Ah silly console peasants and their turrets :3
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Overwatch |OT4| You Want A Good Genji, But You Need The Bad Hanzo
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Ah silly console peasants and their turrets :3
MarioHead3
Banned
Nah, Symmetra was never a problem even on console.
I swear to God, the moment they have a mode with competitive rules but without the rankings, I am never touching competitive again. It was too stressful worrying about this stupid fucking number they shove in your face. Because a lost match can't just be that, a lost match, the game has to rub it in your face.
Incendiary
Banned
I really don't understand the mindset of leavers in comp. Why would you leave after losing the first point on KOTH? Especially when it was a close 99%-99% match that went into Overtime multiple times? They do realize it's best of 5, right?
It's utterly incomprehensible to me what is going through somebody's mind when they do that.
It's utterly incomprehensible to me what is going through somebody's mind when they do that.
Maybe it's just lag. And yeah, as much as people complain about the hook being "broken", it's broken for Roadhog too, jumping and hooking is pretty much a no-no since 90% of the time I don't know where the enemy will be hooked to, and even on the ground sometimes it just pulls the enemy everywhere but in front of me.
optimus8936
Banned
I'm not sure what you expected playing a mode that's all about the number.....
finalflame
Member
Yah, I dunno. I get pretty angry at the game/rage pretty hard, but I'd never quit, no matter how tilted I am. I say this because I can only imagine the reason for leaving is anger/rage..but who knows. Inexplicable.
divisionbyzorro
Member
They're children. You're playing a game with children and expecting them to behave like adults.
MarioHead3
Banned
This is what I assume whenever I encounter someone exceptionally stupid in an online game.
The only "logical" reason to leave would be if you believe that your team is so mismatched against the enemy team that you have a 0% of winning, therefore your time is better spent looking for a new game. But if round 1 ends in overtime with both teams at 99%-99%, then what the fuck is wrong with you? How can you think you have a 0% of winning? You basically lost round 1 to a coin flip.
Some real dumbasses playing this game it seems like.
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Deleted member 325805
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58 elems, 70% participation, 3 golds and a silver and we lose because the stubborn shit bastard Ana won't swap to Lucio. I really hate people.
I'm expecting to play a mode without the game ruining cancer that is hero stacking. I get that. That doesn't mean I like every part about it, like the number.
MarioHead3
Banned
The only solution I can think of for you is to just take a break from Overwatch for a while. It seems like you almost never enjoy playing. Maybe just wait until stacking is removed from quick play or something?
Quick Play is a mode where people do whatever the fuck they want like playing an all McCree or Winston match "for the lulz". Nobody should expect stacking to be removed from that mode.
MarioHead3
Banned
Hence the "or something," like adding in an unranked mode with no stacking.
Sniper McBlaze
Member
I'm just flying up in the PS4 competitive ranks. I went from 48 to 65 in like two weeks with a mix of full stack team, half stacks and solo. I'm starting to wonder if the people complaining about competitive mode are just kind of bad. It's not like the teams you match up with don't have their share of attack Hanzos and people with no clue how to contest objectives.
Leave before the number screen shows? I never stick around anymore, win or lose, the stats screen/XP bar part takes way too long, and the stats are worthless considering you don't know what everyone else did.
MarioHead3
Banned
It's mostly a matter of luck who you get matched up with/against.
Sniper McBlaze
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Exactly. And both sides have same chance to end up with shitty players.
Add me on PS4 btw! Gonna play like a mad man in 12 hours! PSN is nevernuder.
finalflame
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It's luck and the fact that the difficulty curve/skill on PC is much steeper. People aren't all bad, and you're not really good, it's just a lot of luck of the draw and the fact that the vast majority of people here complaining are on PC, not console. Having a well coordinated group of 3+ does wonders, though, if you're all actually good and good at communicating/understand the game.
If you end up with bad teams, you can be the best player and still lose. I've had games where I did real well but if most of my team keeps dying or doesn't hold an objective, then it's a loss. Doesn't matter if it's completely solo or in a group. I've played with all sorts of combinations.
Also, I guess you've been lucky enough to avoid leavers. I lost two Comp games last night cuz someone left our team just after losing one round.
Garrett Hawke
Member
ah I'm so glad, I accidentally left Cheat Engine open the other day after using it for screenshots - but the B.net client was open at the time (I wasn't playing anything, they were just open at the same time) and I haven't been banned in this wave. So glad, I would've been pretty upset if that had been included in the ban wave. I'm usually very careful with that sort of stuff.
EroticSushi
Member
LG being LG. Such an odd org, to not support your NA team that was in the top 3 yet give full team house support to your new EU team.
Curious to see where MixUp ends up going.
Sniper McBlaze
Member
finalflame
Member
Yah, this is what I've been doing. I refuse to go into Comp with anything less than a 3-man now.
