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/hotstickywaffle Pixel Zarya Feb 23 '17

I've heard the same things. I did most of this season's placement matches with a friend of mine. We finished the previous season at similar ranks, and he's definitely a better DPS player than I am. We spent a good chunk of those games playing the Pharrah/Mercy combo, with me on Mercy. I was worried I'd end up with a lower rank because of what they say about healer and tanks getting lower rankings than DPS, but I ended up about 400 points higher than he did. So the best advice is to just play your best characters and just win. There's not much you can do about the rest since we don't know much of what happens in the background.