So, the past several matches I’ve played in Quickplay have been me joining a match half-way through and/or with less than 90 seconds left. Of course, it’s not like the match I join is an even battle or I just got added cause someone lagged out/had to leave the match for life reasons. I got added cause either the team I joined wasn’t working well and the person didn’t want to deal with it anymore, or the match was not a 50/50 win chance and instead of fighting a losing battle, they left for a new game.
It both pisses me off, and saddens me that this is still an ongoing problem. Bad enough the game is kinda repetitive, but to constantly join a match just to lose it really makes playing Overwatch an unappealing experience. And yeah, I could play something else, but I really enjoy the characters, the style, the thrill of pulling win outta my butt, and the experience of learning what went wrong when ya lose so you get better makes me come back. But those appeals are getting weaker and weaker as time progresses and I fear that, eventually, the bad will out way the good.
And before ya’ll tell me about “backfill” and the extra experience ya get for joining a match late, let me just say, “Who actually cares about experience points?” You get almost nothing for it except a loot box for leveling up, and a new portrait once in a while. Also, after playing for so long, I have gotten everything in the loot boxes from grinding alone and just get constant repeats with the occasional Legendary item I don’t have (Side note: I’ve been getting a lot more Legendary Chests which is odd, but that might because it has no idea what to give me anymore so it’s like: “Here’s some coins for ya troubles, and may your road lead you to warm sands…”)
Don’t get me wrong, I love getting coins cause paying for event stuff is something I try to avidly avoid (Except the Pink Mercy skin cause F**K Cancer) and getting stuff for time spent playing is nice, but when the process of playing consists of “Defeat” several times or “One minute remaining” the moment you join a match: You’re gonna want to just stop playing.
Anyway, is this a lack of players problem, or is there something I can do to help lower the amount of times I backfill a game? Either way, going on a 6-10 match losing streak cause of backfilling is a bit too much, even if it’s just Quickplay.