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[Apathy]

Hey I stall the payload while 4 of my teamamates are dead, they res, i die, the payload moves to the point, not a single one of the 4 that ressed bothered to get off the stairson numbani. nope, all 4 decided they were going to stop at the top of the stairs and shoot at a rein shield as him and his team just sat on the payload uncontested.

I sat there in disbelief. I try hard to keep the team in the game, and they go and just can't do simple game mechanics. It's beyond me.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I can't play Reinhardt, someone teach me the ways!

Far away hold right mouse. Near by hold left mouse. Other buttons, press them sometimes maybe they do something good!

 

[Dead Prince]

a bad hanzo player puts in chat "i'm lagging". is that a thing?

 

[Ketch]

things that are actually not good in this game:

flashbang
being frozen
earth shatter



game would be better without these abilities, I'd even be happier if they just killed you instantly.

since the mecree nerf I could almost take flashbang off the list, but it's still on their by principle. Getting stunned in an FPS is not fun.

 

[patchday]

wtf Blizzard...

I connect to a game... immediately [DEFEAT] pops up. 0xp etc, 'cause I literally connected on the Defeat screen.

Like, that's great for my record, thanks.

doesnt affect your record per Kaplan

 

[Antiwhippy]

Gibraltar is one of the best maps in the game.

 

[Plywood]

I've got some news for you, buddy.

Gibraltar is one of the best maps in the game.

ew, ew, ew

stop

 

[Dead Prince]

doesnt affect your record per Kaplan

that just happened to me. joined in a game on gjabroni

 

[mbpm1]

Two Symmetra
Roadhog
Torb
McCree
Junkrat/Bastion

It shouldn't have worked but somehow it did lol

Symmetras just set up all their turrets at the entrance of King's Row and teleporters galore and then ran around with primary and alt fire

Anybody who passed entrance got vaporized

Roadhog just pulled people into the turrets and did his roadhog thing

Torb set up a turret at the health point while I set up as Bastion to cover the backside

McCree flanked around to stop the roaming reaper and get anyone who got past our entrance

it should not have worked

 

[Rhaknar]

Had one of those "dominate the enemy team the the start of route 66 until 50 seconds left and then all of a sudden they turn it around and just steamroll us and win" matches today.

Its like you're playing little kids and at the last second their big brothers (or sisters, lets not be sexist) take over >_>

 

[Antiwhippy]

things that are actually not good in this game:

flashbang
being frozen
earth shatter



game would be better without these abilities, I'd even be happier if they just killed you instantly.

since the mecree nerf I could almost take flashbang off the list, but it's still on their by principle. Getting stunned in an FPS is not fun.

Man, you list all of that but leave out stuff like steel trap?

I dunno, I like that this game has stuns.

 

[Apathy]

Man, you list all of that but leave out stuff like steel trap?

I dunno, I like that this game has stuns.

You can still fight back in a trap

 

[Rhaknar]

Apparently there was a (false) rumour that battlenet had been compromised floating around, surprised there was no thread for it.

Good thing there wasnt tho

 

[Antiwhippy]

You can still fight back in a trap

If the junkrat is bad then yes.

 

[toastyToast]

Apparently there was a (false) rumour that battlenet had been compromised floating around, surprised there was no thread for it.

Good thing there wasnt tho

There was but it got locked

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Holy fucking shit, these are some samples from my last several games:

Here's a group of Hanzos, that are not lobbied together, and not trying to be silly/ironic:

Here are my two Widows from last night:

... and the typical participation of a Widow when a game gets into overtime (which means we should be trying to stay on the CP as much as possible:

... but hey, I got a 22 kill streak with D.Va:

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Stuns happen to promote team play. I don't mind them. They're also not that bad and avoidable, plus they have counterplay like zarya barrier prevents freezing. If flashbang had a lot of range, it would be total cancer though. And even reinhardt's requires generally line of sight and somewhat even ground, and is an ultimate so it's not being used every 8 seconds. Mei requires fairly close range and relatively a lot of time to freeze compared to the other two, and if someone comes during that time mei is fairly weak in 1v2 situations.

 

[peakish]

LG seems to overextend a lot, but does well when playing more conservatively. Won't stay up for the next games.

