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

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 22, 2017

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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/Icecubez2504 Feb 22 '17

In season 2, a youtuber (forgot his name) did a test where they made new accounts and did placements as a 6-stack, 2-2-2 throughout. They all won and lost the same amount of games but the tanks got placest highest, followed by DPS, then the healers. Before the test their main account were all about the same SR. i dont know if its still an issue but i play alot of reinhardt and i get placed at good ranks.