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Overwatch |OT5| 15 Million Strong, None Are On The Payload
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Ampersands
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*sigh*
Game crashed when we were holding them off in the final point of King's Row. Got penalized, now I'm down to 54. I hate this game.
I'm convinced it's because they upgraded the tickrate to the servers. This never happened to me before last night. Now it happens at least once every few games.
Game crashed when we were holding them off in the final point of King's Row. Got penalized, now I'm down to 54. I hate this game.
I'm convinced it's because they upgraded the tickrate to the servers. This never happened to me before last night. Now it happens at least once every few games.
Honestly, I purposely keep about 1500 credits banked for any new hero they add, since we apparently never know when one will just be thrown into the game if Ana was any indication. Enough money to get one skin you like, and an emote and/or highlight intro.
Then again, I went a little nuts when the game came out and bought 72 boxes, so it's not uncommon for me to get 1-2 repeats, so it's easier to get credits. Also have a standing policy of only throwing $20 at an event apparently when one happens to get a good start on it too(got Tracer/Lucio legendary + American McCree that way).
Just did a match(solo queue Rein) where a 4 person party picked a Hanzo at the start, as we only had one Zenyatta healing. Figured it was going to be a loss to get me further away from the 60 bar, but we dominated instead and I got back up to 60. Started the season at 61 from placement, so nice to almost be back at that now. Now I either need 15 more wins to get 100 comp points so the season bonus gets me enough for a gold weapon, or keep going til I get to 65 and get it that way...
LurkerPrime
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Got potg as Zenyatta on a match where I only used him 60% of the time... and we won while I was swapping heroes again. Was my first Zenyatta PotG, too.
Zenny works in mysterious ways.
Zenny works in mysterious ways.
Same here.... I will wait
Late to this but LMAO.
which have you been considering?
Mechaqueen Pharah and Blackheart Rein maybe.
finalflame
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Three rounds on Hanamura and coin flip. Fucking forever playing this game. Lose on attack coin flip.
I am seriously going to have a heart attack because of this game.
I am seriously going to have a heart attack because of this game.
toastyToast
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Worst hog ever.
Berserking Guts
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Not to tell you your business or anything. But what worked for me was to stop playing that shit tier competitive mode altogether.
EteRnal PAL
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Hit my season high of 66 just right now. Was on point and totally feeling it tonight:
Still haven't gotten my D.Va skin, voice line and spray... That's all I need, please Blizzard! It's getting closer to the deadline and then I'll have to spend money on loot boxes, ugh.
What are the chances Blizzard will allow these summer games unlocks to be bought with credits?
Still haven't gotten my D.Va skin, voice line and spray... That's all I need, please Blizzard! It's getting closer to the deadline and then I'll have to spend money on loot boxes, ugh.
What are the chances Blizzard will allow these summer games unlocks to be bought with credits?
Don Draper's Hat
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It's always fun to see a Widowmaker saying "We need a healer" on Lijiang Tower.
I made sure to keep watching them whenever I died. Don't think they went a foot away from the spawn area. What a way to play.
The amount of duplicates I'm getting in these loot boxes is incredible. There's so much stuff I've not unlocked and yet I seem to be inundated with duplicates. And if I do manage to get something new it's either a rubbish spray or a rubbish player icon.
Give me skins, dammit!
I made sure to keep watching them whenever I died. Don't think they went a foot away from the spawn area. What a way to play.
The amount of duplicates I'm getting in these loot boxes is incredible. There's so much stuff I've not unlocked and yet I seem to be inundated with duplicates. And if I do manage to get something new it's either a rubbish spray or a rubbish player icon.
Give me skins, dammit!
I've actually killed my fair share of Pharahs as Junkrat by jumping with my mine to get right on their face while they're flying lol
Almost zero. They want to keep them as event exclusives. So better luck next year.Hit my season high of 66 just right now. Was on point and totally feeling it tonight:
Still haven't gotten my D.Va skin, voice line and spray... That's all I need, please Blizzard! It's getting closer to the deadline and then I'll have to spend money on loot boxes, ugh.
What are the chances Blizzard will allow these summer games unlocks to be bought with credits?
Well there's no summer games until 2020
Technically, the Overwatch summer games aren't the olympics. They've already mentioned the plan for bringing the event back anually.
Competitive still so bad at lower ranks. You can still turn in your best ever performance:
And get absolutely squat for it:
Does the competitive matchmaking only look at rank or does it take into account the hidden MMR/ELO/whatever as well? Because it kinda seems like it only looks at rank and that's bad.
And get absolutely squat for it:
Does the competitive matchmaking only look at rank or does it take into account the hidden MMR/ELO/whatever as well? Because it kinda seems like it only looks at rank and that's bad.
DOOMFIST
Our team average is 70, enemy teams average is 79 and includes jokerfirst, ohenvious, and digitalnex whose SR is 86. We end up winning(had to play the game of my life) and rank up over 1 rank. Bout to be top 500, super confident and get matchmade with a team who has a bastion main who is top 500. He goes on to body our team twice, nvr seen a mouse and keyboard bastion before. Lose two entire ranks. Smh, this is how I know some of the dudes in 80s don't deserve their ranks.
