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[FatCatAttack]

I've never seen this much screaming either, but I've rarely played anything online for very long.

Is the screaming in overwatch similar to the amount of backseating in a moba, though?

I played a fair amount of dota 2 (around 1,500 games or so) and while there were lots of...colorful characters in those games they didn't come up with the severity and the frequency that I've seen in Overwatch. Probably the most bizarre Dota experience I had was when I accidentally made a Juggernaut player on my team cry and his wife yelled at me through his microphone.

Overwatch ragers seem to come out of vat somewhere because they say the same kind of stuff and the same kind of way.

Overwatch rage flowchart basically goes like this

- Blame anything off meta
- Blame DPS
- Where is our tank!?
- No Heals. gg
- Generic Tilt leading into Lovecratian madness.

 

[Psychoward]

Also idk what the issue is but I turned on allied health bars for soldier on ps4 and they still don't show up?

 

[Kremzeek]

highlight intros but with cats

http://imgur.com/a/HNOKn

here's all of them

OMG LOVE THESE

the cat names are funny too

 

[Sane_Man]

Man, I don't know what's happened but I feel like my play has gone downhill so much the last couple of days. Just can't seem to perform well. Feels bad.

 

[SmackAttack]

I've never seen this much screaming either, but I've rarely played anything online for very long.

Is the screaming in overwatch similar to the amount of backseating in a moba, though?

What I've heard from my time with Overwatch is nothing compared to the things I've heard in Smite and what my friend goes through in LoL. Yeah people can be quite something in this game but I'm much more okay with it since the games are much shorter than a moba.

 

[antitrop]

Mercy aka "I have 0 faith in my team."

It's not like Ana's win rate is much better. 46.9% to 46.6%

 

[ohkay]

I've honestly only had maybe one or two toxic experiences in overwatch and I've been playing since the console beta

 

[Skii]

Hanzo requires you to:
- lead/arch your shots
- predict enemy movement

Widow just requires you aim at the head, which takes a lot of skill, but Hanzo has more factors impeding him.

I get that they're bullshit, but to say these heroes take no skill is just under-selling them and the people who play them.

I do a lot better with Hanzo than with Widow. Hanzo for me is more consistent at landing head shots and just feels mechanically easier. I dunno if that's just because my aim sucks though.

 

[killdatninja]

He's wrong to downplay your achievement, but he's right to say that season 1 and 2 were better.

You sir, are factually incorrect with season one. It's the worst season by far it's not even a contest.

Lest we forget:
Sudden death coinflip bs
Gibraltar extra checkpoint which fucked over the defending team
MULTIPLE balance fixes that happened too often (remember useless D.Va, FtH Mcree/McSniper, or Glass cannon Zen?)
No hero limit at the beginning of the season
Ana was released and everyone sucked with her
Skill rating progression was terrible and seemed very random

This is just off the top of my head. S1 was just not good, it was better than quickplay i'll give you that...

 

[Owzers]

Fixed.

Mercy only wants to save lives and this is the treatment she gets...

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

You sir, are factually incorrect with season one. It's the worst season by far it's not even a contest.

Lest we forget:
Sudden death coinflip bs
Gibraltar extra checkpoint which fucked over the defending team
MULTIPLE balance fixes that happened too often (remember useless D.Va, FtH Mcree/McSniper, or Glass cannon Zen?)
No hero limit at the beginning of the season
Ana was released and everyone sucked with her
Skill rating progression was terrible and seemed very random

This is just off the top of my head. S1 was just not good, it was better than quickplay i'll give you that...

Coin flip sucked, but meh, draws just feel like you wasted a half hour of your life.

Both teams got to defend on Gibraltar, so not a huge deal.

Tons of meta changes I agree, but all more fun than what we have now.

No Ana sounds great tbh.

It had flaws, and season 2 is definitely the best. But the difference is while that crappy meta was at least fun to play, S3 crappy meta is boring as fuck to play.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

I cant wait for the shield spamming tank meta to die in a Dumpster fire.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Mercy only wants to die seconds before we need the huge rez and this is the treatment she gets...

Fixed.

 

[Grief.exe]

Still bummed I had such a horrible set of games last night though. I went like 4-7 which erased all progress I made Monday. I have tomorrow off work though, gonna get back there and shoot for Diamond again.

I had a day off work last week and solo queue during a weekday is a disaster.

 

[DevilDog]

Season 1 was the worst purely because of Widowmaker and Mcree. The game at that time was nearly unplayable.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

Season 1 was the worst purely because of Widowmaker and Mcree. The game at that time was nearly unplayable.

(The game still is nearly unplayable)

 

[MG310]

Probably had my worst night of solo (and small group) comp games last night but i had some more fun microwaving with Symmetra.

I just couldn't get anything done with Zarya or Roadhog. at all.

 

[Plywood]

It's not like Ana's win rate is much better. 46.9% to 46.6%

They can be more proactive though.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Just remembered that season 1 started with hero stacking.

