they could make a paladins 2 from scratch, that'd solve so many problems. such an underrated game
Wen you play overwatch as such a high volume and you switch to something like this it is very fun and refreshing. And it also gives me new perspectives about new players who hop onto overwatch. They play valorant, the formulas are the same, since idk the game I'm jus having fun
Imani was my main when I hit masters in paladins ranked. Fun to see Flats have fun with her. The dragon is really good at the higher levels of competitive play. You just have to know when and where to use it on each map, or you just get flanked and die.
one of my favorite builds is the zhin bayblade basically what you do is that you get all the minus cool down on his dash ability then get the ultimate tha basically executes anyone hit by it then only get the faster reload one of zhins perk if I remember correctly is every time you hit someone with your spin the cool down gets lowered so you just spin then go invuln then block then spin again until you get your ultimate back then one shot the tank plus another thing with zhin is if you get maxed reload speed wha you can do is auto attack reload auto attack it's faster than just regular attacks and you basically have infinite attacks
Paladins is actually super fun, me and my mate play it sometimes when we get burnt out on Overwatch and its great. So many different characters to play and ways to play them. Also all the characters actually feel fun to play which I feel is something overwatch struggles with sometimes, **cough cough** Orisa. Yeah a lot of the abilities are copied from Overwatch but for the most part they do enough to make the characters feel different. Favourites to play are Imani, Khan, Azaan, Ruckus, Koga and Ying
I think the only real copy is Nyx, who is a blatant ripoff of Ram. The rest are just similar in a genre that has games running out of ideas and copying their own work, let alone others
@techwizsmith7963 nyx is older she was in the pach notes a year before and was leanked. Also, how would they copy a champion in a monoths time 💀 ow2 copied nyx gang
I used to play a lot of Smite, played quite a bit of Paladins but switched over to Overwatch last year. Watching this felt very nostalgic for me and reawakened my excitement to return when Smite 2 releases.
I went from OW to it a few years back and yeah. Look how much content was made in Overwatches sad life time. Not to mention the deregulation on kickass skin designs. OW is a toxic relationship 😂
I play both a lot, and unironically I actually think paladins has better balance and core gameplay loop than overwatch. It's a shame though, their budget is tiny and so the game has a lot of bugs and isn't particularly polished compared to bigger titles like overwatch.
I think that Paladins is definitely the superior casual game to Overwatch, but man I wish it had more funding from Hi-Rez. Hi-Rez honestly made such a unique hero shooter and just let it ride into buggy chaos instead of making it their second Smite
I am primarily a Paladins content creator. Seeing you enjoy my fav game makes me feel very happy! Hope to see you playing more in the future! (also BASED Raum and Imani enjoyer)
I hope you get to play more! I’ve loved Paladins for many years as well as Overwatch, but I find the gameplay loop of Paladins more satisfying personally.
Your invitation to join the Hall of Imani Mains will always be valid 🤣
It's official.
I didn't expect dragon-130 to be part of this game lol
Aren't you the same people who keep giving me lokis every game that run it down mid die go 0/15 and blame the team
Guys just make paladins 2 and dont repeat mistakes made in paladins, this is gonna be fire. There`s a huge market for overwatch game, but overwatch 2 is basically dead. So there`s a place to be taken.
@@littlenuggets6426completely different dev team man, smite players are so fucking stupid that they complain to unrelated dev teams (im a smite player)
The "Cause they didn't stop making content for 3 years" was fuckin brutal
That's like a 1000 degrees knife in his heart and pouring salt in the wound
last champion hasn't come out since aug 2023
Lmfao seagul goes chill chill 😂😂😂😂😂
Its funny cuz they just stopped releasing champs and they probably won't for a few years LMAO
Real good changes in paladins are 4 years ago
Unironically, I would like to see more Paladins content after today
Game looks....bad. Gameplay lacks fluidity. Pace seems odd.
You learned that from only this 20 min video @@ManOlantern12
@@ManOlantern12 mouthbreather
@@ManOlantern12 Can't say anything against the look, it can absolutely be rough. Gameplay has plenty of fluidity when it's not your first time playing at bronze tier. Same with Pacing
@@techwizsmith7963 Agreed. The thing it has always lacked is polish. But what do you expect being strung along with little support from hi-rez and stuck in Unreal 3
"That ult is terrible, i hit him like 19 times" while focusing inara, aka the orisa of paladins
While they're getting healed
"stop shooting the horse"
I honestly feel like orisa is so much worse to deal with than inara.
