No, I think it's the other way around. You can't lose Silver, Bronze, Gold or Diamond once you've earned them, but you can lose Master/Grand Master (either through losses or skill decay).Inaccurate. You don't drop tiers after reaching Diamond Tier.
Medals don't really mean anything.
No, I think it's the other way around. You can't lose Silver, Bronze, Gold or Diamond once you've earned them, but you can lose Master/Grand Master (either through losses or skill decay).
Medals don't really mean anything.
Who do you play?
Whats wrong with Rank 50?
I went from 54 to 35. It's hell in the thirties. I 3x or 4x gold medals every match but keep sinking in ranks because of other awful players who insist on playing Genji/Sniper lady
Isn't there already a 30+ minute ranked penalty for people who drop games, and bad offenders get banned?Will people stop dropping from games? No? Pass.
It's coming.Now just nerf discord orb, thank you.
Whats wrong with Rank 50?
I went from 54 to 35. It's hell in the thirties. I 3x or 4x gold medals every match but keep sinking in ranks because of other awful players who insist on playing Genji/Sniper lady
Balance feels decent right now in average ranks except for Mei (not good), Mercy (inferior to Lucio/Zenyatta/Ana combos), and Widowmaker.It's coming.
Also possible Mei buffs, which is sickening, quite frankly.
Whats wrong with Rank 50?
I went from 54 to 35. It's hell in the thirties. I 3x or 4x gold medals every match but keep sinking in ranks because of other awful players who insist on playing Genji/Sniper lady
I think they can rework Widowmaker to give her more mobility and other advantages without returning to her devastating instakill power. Other characters that could use some sort of rework rather than a straight buff: Hanzo, Bastion, Symmetra.Balance feels decent right now in average ranks except for Mei (not good), Mercy (inferior to Lucio/Zenyatta/Ana combos), and Widowmaker.
Widowmaker can probably never be good in average rank games without pro games being dominated by her, though.
You can't always carry every game.If you're really a rank 54, you'd be CARRYING a rank 35 team and winning every game. I'm rank 63 and have a bunch of friends in the 40s I join for quick play. I can get on one of my best characters and put the team on my back all the way to victory. 35 is probably closer to your true rank than 54, and that's okay.
Decimals look less neat, and this brings the competitive currency more in line with the cosmetic currency.
But why do you even care about this?
Balance feels decent right now in average ranks except for Mei (not good), Mercy (inferior to Lucio/Zenyatta/Ana combos), and Widowmaker.
Widowmaker can probably never be good in average rank games without pro games being dominated by her, though.
Oh and Bastion/Pharah are bad to awful against good players, but work in average ranks.
If you're really a rank 54, you'd be CARRYING a rank 35 team and winning every game. I'm rank 63 and have a bunch of friends in the 40s I join for quick play. I can get on one of my best characters and put the team on my back all the way to victory. 35 is probably closer to your true rank than 54, and that's okay.
You can't always carry every game.
They mean you're performing better than the rest of your team in specific metrics. In this case, two of those metrics involve playing the objective (which are also the only two metrics for objective play). I'm curious as to what this person should be doing to improve their team's play, if you're really taking the stance that somehow it's this person's fault their team is losing.
Medals just show you're doing good by simple numerical standards in relation to your teammates, not how far ahead of your team you are. Having a gold medal in something doesn't mean you're playing well, it just means you're doing better than others in your team in that particular category.The value of medals as an indicator is overstated since elims is just based on getting a hit in and damage also includes hitting shields but they're not worthless either. Having gold damage, elims, obj elims, and obj time probably means that you're at least pulling your weight.
Also, I can't remember the last time I saw a player quit a competitive game before it ended (as opposed to DCing and rejoining).
Maybe it happens more at lower ranks?
Not really, there is no carrying in the traditional sense in Overwatch. You can be a really good player, both mechanically and strategically, but if you're stuck on a team with little to no coordination you aren't gonna do shit. Just watch pros (surefour, seagull, greggo, etc) stream solo queue matches. If they can't carry some of those, then you're sure as hell not carrying anything.
