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Overwatch |OT9| There is no Cow Hero

_Legacy_

Member
So first game yesterday, we had to defend on Gibraltar. Things were going well at the start until our only dps decided to switch to Widow. He got a pick or two but the change completely screwed us over and the Widow did not change. Then he picks Widow on attack and does nothing, rest of us try to carry but 5 v 6 can be really tough at times.

How do people deal with sort of thing? I sent the person a message and he just didn't care. It's annoying sometimes how my group and I are trying to get out of plat you get people who just throw away games for whatever reason. I wouldn't mind if it was balanced but I'm seeing this more often with randoms on my team than the other. I really think Blizzard need some sort of in-game reporting system to prevent these people from ruining the game for others and putting teams at an immediate disadvantage.

Finished the night 1-2, so not a great day. Hopefully tonight fares better for us.
 

Trickster

Member
So first game yesterday, we had to defend on Gibraltar. Things were going well at the start until our only dps decided to switch to Widow. He got a pick or two but the change completely screwed us over and the Widow did not change. Then he picks Widow on attack and does nothing, rest of us try to carry but 5 v 6 can be really tough at times.

How do people deal with sort of thing? I sent the person a message and he just didn't care. It's annoying sometimes how my group and I are trying to get out of plat you get people who just throw away games for whatever reason. I wouldn't mind if it was balanced but I'm seeing this more often with randoms on my team than the other. I really think Blizzard need some sort of in-game reporting system to prevent these people from ruining the game for others and putting teams at an immediate disadvantage.

Finished the night 1-2, so not a great day. Hopefully tonight fares better for us.

You can't report people on consoles? Lol.

As for how to deal with that, you don't really. You just take the L
 

_Legacy_

Member
You can't report people on consoles? Lol.

As for how to deal with that, you don't really. You just take the L

You can report people via XB1 but it's been a long time since I've been notified that MS have taken action against someone who was trolling and even that does not stop them playing, it's most likely ends with a chat/messaging ban. I think more people would report if it was built into Overwatch, something that would result in the offender not having access to the game for a while, or limit them to quick play/arcade only.

EDIT:
A reporting system for console is supposedly in the works

Hopefully it's sooner rather than later but that is good to hear. There are people seriously ruining this game for others on console for whatever reason.
 

Cappa

Banned
Just read the PS4 patch notes

BUG FIXES

Arcade
Fixed a bug that could prevent Null Sector bots from attacking throughout the escort phase of the Overwatch Uprising brawl
The Overwatch Uprising 2017 player icon will now unlock when you log in to the event
Firing shots while standing on the payload in the Overwatch Uprising brawl will no longer cause accuracy issues for your hero
Turret damage (from Torbjörn and Symmetra) has been increased by 15% in the Overwatch Uprising brawl


The turret damage increase is interesting puts it on level with pc. Shame it's only for arcade
 
So first game yesterday, we had to defend on Gibraltar. Things were going well at the start until our only dps decided to switch to Widow. He got a pick or two but the change completely screwed us over and the Widow did not change. Then he picks Widow on attack and does nothing, rest of us try to carry but 5 v 6 can be really tough at times.

How do people deal with sort of thing? I sent the person a message and he just didn't care. It's annoying sometimes how my group and I are trying to get out of plat you get people who just throw away games for whatever reason. I wouldn't mind if it was balanced but I'm seeing this more often with randoms on my team than the other. I really think Blizzard need some sort of in-game reporting system to prevent these people from ruining the game for others and putting teams at an immediate disadvantage.

Finished the night 1-2, so not a great day. Hopefully tonight fares better for us.

Why should they be reported? They've done nothing wrong. Maybe they thought by switching to Widow they were helping out, maybe they weren't getting the job done with the DPS and thought they'd be better off changing.

Sometimes people can have a bad game. That doesn't mean they should be reported.

Speaking of Widow on consoles, I came up against one yesterday who I'm pretty sure was using a keyboard and mouse. The speed with which they were getting headshots was insane.
 

Naarmight

Member
I do despair with people in this game, I got properly triggered by a 2 stack on my team that went Widow and Hanzo on Oasis, oddly we got destroyed. I asked nicely for one of them to change, and just got ignored, I honestly felt like just giving up, if I was solo I probably would have.

