Lol, this is why I like to wait to vote now. I'm never the first to vote myself.
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Lol, this is why I like to wait to vote now. I'm never the first to vote myself.
BlackGhost
Banned
if my card appears I vote for myself everytime lol
yeehamuffins
Member
I'm not saying they're wrong. I'm a big slow target in midair, so it would make sense that Widowmakers should pick me off without much effort. But like I said, just in my experience, I worry much more about Soldiers and turrets than about Widowmakers. Think a lot of the problem too is that most Widowmakers are happy to just sit in the same sniping point and not move around. So even if they manage to nail me once, the next time I'll be launching shots in their general direction before they can even get their crosshairs on me.
robertlebrone
Member
Exactly. If Widowmaker isn't looking down the scope at your teammates like fish in a barrel it's a win.
If I show up, and I'm playing by myself I'll vote for myself. Usually because I'm playing Reinhardt and damage blocked is underrated.
Shockingly, in a GAF group the other night someone got all 10 votes. The other team saw who we voted for and then voted them as well.
Shockingly, in a GAF group the other night someone got all 10 votes. The other team saw who we voted for and then voted them as well.
I'd rather give that person -1 vote.
backflip10019
Member
I will never vote for an enemy Junkrat. NEVER.
robertlebrone
Member
Same here. I vote for who I think had the best game. Sometimes I feel like it was me, sometimes I feel like it was someone else. Only time I won't vote for the player with the best game is if they were an asshole.
SlickShoes
Member
I always vote for myself unless someone else had an absolutely amazing game. Assumed everyone would vote for themslves!
Felix Lighter
Member
What does the voting at the end of the round do anyway? I've played for dozens of hours and still don't know.
Happened to us in a match the other night.
We couldn't seem to break their bastion Reinhardt mercy set up and they pity voted for Genji reflect damage lmao.
It's just for fun, no rewards or anything. I think it's tracked as a stat on your profile too though, so there's that.
Hey man, when I get a card I ALWAYS vote for myself unless someone on my team just really dominated the match. I mean, I had to do well enough to get that card and usually its for some support or tank related activity so I'm never the only one.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
That's awesome. I've only seen one person get a Legendary, and I don't think he deserved it.
Sometimes as Mercy I'll have what I feel is a terrible game and I'll get a card, and other times I'll do fantastic and not get one.
Nothing.
nothing
backflip10019
Member
It does literally nothing, and that's the problem. Should get some minute amount of currency or something for being voted.
Does getting votes on cards actually do anything? Like give extra XP?
chrominance
Member
I still do the thing where if my team was utter shit, I'll vote for the enemy player that fucked us the most (assuming they got a card, which usually yes) and downvote the match itself. I do it partially because the person who shut us down generally does deserve it, but I admit there's a bit of "F U TEAM" behind it as well.
Chronospherics
Member
I usually wait and vote for the person I could make a difference with. So if there's someone with 4/5, then I'll put my vote there.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I like that it does nothing. And I feel like it shouldn't. The cards are fairly random as far as I can tell. I get top damage and elims often without a card to show for it. I'm okay with that. Once it means something, the card system is less fun and more... potential for salt.
I don't think damage blocked is underrated, but I do think that it's not always a relevant stat. I mean, you can just stand out in the open, put your shield up and block damage, right? I think it's hard for numbers to capture what a good Rein does.
thebigmachine
Member
I'm really liking the random pick brawl mode this week. Played with 2 other friends and we ended up winning all our matches all night, some being really close. It's actually nice not to see the same few heroes in every match. Will probably keep playing this mode the rest of the week.
Chronospherics
Member
Yeah I think everyone tends to be the best at something so it really could put anyone up there but you are more likely to get on there if you do something very impressive, so if you get a 20 or so killstreak then it always puts that up there.
yeehamuffins
Member
Yeah, if my team sucks, I'll usually vote for the enemy healer rather than give any of my team the satisfaction of an upvote.
I've always wondered: I know the voting for individual players is nothing but for bragging rights, but does the rating you give the match itself mean anything? I used to do it a little at the start for especially good or especially bad matches, but now I don't even bother because there doesn't appear to be any tangible effects.
