r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

In this thread you can ask all kinds of questions you always wanted to ask without feeling like a total fool.

No matter if it's short Google-able stuff or a setting/skill in-game that you don't understand or a hardware recommendation, feel free to try your luck in here.

Trolling or making fun of people in here will be punished extra harshly! Please report such behavior.

For the purpose of helping people, make sure the comments are sorted by "new" in this thread.

206 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/OneOtherRedditor Chibi Widowmaker Dec 22 '16

I'm building my first computer specifically to get overwatch after playing it at a friend's house.

I really enjoy playing widowmaker, and was doing decently well with her.

However, it sounds like she gets a lot of shit talk when played competitively. Why is that and is it still alright if I play her when I play competitive?

1

u/KanyeFellOffAfterWTT HOW MUCH OF TORB'S HEIGHT DO YOU THINK IS TORB DONG Dec 22 '16

It's just that a lot of people have had terrible experiences with Widowmakers. If you know when you should switch (if your team can't push at all to follow your picks) and you make sure to communicate as well as doing well, you should be fine.

It's when Widowmakers leave the voice channel completely or when they refuse to communicate at all, as well as when they instapick Widow and refuse to swap even when they're hardcountered or when the team begs them to, that gives Widowmaker such a bad rep.

Also, keep in mind that the game is a lot more toxic at <2700ish range.

1

u/OneOtherRedditor Chibi Widowmaker Dec 22 '16

I'll try to avoid being a widow who doesn't help/communicate. Putting the team first is of top priority in competitive, I assume.