Inara is really fucking annoying. She just doesn't die
@@zombievikinggaming4258 and when she had dr on
If only it wasn't April 1st...
For real...
Womp womp
Nah for good paladins is dog
i mean he actually did go play this quite alot him and seagull.
@@regit9273 talking like ow isn't unplayable half of every season lol
I've played both Paladins and Overwatch since 2016. I'm a fan of both games and can appreciate their similarities and differences. That's why I like when streamers like Flats give the game a fair chance and form an actual opinion of it instead of going "lol overwatch better" every 2 seconds.
True, played paladins since then too, ive always prefer paladins' gameplay actually, unfortunately the game looks like it has ps2 graphics
@@la_win69 paladins is actually a better 5v5 moba but yeah unfortunatly graphics and certain wackiness dont allow it to be up there, even if it is a great innovative game
I’ve always loved paladins a little bit more because it always felt like a chaotic open battlefield compared to ow highly competitive team work focused gameplay and seeing flats play it made my day
@@hed1623 i feel like t's just that in ow you die faster and the abilities are less complex, which is fine because it makes the game lean more lean more towards fps/arena shooter instead of moba
both have depth and their own strengths and weaknesses
@@la_win69 The gameplay is more important to me imo, buy a valid opinion
Paladins is doing SOOO many things right. If this had the polish of OW I'm convinced this would be played 1000x more than OW. I love the loadout system. It changes how every hero plays. I also love the dps and the FLANK role.
Too many boobs tho
Ya it really needs more support that unfortionly the company hi rez doesn't do much. It may be going in the right direction but for people who are their since the beginning, they need more new big content and item store changes and the new ltms aren't enough.
@@pippo17173 yes but, what they need to do is fix the game. The bugs and issues in the game just make it not fun after a while.
@@Ontarianmm The recent patch itself removed a lot of bugs and added a lot of clarity to the game. They even forgo'd making a champion because people were complaining about the game not being stable enough to warrant more content.
They did it, and I'd say they did a really good job.
@@nidium1951okay but paladins. Still has a long road to go. It just doesn't run as well as overwatch does, it doesn't look as good as overwatch does. The settings are still pretty barebones in comparison fo overwatch. And There is still no dedicated replay viewer.
And this is a thing that I don't think many players of paladins think about. The lighting and shadowing is very poor. Luckily they have very distinct character silhouettes so visibility isn't as bad as stuff like apex or warzone. But it becomes extremely obvious during team fights with alot of ults and particle effects being thrown around. All the bright colors tend to blend together and it becomes very difficult to aim. Overwatch has this issue too. Just not to the same level that paladins does. Next time you play overwatch and you see a big ult fight happen. Really pay attention to how much you can actually see during the fight. And then play paladins and make the comparison.
It’s actually so cool how a dev unlocked all the heros for you evil mojo are very cool people there’s only a select number of them these days but they try to keep this game alive which is awesome
Yea a normal person would have to unlock everything
U have to unlock every champ in paladins and it takes a long time
@@kusolp544 you can pay for all these characters the same price for a shitty recolor skin on overwatch
@@kusolp544I just got the champ pass for 10 bucks... shame noone can do that anymore
It's almost like they're just unlocking characters for people that'll bring them potential money into the game and it has nothing to do with them being cool or anything- just makes sense financially.
People love to meme on Paladins, but I honestly find it different enough to stand on its own. Also been in development since before Overwatch's original announcement.
Ow was earlier in development tho. And well..ow made it better now :3
@@kusolp544 not now it's been it's thing since early 2018 great game honestly too bad it's riddled with bugs and isn't funded very well
I really liked playing battleborn... F
@@kusolp544true, but Paladins was the spiritual successor to global agenda which predates Ow by a huge margin tbf. Ow does have far more polish though.
I made fun of paladins for using a lot of overwatch stuff way back when. I now meme on overwatch for... you know... everything they did. Too much to say here. It's just how far overwatch has fallen.
A character becoming a dragon as an ult is actually so cool
I believe Imani summons the dragon and is kinda like Junkrat Tyre, so she just sits there n can be killed during ult.The dragon just has Lots of hp but a big hitbox means u don't even get much value except for zoning most of the time. My memory might be off or maybe they changed the game after like so many years.