Apparently there was a (false) rumour that battlenet had been compromised floating around, surprised there was no thread for it.

Good thing there wasnt tho

There was one, it got locked

 

[Plywood]

Had one of those "dominate the enemy team the the start of route 66 until 50 seconds left and then all of a sudden they turn it around and just steamroll us and win" matches today.

Its like you're playing little kids and at the last second their big brothers (or sisters, lets not be sexist) take over >_>

Did I just play with you? I was Lucio if so.

 

[Ketch]

Man, you list all of that but leave out stuff like steel trap?

I dunno, I like that this game has stuns.

steel trap and black hole you can shoot back and use abilities.

if anything I'd put hook on the list.

 

[Rhaknar]

Did I just play with you? I was Lucio if so.

No im at work lol

 

[Akim]

People that say "gg easy" after games in all chat

tell me what the fuck is wrong with you and who hurt you

 

[therealminime]

Matchmaking please, what the fuck are you doing. Matchmaking, stop! (We almost made it to the first checkpoint)

 

[KJ869]

I can't play Reinhardt, someone teach me the ways!

Be predictable with your shield use for team, dont let it break so get out and recharge full, its fast after it gets charging. When somebody runs in to harass, nail them with the charge. Now you are mindle of enemies so smash, it makes most teams scatter. Use the ranged attack on camping snipers and turrets, you can pop it fast from shield. Make sure to be aware of youre surroundings and always play the objective, dont go hunt.

 

[Gryph]

These casters are so mean to poor Luminosity...

Feels like making fun of the fat kid.

All these comments are essentially: "Team A is struggling with _______ and they're going up against Luminosity, but Luminosity is really only here by chance, and are one step away from embarrassing themselves, so this should be an easy match. Luminosity could be better, if they tried, but we don't see them trying."

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

That's it. If we have two snipers and I politely ask you to switch, and you don't, I'm no longer choosing support and I'm gonna practice sniping, too. This is absurd.

 

[Plywood]

No im at work lol

oh, lol

 

[Nori Chan]

A song for all you healers out there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snt9QlL4ZCo&feature=youtu.be

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4pgwom/a_song_for_all_you_healers_out_there/

Amazing

 

[Dead Prince]

Apparently there was a (false) rumour that battlenet had been compromised floating around, surprised there was no thread for it.

Good thing there wasnt tho

is that why there's a influx of bad hanzo players :chuckles:

lol let me stop. don't spectate me while i play as one or any heroes.

 

[Speely]

I have been having really bad luck with pubs, y'all. I thought that the game being out for a while would improve players' consideration for the goddamn objective, but no. Twice last night I switched to D.Va solely because the point was being taken over and I knew I could contest it ALONE for a few more seconds to maybe 10 more on a good play with her.

I am not a remarkable player, but I at least play TO the objective. Seeing tiny green allies in the distance but no allies nearby while the capture gauge is filling on our objective and I am just getting gibbed over and over alone kinda sucks.

 

[Antiwhippy]

steel trap and black hole you can shoot back and use abilities.

if anything I'd put hook on the list.

That's kinda why i hate it though.

That glimmer of hope before a junkrat blows you sky high.

 

[Permanently A]

Holy fucking shit, these are some samples from my last several games:

I'm glad I'm at an MMR where people don't do this shit.

 

[TurboLibre]

That's it. If we have two snipers and I politely ask you to switch, and you don't, I'm no longer choosing support and I'm gonna practice sniping, too. This is absurd.

If you want to troll them hard, change to Winston and stay in their line of sight.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Lol this game can tilt you hard without you realizing.

I went on a 5 loss streak tonight and gave up saying "god I just can't win"

A little bit later I got curious about some random stat so I checked watcher.gg and I noticed that I went 20-8 tonight...which means at one point I was 20-3.

I feel very silly right now...

 

[Apathy]

That's it. If we have two snipers and I politely ask you to switch, and you don't, I'm no longer choosing support and I'm gonna practice sniping, too. This is absurd.

I sort of gave up on randoms, pretty much destroyed my faith in humanity having any semblance of intelligence. That's why I play what I want and say fuck them, we win or we lose but I'd rather not heal idiots

 

[Xeteh]

They should just rename Quick Play to "you might as well just pick a healer" because no one else will.