Oh! Cool then
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
My game doesn't crash but it disconnects when it never did before. No idea why.
Shouta
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It's definitely that big. One of my favorite POTGs that I got was one where I was dueling another Genji and killed him by reflecting his team's Junkrat grenade at him that was shot at me from the left. Not even like front left-ish but totally to my left, lol
Where does this "discord = double damage" fallacy come from? I see it everywhere. It's 50%.
Still OP of course.
The theory is that it takes into account a hidden skill rating, so if you only get few points for a win the game thinks you belong where you are. Gold medals don't change that.
toastyToast
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Not that I agree with it but the system as it exists now rewards you for winning. After 4 wins or so you get a full level pretty much. That'll continue until you get to a point where you trade wins and losses and you wherever really slow down is where you belong. I really don't think it has anything to do with performance at all, just wins and losses. Streaks are when the biggest movements occur.
If I had to guess you lost twice in a row for that kind of result.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I do sympathise with you though. 61 elims but still the team is unable to close it out? Damn.
Though looking at the silver damage there probably someone else who is contributing to quite a number of those elims.
I've been matched into a group of 30s and sub 30s before even though I'm 40+ and it's definitely a much different game at that level.
Though looking at the silver damage there probably someone else who is contributing to quite a number of those elims.
I've been matched into a group of 30s and sub 30s before even though I'm 40+ and it's definitely a much different game at that level.
Hidden extra matchmaking / rank gain factors and other shenanigans always feel redundant (not to mention frustrating) to me. How about the game just lets me end up where I end up naturally instead of trying to guess where I belong and forcing me there?
A buddy of mine (rank 48) was playing with us in games that averaged 55+. And he was holding his own. Doing great even. Somehow he still kept losing more rank for losses than he gained for wins. It's ridiculous sometimes.
Ideally the system notices when you belong much higher/lower than where you are and takes you there asap, but it rarely seems to work as planned.
I wish games were at least upfront about these things.
NeoRaider
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ONLY MEI! Queen of trolling! I am laughing so hard. XD
Matchmaking is all kinds of fucked up. The first fix is not putting you in three straight matches with someone who you lost with in those matches. Seems like common sense to me i don't know.
I guess I should be pleased to get two legendaries from my last three boxes, but why did they both have to be Zarya's two summer skins? I would have preferred a duplicate and the gold 
I've been trying Zen much more these days and I'm really enjoying him. I feel like I'm steadily improving, even though I had a lot of losses today in competitive unfortunately. Some were very fair, as always, but some... well, when you've got teams with an average in the 50s who aren't picking *any* DPS characters on attack (and if I'd have swapped, we'd have no healer...).
I've been trying Zen much more these days and I'm really enjoying him. I feel like I'm steadily improving, even though I had a lot of losses today in competitive unfortunately. Some were very fair, as always, but some... well, when you've got teams with an average in the 50s who aren't picking *any* DPS characters on attack (and if I'd have swapped, we'd have no healer...).
Oh yeah nothing sucks more than having a streak of Competitive wins against different teams, and then getting it broken by one team that destroys you, and the.... getting matched again that team again the next 3 times too. Feels like shit.
Just had my career best game with Soldier. No joke, it was as if everything clicked and I was destroying everyone. Shame my team wasn't on the same wave length. Career bests in pretty much every category, some 20+ kill streaks. It was great.
And it was all ruined by some kid spamming "Thanks!" every time we lost.
And it was all ruined by some kid spamming "Thanks!" every time we lost.
Terareflection
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It's difficult on Nubani, because the defending team has the spawn point only few meters away from last checkpoint. It's most def a team effort to push.
Ghostbound
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Had a pretty good streak in competitive (solo) today and even got to play a match with Taimou. I wish the season wasn't ending in a few days, really don't want to go back to quick match.
The QP woes on weekend.4 tracer or 5x dps teams.Losing in 2 minutes,having toxic idiots insulting each other.I am blocking,muting and report them.And guess what.I left the room so i wont have them again but somehow the stupid game made me play 4 match with them.Killed my apetite to play at all today damnit.
Is it normal that when u block someone,to have them in your team for consecutive games?
Is it normal that when u block someone,to have them in your team for consecutive games?
On Numbani you either defend A or the final choke, everything in-between is free for attack.
LumpOfCole
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Mathematically, it's always best to keep your credits and only buy something you really want in that moment. It's a bad feeling to buy a Legendary Skin you only kinda wanted, then to unbox that same skin 15-20 boxes later and only get 200 credits back for it.
Save the credits since Raptorion and Bloodheart are the superior skins
optimus8936
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I think it might be fairly impossible to make a game 100% balanced. A new hero will screw everything up and they've still got a little ways to go with the current setup. In a game like this, there will always be those meta comps.
What do you mean by 100% balanced?
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