12 Weeks Without OW

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During the first week of June, I was beyond fed up with the state of OW.

I hated Beta 1, yet OW1 simultaneously felt like trash. I believed (and still do) that the writing was on the wall for this franchise barring divine intervention in the form of Microsoft.

So I consciously quit OW. It helped tremendously that I was falling out with former friends at the time, which were basically the only reason I was still queuing the game. But OW felt terrible. And removing a tank (myself being a Rein OTP) makes the prospective future of tanking a dismal affair.

I then moved on to Destiny 2 which I had been casually queuing since the start of The Witch Queen.

The design of the game rewards the investment of time one commits to the game. At the same time, the design of the game also benefits highly intellectual players to the point they can solo carry the highest tiers of content with ease. It’s honestly wildly refreshing to commit to a title with such high player autonomy.

Overwatch on the other hand has players with literally thousands of hours in the game who are still hard stuck gold. Because longevity in OW simply doesn’t equal skill. Longevity in Destiny doesn’t equal skill either, but at the very least a tenured player is going to have access to some powerful gear and mods that can supplement a carry.

Differences aside, Destiny has been a fantastic experience. And today, we enter the final day of the season in Destiny 2. Tomorrow our next season begins and Arc 3.0 drops.

If you’re interested in Destiny 2, now is the time to join!

The subclass reworks have created an opportunity to impart an individual stamp on one’s guardian and playstyle, making it truly feel like a MMO RPG.

I am entering my 12th week without OW. I would like to return to the title in the future, but it pains me that the current leadership still exists. I know OW2 will be the same BS as OW1 without tangible changes to leadership. I know OW1 is still a hot mess I’d immediately get fed up with too.

As a PVE gamer first and a Borderlands 1 release player, I would love to return to OW2 for it’s PVE. But again, why subject oneself to a title whose leadership is in no way dedicated to competitive integrity, content, or balance?

The only way to enact any change in this title is to quit. Make Blizzard’s wallet run dry and force Microsoft to step in and overhaul the leadership. It’s easier than you think, and I’m proof of it.

TLDR

-OW is terrible because of its leadership

-Same leaders for OW2=Same trash game

-Quitting is the only solution to force MS to overhaul leadership

-Destiny 2 is really cool and has some majorly intuitive and fun content dropping tomorrow

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exactly what the person above said :joy:

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No need to be toxic… OP is simply giving their opinion. Nothing wrong with that.

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If you have so much fun in Destiny 2 and are 100% sure that OW2 will be the same as OW1 then please go to their forums. We have enough doomers here. Dont need more that not even play the game.

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OP has stated numerous times that they quit the game and yet they are consistently here everyday complaining, moaning & groaning over and over and over again. Like, if you’re gonna claim to quit, then quit. I don’t like attention seeking, sorry. :man_shrugging:t4:

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Have you played OW2? Destiny is by no means a perfect game. The balance of that game is beyond any help, sure you can carry games but thats because the game is based on connections, not skill. This is equivalent to one top 500 player facing a bunch of bottom 500 bronze players. Pvp in destiny is all about cheese, I know because I do it. The very best class in the game is hunters and warlocks and titans usually get the short end of the stick.

Ability spam is way too much in destiny, specials (the one shot weapons) are absurdly easy to spam not to mention players spawn with 2 special rounds every single time. heavies (the ultra one shot weapons) spawn every 2 minutes and any team that picks it can snowball after that. The lag in destiny is crazy too, with players taking damage behind walls or dying 2 seconds later out of nowhere after you finished a fight with someone. The hit boxes in destiny are insanely large on a game where everything is mostly hitscan and then we have weapons with insanely high aim assist and bullet magnetism.

If you guys think hanzo shoots logs, players in destiny shoot space ships. I would never ever recommend destiny to anyone wanting a true multiplayer experience. Destiny is at its best on the pve side of things, the raids, the dungeons, the grandmaster nightfalls is where the fun is really at. I suggest you guys stick to overwatch for a pvp experience, that or go play cod. Never play destiny for the pvp, I promise its miles worse than all I described.

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When its the same type of negative post everyday…sure its thier opinion one everyone on the forum is aware of so we really dont need to see it every day. People really overuse the term toxic imo.

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I thought you were going to quit the forums? :thinking:

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Destiny 2 PVP is a joke. Whoever has the highest level gear wins. No skill involved. It’s all about whoever got lucky and hit the RNG jackpot for gear/weapon drops. It’s no better than a BR game where you lose a 1v1 to someone just because they dropped onto some armor and an AR while you dropped on some ammo for a gun you don’t have.

OW has a lot of issues but its PVP is miles ahead of Destiny lol.

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here’s your flag

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Hard pass. Destiny is not the king of its genre. If i was gonna play a game like that it would be warframe.

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You can just play destiny dude, you dont have to tell us about how much you hate ow every day

Destiny is good i play it myself among other things. we dont need you telling us what to play, nobody does

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i dont think i could take 12 weeks off w/o playing overwatch. considering its about the only game i play i wouldnt know what to do with myself. probably just watch movies i havnt seen

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Don’t worry, they quit the forums, and lasted a whole day before posting again to spread more negativity.

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Most posters that are happy with F2P OW and 5v5 being the new direction for OW have been complaining for the game to become something different since 2016.

I didn’t like it either but it’s not forbidden… just like OP complaining on a daily basis isn’t :man_shrugging:…

What is forbidden though is gratuitous toxicity towards other members from this community.

What you consider a negative post is pretty much subjective. There’s nothing wrong with OP’s post. I consider posts that claim a certain happiness about what we’ve experienced on the two betas (which was pretty bad in my eyes) to be negative posts too, as they’re damaging to the franchise and will harm its future.

Still, I don’t think it’s in my right to be toxic towards those posters. They’re allowed to post their opinions even if it’s damaging to the game as the OW team might think they’re doing a great job when they’re not (again, in my opinion).

If I was telling posters that praise what’s coming on October 4th (almost every day) to “take 12 weeks off from the forums for everyone to be happy”, just because I don’t agree with that they’re stating, then I would be massively (and rightfully) flagged and reported by many posters.

Please be respectful to posters even if you don’t agree with them and are fed up with their complaints. You can simply dodge / avoid their posts. That’s what I did from 2016 to 2019 when current people that are happy with 5v5 trashed the game in here on a daily basis…

You can do the same thing I did. Not that hard.

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Destiny is ok. I quit playing because a lot of the content is reliant on having friends who play it.

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lmao dude…

Although I think that people should not report OTPs for not changing, the thing goes both ways.
OTPs should not complain about the game, being how they play a limited version of it.

Is this the FF meme?

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You made this same post 5 weeks ago. If you’re really done with this game, why not leave quietly instead of bloviate about a different game that is irrelevant to this forum? We’re not interested.

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Yeah really tired of the “U don’t agree wif me, ur toxic” crowd lately…

That will show 'em champ, quit! :grimacing:

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“Hey guys if you’re sick of this bad game! Try this other bad game where you have to pay $70 for the content!”