I love this game but at this rate I'm probably not going to be playing it much longer.

 

[frontovik]

Feels like I'm playing with bots at time in Quick Play.

It's just as aggravating as playing with Peruvians in DOTA 2.

 

[jediyoshi]

Huh, the Roadhog ultimate aiming bug just popped up on the tournament stream. Thought it was covered by the last patch.

https://clips.twitch.tv/gosugamers/AdventurousWormSoonerLater
About halfway through the clip

 

[Hyun Sai]

Another choke by LG, incredible...

 

[Snacks the sober sea lion]

They should just rename Quick Play to "you might as well just pick a healer" because no one else will.

I love this game but at this rate I'm probably not going to be playing it much longer.

Just pick Pharah, Roadhog, or practice Lucio wallriding.

 

[therealminime]

Matchmaking being dogshit tier tonight has made me stop playing.

First game: join on defeat screen
Second game: put on a team of levels 5-17 against a team lf 50-90's
Third game: Join with 9 minutes left on Gebralter and they are almost at the finish and the whole enemy team is Soldier 76
Fourth game: join on Ilios mid game that is 2 Roadhog, 4 Tracer

Alt+F4 that's enough Overwatch for tonight.

 

[Xeteh]

Just pick Pharah, Roadhog, or practice Lucio wallriding.

I play plenty of Roadhog, he's my second most played hero but fuck me if I pick something that isn't a tank/support because my team will fill up without a healer. I don't care what stupid comps we come up with but someone play a tank and a healer. I get tired of playing one of the two each game.

 

[Apathy]

I play plenty of Roadhog, he's my second most played hero but fuck me if I pick something that isn't a tank/support because my team will fill up without a healer. I don't care what stupid comps we come up with but someone play a tank and a healer. I get tired of playing one of the two each game.

just dont, go into a match and don't pick one, even if it goes bad, don't switch halfway through. It's not worth your sanity if you don't want to play those classes. Someone else will change.

 

[ScaryShark]

Is there a PS4 community I can get added to? I'm drowning in a sea of awful matchmaking playing with randoms. Please!

 

[Speely]

Hey coders. How hard and/or problematic would it be for Blizzard to introduce a feature where you picked a Hero before you searched for a game so that it sorted you into a game based upon what was needed?

Logistics aside, would that just be too meta-directed in that players would just pick whatever Hero was most-wanted according to X Overwatch site and then change once in the game?

What are some improvements you could see being made realistically in regard to Quick Play?

 

[toastyToast]

just dont, go into a match and don't pick one, even if it goes bad, don't switch halfway through. It's not worth your sanity if you don't want to play those classes. Someone else will change.

lmao

 

[Antiwhippy]

You could mandate at least one of each class, but I feel like that might be too stifling.

I feel like I live in fantasy overwatch land though where there's almost always 1 support and everybody wants to be a tank.

Hell, some of the time people even still pick lucio or mercy when I go sym/zen.

 

[SilentRacoon]

I'm pissed at this game because it keeps kicking me from games after 10 seconds of me deliberating what is the best pick to make in an ongoing game, that's way too little.

 

[vypek]

Hey coders. How hard and/or problematic would it be for Blizzard to introduce a feature where you picked a Hero before you searched for a game so that it sorted you into a game based upon what was needed?

Logistics aside, would that just be too meta-directed in that players would just pick whatever Hero was most-wanted according to X Overwatch site and then change once in the game?

What are some improvements you could see being made realistically in regard to Quick Play?

Blizzard could definitely pull something like that off but the logic for planning out "what is needed" might not be what people expect or work perfectly. And matchmaking would more than likely take longer when it is trying to backfill that pre-picked character into an appropriate match. It wouldn't be worth the effort it would take to do that since the effect would more than likely be pretty useless.

Quick play system itself seems fine to me. Instant action as fast as you can based on an open slot and preferably a match that hasn't started. In game stuff is what needs to be tweaked to me.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

just dont, go into a match and don't pick one, even if it goes bad, don't switch halfway through. It's not worth your sanity if you don't want to play those classes. Someone else will change.

Someone else will change.

Someone else will change.

Lol, what game are you playing? ;p