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Overwatch |OT5| 15 Million Strong, None Are On The Payload
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Mei's that are oblivious to how their wall affects ongoing situation / fight are literally WORST. So fun to see team members die just because Mei walled them in with enemy team and don't break wall down etc.
Berserking Guts
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Yep. I'd be more forgiving of their shitty spacial awareness if they at least had the foresight to drop their walls.
Vault Dweller 111
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Overwatch giveth and overwatch taketh.
Tawney Bomb
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Got grouped with a Torb in comp who built his turret at the end of the map and stayed there until the other team came to him....wtf
TheThinWhiteDuke
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...well, shit.
optimus8936
Banned
He's...."defending the objective"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
People should just be less passive with mercy's pistol overall. Sometimes it's better than just straight damage boosting.
Players like unkoe regularly turn up on the killfeed as mercy.
Players like unkoe regularly turn up on the killfeed as mercy.
xaosslug
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feels like they taketh way more than they giveth.
yea, sometimes Mercy pistol can get some surprise kills.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
They were hoping that you would go whole hog.
Psychoward
Banned
I want your roadhog
Maximizing your healing potential above all else is not "doing it right".
Playing Lucio correctly means using your speed boost more liberally than the average QPer. It can also mean knowing when to engage enemies by knowing when your involvement with your gun and melee can help focus down certain targets in a team fight. Trying to just put yourself in the middle of your team to make your healing numbers go up higher might give you some personal satisfaction but it won't necessarily help you win.
/hidechat
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I only really do that if I'm in a group. With randoms it's a bit of a crapshoot if they can take advantage of it, especially on the lower levels.
Kinda why I want to get a mic to call it out on solo Q.
Yet that is how 9 out of 10 Lucio's play in QP and Ranked. Heal stance 24/7.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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So Wyndstriker's post made me wonder: what other "obvious in retrospect" tip or secret do you have that you would be willing to share? Even if it's one you think everyone knows, it might help the plebes like me.
Mine would be the final corner on King's Row. If you're D.Va on Defense, you can drop into the chasm directly outside the spawn door and boost under the building and then up, and end up behind the enemy team. Killing the Mercy you often find there will improve your team's chances immensely. Also works on Offense going the other way if you're feeling frisky (or need a miracle ult to win).
I'm sure everyone knew this, but this is the kind of thing I had in mind when asking the question. All it takes is one person who didn't for it all to be worthwhile. Unless they're on the other team.
Mine would be the final corner on King's Row. If you're D.Va on Defense, you can drop into the chasm directly outside the spawn door and boost under the building and then up, and end up behind the enemy team. Killing the Mercy you often find there will improve your team's chances immensely. Also works on Offense going the other way if you're feeling frisky (or need a miracle ult to win).
I'm sure everyone knew this, but this is the kind of thing I had in mind when asking the question. All it takes is one person who didn't for it all to be worthwhile. Unless they're on the other team.
not at the very beginning on the match
though it is good when i'm spamming down the rein shield
how shitty are your games that you don't see roadhog instgib 200 hp heroes on hook
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The game where the hook has basically turned into an RNG mechanic.
When it wasn't?
it is so much more reliable for me at least
not nearly as many hooks sticking in walls or dragging people behind me
3-0 on pc
so uhh
actual question
Will I place lower if I do all my placements with my friends in the 2000s vs soloing? :x
Wondering because you know, don't exactly want to throw away rank that takes time to grind solely to play my first 10 matches with friends.
edit: I mean this in the most statistical way possible
does going 10-0 with people in 2000s kill my rank potential vs letting it fluctuate into the 3500s?
I'm asking because I remember when 4 of us were 65-75 and we grabbed our friend who quit launch month and made him tank 10 matches, we went like 6-4, and he still placed 63, even though afterwards he was unable to hold his own in that bracket and fell way down.
so uhh
actual question
Will I place lower if I do all my placements with my friends in the 2000s vs soloing? :x
Wondering because you know, don't exactly want to throw away rank that takes time to grind solely to play my first 10 matches with friends.
edit: I mean this in the most statistical way possible
does going 10-0 with people in 2000s kill my rank potential vs letting it fluctuate into the 3500s?
I'm asking because I remember when 4 of us were 65-75 and we grabbed our friend who quit launch month and made him tank 10 matches, we went like 6-4, and he still placed 63, even though afterwards he was unable to hold his own in that bracket and fell way down.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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It's the AA- I had Zarya's range worked out perfectly when playing D.Va. After the update she could hit me at that range. Her beam is a straight line now, where it started to turn noodley at that range before.
it might, since you will be que to your invisible current SR with your friends avg people.
when you solo que for placement, you general will know where you are when you start seeing people with emblem ranks within the non placed players. its an indication where you are now.
im my opinion the medal/stats and performance during placement will be the factor to place you at which tier. once SR is known, I think only the win/loss + the SR delta between your team and enmy team will factor into SR point gain.
to prove my theory.
Question to those that group up. Do you gain the same amount of SR point after win, regardless your SR difference? is it the same for losing?
optimus8936
Banned
They fixed those bugs and created 3 or 4 more to replace them.
xaosslug
Member
i was once grouped (in competitive) w/ a Torb that never dropped a turret or armor and ran around like a freaking Reaper shotgunning peeps in the face. He was good, but it was kind of a waste of Torb's attributes... ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Careful with that wish. Here is some people still sore about last round of Genji nerfs.
No. SR doesn't really work like that
I know how SR works except for placement- you can very easily rig aspects of your placement outside of solo queue.
I guess my question is, how badly will playing with others ruin it?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It does take your own performance into account, though I think it might also be judging how your performance is relative to the skill of your opponents + how your character performs based on map or general skill area etc. etc.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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That's what killed my SR. Lock your best player as early as possible (if in solo, obviously), or find a group of 2 or 3 to team up with. Best chances to win. Filling holes for ingrates is just an L waiting to happen.
optimus8936
Banned
Dude, you're 6 days in. You're probably playing with a bunch of other new people who can't deal with them.
Seriously, they're fine.
oh man
The real OT convos
we doing this again antiwhippy :3
also
edit: might switch to zarya on pc, can't rely on low level tanks
TheThinWhiteDuke
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Had this exact problem the other night on Nepal (I was the lone D.Va on my team). We went 4 Junkrat, 1 Tracer, one Genji (the last two to stealth camp the objective if needed) and cleaned up. All-Bastions can wreck all-D.Vas as well.
My personal dream is to counter with 6 D.Vas and wipe them out, but I realize not a lot of people are that proficient with her in QP.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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Stay behind the payload when you're waiting for your shields to CD. That's the one thing the most pain-in-the-ass Zaryas do.
Also, shield anyone who gets grabbed by Roadhog or is about to be pinned by Rein.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yeah definitely. I solo'd a Zarya with her the other day.
It's also a really good counter to Widowmaker since you can just make a curtain of bullets. I play Widow mostly and it drives me nuts.
you can be our test subject and que with your SR 2000s friends and see what SR you get?
anyway, just do whatever you think is best. we all just speculating since theirs no clear answer.
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