Use the "Overwatch Endorsement" method with Matchmaking

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Connect it to lootcrates or atleast loot in general somehow with a visual meter that shows your current loot-“standing.”

Watch how people will immediately start behaving really nicely.

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ya, really was just going for a phrase that was less foul than d-bag…

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Seriously this is a terrible idea. SKILL matters more than anything else. Last thing I want to be is matched with some cow dung for brains players just because I didn’t tell anyone what I really think of them in my matches.

Never gonna happen.

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I expect they will do exactly this once they finish the role rework then they can build an overwatch lfg system and implement endorsements

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Not for matchmaking they won’t. Blizzard and this game would be the laughing stock of the entire gaming world if they did.

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Here’s what these endorsements really mean to OW players:

Shot Caller - Carried the game, Made huge calls/plays
Good Teammate - Played an important role in the game but didn’t really carry. Some player give this to carries too though
Not a wanker - Completely extra in the game, something you give as a punishment to make it seem like they’ve got less Shot callers and Good teammates, troll player, an angry player you wanted to make even more mad, consolation trophy

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The third “version” was a joke - really just need the positive spin of endorsements.

Thanks for the heads up, Amei - a well done and better version of a similar suggestion to mine, very thoughtful of you to share. Having someone keep a close eye on the forums is super helpful.

Watching Endorsements being used in Overwatch its nice. I think, in QM, less in HL and TL, it would make fore really enjoyable games with less snarky comments. Not sure why it would be a laughing stock, particularly for more casual matchmaking: the forums are vicious and suggest the game is doomed. only comments seen on MVP process say its lame, endorsements are a at will opt in strategy and is a positive feature, AI is pretty capable.

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Explain how this wouldn’t be abused the way that the report system is abused now.

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So never because it takes them months to execute simple things like the role rework of which you speak.

It would literally take about an hour to change the lines of code that define, say, Medivh as a specialist to support. And then push the update to live.

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The endorsement system has been working really great in Overwatch, I see no reason for it to not be added here, since this game has a habit of taking ideas from Overwatch anyways.

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Oh boy do you not work in software development. Here’s the steps to change one line of code.

Gather exact requirements from product owner.
Do impact analysis and determine exactly what needs to be changed and how.
Conduct unit testing.
Peer code review.
Code sign off.
Playback session with product owner to confirm change is what they want.
Sign off from product owner.
Make code change.
Unit testing.
Walk tester through the change and define test cases.
Deploy code from development region to test region.
Tester conduct end to end testing.
Test sign off.
Sign off from product owner.
Update documentation.
Patch notes.
Code from test to live…

Changing “one line” of code takes a week if you are lucky.

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Okay. It’s been several weeks. What now? It’s inexcusable that Blizzard, one of the largest gaming companies takes so long to implement simple quality of life changes.

Even with your lazy approach, again, it does NOT in any actual world take THIS long to do what everyone wants.

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Well as we understand it it’s a lot more than one line of code, they need to add new UI elements, reclassify every hero into new categories, add a tags system and rework the match maker to understand the new classes and tags. Wouldn’t surprise me if we are talking about hots 3.0 at that point.

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I hope the OW like system never comes to reality.

I am so tired of all these blue-haired soy-boy non-competitive people wanting friendly games. I WANT GOOD GAMES.

“OMG, he told me I am terrible at X hero! That hurts my feelings! Lets ban him!”

That is what wrongs with people. You probably got told you lack skill since well – YOU LACK SKILL at said hero.

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Wow, let’s not implement your safespace here.

So tired of you edgy snowflakes getting so triggered when they get culled from the playerpool and told theyre toxic and lack manners since well - YOU LACK MANNERS.
Stick to 1on1 darts. You dont have a team to drag down with your inability to build a synergizing team.

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Oh im sorry, I was unaware that manners help you position better, get more skill shots, learn when to camp, defend, retreat etc…

News flash: They dont.

The overly sensitive army of humans are ruining gaming. Just like they ruin sports – did you know at some elementary schools they dont even keep score now?

Also I wasn’t targeting YOU like you are personally attacking ME. So change your post. Last warning.

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Woah, dont get so sensitive about it now, no need to act so defensively.
It’s okay that you were oblivious as to how good teamwork helps you further not just your performance but that of the entire team.

Good teamwork is a crucial skill in a team-based game.
Don’t see why anyone should reward abysmal performance and the worst case of reduction in matchquality.

Newsflash: If people don’t have team-skill in the real world out there in a team-environment, they get fired - There’s no protection there and no boss to tell you that youre perfectly fine employee when you insult your co-workers again.

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I’m not sure if you’re trying to communicate or just making noices :thinking: