finalflame
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Pretty much exclusively nowadays, unless I am duo queuing with someone I know is a great healer. Every time I decide to 3-6 man I regret it.
Just be really good at tanks.
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Pretty much exclusively nowadays, unless I am duo queuing with someone I know is a great healer. Every time I decide to 3-6 man I regret it.
Just be really good at tanks.
I never played comp together with anyone. There is this group of people who all sent me a friend invite after I had my best D.VA game ever. I've never played with them because I know I'll disappoint them.
But I never really had a losing streak of more than 3 if I remember right.
But I never really had a losing streak of more than 3 if I remember right.
If you ever need a good healer, give me a shout. I'm pretty solid with Lucio.
THe_DeiCiDe
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Still playin Comp. Ps4. Not on mic, kids are asleep.
Psn is same as gaf, much prefer to group up.
Psn is same as gaf, much prefer to group up.
And his Mccree. He shut down Seagull's Genji twice.
moerser
Member
fav: zarya, mccree, winston
best: zarya, mccree, reaper
most played: zarya, mccree, reaper
FAV: Torb, Symmetra, Ana
BEST: Soldier, Mei, Bastion
MOST PLAYED: Lucio, Mercy, Soldier
Damn my sense of responsibility.
DevilDog
Member
FAV: Genji, genji, genji
BEST: genji, genji, genji
MOST PLAYED: genji,genji,genji
Sometimes I wonder what I would do if genji was nerfed to the ground.
papasmurf1038
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Fav: Mercy, Pharah, Tracer
Best: Mercy, Winston, Ana
Most Played: Mercy, Zenyatta, Winston
Best: Mercy, Winston, Ana
Most Played: Mercy, Zenyatta, Winston
Just went 51-9 with Reaper on Numbani and we lost. I just fucking hate competitive so much. I was carrying this absolutely awful team the entire match but not a single one of them could stay alive long enough to prevent them from pushing. Literally every time I had to get 4-5 of them before dying and then my team would still lose a 4/5v2 situation. It was just embarrassingly bad.
6-man teams aren't fun unless everyone has a main they stick with and you can rely on for specific tactics. when people just chooses whatever, i'm always afraid it might go downhill.
LucidMomentum
Member
6 Man Teams are so difficult.
Mostly because everyone knows they'll have to fill a role yet they don't want to speak up about what they can play well.
2-3 man teams are the best for climbing. Once we got a 4 man team yesterday, it all fell apart. Went like 4-2 in comp games, and only lost when one of our group disconnected like 4 times in one match due to his dog bothering him so much.
Not sure if I'm going to play with that guy again, he invited a player who really wasn't that great and then he kept going for odd picks Torbjorn on Ilios, etc. Because he didn't want to play support.
I mean, I understand if you want someone else to support but when I have gold in four categories as Zenyatta and you can't even keep a turret up on well, then maybe you're making this too difficult.
That group seems to just add people they won games with and they hope for the best. It's fine when it's one or two other people but any more than that and there's communication issues.
Mostly because everyone knows they'll have to fill a role yet they don't want to speak up about what they can play well.
2-3 man teams are the best for climbing. Once we got a 4 man team yesterday, it all fell apart. Went like 4-2 in comp games, and only lost when one of our group disconnected like 4 times in one match due to his dog bothering him so much.
Not sure if I'm going to play with that guy again, he invited a player who really wasn't that great and then he kept going for odd picks Torbjorn on Ilios, etc. Because he didn't want to play support.
I mean, I understand if you want someone else to support but when I have gold in four categories as Zenyatta and you can't even keep a turret up on well, then maybe you're making this too difficult.
That group seems to just add people they won games with and they hope for the best. It's fine when it's one or two other people but any more than that and there's communication issues.
i wouldn't recommend 6man unless its plat and below tier. Diamond and above groups are quite good. And if 6man, you need to have atleast 2 or 3 players that are good , while the rest are average. ie, 2 diamond, the rest is mostly gold rank SR or a fallen plat so that the SR will skew lower to the 2500s. I played a couple 6man matches and watches a few on stream in the 2500s. Probably like 1 out of 5 match you will find a group that will try coordinate ults together but when they don't got ult, they're just average. ie, no seagull-like player trying to harass your healers or backline etc.
Poodlestrike
Banned
That makes 10 consecutive L's. Playing solo, playing with a team, doesn't seem to matter; competitive is determined that I will NOT be allowed to win. Dropped below 2k... I'm scared, GAF. I don't want to see how Silver players play.
TheLetdown
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Torb is like Bastion on KOTH, in that I've seen the pick work, but most of the time it doesn't.
And even when it does, you have to be ready to switch off quickly and not fall victim to respawning because you're "so close to an ult." The second your team loses the advantage, you'll never get a turret set up in an effective place again.
Who do you play as, mostly?
I was with a 6 man group the other day because a bunch of us randoms dominated a match so completely that everyone wanted to group up. Then we dominated as a group and I rose like 200 points.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh hey.
