Competitive Broken?
Posted Apr 19, 2017, 12:02 PM UTC
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If touching the point for 1 second with tracer is so easy, why didn't your team do it?
It seems perfectly natural that if your team can't even touch the point for 1%, you deserve to lose because it's such an easy thing to do. Have everyone use all their ults in one push. Use sombra, etc. It's a different game mode from the one before the patch because even getting sub-tick points is crucial.
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I see what you are saying but I disagree.
"why didn't your team do it?" We were attacking first. We did not have the option to simply touch the point for a quick win.
"if your team can't even touch the point for 1%, you deserve to lose because it's such an easy thing to do."
Blizzard directly changed the Eichenwalde map due to the first choke being a bit to much at times. It was enough of an issue that they added another route.
"It's a different game mode than there one from before the match because even getting sub-tick points is crucial."
This isn't very different from the coin flip that they used to have to determine attacking or defending. They quickly removed that due to it giving one team a large advantage over the other.
I appreciate your thoughts on this but I still believe that it's a very unbalanced way to determine a match.
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Attacking first and attacking second does not change how easy it is to touch the point and get a quick 1%. Both teams have the exact same opportunity just like payload maps.
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"Both teams have the exact same opportunity just like payload maps."
I have spent the last few minutes sitting here thinking of every angle and after consideration I do agree. We could have dedicated someone to flank the point.
I still have the opinion that it's easier to have a good defence than a good offence (specially in lower tiers, gold, plat) where there isn't much communication.
I guess that myself and a few others are still (or were) under the impression that it is still based on capturing the point completely and not getting ticks.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I still feel like it could use something better than this but I mostly agree with your statements!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)
Perhaps it would be better if it was based on ticks (thirds) rather than single digit percentages.
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I changed the video title to "Does Competitive need a Change?" After thinking about it. I normally (and do) put alot of thought and research into videos before I make them.
I sat on this video idea for a few days, and like I said in the video "but never made a video about it until I noticed it being mentioned more and more on the forums, reddit, etc." I decided that I would make a video on it.
My videos are always conversation pieces and rarely ever solid statements. I am always open to having my opinion changed or challenged, and when being shown facts that is what happened!
Thanks!
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I personally love competitive, but things of this nature really spoil it for myself and many others. I hope blizzard will take a serious look into this issue! What do you think?