My favorite card is the McCree fan the hammer card, like LOL you're proud of that? It's like being proud of your bumper bowling score.
As for overall match rating I always go 2 stars unless it was an extremely close most epic game ever or if there was a troll or major shit talker.
As for overall match rating I always go 2 stars unless it was an extremely close most epic game ever or if there was a troll or major shit talker.
cr0w
Old Member
I suppose. I may have just been in a shit mood last night and it was only amplified by the horrendous match against the 6 Tracers. I couldn't stay alive for more than 30 seconds at a time.
I try to main Reinhardt, but it's hard to tank effectively when everyone else is running around on their own.
SuperPac
Member
I agree. It's more about a chance to give a player in the game a pat on the back. I regularly give it to someone on the enemy team if they gave me a particularly hard time. I like that it's all in good fun and isn't a system that can be gamed. It's for good feels all 'round.
Yeah, that and "Souls Collected" for Reaper, which is just "Number of dead bodies you ran into while not at full health". I get that it must be hard to come up for unique and interesting post-game cards for every character, but some really don't seem like they're worthy of praising.
I don't understand how people can't figure out to get behind me when I play Reinhardt to take out turrets. Losing a match on Anubis because no one wants to get behind me and shoot down the turrets is crazy infuriating. I know we are still early in the game but I would think this would be an easy concept.
I agree with this. Bastion is actually very similar to Solider 76 in his recon form, just without the rockets and with a heal that has no cool down. In that regard, he's a little bit more tanky. If you aren't using his recon form at least some of the time to re-position and harass the enemy team then you aren't using Bastion to his full potential.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I dunno, I seem to get a lot of love as Mercy. People remember when they were on the brink of death and Mercy comes swooping in to save their ass. Do that to enough people in a game and they'll vote for you.
It's astounding how many people seem to ignore the big fuck-off Reinhardt shield that's right there in front of them. So many people just run through it and die or sit behind it doing nothing while you inch forward until it breaks.
It's the worst with Bastions because they shred the shield so fast that every second counts, but no one seems to get that they can fire through it to force the Bastion to move.
Makes whoever had the most votes at the end feel good.
Oh yeah, if there's an abusive player yelling at everyone and he's on the commend screen I just don't even bother voting for him. He already has enough problems, not going to make a bigger ego one of them.
You did it McCree!
The nerfs won't come fast enough.
A better card for McCree would be Accuracy or left lick head shots or shots past certain range.
chrominance
Member
It would be super neat if the game could keep track of how much allied damage went through the shield--that is, how much damage was done by people using your shield as cover? That might be more relevant, since that stat basically describes one of Reinhardt's jobs.
I kind of don't like the character-specific cards because even though they're not actually intended to be compared against other people playing the same character, there's still that feel to it. So if you're a McCree earning a fan the hammer card, but you were the only McCree on both teams, it's a bit like "well duh." Or if you were the only healer on the team and you got a card for healing. No shit Sherlock, I should hope you get a card for it. It's actually a bad sign if I DON'T earn a card for healing as a Mercy or Lucio.
yeehamuffins
Member
I've mentioned this before, but it's blatantly obvious when playing as Pharah which McCree players actually know how to use their guns, and which ones only know how to flashbang-fan the hammer. The latter are the ones scurrying for cover as I casually hover above them launching flaming death down on their stupid little hats.
Meh almost every game on PC we vote for the support or tank, because they are doing the dirty work.
PrivateRyan
Member
I usually play support and get lots of votes. Lucio doesn't quite as much but then I guess his support isn't quite as 'obvious' as Mercy (healing beam that makes screen glow), Zenyatta (healing orb that makes screen glow) or Symmetra (constant 'you have been given 25 shield' messages and teleporter).
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
lol
I've probably rated 1% of my matches played. I forgot that feature existed. I use avoid player pretty heavily though.
PayOffWizard
Member
Like others have said this doesn't happen very often, but when it does to me it feels like a fun change of pace. For me anyway.
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