Strafe Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I was reading some GM level player saying the new Doom is great so maybe he’s decent at top level. I’m not at top level. I remember quite a few people complaining that OW balances always catered towards the top tier players rather than the general player base. Now I’m reading the reverse. I don’t know but I do know that comp is busted to hell right now and I can enjoy a game of quick play or mystery heroes but it’s not until competitive that the game really comes alive for me. Or at least that’s how it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Yeh I watched the number one doom first he was insane! Your right though, most or dawg shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Iv now played 21 competitive games as healer. I am still bronze 5 after all that 🤮😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I guess the character could be great at a high level, but I guess I'm just basing it on if the character feels fun to actually play, and I don't really get that from Doomfist any more unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Strafe said: I remember quite a few people complaining that OW balances always catered towards the top tier players rather than the general player base. Now I’m reading the reverse. OW1 was, definitely. I think it's bacuse they really wanted the OW league to be a thing. We'll see if that trend continues in OW2. But one thing I've noticed in games and comments is pretty much every toon has been called OP, which is a good sign. It suggests the gooc toons are good because of the player, not the ability.* I've also tracked healing across characters and it's good to see the Lucios and Brigs can keep up with the moiras and anas. And I reckon the rankings have been fixed too. I've gone from bronze 5 in both DPS and supports after straights wins in both for rakings, to silver 1 and gold 3 respectively after two adjustments. Overall I think the game is in a good spot right now. *Not sombra and gnji, obvs. Because fuck them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mikes said: Overall I think the game is in a good spot right now. Having said that, comp has alreayd reverted to its usual toxicity. Had a game yesterday with me and the other support being around 500 points healing less than the other team while our DPS were sitting around 10 kills each to the others' 30 kills, and guess where the DPS players thought the problem lay? Great thing about the ping system is VC is now basically optional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I pushed no less than six players off of the stage with lucio in my last game. It never ever gets old. There's a lot of variety with healers in this and I find myself swapping between them all now which is good. Kiriko is gonna be insane with a good player I can see her shurikens getting nerfed fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Aye. And another thing I've noticed and appreciate is it's easier to pop off and make a serious impact as a support player in OW2. Maybe it's one less tank to worry about, ad the one tank being beefier, but if the situation warrants it you can go full beast mode and carry a fight and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sel Feena Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Never touched Orisa in OW1, she’s a goddamn beast in this. Getting spicy javelin hits feels so so good. Still love D.Va though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, Sel Feena said: Never touched Orisa in OW1, she’s a goddamn beast in this. Getting spicy javelin hits feels so so good. Still love D.Va though You get an environment kill with it yet? It/'s *chef's kiss* Doubly so if it's an ulting Soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sel Feena Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Best I’ve managed is stop a few Reins’ dumbassery but it still made me feel like some avatar of death. It’s weird how her personality has changed so much too given her voice lines. What happened Orisa? Who hurt you?! 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 27 minutes ago, Mikes said: You get an environment kill with it yet? It/'s *chef's kiss* Doubly so if it's an ulting Soldier. I javalin’d a rocket boosting D.Va off the edge in Nepal temple who was trying to shortcut over the void. Probably what heroin feels like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
df0 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 12 hours ago, carlospie said: Iv now played 21 competitive games as healer. I am still bronze 5 after all that 🤮😭 Gold 5 here. Get on my level scrub 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechamonkey Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Modded my Ps5 controller yesterday with back paddles, my Lucio can live again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, df0 said: Gold 5 here. Get on my level scrub 😎 Do you win every game? I don't understand what it's ranking you on as I win most of the games and do loads of healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
df0 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Not at all. I main Moira, maybe the combination of doing good damage and good healing boosts the rating? Yesterday I jumped from Silver 2 to Gold 5, no idea why I skipped Silver 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stock Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I have to agree, the healers lineup is really good in this game. I always used to play healer mainly to fill but now with reduced role queue times I'm finding myself going healer a few times just to get quick games, and then just sticking with it for ages because healer is so fun. With Lucio, Ana, Kikiro and Zen there is always someone fun and mechanically demanding to play whether you're acting as main or support healer. Mercy and Brig I play in certain circumstances but I find Moira boring. With only 1 tank to worry about healing you can concentrate more on healing the DPS and using abilities/outputting damage, especially if your tank is a self-healer, which makes healing more fun in OW2 than just constantly having to top off your tanks. I haven't been playing comp but teams are starting to balance out better in quick play, even though they have removed visible player levels they're still tracking your skill level and doing skill based matchmaking from what I can tell. As a result I've been having some very tight games in role queue quickplay lately which has been fun, and general teamwork/player skill has definitely improved over the week - which is a sign of the matchmaker doing its job. Re: Doomfist, I've only seen him once or twice out of the many games I've played. I tried to play him once and he seems ok if you have the backup, but unfortunately my muscle memory is still on DPS Doomfist and I keep rocketpunching into the forward slam, multiple times leaping off cliffs to my doom . He probably would have felt fine if we hadn't known his DPS form, its just so unsatisfying to punch a squishy into a wall and they survive with half their health bar intact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Yeah. Bronze 5 seems to be my limit. Back to back ranked. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 10 hours ago, df0 said: Not at all. I main Moira, maybe the combination of doing good damage and good healing boosts the rating? Yesterday I jumped from Silver 2 to Gold 5, no idea why I skipped Silver 1. From what I understand the ranking system is based mainly on your personal performance over win/loss ratios. I don't know any further than that. Also, still not happy you can't view and save your replays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I’ve been able to watch match replays, saving them with share capture on PS5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Well, saving the perspective/player I have focussed on at the time at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabMyself Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Got my rankings ‘fix’ for all roles done, was bronze 5 in all of them and went to bronze 4 in support which is my main spec and then bronze 3 in dps and tank which I hardly play! But got another rank up on support and went to bronze 1, jumping 3 ranks. I wish they would just give some indication of what factors in to ‘good play’. I was always a silver player in OW1 at around 1800sr so aiming for a gold rank this season as I’ve got a bit more time to play these evenings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayin Amoh Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I somehow got a play of the game with Brigitte. Sorry, but none of you are ever topping that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sel Feena Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 My main gripe as playing Support. If I swoosh in as Mercy and pull a clutch Valkyrie to save multiple asses I do get salty. Guess it only goes mostly to murderhobo Moiras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Can we all play together now? Would be fun getting some muk teams together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Sel Feena said: My main gripe as playing Support. If I swoosh in as Mercy and pull a clutch Valkyrie to save multiple asses I do get salty. Guess it only goes mostly to murderhobo Moiras It’s easy to get PotG as Mercy. All just need to alt, boost and heal your team simultaneously whilst also switching to your pistol and getting a triple kill whilst not being shot out of the sky and win the game whilst the rest of your team plays shit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafro Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Done my placement matches and got Silver 5 for damage (Mei). Never bothered with comp before so no idea if that's any good or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlospie Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I believe it goes Grandmaster Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Each with five tiers in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I might try this placement thing. I've only played competitive a few times and that was years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Lol. Yeah, nah fuck this. Anyone who DCs should be hit with a 24h ban. I don't give a fuck if your internet is shit and get falsely banned, it's the worst thing about this game. Well that and being bollocked by randos for not being very good. Oh well. Why anyone would deliberately make themselves miserable with competitive baffles me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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