11 lootboxes.
11 lootboxes.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Zarya, Reinhardt, Lucio, Mercy are generally who I go to. I'm not much good with the offensive characters. I do okay with all of the above.
Well, you're one of them now so..
that's harsh bro
divisionbyzorro
Member
Seagull looks like a South Park nerd, but has the voice of a god. The contrast is jarring.
yeehamuffins
Member
Think you're in the same boat as me as far as competitive: with those picks you're gambling on your teammates to be the main DPS, while you do your best to support by shielding/healing them. Works great when your teammates are good at killing enemies, but when not... there's probably nothing you can do to fix it.
After my own drop from the 2500's to the 1900's, I've pretty much gone back to just playing QP when I play. A lot less stressful, and I get a better chance of having decent teammates from the random matchmaking than I do from playing with Silvers.
lol, like most radio hosts
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Symm can be good there. Place TP in the hallway in the back and you've still cut the travel time to the point in half. Place turrets to guard it or make a microwave room over on the hallway in the right. She's not my favorite pick anymore but she can be rather rude to groups who aren't prepared to deal with her.
Do what I do and go back to QP for a while. I haven't played Comp in over a week, partly because I have been really busy but also just for a break from the stress. OW is supposed to be fun, right? If it starts to feel stressful and makes me mad then I have a problem. QP over the past few days has actually been really fun and I've been able to do some things with heroes that I don't normally play. I'll get back to Comp eventually but right now QP is where it's at for me.
Well, I had kinda set a schedule of 2 to 3 Comp games a night no matter what happens. I did go on a pretty big loosing streak and am currently about 200 points below where I placed. I try not to worry too much about my SR. I really have no control over the amount of SR gain or loss so I just try to do my best and keep having fun.
I know there's the regular GAF OW friends list doc thingy, but is there a comp-specific LFG thing, where people could post their SRs and regions and find 1 or 2 people in range that they could group up with?
Or is no-one anywhere near me in rank
I'm close enough in rank to group with you but I'm US region and my play time has been pretty sporadic lately. If I can string a solid hour together of matches here lately then that is a pretty big achievement. Feel free to add me though and we'll see if we can ever get together (if you can play US region) - Matmanx1#1920
I honestly can't tell that much difference between high silver and low gold. I started out low gold and am now below 2k also. Some matches people seem to know their stuff and do really well and other matches it just seems to be complete brain death. I keep harping on this but all you can really do is focus on playing the best you can while encouraging your team mates to do their best via communication and call outs. After that, the chips will fall where they may.
This sounds like the solution to my problem.
divisionbyzorro
Member
That's the first successful Eichenwalde attack this tournament!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
1 guy disconnected when we were clearly winning.
Everyone but me then leaves because it was a match that we could have won without that guy disconnecting.
That's enough overwatch for today.
Everyone but me then leaves because it was a match that we could have won without that guy disconnecting.
That's enough overwatch for today.
Did anyone that's not from Asia/Australia get the loot boxes?
Did you ask for easy achievements?
I'm in the same boat, feels bad man.
You'd think that those Oktoberfest/Halloween voice lines mean something, but who knows? The Sombra countdown will end on Oct 17, though.
I don't understand why they are making the countdown such a slow burn. Just reveal the character already!
The ARG stopped making sense after they put up a countdown to a countdown.
Oct. 17th is so far tho D: The day before my birthday, don't disappoint me Blizzard.
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go into comp and leave the game to get the -75% exp, if it works for the within the char picking then go for that since it will disband the match instead of giving the randoms a losing play for leaving after the first 1min. Then you can play with reduced exp gain.
That seems like a pretty assholish thing to do. It's a good idea, but I just dunno.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
These montages.
I can't.
I can't.
I agree 100% on this
MastAndo
Member
If I have any interest in improving my rank (I do), would it be advisable to play with my ~2500 SR friend, being at a 2006 SR myself? I mean, the long and short of it is that I think I'm playing pretty well, but after placing at 2160 as a relative newcomer to the game, I'm just losing more games than I'm winning in solo queue and seeing my SR drop, which is disheartening. Then again, my friend started at 2650 or something and has seen his SR drop as well, also solo.
I kind of wish there was some other kind of competitive system to make this, well, less discouraging. I know it's a team game, but perhaps something that acknowledges your individual effort a bit more...I understand that over time, the law of averages will balance out the quality of your own team vs the teams you play, with your play being the one variable, but that could very well be after more games than I'm capable of playing.
I kind of wish there was some other kind of competitive system to make this, well, less discouraging. I know it's a team game, but perhaps something that acknowledges your individual effort a bit more...I understand that over time, the law of averages will balance out the quality of your own team vs the teams you play, with your play being the one variable, but that could very well be after more games than I'm capable of playing.
divisionbyzorro
Member
I know that feel. I'm on level 99 right now.
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