So I may be wrong here.


Season 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though

 

[Ghost is Bad]

went from 2434 today to 2000 back to 2300 wew.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Season 1 was the worst purely because of Widowmaker and Mcree. The game at that time was nearly unplayable.

I miss Season 2's 2/2/2 setup the most. (Speaking from a Console perspective)

Even if Rein was always one of the tanks. Zarya, Roadhog, and DVa were all good off-tanks.

The DPS slots could be filled by Genji, Tracer, 76, McCree, and Reaper were all viable. Even Hanzo, Junkrat, and Mei would fill these slots from time to time.

While Lucio + Zen was incredibly common. You did see some variation here and there. Especially with the rise of Ana, and when Mercy had crazy fast Ult charge.

 

[DevilDog]

(The game still is nearly unplayable)

How so?

 

[Plywood]

Season 1 was when McCree had that ridiculous flashbang + fan combo right?

 

[Nimby]

Season 1 was the worst purely because of Widowmaker and Mcree. The game at that time was nearly unplayable.

Just imagine if they hadn't removed no hero limits right now.

D.Vawatch, you'd never be able to complete 2CP maps because of endless stalls. Enjoy the game

 

[LucidMomentum]

I had a day off work last week and solo queue during a weekday is a disaster.

People say that, but also say the weekend sucks. It's more luck of the draw for me, rarely has a match come down to just my performance alone so I'll have to just grind out those last couple hundred SR.

I mean, I play my heart out each match so maybe I am deciding things more than I think I am but eh.

I also have a 100% comp win rate with Pharah so far after a handful of matches, people can't aim. Just kill Ana first cause she can really mess with you.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

How so?

Shield stacking tank meta, stall teams are pretty much unbreakable because Sombra's kit isn't aggressive enough so they either need to buff Sombra or make a new Hero that does extra damage to shields.

 

[TheOddOne]

"Hey, what about doing the objective guys!?" /Enemy team has three players guarding the objective at all times.

"Nah, I'm going to go chase this Tracer. Everybody follow me." /Loses match

Overwatch comp in 2017.

 

[Jblanks]

I've accepted the fact that I'll never get the DVa or Junkrat 4 man ult ever; not a lot of people go Zarya/Reinhardt in QP and you basically need one to get them. Also people are to aware at my skill level to ever die from them. I've had like 5 or 6 3 man Ults with DVa but never 4..

 

[Plywood]

So tired of DPS that can't shoot a Pharah.

 

[NeoRaider]

I've accepted the fact that I'll never get the DVa or Junkrat 4 man ult ever; not a lot of people go Zarya/Reinhardt in QP and you basically need one to get them. Also people are to aware at my skill level to ever die from them. I've had like 5 or 6 3 man Ults with DVa but never 4..

I had team kill once with D.Va.
#feelsgood

 

[killdatninja]

Season 1 was the worst purely because of Widowmaker and Mcree. The game at that time was nearly unplayable.

Don't forget Genji, everyone mained him when he had that brain dead burst combo and the Ult that just lasted a few seconds too long (did something change with this recently, it just doesn't seem as consistent as it was a few months back). When Zenyatta got the 50 Shield buff and had fast heal/discord (pre-nerf for discord damage), that was rough to deal with..

Just remembered that season 1 started with hero stacking.

So I may be wrong here.


Season 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though

That's what I said Also, losing by Sudden death is the worst feeling in the world. Draw's happen too often now but it's a lot more fair in how things are handled, especially the time bank system on payload maps.

The core meta never changed from now and then. You still have Lucio and Reinhardt as preferred, Soldier is used over McCree/Tracer now, Reaper was pretty much in every match which kept tanks in check, Zen/Mercy as secondary healer (lucio was considered main healer lol!). The only difference now is that Ana allows for the dumb triple tank meta, which is also my least favorite..

 

[Jblanks]

I had team kill once with D.Va.
#feelsgood

Yea I should've went for them when the game first released tbh.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

Most of the time I play the team comp for both teams is usually the following with extremely limited variation:

DVA, Reinhardt AND Or Zarya(Usually AND), Ana, Lucio, Soldier 76 or Pharah.

If the team is good the tanks will never die and it will lead to a defense/first to capture the point victory 90% of the time.

There's just nothing to counter shielding tanks with competent healers.

 

[NeoRaider]

Yea I should've went for them when the game first released tbh.

It's harder to surprise them now with both Ultis.
I feel like D.Va's is still very good, but Rat's tire usually gets destroyed before you can kill anyone.

I had 3 kill with D.Va today, but i am struggling to kill more than 2 ppl with rip-tire now...

 

[Antiwhippy]

Most of the time I play the team comp for both teams is usually the following with extremely limited variation:

DVA, Reinhardt AND Or Zarya(Usually AND), Ana, Lucio, Soldier 76 or Pharah.

If the team is good the tanks will never die and it will lead to a defense/first to capture the point victory 90% of the time.

There's just nothing to counter shielding tanks with competent healers.

