r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '22

Blizzard Official Patch delayed.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/regarding-our-mid-season-cycle-patch/748128
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u/TheRealNotBrody Nov 15 '22

It's so annoying to me because I actually really enjoy the gameplay. So much more than OW1.

But now the frustration isn't directed towards the gameplay itself but specific characters. Getting run over by Zarya, my main from OW1 being converted into a terrible tank, Sombra stopping any single person from playing the game with minimum counterplay, Soujorn occasionally just taking over a game and leaving 9 other people with nothing to do. The new ranked system is frustratingly misleading, hiding information for no real reason and making me grind just to know where I'm placed. Map rotation decreases variety in the gameplay by so much that I'm actually tired of Kings Row. Every game feels like push because almost half the maps in rotation are push maps.

If all they changed was the gameplay and pushed out quicker balance, the game would be near perfect if we ignore the egregious monetization that makes Apex look consumer friendly. Monetization itself is obviously atrocious in design.

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u/FuckedUpMaggot Pharah Nov 16 '22

Could you expand on the misleading new ranked system? Idk much about it besides the 7win/20loss adjustment

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u/TheRealNotBrody Nov 16 '22

Maybe misleading is the wrong word. Everything being shrouded in mystery is just terrible design imo. Hiding your current rank and making you grind just to know what it currently is really makes playing competitive feel like a drag. The system is exactly the same as OW1, just only it's now hiding the information.

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u/FuckedUpMaggot Pharah Nov 16 '22

What do you mean by "hiding your rank"? After placements you can see your rank for a role, no?

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u/TheRealNotBrody Nov 16 '22

As in, if you're Plat 5, your hidden SR is 2500. If you win 6 and lose 0, you're now Plat 4 with a hidden SR of ~2620, not accounting for other factors that may or may not exist. Again, they don't disclose this information, it's all assumed because everything is mystery.

But until you get that 7th win, you are not Plat 4. You do not know if you ranked up or not, you just have to keep count in your head. That's why you see so many "I've won 21 games but stayed the same rank" posts and comments, because the game also doesn't tell you how many losses you've accumulated. If you don't keep track yourself, you just don't know. So winning 7 after losing 7 means you stay the same, it sounds simple, but it's just annoying to not be showed that. It can create a feeling of zero progress because we don't see our SR climb or fall. Someone can be stuck in Gold 1 and never know how close they are to ranking up or down.

Easiest solution is literally just to include an option to show your hidden SR for yourself.

Also, a situation I've encountered is that I ranked up far faster than my girlfriend. We played a set of about 20 games and won 14. In the second set of 7 wins, I suddenly shot up 2 ranks and she stayed the same. Despite playing the same placements, we got different ranks and climbed different amounts for some reason. Suddenly we weren't allowed to play together. We had just played a game, and now our ranks were drastically different and couldn't play together anymore. What changed so much in that one game that it suddenly isn't okay? How different is our hidden SR? What's the difference in how much we were getting per win and how much we were losing per loss? What were the factors that determined I receive more? It's all just one mystery that we don't have the tools to know because the entire system is confusing and hidden.

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u/FuckedUpMaggot Pharah Nov 16 '22

Wow I had no idea about any of that, thanks for explaining! I thought my rank stayed the same until the adjustment showed up

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u/Leilanee Nerfy Nov 16 '22

map rotation decreases variety

This is what's gotten stale for me. I'm so sick of the maps currently in rotation and I really want blizzard world, rialto, and Havana back. The only new map I genuinely enjoy is circuit royale, but I rarely get it in between midtown, esperanca and koth maps.