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Overwatch |OT2| A New Low in Unlocking and Microtransaction Systems
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Banjo Tango
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Anyone had this happen?
* Leave game
* Open loot box
* As pieces are spinning, game announces you've connected to a game and switches (!?)
* Leave that game
* No "new" tags on heroes screen
* Leave game
* Open loot box
* As pieces are spinning, game announces you've connected to a game and switches (!?)
* Leave that game
* No "new" tags on heroes screen
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also haven't used it that way yet but I feel like D.Va ult could have pretty good use for predicting the other team's heroes never die.
Super situational of course, and you can do it with other ults too.
Super situational of course, and you can do it with other ults too.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
It's close, but defenders are forced to contest with whatever numbers are available at a given moment. They don't get the luxury of countering a full-team push with one of their own.
That final moment can be difficult on attack, but it's supposed to be. I don't think the two sides necessarily have to have an equal chance of winning. That's why both teams get a chance on each side.
Anyone had this happen?
* Leave game
* Open loot box
* As pieces are spinning, game announces you've connected to a game and switches (!?)
* Leave that game
* No "new" tags on heroes screen
Could they be duplicates or character portraits?
Dr. Buni
Member
I agree. Wish I could play him well, but alas...
I love to shit on Roadhog's ultimate with defense matrix. Also Reaper's.
I think it is fair. Offense has the advantage early match and then they lose their advantage once they are close to the goal.
Apparently it's a thing Blizzard likes to do with their online games, to make sure everyone's W/L percentage hovers around 50%.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
I basically blocked the full duration of Pharah's ult using it. She was low to the ground and I was right next to her.
D.Va, man. She's got some incredible utility once you get the hang of her.
Banjo Tango
Member
I didn't notice my cash going up (but maybe I juat misremembered how much I had)
Good call on the portraits, didn't think of that.
They were mostly greys anyhow.
SDCowboy
Member
Is that why I seem to go on win and loss streaks of relatively equal amounts? Like it seems I'm either on a steamroll team, or get steamrolled. lol
Dr. Buni
Member
I think I saw a webm on reddit with a situation similar to the one you described, but D.Va boosted towards Pharah (who was hovering in the skies) with defense matrix on. Lovely.
She does, yeah. I really wanted to hate the character but I actually love play as her.
If it means anything that is how they balance Heroes of the Storm. A hero needs to have a 50% win rate to be balanced.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Despite "maining" 2 low tier characters (D.VA and symmetra), I find that I tend to win with them the most. D.VA at around 60% and Sym at about 72%.
Sometimes you just gotta play with the characters you know. I tend to switch depending on the situation but I do that for every character anyway.
Sometimes you just gotta play with the characters you know. I tend to switch depending on the situation but I do that for every character anyway.
Alex
Member
They don't do this, it's just used as an excuse by the community when they think they're better than they are.
See it a ton in HotS, blaming the MM for holding them back while the legit greats routinely steamroll to top end MMR.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
I find her mech damage output to be inconsistent at times. Sometimes I feel like it shreds, then other times I swear I'm healing people. The damage fall off is a little aggressive
http://i.imgur.com/ZQ2ZzkB.gifv
I feel like I should have taken off a bit more health at that distance.
Haha I knew as much.
I detest Hanzo users. Don't even care if it's offence / defence / you're good with him / he saved your family from a burning building; I will detest each and every one of you
GET2DAACHOPPAAAA
Member
TheAngryMonkey
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If matchmaking is working you should hit around 1.0K/D and 50% W/L in most games.
EDIT: The K/D thing might not always pan out on a per person level, but that class of character should average around 1.0 K/D. I know it's a target Bungie tries to hit with each class and subclass
buy teh haloz
Banned
I don't think tiers have much relevance to public games anyway.
If it is not true, then why does the game kick my group out to the main menu and searches for a new group to play against every time we're on a winning/losing streak?
SoundPulse
Banned
Well, I can't complain, I guess.
Losing the advantage as they are close to the goal is perfectly fine, i just feel the defenders spawn point is just a tiny bit too close. Even 3-4 meters would make a difference.
