Berserking Guts
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This game is full of dickheads.
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Red Arremer
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Gotta have those 3 Hanzos and 2 Junkrats, man.
Berserking Guts
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And those 3 Meis. I mean fucking really, game? Ice walls and cryos all over the damn place. And you're gonna penalize people for quitting out of that shit? I mean, I don't. But I can hardly blame people for doing so.
Why can't we have dumb mode for all the people who wanna stack?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I meant it more as i would never get close to being grandmasters.
so I unlocked the Junkenstein skin for Junkrat, to bad I despise everything about Junkrat. Cool skin though.
Thought Id share my experience with a Hanzo yesterday in Comp.
Me: Hi Hanzo, can you use your ult please? We´re all using our ults try to capture the last Point (in Anubis) and you not using your ult is not helping us man
Hanzo: Oh shoot I didnt realize I was in competitive. ***dies, switches hero to Tracer with about 30 seconds left and never once uses his Hanzo ult*** lol
I immediately turned off my mic because I had no words....
Thought Id share my experience with a Hanzo yesterday in Comp.
Me: Hi Hanzo, can you use your ult please? We´re all using our ults try to capture the last Point (in Anubis) and you not using your ult is not helping us man
Hanzo: Oh shoot I didnt realize I was in competitive. ***dies, switches hero to Tracer with about 30 seconds left and never once uses his Hanzo ult*** lol
I immediately turned off my mic because I had no words....
MarioHead3
Banned
Stack Pharahs and that matchup becomes a nightmare for Mei.
Whippy pls
I know sarcasm when I see it.
Don Draper's Hat
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I was slowly climbing my way up through the ranks by myself. My highest score was 2788.
Then I play some competitive games with friends.
I'm now at less than 2200 and I can't get out. It's just loss, loss, win, draw, loss, loss. People down here seem to have no idea about team work. They all just instalock their favourites without a single thought about the group.
I want to be back up there. It wasn't the best, not by a long way, but it's a lot better than down here.
Then I play some competitive games with friends.
I'm now at less than 2200 and I can't get out. It's just loss, loss, win, draw, loss, loss. People down here seem to have no idea about team work. They all just instalock their favourites without a single thought about the group.
I want to be back up there. It wasn't the best, not by a long way, but it's a lot better than down here.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Having played both a lot i find that mei has better survivability than dva!
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Losing in first round koth. Suddenly make a come back before realising they were a man down. Guy comes back in the second round at exactly the same time as three of his team leave after giving up due to the leaver. He then left. Felt bad for the two who stayed.
Gladly take the points though
Having played both a lot i find that mei has better survivability than dva!
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Zarya's laser can penetrate D.va's DM while has nothing on Mei's ice !
PayOffWizard
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I feel your pain, my highest was 2970 and even then i felt like one of the better players, but having dropped a few hundred playing sub 2600 is unbearable. Maybe a good DPS player could carry a team but as i main tank / support its nearly impossible. Even games where i have 4 golds with Zarya are still losses when the team scatter to chase kills.
If anyone fancy's gaining some easy ranks im about 600+ below my SR.
BlueLiquid
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Want to know what's worse than an attack Torb? A high-maintenance attack Torb who thinks he always needs to be first in line for healing. I had one of those in a competitve match where I'm throwing my whole Ana arsenal at on the objective just to keep my team above critical but this guy is hiding out spamming that he needed healing. He started raging and got piled on by the rest of the team. We took the payload pretty far despite him but on the next round he more or less threw the match for us and they took it all the way.
The Wizard
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I'll be on this evening, I played with a gold friend and went on a losing streak like a week ago so I'm a little under ranked too. (~2800) Gotta get you your diamond!
PayOffWizard
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Sounds good to me!! time to do some power levelling.
It would be awesome to have 1-2 more to get that solid core team comp. I think letdown is away for the week if i remember correctly... or maybe that was just the weekend.
RespectThySole
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Having played both a lot i find that mei has better survivability than dva!
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Sad how accurate this is
Has anyone playing solo competitive just given up on this game?
My starting rank was 2900 but I've now dropped down to the 2380. I don't know if it is the matchmaking or something else but I'm sick to fucking death of winning 1 game in 10.
I'm not expecting to win every game but it is literally win 1 lose 10. With the way the game is at the moment there seems absolutely zero chance of getting back to my starting rank.
Anyone else experiencing this?
My starting rank was 2900 but I've now dropped down to the 2380. I don't know if it is the matchmaking or something else but I'm sick to fucking death of winning 1 game in 10.
I'm not expecting to win every game but it is literally win 1 lose 10. With the way the game is at the moment there seems absolutely zero chance of getting back to my starting rank.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Solo Queue is absolute hell in my experience. You'll just be coupled with teams that have no idea how to play the game more often than not.
I wish I had a group of decent EU PC players to play with
what else is new?
Ive only Solo Qd, got placed in 2400s, dropped down to 1900s, went up to 2600s, now back to 2300s. IT goes in spurts....
I'm down with playing with some new faces. Are you playing the PC version, per-chance?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Just had a comp match that was so shit that my ana got potg.
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At least I got my ghoul + shhh potg combo.
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At least I got my ghoul + shhh potg combo.
PayOffWizard
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PS4, sorry dude.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Gold damage with a junkrat on my team....
