I don’t know if you can switch regions on console, since that would be tied to your PSN/XBL account. Even then, I recall playing on my JPSN account during the open beta and still got matched with NA players. But on PC, Blizzard don’t care.
Don’t rush. Playing competitive solo has been the absolute low point of the game for me. In one particular moment I was playing rein, shield up, and a Dad just ran past to stop and shoot just past the shield and get killed like 2 second later. I don’t mind loosing games, I don’t even care as much about loosing rank, well I care but I try not to freak out about it., but I want to play with competent people.
By all indications, I think you have to hit like, 50+ for competent people to start showing up. I’ve spend a lot of playtime chilling out in the 60s and people are actually talking things like team comp, grouping up, calling out ults, having plans. You know, the little things.
I need to push 70 anyway, even though I’ve already got the maximum point bonus locked in. Mostly because sitting at 69 (alright) is too tempting.
With that said, I have accepted my role of “guy who is a support main because everyone else wants to have fun”. Here’s hoping Mercy becomes meta again because I got a legendary skin for her immediately after she fell out of favor.
I’m in the 40’s. There’s no hope.
What is funny is that the 30s were way more friendly and people were actually willing to work together. The 40s are hell. People don’t work together. Everyone gets pissy and starts yelling at each other. It’s a shitshow.
If only we the forces of SB could band together and rise up to the challange and WIN FORWARD>
But that’s never gonna happen…
Finished my placement matches just now and got placed at 47. Feels good to be ranked higher than some of the nominees for the Overwatch World Cup teams.
I’d be down for picking like a regular night of the week to play as a team or something. Like every Tuesday or something.
Think I’m free this tuesday anyways. I’m down.
I like a lot of these season 2 changes to ranked:
Every mode using time bank is secret code for stopwatch play
The same kind of stopwatch play Blizzard didn’t want to have in the game, but then ended up using in their own tournament because how the hell else are you going to do this
Praise Mei (note: Mei is Satan)
Season 2 PTR is up: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20243886
[quote]Mei
Blizzard
The Blizzard projectile now pierces barriers
Radius has been increased from 8 meters to 10 meters[/quote]
N-no…
[quote]Genji
Double jump no longer resets when wall climbing[/quote]
Dunno about this change, but
[quote]Dragonblade
Duration of Genji’s ultimate has been reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds[/quote]
good nerf
[quote]Zenyatta
Orb of Discord
The amount of damage amplified by a target with Orb of Discord has been decreased from 50% to 30%[/quote]
FUCK
the most important thing is that they datamined a d.va stream overlay
!
As someone in the battle.net streaming alpha for some reason, this interests me
Upon closer inspection, that is what’s projected in front of d.va in the second screenshot you posted
Oh my god the video
McCree’s ult got a huge nerf - you can’t cancel it and get 50% back anymore.
Mercy got a good buff 20 more hp/s heals, players rezzed can move after 2.25s instead of 3
Lucio’s amped speed boost is only +70% speed now instead of +100%
Hanzo and his arrows are faster now
Hold up, season one is over today? I thought it was Friday.
Oh well, at least I managed to climb most of the way back up to my high rank (high was 69, finished at 68)
Time to play for fun again, I guess. And pick out which golden weapon I want.
Oh I thought I had til the 22nd, guess that’s just olympics stuff oops
Guess I gotta be content with my dead median ranking