Hello everyone. I simply feel there is no longer a place for me in Overwatch. And that is just fine. I am certainly not here to selfishly complain as I suspect there are many players who’ve requested the QP changes that were made and are really enjoying them. Rock on.
The thing is I simply do not play ranked. I personally find the flow of ranked games very restrictive… I’ve had so much more fun in QP where I find great players that are willing to experiment with odd but surprisingly effective teams because they are not so darned afraid of losing rank. They’re having fun. Hey, start off with mostly dps and dive the healers on attack. Even if you wipe it’s fine because now you’re respawning with a full team to wipe whatever players they have left putting you in great position to grab that first point. Try playing a bunch of big bodies with Lucio and a Winston pocketing a mid to long range shooter. Often the other team just won’t have enough dps. Sometimes players fill a needed role with a different class that happens to work for certain situations such as jammed choke points, protecting healers from divers or they’re just really talented with certain characters that can change the flow of the match. Even if only for just awhile to push your team past a nagging obstacle to at least make it to the next challenge to be dealt with. Now that is fun! Of course sometimes we run 222 but I feel we should be able to adapt any way that works at least in QP. Of course we sometimes get people that pick classes that just don’t work. Its ok. Its QP. Don’t yell at him. Carry that newb =P. They’re just learning the ropes.
This brings me to my next point. I reluctantly admit that I’m not quite sure that I can rightfully explain as to why, BUT lol it just feels like the same toxicity that drove me from ranked has somehow now followed me to QP after the changes. I’ve always found chat and coms in QP to be so much lighter compared to ranked. Of course there are exceptions but it feels to me that people in QP are so much friendlier to one another. People are more willing to congratulate the opposing team for instance. It feels great to have a player to reach out to me to give love after I just solo wrecked his team from behind. I even enjoy begrudgingly hitting that endorsement button for a player that outplayed me and won with class and manners. How can I not respect that? We could all laugh about it at the end of the match. Sadly I feel that atmosphere is just gone. Again, I can’t explain or even figure out as to why locked roles would have this affect on QP matches but darn it if it isn’t what I consistently run into now. There is no love between opposing teams. No GG’s from the losing team. No humility or respect from the winning. I don’t even feel the same enjoyment at all when winning. Either we’re steam rolling the other team or my team is getting wrecked because players can’t change to characters that fit their skill set to make a positive difference in the match. So then the foul language and finger pointing starts. Then players quit out of frustration. Now it just feels like QP is nothing more than ranked matches that just don’t have rank at stake but with all the toxicity. How does that happen? Is this in my head? Please let me know if its just me lol.
I’m no pro or anyone special. I’m sure holes can blown through anything I may have mentioned and that cool. I just wanted to share how I got the most fun out of OW for myself. I didn’t like ranked matches. So, I found a fun, stress free, space that worked for me in QP. Sadly I just feel this space is no longer a fit.
Thank you to anyone that was willing to listen to an old man rambling. I’m thankful for all of the fun hours of OW and I wish you all many more.
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