But the best one I was Phara and having a great time until their DPS changed to Soldier and Widow and I could not do anything, so I changed, and instantly someone else picks Phara, then spends the rest of the game flaming the team for not dealing with Soldier and Widow.... (that one we at least won)
 
Even if reporting was on console, Blizzard doesn't consider character picks a valid reason.

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_Legacy_

Member
Why should they be reported? They've done nothing wrong. Maybe they thought by switching to Widow they were helping out, maybe they weren't getting the job done with the DPS and thought they'd be better off changing.

Sometimes people can have a bad game. That doesn't mean they should be reported.

Speaking of Widow on consoles, I came up against one yesterday who I'm pretty sure was using a keyboard and mouse. The speed with which they were getting headshots was insane.

Ok, I probably should have gone into more detail. He was shooting at the floor in spawn sometimes, firing the venom mine on the floor. When he did go out, he went straight into the heat of fights and try to take people out with unscoped fire on the rifle. He was certainly throwing. He started off ok (playing normally and sniping) but either he got tilted for some reason or just decided to give up.

We got rolled and barely stopped the payload which obviously isn't entirely his fault but it certainly did not help.

EDIT: For the record, I'm not complaining about the Widow switch, I've been on teams where we've had competent Windows, especially on Gibraltar. The issue is he was intentionally throwing.
 

MKIL65

Member
A reporting system for console is supposedly in the works

I can't wait to get reported by 100s of people, just for picking Hanzo and getting constant picks...

While McCree and Genji flails their crosshair around, trying to desperately kill a Tracer.

Good game.
 

Foxxsoxx

Member
So I'm around 19 boxes in and literally blues and whites.

Mostly whites...

Lost about 50 SR so I'm in the 2820s now?

Went against the same team 3 games in a row, they had a Rein/Bastion/Mercy combo on Anubis and here my team is having me as the only DPS as Soldier.

I can't even tell you how wrong it went. But we needed 2 healers for some reason apparently...

Then I got a team with a Torb main on attack Gibraltar. I'l let you guys guess how that went.
 
What control scheme do console Mercy players use? I feel she has too many things needed to use with both sticks so the dpad and face buttons no good.
 

Foxxsoxx

Member
What control scheme do console Mercy players use? I feel she has too many things needed to use with both sticks so the dpad and face buttons no good.

R2/R1 are my heal and buffs. L1 to glide to teammates. Toggle heal is preference. Pretty high sensitivity in the 70s for quick turns.

O switches to pistol, L2 to jump. Those are the most important for me.
 

NeoRaider

Member
Why is Blizzard constantly putting me in matches that are literally ending?? In last few days it's been a nightmare. I can barely get in match that isn't already started or almost finished. I left 2 (maybe even 3) of these matches yesterday, because well... i don't wan't to waste my time, and play already lost match for 1 or 2 minutes and i also got disconnected twice yesterday, from 2 matches and i just got this msg when i started the game today:

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WTF?? XD
 
What control scheme do console Mercy players use? I feel she has too many things needed to use with both sticks so the dpad and face buttons no good.

L2 is jump/float
L1 is Guardian Angel
R2 is Heal beam on toggle
R1 is Boost on toggle
Left stick click in is kneeling
Right stick click in is melee
Triangle is weapon switch
Square is reload
Circle is rez

I have guardian angle prefers beam target to off and I also turned off toggle guardian angel.

D pad is just sprays and emotes and stuff.
 

DevilDog

Member
Why is Blizzard constantly putting me in matches that are literally ending?? In last few days it's been a nightmare. I can barely get in match that isn't already started or almost finished. I left 2 (maybe even 3) of these matches yesterday, because well... i don't wan't to waste my time, and play already lost match for 1 or 2 minutes and i also got disconnected twice yesterday, from 2 matches and i just got this msg when i started the game today:

sXeSp6b.png


WTF?? XD

It's free xp
 

komaruR

Member
L2 is jump/float
L1 is Guardian Angel
R2 is Heal beam on toggle
R1 is Boost on toggle
Left stick click in is kneeling
Right stick click in is melee
Triangle is weapon switch
Square is reload
Circle is rez

I have guardian angle prefers beam target to off and I also turned off toggle guardian angel.

D pad is just sprays and emotes and stuff.
Didn't you posted a mercy guide video where it show to use prefer GA so that you can do the no look GA fly back?
 