So the character flats was playing imani, doesn’t turn into a dragon but is more or less controlling it, if you see imani ulting from another perspective you see her ontop of the dragon riding it
She sucks tho
Shyvanna
disagree
Came here as a Paladins player who likes watching Flats, glad to hear him say that Paladins is underrated. Def appreciate the positive shoutout to the game
no its pure rubbish I have never seen such a bad game before its beyond saving
@@imperialdra-mon5907 u just bad at the game prob
Its a trash game
@@torben9635paladins is trash and a dead game, being good or bad at the game is not important
@A.grenade are yall out of your mind? I agree that there is some rather downfalls to this game but it doesn't mean paladins is a bad game yall just bad lol.
Ive never seen a team go from "We're so Buck" to "It's Grover" so quickly
This comment is way too funnier that it has right to be
This game is actually fun af, play this when I need a break from getting mauled in OW
after playing it you realize how much better overwatch is though
I play this because it feels so good and fun
@@rookere1604 I think OW just has more polish but i do genuinely enjoy paladins. I love the load outs because it does genuinely affect how the character plays
OW is better for polish, Paladins is better for gameplay IMO
@@aurorae1672i feel the same way about league of legends to heroes of the storm. (Just a heads up, i dont play either of these games, bit i am an active veiwer to both games).
Like yeah league of legends is more popular, but hots is more varied in the maps and objectives, and theres some characters i absolutely love from how theyre unique. Like stukov.
I actually wouldnt be opposed to some Paladins content on the side from time to time. It can be a lot of fun and this was a great watch!
How is this game bad the devs jumped in his chat gave him all 60champions just cause he was trying the game and hopping he would play some more
well, paladins isn't the best, hi rez is known for not caring abt their community@@mikesimmerman4457
@@mikesimmerman4457 it's managed by hi-rez and developed by like two slaves at evilmojo studios that are forced to develop a game with a shoestring budget
it's not bad, it's just undercooked
I'm surprised no one baited him into playing yagorath
Cause barley anybody knows she exists
I was waiting for that
All jokes aside, Paladins is genuinely a good game, it didn't get the attention it deserved when it deserved it that most
Game is bad
@@gamerbeast3616 game is bad because it didnt get attention, therefore it didnt get funding. They had to compete with overwatch, a game made by a reputable company, there was no winning.
@@gamerbeast3616Fun fact: A lot of hero fps were released around the time of Paladins and OW. Paladins was the only one OW didn't kill.
@@gamerbeast3616 how is the game bad? it has better balance than overwatch, more diverse champions for many different types of players, and has a lot of customizable things for each champion, the only thing overwatch might be better at is the models and textures and story. anything gameplay wise paladins is better over all than overwatch
@@noobifyedplayer9445 YUP
This is like the 3rd april fools video ive fallen for
Did you keep forgetting it was April Fools Day? XD
Paladins is actually a super fun game. I was actually playing it more than OW when OW wasn't making any content for like 2 years.
I was playing ow1 when it was ow1. Now I started playing paladins 2 weeks ago lmao
I know this was an april fools prank but lowkey this could help reinvigorate the paladins community lol. the game is kinda struggling rn and so seeing y'all have fun on it is super heartening
What paladins needs is quality of life improvements. Just things to make the game feel more smooth to play
like the ability to fucking crouch. the fact they haven't added crouching is wild imo
@@mentarium9741 and quick melee, and fixing collision issues that mess up momentum. And making it so you’re not locked into that champion the moment you click it.
@@cartersouthernAnd more melee combatants that don't use melee as another "gun." Would play the game a lot more if they did that so we could have nothing BUT melee characters.
@@cartersouthernchamp lock is good for paladins because the game is balanced around ranked. Imagine you're rolling some dude and he just swaps. People just need to draft better.
@lukeaustin4465 this game made me really dislike overwatch counter swap especially in 2.
Flats in Paladins!?
F*CK YEA
holy heck man, never thought I'd see Flats ever touch this game
Yeah I used to play this game a lot but I am not sure if I want to get back into it though. Just been kinda burned out of overwatch lately.
@@FlintG Gigantic is getting a re release. Maybe you'd like that.
