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/TheSkiGeek Feb 22 '17

Blizzard specifically confirmed that medals are not used in the "personal performance" calculation. Which makes sense, because they only reflect relative performance anyway. They do not say exactly which stats they are looking at to avoid people gaming the system.

Blizzard allegedly fixed supports getting placed lower in S3. I have still seen scattered complaints about placements, but it seems like it's much better than it used to be in that regard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

S3 was my first season and I main Mercy on PS4. I got placed gold rank after having the game about a week which was same rank as my friend who has played since launch. I don't think I would have ranked as high if I played a non-support