Overwatch

So, I just had the derpiest death yet in Overwatch - I was having a 1 vs 1 with a Diva (sans her mech) and was just about to finish her off when her mech was called and smashed me to death.

Hanako Ikezawa I guess it was only fair, earlier this evening my friend slept a Diva that was calling her mech (the mech just... dissolved) and while she was laying on the ground I whipped out my Mercy pistol and finished her off. Poor girl!

Playing as Reinhardt on Hanamura, I tried to charge from the front lines back to the point but I missed the bell and went off the side.

That's true, but a good game shouldn't require you to have friends to play with all the time to get something out of it. Most of my friends aren't as good at the game as I am and if I wasn't playing competitive I'd play something else. If I played at their rating, the teams we'd face would probably cause them to pull their hair out. The quick play aspect gets dull and repetitive really quickly. Competitive as solo queue experience would retain it's appeal much longer if they ceased letting premades face with and against solo queue folk.

If you use it as something you just put on now and then when you have a 6 stack ready to go then it's great, but for me I play very few games at the time. I'd like to get fun out of my games no matter what time it is and whether or not my friends are online. Currently Overwatch fails to deliver on that front.

Hopefully there are more drastic changes coming to the matchmaking and few more interesting heroes, then I would consider it worth the money spent on it. As it stands it doesn't offer much of a progression path for those who desire it. Your progress is largely based on lucky with the boxes or grinding some golden weapons in Competitive.

I have high hopes for the future, but as it stands now I wouldn't recommend it as purchase to any of my friends who don't yet have it, unless it comes at a discount.

I have Mei equipped with the "Sorry, sorry!" Voice line so that I can apologize every time I cut off my teammates with an ice wall.

My sins are bunny hopping and extending myself too far as Reinhardt and Mercy.

1.Mostly using an ult too quickly. A lot of the time I use it almost as soon as I have it.

2. Playing Symmetra when there are already too many supports. I like playing her on maps like Anubis because the teleporter can make a huge difference, but sometimes I just leave the team short handed.

Disagree Overwatch sold itself as a game that is dependent on communication and teamwork. Unlike other FPS PVP shooters you cant simply carry games on youre own. Unfortuantly most pugs in this game are horrible but that's hardly the fault of Blizzard.

What drastic changes would you like to see exactly? Given the emphasis on teamwork it would be very tricky to rebalance heroes without breaking the balance. I would like to see more heroes also. The one thing that really annoys me is the lootbox system in this game. If you unlock a skin it should ve removed from the potential drop list, it's very annoying seeing the same legendary skin dropping.

ALTBOULI Wait, so you're the one that always kills my poor innocent Mercy who just wants to say hi and be a good sport?! Not cool!

I was talking about team balances as in players and player compositions not heroes. I'd take all premades out of solo queue to start off with. I uninstalled the game until something along those lines has been done. As the one sided roflstomp matches aren't fun. I've played a couple hundred matches this season, my place on ladder shouldn't fluctuate too heavily anymore, but it does. Mostly due to having teams with different sizes of premade groups. Solo queue seperately, then maybe put two man teams and four man teams together, three man teams to their own, then 6 man teams on their own. Five man teams I'd say to be out of luck when it comes to ranked.

I and many others would rather have longer queue times if it meant more even matches.  It isn't fun when your team gets 1 premade of two and opposing team gets two premades of three. The level of communication and coordination alone will put them ahead in most cases. It doesn't turn it into complete unwinnable scenario, but it stacks the odds heavily against the team that has smaller and less premade groups in it.

It makes the rating drops annoying when you get matched against those odds again and again. Especially with the effect, that causes you to lose more rating if you've lost two or more in a row. One streak of bad luck can set you back a lot. 

That's a shame. Support characters are the people I always vote for unless someone else has like the 3 or higher gold medals since that is impressive or if it is something hilarious.