richardhawk
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Overwatch |OT10| That'll do pig, that'll do
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You don't want to be up there. It's full of one tricks and the games aren't fun.
nikos
Member
I've been duo/triple queuing with friends in the 2600SR range, and I seem to do well each game. I'm currently at 1857, and I find climbing out of Silver solo to be a nightmare. Most people don't communicate or play as a team.
If anybody wants to queue up on PC, and help me get out of this mess, feel free to add me. nikos#1398
If anybody wants to queue up on PC, and help me get out of this mess, feel free to add me. nikos#1398
Heyyyyy we won 4 games, that's a lot?
Well that is a lot better than before
Yeah, some people can be big fat jerks like that.
They really shouldn't play Competitive if they're going to throw fits like that. So dumb.
Nuno Pinto
Member
Just finished getting the arcade wins, got 115 boxes total in this event, 22 legendaries - 11 from the event (3 dupes), 7 regular stuff (4 dupes) and 4 currency. ~8k currency from all the dupes, not bad.
Hopefully they will have this bonus exp weekend more often when there's events going on.
Edit: sometimes I get really pissed with the delay that exists in this game. Playing Mei, see a Hog in front of me and immediately use cryo freeze...he hooks me when I was already inside of it and the proof of that is that my ability is on cooldown. Playing Sombra, I use my teleport to go back, actually saw the place where I was supposed to go back but still die because a soldier shot a rocket into the place where I was before. I mean...
Hopefully they will have this bonus exp weekend more often when there's events going on.
Edit: sometimes I get really pissed with the delay that exists in this game. Playing Mei, see a Hog in front of me and immediately use cryo freeze...he hooks me when I was already inside of it and the proof of that is that my ability is on cooldown. Playing Sombra, I use my teleport to go back, actually saw the place where I was supposed to go back but still die because a soldier shot a rocket into the place where I was before. I mean...
buy teh haloz
Banned
I got the Tracer, Soldier and Hanzo skin, and brought the D.Va one. The Hanzo one is real nice, even though I never play him
In my experience game quality increases with SR, except that it takes a nosedive from mid-diamond to early master by virtue of being the resting place of most smurfs and one tricks.
The only good games are the ones that are 4000+. Masters level games are some of the worst games I've ever seen. Most of the time it's just one-sided stomps.
PalaceBrother
Member
I just earned an anniversary box this AM. Didn't the event end yesterday?
My duo plays at around 3800. Most of our games are good. I've been matched above 4k plenty of times and the only macro difference I've noticed is that the Sym otps don't use teleporter on KotH. The game quality is about the same, with the main factor being the combination of available heroes to both teams.
Crimson_Justice
Member
I'd like to know as well. I'm hoping today, been two weeks since PTR I believe.
SoundPulse
Banned
It was still going on right up until they killed the servers for maintenance. I managed to sneak in a few extra rounds in just before.
I grind this event for 3 weeks amassing an impressive number of loot boxes, around 80 to 100. From these boxes I get maybe 5 dances, to many duplicate player emblems and 3 skins, two of them as duplicates. I finally cave and buy the Cruiser skin and dvas dance emote.
As a last hurrah I play a few games tonight and on my final loot box for this incredibly fair and not terrible rng loot box system... i get the Cruiser skin.
I'm done. I've hit the limit of my patience with this game. Time to return to the normal world.
As a last hurrah I play a few games tonight and on my final loot box for this incredibly fair and not terrible rng loot box system... i get the Cruiser skin.
I'm done. I've hit the limit of my patience with this game. Time to return to the normal world.
JetBlackPanda
Member
How long before they actually kill the event and double xp?
I did that over the weekend. Hovering at low 2000s right now and trying to make it into plat.
Did you notice a sharp decline in the quality of games once you hit gold? I noticed my teams going from friendly people who chatted with each other and stuck together as a team, to people yelling at each other and going in haphazardly as soon as I broke 2000.
I can't tell if it's an SR thing or a time of day thing.
You'll be the designated Tank killer. You must now kill your own kind.
LucidMomentum
Member
But the shiny icon, I want it.
SuperBanana
Banned
Err, why do I have a 533 minute wait to join the Blizzard servers?! The fuck?
Edit: 7000 minutes now. Awesome.
Edit: 7000 minutes now. Awesome.
Stallion Dan
Member
8.5 hours ago was meant to end so who knows, buy if you really need something.
Maybe two seasons ago the games were good. Not my experience this season. People have learned how to manipulate the SR system into giving them more SR than they deserve. Perfect example is a player named Dimes on PC. Dimes is a good player, I've played against him many times. He's been one-tricking Sombra this season and has a 40% winrate. Now you would think he should be losing SR for not winning games, but that's not the case. He's been slowly climbing and now sits right around 4300.
Dimes
I've got a 5 hour wait queue. No idea what's up.Err, why do I have a 533 minute wait to join the Blizzard servers?! The fuck?
Edit: 7000 minutes now. Awesome.
I've heard about this issue as well, I definitely hope Blizzard changes the system for Season 6. To encourage flexible hero swapping, it should be 100% based on Wins and Losses.
My experience has been different. I've been like 4200+ on ps4 the past few seasons and when I started playing on pc trying to hit 4000, I could definitely feel the difference in quality of games. Things like bad team comps, bad ult management, etc., were fairly common in the masters skill bracket, and it can be very frustrating a lot of times.
Dead Prince
Banned
Err, why do I have a 533 minute wait to join the Blizzard servers?! The fuck?
Edit: 7000 minutes now. Awesome.
didn't they announce maintenance for tuesday?
There's been a lot of controversy over people "one-tricking" certain heroes like Torb, Symmetra, Sombra, Widowmaker, and Mercy. You might find these people in high rank games who in all honestly are not even that good for being a one-trick, but the system for whatever reason allows them to climb by giving them way more SR for a win than a loss.
Psychoward
Banned
no server/queue issues on ps4
and the event and double xp are still up
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and the event and double xp are still up
))The game takes into account for your individual performance by comparing your stats against the averages of everyone that plays that certain hero. If your stats are above average you'll gain more SR per win and lose less SR per lose. The game rewards you for playing selfish and padding your stats. Playing selfish and being rewarded in a team game is a flawed system.
Some of the easiest characters to abuse this system of one-tricking are Torb, Sym, Sombra, and Mercy
Psychoward
Banned
anyone on PS4 wanna do mystery heroes? I tried doing 3v3 and wanted to kill myself tbh
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
There is quite a few YouTube videos that encourage people to one trick unpopular heroes.
Sr is gained by comparing how you played that hero to how everyone else played them in your skill bracket.
Its grimey as fuck for real.
Edit...JHall explains it better.