Unfun/ No skill heros/abilities in competitive deathmatch

[FatBluDragon-2951]

I already answered a similar post about competitive FFA, skill, and why Competitive FFA doesn’t work so I’m just going to past it here:

@FatBluDragon-2951

This game mode has actually a really low potential as a competitive game. I do not hate the game mode but I only explain why it doesn’t work as a competitive mode:

1. Point System
   As in any other death Match, you get points by dealing the final blow at an opponent. Just like you explained, the amount of damage dealt doesn’t matter. Heros with high hits per second like Moira or Symmetra are thus in great advantage.

2. Overwatch - the asymmetrical hero shooter
   This game is no ordinary shooter: Each hero has their unique gameplay mechanics with their advantages and disadvantages. Naturally, some heroes can outplay or counter others and a “Rock-Paper-Scissor” system occurs where your chances of winning differ against each hero. This makes a “fair” deathmatch impossible and leads to “meta-picks” where everyone chooses the hero with the highest average advantage against other heroes.

3. “Skill” in deathmatch
   Since the only way to get points is to deal the final blow, it only shows what your skills in kill stealing and survival are. Overall performance doesn’t matter at all and might not affect the rankings. Due to the asymmetrical hero roster, each hero has a counter. This makes measuring performance impossible because you will win against one hero and lose against another, even if you perform equally well in both fights.

Due to the Points system and asymmetrical hero roster, deathmatch cannot show your performance and skill in fighting, which is why competitive FFA is apparently failing.

The only way to create a truly competitive FFA ist to, first, change the points system (Example elimination = 1p; final blow = 3p; win at 60p) and, second, to force every player to play the same hero, so no one has an advantage or disadvantage.

However, I highly doubt that anyone in Overwatch would like to play an FFA game where you have to play a specific hero that might not be your favorite one.