MarioHead3
Banned
I feel like there should be the possibility of ranking up even if you lose if you are clearly far above the rest of your team in terms of skill.
I don't even want to think about what sort of horrible things you'd do to Overwatch.
xaosslug
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it's shocking how many peeps don't know shit about this game they've been playing for weeks... I still see D.Va's run for cover when they nerf. xD
I wish being a good player with good skills also factor into ranking XP at the end. The fact that you can play super well but lose cuz you didn't have a good team makes the ranking system nothing more than a win/loss thing. If you solo queue then it's always up to chance.
No, no, you don't understand. I LOVE overwatch. It's great. In fact, it's uniquely great. I'm almost always a single player guy. The closest MP that I've ever been able to get into is Halo's, and even then I value the SP of Halo so much more than the MP. I even tried Team Fortress 2 and I simply couldn't get into it because despite really liking the characters, there was nothing there for me storywise and I didn't understand the appeal of playing the same maps over and over and over again. No other MP game has ever gotten this reaction from me.
So, I enjoy playing overwatch, aside from a few things. What I don't enjoy is the binary choice of a rock and hardplace that I am forced to choose between. I don't want to play in a mode that demands such high skill that I can't play 'unviable characters' and that I am psychologically tortured by a stat tracking mechanic I would rather be rid of but can't help but be constantly aware of. But when the alternative is dealing with Hero stacking, I don't feel I have a choice.
It's a super annoying set up that interferes with my enjoyment of an otherwise sublime game, but I am generally enjoying it. I'm just an excessively bitchy person. If the most I can bitch about is an extremely annoying MP set up, then it's a good game.
Yea, I've received friend requests from randoms after a match before and it's very cool and humbling but I don't really add them back cuz I know I'll never actively play with them again in the future.
finalflame
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Garrett Hawke
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roadhog as dva
Super Macho Man
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Started using Lucio a lot as my main in comp, and I've won the majority of the matches last night. (went 5-1) Such a fun and rewarding character to play as. He might be my favorite of the healers just for his speed, and his special can be a major help near the end of a match on offense of defense if you need to rush to a point or defend.
MarioHead3
Banned
Do you typically play in solo queue? I find Overwatch is infinitely better with a few friends. It usually helps me take the game a lot less seriously. Although, I'm also just a pretty laid-back person in general, so that probably helps as well.
Incendiary
Banned
If you mean in the literal sense, I think that's the only acceptable explanation. If you mean in the metaphorical sense, I guess all I can do is look forward to the new Battlefield/COD/whatever that will hopefully siphon off some of the man-children.
I still run for cover sometimes out of reflex, then I'm like "wait..."
This guy was also playing as Reaper, though, so that might explain part of it. The only way the guy could have been worse was if he had been Hanzo.
I don't use a mic and I don't want them getting mad at me about using one. They probably thought I was in party chat or something. it's also hard for me to keep track of PSN names. I barely remember who are Gaffers in my list now.
Sniper McBlaze
Member
I always play with people who added me. 99% of them use microphones and are often good guys. I just remove the people who are screaming at other without really giving any constructive critique.
Do you listen to suggestions and play support? Then most people have no problems with someone without a mic.
MarioHead3
Banned
As I said to a friend of mine regarding you a few days ago, you are a monster of a man.
A manster.
Heh, it always seems like the assholes are the friends of people I played with. I've encountered a few of them like that and def never wanna play with them again.
I rarely play support cuz someone else always does in a group. I always listen to people if I'm in party chat. I'm a team player.
Sniper McBlaze
Member
MarioHead3
Banned
Some of it is salt, some of it is on PC things are diff. More players on PC, higher skill curve, etc. The big thing is the mix of good players can hit much earlier, while the bad players are still hanging around the dense 50s area.
Telling y'all it's diff universes on the platforms. I've watched high ranking console play and it sometimes might as well be a different game.
Same. Or I will not even join the group if they're in there. Thankfully, it's a rare occurrence.
Nah, you're cool. Haven't seen you on lately when I'm on.
xaosslug
Member
you are just having luck w/ peeps not leaving, and bragging about it! ;P
srsly, tho. I went from 57 to 49 doing solo, and then managed to claw my way up to 53 doing some group games w/ gaf peeps and other peeps that have friended me from qp matches. And a few days ago seeing peeps talk about how they've been just flying up the ranks doing solo ranked I decided to give it another chance... went from 53 to 50, and had back to back to back to back leavers in games. There's no sense of perseverance, like, at all. I'm just about done w/ soloing ranked, tbh. u__u
MarioHead3
Banned
Sniper McBlaze
Member
I'm thinking about double dipping with the PC version. As an OW console player do you think I can do decent on PC? I was/am a pretty good CS player.
MarioHead3
Banned
I'll most likely be on in a bit after I deal with the dumpster fire that is my room.
Can you play with M/KB at all? If so, you should be fine.
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