Soldato
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There's GM's from Overwatch 1 getting Bronze 5 so ignore the rank it gives you, it's broken
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Still grinding my was through QuickPay games having never played OW1, though the cast majority of games I'm hitting 25-30kills and less than 5 deaths, hell I've had a handful of 25k/0d games as a few of the characters appear to be OP.
How does the competive games work? Same as quick play but with a rank?
How does the competive games work? Same as quick play but with a rank?
correct - basically the same but a bit more serious/team comp etc
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I haven't played OW since the first few months of the first game... is it still really poorly balanced? (also a WoW player so well familiar with Blizzard's inability to balance their game).
personally I think the 5 v 5 is miles better than the 6 v 6. I think so far the changes are excellent.
There's a slight difference in some games modes like escort (push the cart). The first team goes how far they can go, then the teams swap and the other team goes as far as they can go. If both teams push to the finish and have time left over, there's a sudden death where you basically repeat and try to get the cart as far as you can again, then swap once your time is out (or you manage to get to the finish a second time).
The matches in general do end up being a bit longer than QP.
Yeah 5v5 is definitley a lot better, it's a bit less spammy, the shields are also a bit weaker too.
I prefer the changes in this, to previous.
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I’m pretty much 100% playing soldier76 on this as he’s a normal shooter! Normally decent on stats but aware I need to increase my hero portfolio!
Anyone got any decent links to YouTube guides or anything to cover how / when to play each to help learn?
Can and am having a go in practice range, etc but doesn’t give you a good idea really
Anyone got any decent links to YouTube guides or anything to cover how / when to play each to help learn?
Can and am having a go in practice range, etc but doesn’t give you a good idea really
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I just play quick play to learn agents, I'm new to over watch and currently find myself playing Soldier 76, D.va, pharrah & Anna at the moment.
Caporegime
Done my comp games and got placed silver 4, not bad I guess for only picking OW up a week ago.
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Still grinding my way through the quick play in order to unlock comp. Most games I'm winning though so should take too long, im interest to see what rank I get as I'm finding the game incredibly easy at the moment
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I found quick play to be a breeze as well, estimate a 3 to 1 win ratio in that. Definitely a step up in the comp matches, saw some very good players.
I'm definitely enjoying this so far, as others have said less shields is definitely better and games feel a little faster paced to me.
They've confirmed in yesterday's patch notes that the ranking was messed up:
Competitive
Many players were ranked too low during the first week of Overwatch 2, so we are implementing a boost as players continue to play games for those affected by this issue.
Players who were ranked too low could have the feeling of being stuck in this rank. Moving forward, players should be able to climb the ranks in their first rank update assuming they’re supposed to be higher based on their performance.
Players who haven’t ranked will not experience this issue after this patch.
They've confirmed in yesterday's patch notes that the ranking was messed up:
Competitive
Many players were ranked too low during the first week of Overwatch 2, so we are implementing a boost as players continue to play games for those affected by this issue.
Players who were ranked too low could have the feeling of being stuck in this rank. Moving forward, players should be able to climb the ranks in their first rank update assuming they’re supposed to be higher based on their performance.
Players who haven’t ranked will not experience this issue after this patch.
I'm up to Gold 4 support with 2 wins needed for next rank....
Went 5-0 last night with a really nice team - sombra hacking/window sniping - was ridiculously strong on the cart push maps....
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Official Discord is very good for finding players / teams at your rank/level - I would rather do this than grind solo as that can be very very painful at times.
Went 5-0 last night with a really nice team - sombra hacking/window sniping - was ridiculously strong on the cart push maps....
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Official Discord is very good for finding players / teams at your rank/level - I would rather do this than grind solo as that can be very very painful at times.
Caporegime
Jumped from silver 4 to gold 5 
Soldato
7-1 in placements diamond 3 not bad considering i was masters in OW1 on support!
tracer/sombra combos are annoying to play against tho cause i wanna play zen ffs
tracer/sombra combos are annoying to play against tho cause i wanna play zen ffs
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nice....
Sombra getting a nerf along with Dva/Zarya - Sombra is so OP at the moment - Played against a Sombra the other day who was literally off the charts good..... Couldn't get out of spawn hardly without one of the healers getting hacked/killed etc.
Hog feels strong at the moment - I pocketed a Hog last night as Moira and he was superb with hooks/kills/tanking damage etc.
Enjoying 5 v 5 greatly over the old 6 v 6 double shield nonsense.