I think the reason it's fun is because it's more chill. You don't get the entire enemy going mach 20 across the map to kill you as a tank, for example.
Well there is the procent based damage talents that is quite good against tanks👍
Well, some characters can move fast at mach 10, even teleport, but yeah, slower than OW
time to kill tends to be a lot slower since cauterize sorta forces a lot of damage to be lower to be a bit fairer vs heals. You also just have more options because of loadouts, talents, and items to help with that. Characters can honestly be more mobile than OW characters imo tho. Stuff like VII, certain dredge lodouts, vora, and so on usually can just clear entire maps. Maps also often are a bit compact like most seige maps too for instance so its easier to get around. Mounts also help less mobile characters rejoin the game fast too, helps make it less of a respawn sim so you still can actually play the game some even if you're losin a lot.
it's more chill because your ELO is lower
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Unironically I can't drop this game because tanks are so good in this game
Like the role is actually really strong and good in Paladins
what do you think they do differently that helps the role?
@@emmas1366 Not being locked to one per team is a big one
Tanks are designed to have rly good synergy in Paladins, you have Main Tanks for capturing point and making space for the cart, and Off Tanks for flanking in the offlanes to make space for the Flank class
Probably the biggest thing is Paladins is a flexible game where hard counters don't rly exist
In ranked games (which is all I ever play if I hop on tbh) you have a drafting phase with bans to alleviate dealing with a character you really don't want to
And the biggest thing is the item store, tanks in Paladins aren't broken by CC and boops, or extreme amounts of damage because items exist to allieviate ALL of that
% dmg reduction, and increased healing cards exist to make tanks tankier, and there's an item to resist CC, plus other items to increase mvm speed or ult charge. It's a real basic system but it works
Anti-Heal is a gamewide passive in this game so it keeps tanks from ever being oppressive because focused fire will force them to retreat if they want to get healed back up. Plus some tanks do have some pretty harsh weaknesses to certain characters, like shield tanks melt late game bc there's an item to break shields faster
TLDR: Paladins is a more flexible game due to drafting any comp you want, plus items and loadouts to make tanks more tanky and stronger to the things that usually weakens them
with how bad counterswap is, might have to swap too
It gets worse in paladins :3 u cant do anything if ur get countered hard
Hey you can’t complain about counterswapping, the devs THEMSELVES have stated on a dev blog that they want swapping at least on the tank role. So yes… OW is now paper rock scissors with guns
@@Thirstylion314 Even if the tank swap is kinda annoying when ur diffing so they have to swap, but when dps swap to counter tank its just cancer, u go doom they go sombra cass, say u go genji they go mei sym, counter is just so damn annoying
@@Thirstylion314
Counterswapping on tank is toxic and unfun. God forbid a DPS counterswaps to sombra or some shit lol
@@BiggieRollsbra ppl be counter swapping hard even in qp ☠️
Paladins is very fun. Only problem that I have at the moment is trying to recover my account, since I haven't played since the Switch sundown, and my Hi-Rez account just won't connect with my other console account.
I'm having a similar issue, same thing with the account merging since they shutdown the game on the Switch a few months ago... but instead of me trying to play it on a different console, I tried it on my PC and it basically forced me to create a "new" account. So, my 3 and a half (almost 4) years worth of progress from champion unlocks, skins, customizations, etc... is all gone now.
To say that I'm "disappointed" would be an understatement, as it's beyond that point for me now. The fact that they would've rather (and DID) shutdown Paladins on Switch, instead of trying to fix the major amount of bugs that they had within the game... it just baffles me. Super upsetting, but I guess we have no choice but to do what we can & deal with it, as it is.
it would actually be appealing if it didnt feel like a chinese mobile game running on 30fps
@@bobo-ds6zdTrue. I played it while it was in beta and a few years after. Came back recently and somehow the gameplay hasn't changed a bit, but it had more graphic bugs (like the one Flats had) and the new characters, skins and menus gave mobile game vibes. It's still funny obviously but kind of sad
@@RizePlus In the same boat as you, love paladins but can't be brought to play it when I'll be starting from scratch after years of progress
Ohh not gonna call out overwatch ever hero behind pay walls ever match you switch for 10minutes and shoot for 3
Every champions in Paladins is insane. They can be even more broken depending on the loadout you make for them
yep the game is like original league of legends with how wacky and costumizable everything feels
Paladins is honestly really fun, if this isn't a april fools thing... I'm happy it's getting more recognition
oh it def is, but yeah still it's really fun I've been having fun on it
Seagull going back to his roots.