Shred rein shield with roadhog, get a hook when shield is down.

Dive with winston/genji.

Go nutty and emp with sombra.

That's not even an ideal lineup honestly.

 

[DevilDog]

Shield stacking tank meta, stall teams are pretty much unbreakable because Sombra's kit isn't aggressive enough so they either need to buff Sombra or make a new Hero that does extra damage to shields.

This is nothing. Remember endless stacking with tracers and 2 lucios? Remember Mccre flashbang right click? REMEMBER WIDOWMAKER?

Widowmaker bullied the game for months. The team with the better one won.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

Shred rein shield with roadhog, get a hook when shield is down.

Dive with winston/genji.

Go nutty and emp with sombra.

That's not even an ideal lineup honestly.

Zarya shields Rein when his shield goes down

Winston gets put to sleep by Ana or bullied by DVA.

EMP is bad and the team is rarely Co ordinates around it for it to be effective at the moment

 

[Antiwhippy]

Zarya shields Rein when his shield goes down

Winston gets put to sleep by Ana or bullied by DVA.

EMP is bad and the team is rarely Co ordinates around it for it to be effective at the moment

Zarya's shield does not last long enough to actually protect the rein for long. Just shred through it and hook them to pick them off.

That's why you focus down ana with winston+genji. Dive comp works as a team, not as individuals.

EMP counters the exact thing you're talking about and yes, on pubs it's unreliable mostly due to the teamwork needed, it's a definitely option.

 

[RemiLP]

Went from 2175 to 2391 today. I sence a big losing streak incomming..

 

[CrazedProfessional]

Zarya's shield does not last long enough to actually protect the rein for long. Just shred through it and hook them to pick them off.

That's why you focus down ana with winston+genji. Dive comp works as a team, not as individuals.

EMP counters the exact thing you're talking about and yes, on pubs it's unreliable mostly due to the teamwork needed, it's a definitely option.

All of these are extremely soft counters in extremely specific circumstances where it's safe to hook after a Zarya bubble, it's safe to dive in as Winston with a better bullying tank in the Meta and it's safe to actually trust your team to assist with an EMP.

Despite this, the tank shield meta still wins out the majority of the time.

 

[Antiwhippy]

All of these are extremely soft counters in extremely specific circumstances where it's safe to hook after a Zarya bubble, it's safe to dive in as Winston with a better bullying tank in the Meta and it's safe to actually trust your team to assist with an EMP.

Despite this, the tank shield meta still wins out the majority of the time.

You didn't even put down the proper tank meta comp though. Roadhog is not a soft counter.

Like really, it actually kinda sucks to be reinhardt now because your shield gets fucking shredded with all these roadhogs and s76 on the scene. it's about which team can get the first hook off first to gain advantage before the team fight.

 

[Alucrid]

You didn't even put down the proper tank meta comp though. Roadhog is not a soft counter.

Like really, it actually kinda sucks to be reinhardt now because your shield gets fucking shredded with all these roadhogs and s76 on the scene. it's about which team can get the first hook off first to gain advantage before the team fight.

and dvas. don't forget the dvas

 

[rulerk1]

3 wins and 1 draw. Not pressing my luck anymore so im stopping. so close to 30 points to platinum. I might just play Zen exclusively in comp now.

 

[Apathy]

I played a fair amount of dota 2 (around 1,500 games or so) and while there were lots of...colorful characters in those games they didn't come up with the severity and the frequency that I've seen in Overwatch. Probably the most bizarre Dota experience I had was when I accidentally made a Juggernaut player on my team cry and his wife yelled at me through his microphone.

Overwatch ragers seem to come out of vat somewhere because they say the same kind of stuff and the same kind of way.

Overwatch rage flowchart basically goes like this

- Blame anything off meta
- Blame DPS
- Where is our tank!?
- No Heals. gg
- Generic Tilt leading into Lovecratian madness.

you forgot "bullshit hook i was in cover" when they were out in the open

 

[exYle]

I think everyone is using this time to practice Widowmaker. I have not had a single game today without one of them

 

[Papercuts]

you forgot "bullshit hook i was in cover" when they were out in the open

Lol, I see that so much on Harbleu's stream. He jumps behind a team, gets an open hook kill and you just see the chat pop with "???" "nice hook".

 

[LucidMomentum]

I think everyone is using this time to practice Widowmaker. I have not had a single game today without one of them

Some YouTuber must've made a video or something because she is definitely on the rise.

 

[B-Dex]

I was legit hooked through a wall because the tick rate is trash.

 

[Plywood]

Enemy Lucio threw the match cause he was mad at their Widow who was actually putting in work, lol

I was legit hooked through a wall because the tick rate is trash.

The hitbox is generous trash too.

 

[Moon Presence]

-Achieve Season High
-Lose 5 or 6 straight games by no reason
- Struggle 5/4 days to reach your high again
- Victory/Defeat, Victory/Defeat, Victory/Defeat

Repeat ad eternum.