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r/Overwatch•
Ricky49

Guilt picking Widowmaker. (a slight rant)

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I admit it! I'm a bad Widowmaker so every time I pick her I feel guilty that I'm not gonna be able help my team much.

But this means I never get to practice with her. So when I do pick her Its not uncommon to get

"You suck/keep missing, we need a tank/healer pick Reinhardt or Mercy"

Well...

Hopefully when competitive comes out I can point people that way.

But for now I'm sick of being told I can't play certain heroes. Please don't tell other people what classes to pick even if they are doing badly. Maybe its because we play tanks and supports mostly and perhaps we want get better with other heroes you know the ones other people get to play all the time.

Posted Jun 23, 2016, 1:29 PM UTC

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Gentlemen_CakePixel Zarya•

People just need to chill, I get its not fun to play with shit team comp when vsing a good team comp, but it's casual man, I'll fully understand you ranting and raving about my bad team pick in comp, but maybe I just wanna play some Genji, or widow or bastion or something dumb because, contrary to popular belief, it doesn't matter right now, it's only casual.

Save your bitching for compatible I say

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Prince-LeeJunkrat•

Honestly, the practice range is really good for things like this! I've sunk about as many hours as you into the game, but I still go back there regularly to fool around with heroes I'm not used to playing as much yet. With its variety of moving targets and lots of places to grapple up to, I think it's probably pretty well-designed for practicing with making shots with her.

I mean, nothing wrong with just playing her and jumping in since it is only a game, but this is another way to get the experience without having your teammates being crybabies about it.

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morepandasBoop•

Just gonna say practice range is really bad for actually skilling up widowmaker.

AI matches are pretty bad too.

The majority of the success of a widow is positioning, and getting that first shot off without anyone even knowing you're there. None of that is taught in practice range or AI, where they move predictably and also have perfect awareness.

Also I can hit everything in the practice range very easily, but I am still very terrible at widowmaker.

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Prince-LeeJunkrat•

That's true. But for getting practice with just plain accuracy? It definitely has its uses.

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Avery_RichmanPaxel Zirya•

we need a tank/healer

Not really a complaint about how good you are other than you are not carrying them to the point of not needing a more versatile team.

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K_DubbersChibi McCree•

I think this will ease off once competitive play is released... Assuming you stick to playing the heroes your comfortable with in ranked play and only trying new heroes in quick play.

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