Now he just needs to stream a bit of tf2 to complete that.
If you take tank recommendations, I strongly suggest you play Atlas! He's the man out of time and basically Tracer as a tank with a rewind ability that lets him return to full hp. His shield blocks all incoming projectiles and has no health, lasting for 3 seconds.
It lasts longer if you use any other talent...
nah hes debatably the hardest champ to play definitely not recommended for a new player
Flats would be so confused playing atlas so I'm on board because it would be entertaining to watch him save the enemies 😂
One of my favorite tanks next to Fernando (been a Nando main since closed beta)
Atlas take a min to click with but god damn is he fun once you do
Ash is the goat.
im hoping we get more paladins from you flats the game is really enjoyable also for anyone making comments about them not putting any new chars out they have not for the last 3 updates due to the community asking them to slow down on characters.
Ya it's better they stop by now and I wouldn't mind if we don't get one for a year or two.
I’m glad he enjoyed Imani. When I played she was definitely my favorite character by far. So much fun
I'm just glad he played her after a ton of bug fixes
Okay jokes aside tho I would like to to see flats play other heroes shooters like tf2 tho from time to time. This was hilarious
TF2 is nothing but bots or no lifers that ONLY play TF2. no thanks.
@@I_am_a_cat_ no Lifers sure i mean the game is old but bots not that much anymore
I’d love to see him play some TF2 or some Valorant
early game paladins is tough but when you get into it with all the loadouts and different champion playstyles you will understand it and be able to play it for fun
Paladins was my first introduction into an arena shooter while my brother was playing OW1 with his friends - now I have an addiction to OW2 and I hate myself 😁
Once you get decent in Paladins, it’s SO HARD
@@santiagochef143understatement. I made it to GM in paladins and i hated ranked after that...
Paladins is the game I play when I wanna take a few weeks away from OW towards the end of a season. It's not quite as polished and the heroes all being locked kinda sucks, but it's a very fun game.
Great to see you trying this out! Loved this game back in the day and come back to try it every now and then
there was some things about paladins that nvr hooked me in like OW did but i loved the game mode of fighting over a point then the winner pushes a payload, always wish OW did something like that
I do think paladins did it better since it's not just 10 minutes of struggling to push first point and losing on cart. I actually wouldn't mind seeing this version in OW
Ironically they bit to bit taking things from paladins to add to OW
So who starts to copy now?
I was a devout OW player until about OW2 Season 3. Met a friend at college who'd played Paladins since launch, i had dipped my toes in when it was new, and convinced me to play with him just in time for me to lose faith in Blizzard. Been playing Paladins since, as you saw the devs are active in the community, put out polls asling what the community wants to see changed (and they listen), and the character depth is massive. Theres a lot to know, and that experienced friend made the transition a lot easier, but overall, the game has its merits.
the ow2 devs are pretty active in the community, i think it’s just that paladins has a smaller community
I'm might just start playing this again. I hope he does play more Paladin especially when Overwatch feels a bit stale at times.
paladins is actually a breath of fresh air from overwatch
genuinely tho id like to see more paladins gameplay with flats and his friends. you can tell he didn't exactly know what to do but was just pressing buttons and having fun. that's what content should be.
No flats won't leave ow2 cause he wants that blizzard check just like all the ow2 streamers who won't leave cause they on knees getting paid by blizzard
I hope you play more of this is actually really fun
Even if it was an April Fools joke, it's great to see a big content creator give Paladins some attention. I enjoyed this video greatly, especially as an Imani enjoyer myself.
God I would love playing with you and teaching you the basics so you aren't as lost.
I’ve been craving the nostalgia of paladins. Driving into the team as Tyra is so relateable
I just started playing this game a few days ago. Its actuslly surprisingly good. Glad to see you trying it.
Welcome to dins lol hope to see you in game sometime
I've been playing Paladins since 2016 and currently play both Overwatch and Paladins. I admit that I didn't expect a Paladins video on your channel.
The community is very small, and since people always say "lol overwatch is better" even without having played, this video made me very happy.
