I have been playing ow2 almost everyday since it came out (i did not play ow1). I main sojourn who Im sure you know is a very flexible character if you’re good. I hit my rails and i consistently carry games (yes i know thats become a cliche to say that). Even though i have put hundreds of hours into the game i cannot get out of the metal ranks no matter how well i do because there are simply too many variables to push my winrate past 55-60%. As time has gone on the devs just seem to make the matchmaking worse and the game more and more chaotic and unbalanced to the point where i feel as if the game has been intentionally designed to stop the player from having any agency in the game unless they have actual pros coaching them to become god-tier players. I mean it only makes sense that the reasons why they never seem to make the right choices for balance patch after patch isnt because they are incompetent but because they want you to pour countless hours into the game. Forever chasing a fruitless goal that you will never achieve so that you will be so invested in the game that things like skins and whatnot become relevant to you. Maybe this isnt news to anyone but ive had enough and i will be moving onto different games
true post. i actually stopped playing ranked actively at the end of season 35/36 … I. would outdamage my DPS on any role i played, tpo the point where it actually got annoying.
Like how is my DPS NEVER able to outdamage me? I just stopped playing ranked and stuck with QP.
tried rank yesterday and got the DUMBEST MOTHERFUCKER possibly on the internet bringing my team down. Turned that shit off.
Thank you. This is actually one of the best points here for anyone who is frustrated with overwatch. I have actually done this and thats how i got to diamond after LITERALLY BEING HARDSTUCK IN SILVER for nearly 6 months on my main account. I made a new account and got easy diamond but now that this newer account has started to age i have plateau’d again (even though i dominate games in diamond and plat) and the thought of making another account just pisses me off. Like why should i have to do that to have my skill reflected? And thats partially why i feel like the game design is predatory
There is a system that is built in to try to dissuade smurfs that places new accounts in an overly high rank to keep them from dominating low rank lobbies. Your highest placement is not representative of your actual skill. Your account has “plateau’d” because it’s bringing you back down to your actual rank as the system gains more information about you through repeated play.
All the people saying how easily they got to GM on new accounts are full of shit and unintentionally using this system to brag without knowing they’re just telling on themselves. Play 200 games on your diamond account and tell me where you are then.
If you are good enough you will climb. There’s a lot of bronze to gm video that prove this too.
I start in gold and end up as diamond in a single season. Sometimes even reach master.
If you keep blaming your teammate you’ll never move up unless you really are just that good.
Those videos are of course pro players. I can do placements and reach diamond or maybe masters (which i have never reached) if i really tried but like i said i feel like i would need coaching or to play the game a very unreasonable amount to do so
If you have a 55-60% win rate you should be climbing.