I'm having pretty bad luck with this event. Out of about 15 or so boxes I've only gotten the Reindhart skin, the one I don't care about. I'd rather get any other than that.
 
L2 is jump/float
L1 is Guardian Angel
R2 is Heal beam on toggle
R1 is Boost on toggle
Left stick click in is kneeling
Right stick click in is melee
Triangle is weapon switch
Square is reload
Circle is rez

I have guardian angle prefers beam target to off and I also turned off toggle guardian angel.

D pad is just sprays and emotes and stuff.

Switch circle and triangle and this is the layout I use for her. It's the most ideal way because you need to be able to zip and float around.

It actually took me from being a terrible Mercy to just being a pretty bad one.
 

Trickster

Member
Never say this.

I still regret when I had risen to around 2925 from 2350 in like 3 days, then made a post here about how my goal for the next day was to get to Diamond.

that one day goal ended up taking like 2 weeks to accomplish lol
 

Chance

Member
Why should they be reported? They've done nothing wrong. Maybe they thought by switching to Widow they were helping out, maybe they weren't getting the job done with the DPS and thought they'd be better off changing.

Sometimes people can have a bad game. That doesn't mean they should be reported.

Speaking of Widow on consoles, I came up against one yesterday who I'm pretty sure was using a keyboard and mouse. The speed with which they were getting headshots was insane.

I agree with this. Widows and Hanzos put in work that doesn't always appear in the killfeed. I had an amazing 25 and 2 game on Dorado the other day on the back of a merely-proficient Widow would always land a body shot at whatever I was shooting at - but I didn't even notice until I re-watched the footage.

Once I thought I had solo'd an enemy Zen and Junkrat as Mercy, but after watching the footage you could see the streak of a Hanzo's arrows quietly cutting through them during the fight.

My silent protector. Had no idea he was even there, when the fight was going on.
 

Rocketz

Member
I still regret when I had risen to around 2925 from 2350 in like 3 days, then made a post here about how my goal for the next day was to get to Diamond.

that one day goal ended up taking like 2 weeks to accomplish lol

I literally needed one win to get diamond after placements and then proceeded to loose 100 or so SR after losing multiple matches in a row. I was so mad at that I haven't played comp since.
 

Maximo

Member
I literally needed one win to get diamond after placements and then proceeded to loose 100 or so SR after losing multiple matches in a row. I was so mad at that I haven't played comp since.

Don't say this...Ill see how my match goes tomorrow.
 
Switch circle and triangle and this is the layout I use for her. It's the most ideal way because you need to be able to zip and float around.

It actually took me from being a terrible Mercy to just being a pretty bad one.

Yeah. I moved ult to circle for all characters since like season 1 as it's just quicker to get to and pull off than triangle.
 

Greddleok

Member
Weird griefing yesterday...

I was doing normal uprising, for my weekly wins, and a three stack who all chose Rein,Tracer and Mercy just wouldn't heal me, and wouldn't fight.
I just stopped playing and would pick up the controller and move around every now and again because I didn't want to get a leaving penalty...but still. So weird, I don't see how it was fun for them. It was just boring for everyone.
 
It's so much better to have it off. Being able to have your beam on who you want it to be on and fly to who you want to fly to, without forcing those to be the same person, is great.

Mostly the reasoning I have. It's nice that if you have it on you can fly to them behind walls but I think it's only a minor convienince to all the additional stuff you now have to do.
 

LiK

Member
Mostly the reasoning I have. It's nice that if you have it on you can fly to them behind walls but I think it's only a minor convienince to all the additional stuff you now have to do.

Who were the DPS for you guys last night? Who did they play?
 
Who were the DPS for you guys last night? Who did they play?

Mostly Soldier and Pharah. Tracer too. But I wasn't Mercy all night and didn't play her unless we had a Pharah really.

Biscuit was our Soldier and Pharah mostly.

Vault was Tracer.

Then when I was with Jam it was mostly the randoms being DPS and we were Tanks.
 

LiK

Member
Mostly Soldier and Pharah. Tracer too. But I wasn't Mercy all night and didn't play her unless we had a Pharah really.

Biscuit was our Soldier and Pharah mostly.

Vault was Tracer.

Then when I was with Jam it was mostly the randoms being DPS and we were Tanks.

No Vault Lucio eh
 
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