I think everyone who plays both games would agree with this, and yes, the game is extremely underrated. We would also be very happy if any more Paladins videos appeared. And that's it.
Have a good day.
And peace guys, both games are fun and both are good with very crucial gameplay differences.
(I don't know if you'll continue playing at some point, but if you do, I recommend looking at a character called Zhin. He's like a cockroach, and extremely fun.)
Theres no way youve been playing since 2016 and u still think paladins is fun
@@GRUC1Othats usually what happens when someone enjoys a game
@@GRUC1O - Yes, it is. In my opinion, it's even more fun than Overwatch because of some extremely specific things. If you're interested, I can point these things out.
@@RuanRicardoNN yeah tell me actually, interesting to know
@@GRUC1O - Let's take it easy, ok?
First, the build system.
You can, to some extent, customize a character according to how you feel comfortable. Drogoz, for example. I can make a build to fly infinitely, or another to kill and run, or another just to spam damage. Can you understand? I can play my way. In Overwatch, each character has a specific way of playing, and this limits it a bit, because everyone who plays well with a certain character plays the same way, but in Paladins that doesn't happen. Following Drogoz's example, you can have one on your team and one against you. They both play very well, but the way they both play and the builds are completely different, with their own advantages and disadvantages.
This is without taking into account the items, which you normally buy to complete your build. Item that makes me charge my Ult faster, or that reduces the cooldown of skills, or that increases my movespeed when I get an elimination, and so on.
Second, "counters".
In Overwatch, if the guy is your counter you simply won't be able to do anything no matter how well you play and you are forced to change characters. Tank, for example, plays on the counterswap basis.
In Paladins, even if you are against a counter you can still play for two reasons. Firstly, in my opinion, your ability is a little more valued, because of the builds and because there is no absolute counter.
Also because of the items. If I'm against a character that gives me a lot of CC to the point where I can't do anything, I can buy an item that reduces the duration of that. So if I'm playing Raum, for example, who is a character that is heavily countered by CC, I can buy an item that reduces the duration and in the end I won't be so harmed or be a dead weight for the team. This is extremely important.
Third, the teams.
In Paladins, you are not required to take any specific class. I won't deny that it's more practical when you have at least one of each, for example, but it's not mandatory. So if you want you can make a team with 4 Tanks and 1 Sup, or 5 Sup, or 3 DPS and 2 Tanks, and you can potentially win. And since there is the issue of builds, you are not locked into an archetype. Take the character you think will work, and go.
In Overwatch, in addition to having defined classes (which isn't exactly a problem), it has defined archetypes and the entire match is based on that. If the team is rush or brawl, for example, the characters that work in this archetype, the issue is that if the guy doesn't get a character that fits, the team feels the match getting heavier, you know? And this ALWAYS happens. So there are games, for example, where people talk about Tank Diff, but the problem is the support that doesn't work with that tank and puts the blame on someone else or that archetype, or the DPS that doesn't accompany the tank. Can you understand when I say it like that? This is a discouraging problem.
Fourth, balancing.
In my opinion, Overwatch's balancing is seasonal and the game can NEVER be fair. So if we're in the Poke meta, you HAVE to play within that meta or you won't play well because everything else is very weak. They buff what doesn't need it and nerf what doesn't need it. I remember a buff that Brigg and Mei received (it was a while ago) that my only reaction was: "Why the fuck did someone decide to buff her?".
In Paladins, for example, there is a character, more than one in fact, who has not received a buff or nerf for almost a year. And it's harder to balance, because of the builds.
The idea of balancing is to nerf what is very strong and buff what is very weak so that all characters are viable, with the difference being that there are characters that are more niche, and there are others that do a little bit of everything.
Fifth, the community.
Both games have problems in the community, but Overwatch's is a little worse because it's the type that insists on mistakes. The Overwatch community, for example, has two extremes. There are those who insist on playing with a character who is being a dead weight for the team and if you even suggest that he change to help the team, he will blame the defeat on you. He will have done absolutely nothing, he will have the worst support in the game for example, but according to him it's the rest of the team's fault. The other extreme is the player who only focuses on numbers. It's the player, for example, of Doomfist who only hunts for kills far away but can't help the team in TF, the DPS player who did a lot of damage but only hit the tank because he leaves the enemy support free, it's the support player who He has 15K healing and is being less efficient than the team's support that healed 7K and so on.
