I'm gonna admit, I'm going to be 1 of those salty as fuck people if I decide to play it. I don't care if we lose, I only care if we are flagrantly and offensively terrible, which seems to be commonplace. If I see any sub 1000 heal Mercy's like I did last night (I got the gold medal with Roadhog) the salt will increase tenfold.
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Overwatch competitive mode out today on PC, next week on consoles
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Deleted member 325805
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So did they make any improvements or fix issues from the PTR version?
They may wait on McCree, they are realizing that the nerf has actually screwed up the balance a bit, Reapers running rampant, Genji being tougher to deal with, 0.7 stun too short for all bullets to unload for the kill etc.
And how much do you get per win or match?
The 18th Letter
Banned
Some people like to win, or at the very least have a close competitive match and not a stomp because someone wants to only use D.Va
RandomExpletive
Member
Unless they adjusted it, in PTR you receive 1 point every time you rank up.
Single matches against higher-ranked teams can put you up a whole rank (if you win), but typically you'll need to play multiple matches to rank up.
We don't know EXACTLY how it works, but it's the former. They said very high ranking players iwll be able to afford a golden gun just from one season, others will accumulate points over multiple to buy them.
Phew, awesome. I love this game and I'm decent, but I was worried I'd be locked out of the skins and stuff because I'm not great.
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Deleted member 325805
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So you still eat a loss if a random on your team leaves, I really don't think that's fair. The game should be eligible to leave without penalty nor a loss for anyone not in the leavers party.
Then you have people abuse that. I think the idea is that in the end leavers penalty balances out 50/50 in/against your favor.
jesus, so it's going to take a while. Kinda underwhelming tbh
The Yo Tornado
Member
Second straight game where the other team has ragequit during the match. Hey, if this is how I start 2-0, I'll take it.
I like that there is ranked mode coming, but I don't like this new trend of seasons. I don't have as much time to play anymore, and I feel like I barely start moving up the ranks and then they just reset. I wish things were still like the old days, like Socom for example, where the ranks and leaderboards didn't reset every few months, I think they reset like 2 or 3 times in the games life (Socom 1 and 2).
Just kind of makes rank pointless to me when they reset so often.
Just kind of makes rank pointless to me when they reset so often.
jediyoshi
Member
Except you still have your regular level that's cumulative and that doesn't reset.
You should enjoy this better because over a set interval, everyone is put on an even level again.
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Deleted member 325805
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How do you abuse it? Unless you think a random will "take one for the team". That would be a damn sight rarer than losing rating because of a leaver which is totally out of your control. Winners should still get their win, but no one other than the leaver should lose anything.
Ocarina_117
Banned
Not feeling the sudden death round on payload. The coin flip decides it, easier to attack.
As a person who typically plays healers, I'm so glad that all of the characters in Overwatch are amazing to play so I can avoid this type of poison. It really sucks though, but what you should do then is "if you can't even keep the healer alive, then really who is the shietty player rn" in match chat. Or is that stooping to their level... idk. :/
On topic: I'm so excited for this. I've never really done competitive play before because I was always the "I don't care about multiplayer!!!!!" along with the crappy internet and never really playing on PC, but Overwatch has awakened something within me...............
Didn't they say they'd be removing this?
brianjones
Member
this sounds similar to competitive play in rocket league
I only played that cause there was less chance of quitters
wonder if that's the case here
otherwise golden guns don't seem worth the salt
I only played that cause there was less chance of quitters
wonder if that's the case here
otherwise golden guns don't seem worth the salt
More yelling.
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Deleted member 325805
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And they kept in kill cams? It doesn't seem they took on board any feedback from the PTR.
The general abuse I've seen is that a partial premade group will start throwing abuse, harassment, and trolling at the lone player until he breaks down and leaves. Freeing the group from penalties.
PharMercy only.
Shut your face off that sounds funny as hell!
jediyoshi
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jediyoshi
Member
If you're like me and had to rejoin a comp game to then win, my placement results bugged and still got a loss.
Cynn
Member
Is this your opinion or has Blizzard said something about not doing the patch?
Fun times.
My second game was a payload offense with no healer where literally only 2 of us ever seemed to touch the kart. We didn't even get the first point, even with me spamming that I had Zarya ult ready and begging on mic for anyone to come near so I could shield them.
They won't delay the console competitive patch for McCree like they won't delay it for Torb nerf. The patch is alreay in certification.
PhazonBlazer
Member
Can you queue up with as many people as you want for ranked?
Anyone here with modest to low MMR have thoughts on how well it matches you up? In QP I usually do ok, and playing against a BETTER overall team is awesome because it makes me better, but playing on a team where I am the weak link sucks. How accurate does the matchmaking seem in practice?
OnionPowder
Member
Nope
You put people who abandon in low priority queue just like Dota 2 with other quitters. They then have to win 5 games and they're not able to pick the character they play as and the other team needs at least one person in at the end for it to count.
OnionPowder
Member
KOTH is best of 5
I stand corrected, it's first to 3 (but the game doesn't make this clear).
It shows the extra pips up top, and you don't 'leave' competitive ever, people leaving are just not paying any attention.
Oh, I didn't notice the pips.