I find it weird that there is so much focus around the last meter
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dr. Buni
Member
Well, it was the same way in Splatoon, so I guess I am used to it.
I am with you, I think being decent with most if not all heroes is a great thing, but it is important to play heroes that cater to your strengths. I don't think I will ever be a great Genji or Tracer, for example...
Same thing happened to me. Thought my ult would keep me alive. Nope. On the plus side my team mates tanked it and I got the Supersonic trophy so I wasn't complaining.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
How do you check what trophies you've earned btw without looking through all the sprays you've unlocked?
Shake Appeal
Member
On PC: Career Profile, then the Achievements tab in the top left.
SocksAndShoes
Banned
That feeling when people underestimate your Zenyatta and you get a quad kill.
Felix Lighter
Member
I wish I could achieve the image quality I get in Overwatch at 120+ fps with all games.
That's not how it works. The 50% win rate is a consequence of you getting matched up with teams and against players that are at your estimated skill level, not forced through putting you on winning and losing teams.
It's probably due to day to day (and game to game) variance in performance and high uncertainty in estimated skill for new players.
I hate when people say this. Makes me feel like people think I'm an idiot.
I've been playing multiplayer games for over a decade and until I started playing Smite last year, I have never ever had this complaint. I felt like matchmaking put me in games where my teammates and opponents were of similar skill.
When I started playing Smite, I noticed I could carry my ass off and no matter how good I did we still lost. I go on ridiculous 6-7 game losing streaks sometimes, and often I get top damage and rarely have a negative KDA.
Lo and behold, there's a website that calculates Smite MMR so you can see your teammates scores! And instead of matching people with the same MMR, I've seen differences in scores to the point where I'm at 2,300 and I have teammates at 1,200.
I can't do the same thing in Overwatch but I get the same feeling I do in Smite. Crazy losing streaks even when I leave a team I know can't win. Lose games handily even when I get multiple gold medals, etc.
I don't mind losing. I can lose gracefully. But I want consistently competitive matches. I don't want to get steamrolled 4 games in a row and have someone tell me I'm just making excuses. I know the difference between good teammates and bad teammates. I know the difference between playing bad and just being outplayed.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Cheers.
Kayo Police
Member
1 Reinhardt, 2 McCree, 1 Lucio, 1 Mercy and 1 Widow/Genji/Tracer/Winston the perfect balance of versatility.
This is based on Groups that actually work together, communicate and execute.
Otherwise you just have people in this thread spouting off how they have a certain win% with a character in pub games and assume thats the end all be all. I have a 100% win rate with 76 that absolutely means nothing as I typically play Mercy or Reinhardt.
Some games put low MMR players on your team and force you to carry.
SliceSabre
Banned
JUST....ARUGH
I HAVE LEARNED WHAT TRUE DEFENSE LOOKS LIKE. We tried so god damn hard.
But usually that is due to too few players playing or that you have too high mmr for finding games otherwise (or simply bad matchmaking). I highly doubt it's a problem in this game at all.
Shake Appeal
Member
I have a 5.0 E/D with Torbjorn. Clearly you need to go back to the drawing board with this comp.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Holy crap Mcree is a beast. Decided to finally start using him last night. Ended up using him for like 7 or 8 games in a row cause he just shuts down everything.
Now I can understand the calls for nerfs to him.
Now I can understand the calls for nerfs to him.
Dead Prince
Banned
bought the $20 lootbox. got 500 coins from one of them. bought the Safari skin for Winston. my life is 25% complete.
I'm pretty sure Genji, Pharah and Junkrat shreds this team apart.
DarkestHour
Banned
Just turned around a losing match by switching to Dva and playing her properly. Not sure why people keep downing her. She is excellent for an elusive tank and then incredibly mobile outside of her robot.
Shake Appeal
Member
Probably throw in a Widowmaker for luck, depending on placements of the turret/Bastions.
SliceSabre
Banned
Don't be fooled that Symmetra was playing as a Widowmaker till we tried a last push and countered our snipers easily.Uhhh, that should be really easy to counter.
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