In Paladins the problem is the pre-judgment people, when they see the talent I'm using, they think I'm going to play badly and start trolling the match, you know?
The rest of the problems the community has in every game.
The first 40 seconds are such emOoOOotional daaamage to any OW fan LOL
Man I’d LOVE to see more paladins content from flats
As someone who loves Paladins (but doesn't play it too often since all my friends are apprehensive about it :( ) I was SO excited to see this video!! Imani is really cool!! I'm so glad you gave the game an earnest chance and enjoyed it and even said it was underrated!! I'd LOVE to see more Paladins content in the future!!! :D
It's cool that you did this as a casual video instead of satire, I remember last year someone completely dissed OW2 for a video to hype Paladins
Terminus is reins hammer w kinetic grasp, but instead of Shields you gain charges for your projectile, up to 4 charges making it fire 5 shots. But you can build into not using the charges and have them give you speed and DR for every stack your holding, having a completely different play style then using them for burst dmg.
I'd actually have a blast if you played more paladins, this game is so special to me and seeing you react to stuff for the first time brought tears to my eyes, damn I miss this game sm...
crying? over mid?
Paladins is unironically pretty dope.
That was amazing!
It is really good to see you playing and giving an oportunity to Paladins!
Hope to see more fr!
Also it looks like you find your main! 🗿🍷✨
Cant wait for a paladins 2. Just have to wait till 3678
Hi-rez likes to can games. Don't hold ur breathe
@@ducasse8473they are making smite 2 so it might be possible
@@execuwutie_YT That's because Hi-Rez have abandoned Paladins and taken all of EvilMojo from Paladins to SMITE. A game which also has heaps of issues as I understand from my friend who's played it for most of its life, I've not played SMITE for nearly as long. Only started properly 2 years ago maybe.
@@thesnep4757 smite is very fun. It has DC issues sometimes, but not nearly as bad as paladins
Did you see what happened with ow2 when they did it and everyone hated it
Honestly if the game wasn't held together by spit and elbow grease I'd play it again.
Ohh go play ow2 and and sit and swap more then you play
@@mikesimmerman4457 I mean the alternative is play Paladi- *Matchmaking bug that existed since 2019 has occurred, please go to your directory and delete a file manually and cross your fingers*
if paladins had a forth of OWs budget it would be a really good game
Wish this game got a remaster it has so much potential. Also, i adore their skins despite the graphics being bad, they have a lot of detail, sound effects and different voicelines/actors. Its honestly funny how this smaller game has more effort in their skins while ow makes it only for mythics (not even that unique too)
I remember when this was my fix for overwatch on the switch and i had so much fun with the giant axe welding monster.
I would unironically love to see some more paladins
Oh suddenly i miss playing Paladins lol
im now an ow2 player but can say have enjoyed paladins for almost 3k hours. love the playstyle personalization with loadouts and items, i just wish they could make a paladins 2 from scratch, that'd solve so many problems. such an underrated game
I love that this came out right after my paladins grind resurfaced
Flats an Imani main I knew I watched him for a reason
What a fine day for this release
Wen you play overwatch as such a high volume and you switch to something like this it is very fun and refreshing. And it also gives me new perspectives about new players who hop onto overwatch. They play valorant, the formulas are the same, since idk the game I'm jus having fun
Imani was my main when I hit masters in paladins ranked. Fun to see Flats have fun with her.
The dragon is really good at the higher levels of competitive play. You just have to know when and where to use it on each map, or you just get flanked and die.
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FINALLY HE IS PLAYING THE ORIGINAL 5V5!
ONLY in Paladins you can run double tank as the main comp
Thanks for giving it a shot
Paladins point card system is really cool. Makes it to where you can play characters different ways.