What's junkrat's purpose again?
Gold elims too.
What's junkrat's purpose again?
Gold elims too.
PS4 master race.
THe_DeiCiDe
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McCree Main on PS4 gold tier.
I lick my chops when I see a Pharah in the sky. I will usually punish Genji and Tracers as well. When they team up on me tho, that's when things get a little hard to handle.
Im also not a fan the hammer noob, unless I get a stun on Tracer. I do struggle a bit with reapers, but I'm gettin better.
Any Cree mains have tips for Reaper? Can't flash and fan because he can wraith out.
You know, despite this game being on the PC and Xbox One, I'm surprised that there are more PS4 users in this thread. It's really weird.
MarioHead3
Banned
Xbox Overwatch players are like unicorns.
But you're not supposed to fan tracer?
Blizzard explained recently that a huge number of people got placed too high, effectively inflating gold and platinum. You might have been placed too high. What was your S1 SR?
THe_DeiCiDe
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Why is that? It's easier than a headshot unless I get the stun directly in front of me.
Stun only seems to last like half a second.
Headshot guarantees the kill, fan gives her a chance to recall or blink away. It's hard on ps4 I guess.
Also vs genji you can flash him when he is deflecting if you aim above the deflect. Not everyone seems to know this.
I'll be on when I can.
Azoor#21739
Mind you I was 2200 something and I sunk really low because I am a main support player ;_;
RespectThySole
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Not sure if posted already:
https://www.overbuff.com/blog/2016-10-26-overwatch-hero-tier-list-and-meta-report-a-meta-divided
No S tier or B Tier. Lucio, Zarya, Rein & Ana in A Tier.
https://www.overbuff.com/blog/2016-10-26-overwatch-hero-tier-list-and-meta-report-a-meta-divided
No S tier or B Tier. Lucio, Zarya, Rein & Ana in A Tier.
THe_DeiCiDe
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Ok, that's understandable. I've definitely had Tracer recall on me goin for the crit sometimes, but FTH lands 3 hits before the stun ends.
Didn't know about the over the head on Genji, so thanks for that. I usually try to bait the deflect and flash at my feet when they immediately dash afterwards.
I learned to flash above a Rein shield from watching AKM. It's very effective.
RespectThySole
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Usually play Tracer/Reaper, but I've been practicing Genji a lot in QP and wrecked shit with him last night in comp.(or idk maybe we just played bad teams) Upping my sensitivity to near max has helped a lot.
Red Arremer
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I never have more than one Mei, and Mei is funnily enough one of the rarest picks I see in my games. Hanzo is by far the most picked, then probably Junkrat (and almost every time I pick Junkrat first, someone else picks him too), and then it peeters off and is something between Genji, Widow, Bastion, Torb and D.Va.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Wait, you get penalized for quitting a QP game?
Red Arremer
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You don't if you quit A QP game. However, if you start quitting many in short succession, then you get a leaver penalty which iirc is longer queue time. But the game even warns you before you reach that point.
It seems like the OW GAF Discord has become the bastion (hehehe) of PC OW GAF, and the OT is occupied by the PS4 players.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
I've been watching/listening to a lot of Overwatch YT channels and a whole bunch of them have their own solution to climb on solo queue and it usually involves the selfish/self-sustaining heroes like Soldier and Hog, so it feels kinda refreshing when you find someone like Skyline, who doesn't go that way, even if I don't agree 100%.
MarioHead3
Banned
I'm quite certain the leaver penalty is 75% less exp.
Not given up but I have stopped playing competitive until I improve in several areas. I've done exclusively QP or Brawl for quite a while now and I've most definitely rediscovered the fun. Being able to play whoever I want, whenever I want with no stress to have to perform or maintain SR has really helped me calm down and enjoy the game.
We get trapped in the mindset that SR is the most important thing and it's not. The most important thing is fun and enjoyment. Increasing SR and the satisfaction that comes from winning are just components of having fun and enjoying yourself. That's the reason we get so tilted when our team members in a Comp match aren't making good hero picks or performing well; that SR decrease feels like the worst thing in the world and we want to avoid it at all costs.
Going back to QP, who cares if someone makes a silly hero pick. It's QP, right? Nothing of real value lost. And we have to take that same attitude into Comp play that SR really has no lasting value and ultimately it just does not matter beyond that moment and this one game.
I'm still working on that attitude. Mentally I know it's the right answer but actually putting it into practice is tough. Like many of you I am very competitive and want to win. So until I can be satisfied with my personal performance and have consistent fun even in a losing situation (which I do in QP all the time) I am staying out of Comp. This is a temporary restraint that I have placed on myself. I am hoping to try out Comp again within the next week or two and see if I can approach it with a new, more positive attitude regardless of the outcome.
Edit - Now I sound like a sports psychologist. The long and short of it is that there's a healthy way to approach winning and losing so let's be healthy!
Red Arremer
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Shake Appeal
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I almost entirely solo queued from around 2600 to 2900, but I lately I've been playing with a 4-6 stack and going 4-3 or 3-4 every night, which isn't getting me anywhere.
Part of me wants to try solo queueing again at this rank, but eh. I'm afraid of the variance.
Part of me wants to try solo queueing again at this rank, but eh. I'm afraid of the variance.
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