This is true. But if you are legitimately much better than a 34, you can drag your team up on balance over time. I went from 43 up to 56 this season, and I played mostly solo queue to do it.You can't always carry every game.
I'm 56, and I honestly think I haven't seen a leaver in my last two dozen games or more. A few DCs, sure, but they come back.What is "lower ranks" in this case? Below 70, 60, 50...? Leavers in 50s are super common.
Medals just show you're doing good by simple numerical standards in relation to your teammates, not how far ahead of your team you are. Having a gold medal in something doesn't mean you're playing well, it just means you're doing better than others in your team in that particular category.
My point is you don't drop almost 20 ranks just because of teammates no matter how many medals you have to show for it.
But the current system takes personal performance into account lolSo it's still not really taking personal performance into account, which is kinda disappointing.
If you are 20 ranks above the rest of the players, it's easy. Level 60 is top 6% of players, extrapolating that down to 35 you're probably looking at bottom 2-3% of players. If you're slightly above average (rank 54) you should have no difficulty wrecking the worst of the worst.
This is true. But if you are legitimately much better than a 34, you can drag your team up on balance over time. I went from 43 up to 56 this season, and I played mostly solo queue to do it.
A huge part of the problem is players thinking they're the "triple gold medal DPS carry" and picking Genji/Reaper/McCree the majority of the time. It's easier to put the team on your back with, e.g., Lucio, Zarya, or current-iteration Zenyatta.
Go to overbuff.com, look at your winrates. Any hero you have <50% winrate with after 10 or more games played? Stop using that hero.
I'm 56, and I honestly think I haven't seen a leaver in my last two dozen games or more. A few DCs, sure, but they come back.
But the current system takes personal performance into account lol
But all those others teams also trickle in and get ganged up on.You two should come down into the late 30s and tell me again that it's "easy" to consistently carry when you're down here. I don't care how good you are, you can't fill multiple roles at once and can't do much about teams that consistently trinkle and being ganged up on. 1v6 can only go so far if you keep getting matched up with the same folks with no way of stopping it.
He's great. Hopefully he will keep on being reasonably open about what's going on in forum posts and these videos.i'm loving the OW team over every other team that blizzard has. Jeff being the face and coming out and talking so often is a godsend
Quitting out of competitive needs to be treated even more seriously.
It wastes everyone elses time when someone does it, and it is incredibly rare to see a team win when they're down a player.
So it's still not really taking personal performance into account, which is kinda disappointing.
But all those others teams also trickle in and get ganged up on.
Which heroes do you play? Do you fill needed roles? Do you ask your teammates to switch if the comp isn't ideal (and politely explain why it isn't ideal)?
But all those others teams also trickle in and get ganged up on.
Which heroes do you play? Do you fill needed roles? Do you ask your teammates to switch if the comp isn't ideal (and politely explain why it isn't ideal)?
This encourages people to either strategically leave or to bully others into leaving.I really think if someone leaves they should incur a full penalty and everyone else on the team should have half the penalty they would normally if it's not in the final bit of the match.
If you're really a rank 54, you'd be CARRYING a rank 35 team and winning every game. I'm rank 63 and have a bunch of friends in the 40s I join for quick play. I can get on one of my best characters and put the team on my back all the way to victory. 35 is probably closer to your true rank than 54, and that's okay.
You two should come down into the late 30s and tell me again that it's "easy" to consistently carry when you're down here. I don't care how good you are, you can't fill multiple roles at once and can't do much about teams that consistently trinkle and being ganged up on. 1v6 can only go so far if you keep getting matched up with the same folks with no way of stopping it.
Do you ask your teammates to switch if the comp isn't ideal (and politely explain why it isn't ideal)?
Yes, constantly! Especially if you're polite and patient and explain it isn't a slight on their choice or their prowess.Ha! Does this ever actually work for you?