Overwatch thread

Breaking news, overwatch ranked is a steaming pile of horseshit

At least LoL has basic rules of how the game operates, but this.... it's just garbage

Breaking news, overwatch ranked is a steaming pile of horseshit

At least LoL has basic rules of how the game operates, but this.... it's just garbage

Was going to try it tonight but not looking forward to 30-40 minute matches.*

What's your issue with it?

Matches are too uncoordinated, games such as LoL have tried and true team compositions, positions and responsibilities, people have an overview of the arena, and can type more easily. Overwatch has none of those things - without voice comms and a premade team it's just a cluster**** and you can barely influence the outcome of the match.

As you cannot 'power up' you can't carry a game in the same way you can in a MOBA so you're far more vulnerable to incompetent teammates.

Since people can pick whatever heroes they like the bad players all pick soft damage classes, so the experienced (and naturally more mechanically skilled players) are forced to pick tanks and healers and pray their teammates can aim, or also roll damage classes and watch their team get stomped by any vaguely coordinated defense.

Basically if you're not in a premade team of 6 you are merely rolling the dice as to whether you win or lose, since everything is a team-fight and therefore its more important to bring numbers to bear than to have specific skill for 1-on-1 scenarios. The best sniper specialist will still be useless if the rest of the team refuses to pick a class that removes the reinhardt blocking all their shots.

Who are all your 5 favourite and most hated heroes to play as?

Actually completely agree with this. Out of my first 15 matches about 5 were wins as people would go random heroes forcing me to support and then they would ALL run off ahead of a payload or run in one at a time.

With people I've played with that I enjoy playing with I add and form groups with regularly. It is so much more fun playing with these guys that I group with since it isn't an uncoordinated mess and if we lose its much better than with randoms who cause it to be a cluster**** and make you just get pissed off. Also playing with bad ransoms also keeps you with them a lot because of ranking.

First day I had a third win rate but with some of the people I group with its gone up to 46%.

Can actually have more complicated strategies like doing double winston sweeps on Gibraltar or *cough* scumbag 4 D.va rush on King's row. Always try and add people you enjoyed playing with who (even if you lost) played well with you.

Can only recount one game which one person carried where a tracer teared apart the enemy team and had 71% elimination contribution.

But yeah before I grouped with some people it was hellish to play at times. Also you can get those ***** who don't even play competively and if you try to give commands they will reply in some annoying voice like "come on guys play better".

The issue exists in quick play but obviously that ain't competitive mode and I just abandoned teams who annoyed me (not to say a losing team but a team that is so irritatingly uncoordinated, unbalanced and has members who play their single fav character even though it has no use in the mode).

Who are all your 5 favourite and most hated heroes to play as?

Matches are too uncoordinated, games such as LoL have tried and true team compositions, positions and responsibilities, people have an overview of the arena, and can type more easily. Overwatch has none of those things - without voice comms and a premade team it's just a cluster**** and you can barely influence the outcome of the match.

As you cannot 'power up' you can't carry a game in the same way you can in a MOBA so you're far more vulnerable to incompetent teammates.

Since people can pick whatever heroes they like the bad players all pick soft damage classes, so the experienced (and naturally more mechanically skilled players) are forced to pick tanks and healers and pray their teammates can aim, or also roll damage classes and watch their team get stomped by any vaguely coordinated defense.

Basically if you're not in a premade team of 6 you are merely rolling the dice as to whether you win or lose, since everything is a team-fight and therefore its more important to bring numbers to bear than to have specific skill for 1-on-1 scenarios. The best sniper specialist will still be useless if the rest of the team refuses to pick a class that removes the reinhardt blocking all their shots.

Yea, especially when you don't communicate you have people solo rushing the point and dying instantly. I try to tell my team to group up but they never listen.

Its weird... but games have returned to their somewhat coordinated selves AFTER I tanked the first 4 games... maybe it's just because everyone is getting thrown in at the middle elo tier so theres a mix of total idiots and veterans. Now I'm around 35-45 we're actually seeing team comps again

Yea, especially when you don't communicate you have people solo rushing the point and dying instantly. I try to tell my team to group up but they never listen.

D.Va rush on Volskaya Industries is the best. Three D.Va's and a Lucio go left. A tank and an offence character go the normal route to keep the enemy occupied. It works almost every time.

Currently at 43 skill level. I can't see me getting much higher than 50 this season.*