And far superior of a gaming experience than Storm League.
It could be better but for those player who just want to enjoy the game don’t think that you can’t do that outside of Storm League.
While Storm League does have draft, adding some potential strategy to the mix the reality is that in draft games it’s the same dozen or so heroes every single game.
Couple this with players that are generally toxic and quick to rage quit, it’s a recipe for unnecessary stress and resentment.
Quick Match, on the other hand, provides a challenging environment where the team compositions are often an eclectic mix, requiring players to think fast and adapt to unexpected situations all without the insanity of the progress bar grind that will inevitably consume your attention.
It can happen but it’s also easy to shrug it off and move on to the next game. I find that it happens way less often. My QM games are generally drama free, probably because there isn’t any real penalty for a loss, unlike in SL where a single loss can wreck a days worth of advancement under some circumstances.
While I disagree with pretty much everything you said, I realise it is all subjective and it is a superior gaming experience for YOU and will be for other players.
However having played a few thousand quick match games I understand that I prefer ranked and generally only play quick match to practice something or if there are no ranked games at that moment.
Both modes have their pros and cons but one isn’t superior to the other, it depends on what the player enjoys.
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What is the primary game play EXPERIENCE you get with SL that you feel you cannot get with QM?
I feel there is more on the line with winning/losing points so in general the match quality is higher because everybody is likely to take it more seriously. According to heroes profile my qm mmr is gold and I can say with absolute certainty ranked matches in gold are generally higher quality.
I enjoy the strategy of draft and you usually end up with more balanced matches. Way more chance of ending up with heroes on other team that your team has no answer to.
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I find the complete opposite. The more “serious” player perceive the match, the more likely they are to behave in ways that are detrimental to the overall experience of the match.
I’m playing around plat/diamond level QM and players aren’t any more serious or care free than they are in SL at that level HOWEVER in SL they are way more likely to give up, talk trash, or rage quit the game, effectively demoralizing the team in the process. QM games that I play, on the other hand, rarely, if ever, have any negative chat or game play behavior. Not saying that it doesn’t happen, just that it is rare on a game to game basis.
On you other point, you can still progress in the same fashion as SL simply by looking at your overall and season level stats in the game. A win rate is a win rate, with or without the progress bar spam.
Then we have had different experiences. One of the most common quotes I can remember from quick match is “It’s only quick match” if someone is called out for playing poorly.
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You shouldn’t be calling anyone out for their plays during a game. That’s the quickest way to drive toxicity in a match. Especially in a game where everyone thinks they are the hero that wins the game for their team.
If that’s what you are doing then I can see why you may be experiencing more toxicity then I am. I rarely say anything in chat. On the rare occasion I may prematurely gg (i use it as a motivator for my teammates to show me im wrong, which works out for me in the end). Sometime I might defend a play if someone is being toxic but there is no real point in that so my go to is to just mute those players.
Ultimately, unless you know the player, in which case you should be in voice chat or discord with them, you shouldn’t be saying anything except glhf and gg.
Nah I gotta stop you right here. Most people who do this in QM are [redacted]. Unless you are truly a pro at this game, AI is for practicing, not QM.
You as an individual might be good enough to where it doesn’t really matter much, but the amount of people coming into QM on a hero/with a build that they have limited to no experience on is awful because they just end up feeding and throw the match for the whole team. And in the end, they learn almost nothing because they spend most of their time dead or hiding.
For example, I just had an obviously brand new Artanis on my team literally standing still, back faced to the enemy, taking multiple hits because he was so focused on trying to land phase prism. It didn’t matter that he would end up landing it, because he died multiple times doing this and the enemy gained a level advantage solely from him.
“Sorry I’m new to this hero/build” means nothing when they could have practiced in AI instead of wasting the time of their other four teammates.
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Sometimes yes. New players and the permanently toxic tend to be at the lower end of the match rating pool.
Most times no.
If you spend some time improving your overall win rate you get matched with teammates the aren’t just trolling.
I found that silver-plat SL often play out the way you are describing. Deep bronze, as toxic as it is in many ways, is oddly better players the those other brackets, probably out of some phenomenon unique to the brokenness of the ranking system vs rating system. It’s like a black hole where the laws of physics break down. 
Not flexing or implying i’m this incredible player, there are plenty of players that have played more games/are better than me on these forums but I don’t feel I would gain anything from playing vs ai at this point that I wouldn’t from playing try mode.
I might go in try mode for a bit if i’ve never used a hero but getting stuck in a game vs bots for 20 minutes is not good practice.
As you have said a lot of players use it to practice or play sub optimal builds so that reaffirms what I said earlier in the thread about match quality being lower and me stopping it wont change that.
I didn’t say I was calling people out. Unless you have chat turned off most hots games are not sunshine and rainbows and people are going to question poor play because they want to win.
If you try and shotcall you can get the “bro chill its only quickmatch”. I get quickmatch is some peoples preferred game mode and they take it seriously. However my point is people are more likely to take ranked seriously than quick match which is a reason I prefer ranked.
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I think you are mischaracterizing QM here. There are games that get feisty, but it’s not as common as you are making it out to be. If I have the time I can get you some numbers since I record a lot of my QM games.
I don’t have a similar record of SL games but I do have a lot of ranked games played. My experience has always been that nearly every game has players in it throwing fits in chat.
