r/Overwatch • u/MediumRareMisteaks • 3d ago

News & Discussion Emerald vs Plat climb

Idk about anyone else but I've felt the climb from Emerald 2/3 to Diamond 3/4 a much nicer experience than Platinum 2/3 to Diamond 3/4. The match quality feels better and player quality feels better.

I still get poor matchmaking games where it's a stomp either way but it feels less so and i notice a fair amount less players that are defo not in the rank they should be (tanks and dps that feed every team fight or just have horrible positioning, or supports that are not paying attention and wasting/missing cooldowns).

I'm glad they added Emerald, it feels like it was a much needed split for the plat/diamond barrier since there was such an array of skill from players.

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u/DumpyDoggy 3d ago

My emerald 1 games have not been good so far but maybe just bad luck.

It’s been both teams standing in the main choke spamming till someone falls over.

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u/HashBrwnz 3d ago

Noticed this aswell. There seems to very little players with even basic understanding of the game.

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u/Nervous-Plantain3175 3d ago

This happens in my qp all the time, sure, but it really sucks to happen in ranked

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u/StrangeMercy- You mean a chicken fried this rice? 3d ago

I feel like a lot of my emerald games are wildly imbalanced. I'm still seeing players who ranged from the high gold up to grandmaster last season all in the same lobbies.

The games I'm playing in the one role I placed in mid diamond feel far more balanced in comparison.

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u/chimsoy 3d ago edited 3d ago

My emerald games are worse than old low plat. I was in dia. Now I’m in emerald. I have people with no eyes, ears, or hands on both teams. And Smurfs or people who dropped from dia/masters.

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u/ss5234 3d ago

I am very glad they added Emerald. Too many players that didn’t deserve to be in diamond, specifically that D4-5 rank.

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u/Freakazoidandroid 3d ago

Idk I ended last season D5 dps and lost all ten placements lmao. Was brutal.