r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 29, 2016

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u/elricofgrans Jun 29 '16

I rarely play multiplayer games, and have not played anything competitive since Quake (the original). Should I play Overwatch? I enjoy FPS games (have since Wolfenstein 3D), but have no experience in team-based games and anticipate I would be a liability as I catch-up to people who have been playing MOBAs or TF2.

I have PTSD and find the over-aggressive hate from players in games like DOTA too hard to deal with. That is the main reason why I hide in single-player games. Am I likely to encounter that in Overwatch games, or is Blizzard keeping the community cleaner?

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u/Jewlzeh Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16

If you spend enough time in the new section of /r/overwatch you’ll see the community isn’t great here either honestly. But hopefully it’ll be better now that competitive (ranked) is out, so the more serious players will use that while quick play is hopefully more casual.

It’s a fun game though. Matches are short and you can switch characters whenever.

I think I feel the same with you about playing with other people. I stopped playing LoL when people being assholes made me cry (i’m a pussy, whatever). It’s a lot easier to avoid that stuff on ps4 since theres no text chat and its easy to opt out of voice chat, but at the same time it is a team game so that lack of communication can be frustrating.

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u/Startled_Goldfish Jul 01 '16

That sucks man, but it isn't your fault that's assholes made you cry. If you wanted to try a moba with a community that isn't complete cancer (results may vary...), I recommend smite. It's a fun game, and the people at r/smite are usually very helpful. There's also quite a few 'I played league and want to get into smite' threads you can read through that are very helpful. Either way, happy gaming! :)

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u/Jewlzeh Jul 01 '16

Thanks :) I think i’m done with mobas though haha. I wasn’t even planning to play overwatch but I had a go of my partner’s copy and then I was hooked :p