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Overwatch |OT10| That'll do pig, that'll do
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This is a great article written a year ago, that still seems to apply, about Overwatch's Skill Rating system and its flaws:
http://www.sirlin.net/posts/overwatchs-ranking-point-system
http://www.sirlin.net/posts/overwatchs-ranking-point-system
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Great read, appreciate it.
I hate it when my team insists I play mercy just for the rez. If you guys suck and are dying before the rez, you will die after the rez. Or that me not playing mercy is the reason we are losing. Like your stupid shut up, im playing ana.
I mean ult economy definitely gets better thw higher you go, but that's largely a function of a team's ability to communicate, which improves only marginally from, like, mid master onwards; some players do it, some don't, and while most of those who don't get filtered out by that point, the aberrations are just as much a part of the process at 3700 as they are in 4000 in my experience.
I would be legitimately curious if players could reliably blindly distinguish a 3800 player from a 4100 player. The differences in that range are small.
As a player who has suffered greatly at the behest of this... "unique" quirk I'm certainly not defending this.
RecRoulette
Member
Nuno Pinto
Member
I really want to use Officer D.Va, but yesterday when I was using the new skin and killed someone with a melee being outside of the mech D.Va said "Did you order a knuckle sandwich?"
You just can't top that.
You just can't top that.
Psychoward
Banned
I want to die
my next box had a purple in it, 150 coins yay
the worst part is not only is it the worst soldier skin, not only is it one of the worst skins in the game but the only fucking event skin I have after 40+ boxes is cyborg 76
"Hey Daddy-o" is so fucking cute
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
RecRoulette
Member
Cruiser D.va's amazing voice lines > sirens when you rocket boost
Psychoward
Banned
having a better MEKA design and having her sirens light up when you use the party time emote>>>
also she has a really rare voice line with the officer skin, I've only heard it once but it was something about tickets
Are gains tied to solo performance?
I think I was playing support if I can remember.
Good video about common mistakes for each support hero: https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6h15jy/1_common_mistake_for_every_support_hero_in/
Ana: If the enemy is running dive comp, positioning far back is not a good idea. Not only are you vulnerable, but D.Va and Winston can block your heals from reaching teammates with Defense Matrix and Winston shield.
Lucio: Peel for your supports and DPS. Lucio is pretty deadly now, he can duel Tracers and Genjis or at least force them to use their abilities.
Mercy: Remember you don't have to fly the entire distance in Guardian Angel. Flying directly to a teammate is not wise, as it puts you at risk. Play around the range of your beam so you can heal people just as effectively as if you were right next to them, but at a much safer position.
Zenyatta: Use orb volleys. A cheeky pick with orb volley can win a fight for your team.
Symmetra: Hit enemies with charged orbs before you start using your beam in close range.
Ana: If the enemy is running dive comp, positioning far back is not a good idea. Not only are you vulnerable, but D.Va and Winston can block your heals from reaching teammates with Defense Matrix and Winston shield.
Lucio: Peel for your supports and DPS. Lucio is pretty deadly now, he can duel Tracers and Genjis or at least force them to use their abilities.
Mercy: Remember you don't have to fly the entire distance in Guardian Angel. Flying directly to a teammate is not wise, as it puts you at risk. Play around the range of your beam so you can heal people just as effectively as if you were right next to them, but at a much safer position.
Zenyatta: Use orb volleys. A cheeky pick with orb volley can win a fight for your team.
Symmetra: Hit enemies with charged orbs before you start using your beam in close range.
Incendiary
Banned
Was at 2497, finally decided to break the seal and played two competitive games solo queueing over lunch. Long story short, I'm at 2460 now.
Long story long: first game was a decent match on Eichenwalde with no complaints, the other team was just slightly better. The second game was a dumpster fire. Had a Hanzo and Junkrat as our two DPSes on Route 66 Defense and they refused to switch to anything else as the other team steamrolled us, and slowly but surely the entire team also switched to DPS to compensate for them (I was leading in kills as DVa with 7 by the second point before I had to switch to Lucio so our 5 DPS had a healer). Then on Attack I instalocked Hanzo to keep the Hanzo from picking him (he eventually chose 76 instead and I actually picked Zen) but then the Junkrat stayed Junkrat, and another guy chose Widow and then threw the match. Even though as a team of 5 we still managed to get the payload within 5m of the end before we lost. Of course the Widow then spammed thanks a bunch and immediately left the game as soon as we lost.
I don't understand.
Long story long: first game was a decent match on Eichenwalde with no complaints, the other team was just slightly better. The second game was a dumpster fire. Had a Hanzo and Junkrat as our two DPSes on Route 66 Defense and they refused to switch to anything else as the other team steamrolled us, and slowly but surely the entire team also switched to DPS to compensate for them (I was leading in kills as DVa with 7 by the second point before I had to switch to Lucio so our 5 DPS had a healer). Then on Attack I instalocked Hanzo to keep the Hanzo from picking him (he eventually chose 76 instead and I actually picked Zen) but then the Junkrat stayed Junkrat, and another guy chose Widow and then threw the match. Even though as a team of 5 we still managed to get the payload within 5m of the end before we lost. Of course the Widow then spammed thanks a bunch and immediately left the game as soon as we lost.
I don't understand.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
My stats for this season thus far: 26 wins. 26 losses. 2 draws.
Forever status fucking quo.
Forever status fucking quo.
Incendiary
Banned
Comp is always going to be a shit show, always has been. Events and stuff just make it a bit worse temporarily. Each season has gotten progressively worse for it, so get used to it I guess.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Yes.
Bought Mei with coins. got it 3 more times from drops. I swear the game doesn't unlock them in the RNG pool until you own them ROFL
Same thing happened to me
Dead Prince
Banned
sometimes i think blizz just purposely match me with people who main the same heroes and not one is support.
Time to slow done the playing time, I played way too much over the course of the event.
You held M1.
WoW had a big patch today and that usually means bad times for their servers. It's been inconsistent all day for me. There's a reddit thread saying about half the players can't connect.
SgtWiggles
Member
Fuck, didnt realize there was a maintinence today, I'm about 90% sure my decay starts during this time frame.....rushed home from school to get a quick match in.
RIP my season high
RIP my season high