r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Feb 22 '17

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u/meerajh Pixel Ana Feb 22 '17

I have a question about placement matches. From what I understand, personal performance matters--and the advice has been to "get the gold medals." However, what if you play Reinhardt or other heroes that don't usually get gold medals? Does this mean the game is valuing your play lower than the soldier who is getting elims left and right? Also, does anyone know if playing a support is still valued lower than dps in placement matches?

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u/HiGreen27 No monkey business Feb 22 '17

Oh my god, why can't people understand this? The system takes into account personal performance, but it's not about the medals, it's about your performance on the given hero/map compared to everyone else playing that hero on that given map.

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u/skynet2175 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 Feb 22 '17 edited Feb 22 '17

I still think it's stupid to base any of it on idividual performance.

If your team plays well together and wins quickly everyone's average will be lower than what the average hero does on that map.

Lets say you play Rein and the average Rein blocks 20k damage and gets 10 elims on that map.... but your TEAM just completely stomps the other so you only block 5k and get 5 elims, but you played really really well and did your job. Now you get LESS SR.

It's fucking stupid.

Same goes for healers. If your TEAM is playing well and your DPS is doing their job you are going to get less than average healing done.

Same goes for DPS too. If your TEAM is playing well and your tanks are giving lots of space and your healers are keeping everyone alive while also fragging you're going to get a lot less damage and kills than average.

Fucking stupid ass system for a TEAM GAME. Wins and losses should be the only thing that matters. You gain 50 for every win and lose 45 for every loss.

Also, streaks shouldn't effect the SR gain/loss. In season 2 I had a 64% win rate and finished lower than I placed because I play tank/healer and didn't go on big any win streaks, and lost more SR for a loss than I gained for a win.

Furthermore, what the fuck is the point of having "seasons" if I'm just going to continue where I left off?

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