one of my favorite builds is the zhin bayblade
basically what you do is that you get all the minus cool down on his dash ability
then get the ultimate tha basically executes anyone hit by it
then only get the faster reload
one of zhins perk if I remember correctly is every time you hit someone with your spin the cool down gets lowered so you just spin
then go invuln
then block then spin again
until you get your ultimate back then one shot the tank
plus another thing with zhin is if you get maxed reload speed wha you can do is auto attack reload auto attack
it's faster than just regular attacks and you basically have infinite attacks
I've been a fan of both games for such a long time. it's so fun seeing you play paladins. it has its pros and cons but i always have fun playing :D
Paladins is actually super fun, me and my mate play it sometimes when we get burnt out on Overwatch and its great. So many different characters to play and ways to play them. Also all the characters actually feel fun to play which I feel is something overwatch struggles with sometimes, **cough cough** Orisa. Yeah a lot of the abilities are copied from Overwatch but for the most part they do enough to make the characters feel different. Favourites to play are Imani, Khan, Azaan, Ruckus, Koga and Ying
I think the only real copy is Nyx, who is a blatant ripoff of Ram. The rest are just similar in a genre that has games running out of ideas and copying their own work, let alone others
@techwizsmith7963 nyx is older she was in the pach notes a year before and was leanked. Also, how would they copy a champion in a monoths time 💀 ow2 copied nyx gang
This is a lie obviously 💀 didn't ow2 just copy a paladins ability they also copied much more so I have no idea what your on about 😂
@@techwizsmith7963 overwatch somewhat copied paladins anti healing passive because its a good feature
This one was definitely an unexpected surprise but a good one tho
Sad to see that this game has such a wasted potential
This is SUCH a throwback, i remember my mains were Raum, Imani, & Io lol
Flats, I can't get enough of your content, so I subscribed!
As someone who has been playing paladins since day one, i did take a break, dont get me wrong, seeing new players is always a good sign
I'm getting too distracted by the blue furry in the corner
14:34 I forgot about the RWBY collab lmao
I used to play a lot of Smite, played quite a bit of Paladins but switched over to Overwatch last year. Watching this felt very nostalgic for me and reawakened my excitement to return when Smite 2 releases.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PALADINS UA-camR/STREAMER THANK YOU FLATS FOR THE TRANSITION!!!! ❤❤
andrew chicken is the flats from paladins
I wish this wasnt a joke, id actually rather Paladins than OW2
This could be the new Mystery Heroes Tuesday except probably not that often
9:19 i just love how Jenos got you twice like that 🤣
Paladins is actually pretty damn cool
Can't wait to see more Terminas gameplay.
Flats can play rein and reinsucks, so he could play term who sucks too
@@kusolp544I'm pretty sure Term is in a decent spot rn. Not meta, sure, but still a good off tank
@@techwizsmith7963 i have to disagree, even as off tank there are many better options. term is just whacky without great strenght
@@kusolp544 Just because there are better options doesn't make him bad. Don't be a slave to the meta
@@techwizsmith7963 hes bad so he get outclassed by others
man.. I had so much fun playing this on my Xbox back in the day.. I need to play it again on PC
I happened to change the other way around (Paladins to OW) and needless to say, I suffered too.
Unironically a better game
I went from OW to it a few years back and yeah. Look how much content was made in Overwatches sad life time. Not to mention the deregulation on kickass skin designs. OW is a toxic relationship 😂
You should try playing Marvel Rivals when the alpha comes out, I wanna know if it sucks lol
He would probably like Magik
I would LOVE to see some more Paladins content from Flats and just see his progression through the game.
okay thats it after viewing some videos for about 3 days im now subscribing holy based
I play both a lot, and unironically I actually think paladins has better balance and core gameplay loop than overwatch. It's a shame though, their budget is tiny and so the game has a lot of bugs and isn't particularly polished compared to bigger titles like overwatch.
But now OW just cares for the $40 Moria skins and not the game itself
In no way is Paladins more balanced
I think that Paladins is definitely the superior casual game to Overwatch, but man I wish it had more funding from Hi-Rez. Hi-Rez honestly made such a unique hero shooter and just let it ride into buggy chaos instead of making it their second Smite
Yesss, dude. Paladins is actually such a good game
I am primarily a Paladins content creator. Seeing you enjoy my fav game makes me feel very happy! Hope to see you playing more in the future!
(also BASED Raum and Imani enjoyer)
I hope you get to play more! I’ve loved Paladins for many years as well as Overwatch, but I find the gameplay loop of Paladins more satisfying personally.
PALADINS IS SO FUCKING FUN
I love paladins, it’s like Walmart Overwatch but fun
I missed this stream :( But I would absolutely love to see you play this again
Alot of me and my friends are moving from overwatch 2 to paladins too glad the games getting some recognition