Moreover, they abuse the wide matchmaking system in quick play. Either low-ranking friend, or alternative low-ranking account.
Today one of those smurfs wrote me a k*s because I said that it’s disgusting to smurf with a stack and sweat in quick play. I am more than sure that such people will not be punished, because they support the game online stats and maybe even buy something
That would be an utterly terrible idea.
There isn’t a way to stop multi accounts. They have things in place, unique phone number and email needed. Past that there isn’t anything you can do within data laws.
Ultimately, if someone wants to cheat they will. If someone wants to buy a bronze account, they will find a way.
If your goal for this game is to just play for fun, that won’t stop you. If your goal is to improve as a player and climb as high as you can, that won’t stop you either.
It is just an unnecessary distraction. Every game as the same “issue”. Marvel Rivals releases on Friday, I recon by the end of the weekend you will see their forums crying about the same sort of issues (they already were during the alpha.)
Is there a way to implement a system that strictly allows one account per person?
I’m sure other companies have implemented a solution that minimizes smurfing and boosting, this issue isn’t exclusive to OW.
I am having the same experience.
I haven’t gotten the first drive reward either, I get dps that go 13-14, 3-10, 2-8. Its ridiculous, I even deranked from d1 to d2 45% thanks to this event. Last drives I played dps as my role of choice and went from plat 4 50% to gold 2 80%… I am now plat 5 1%, recovering after a drive event is difficult when you keep being given human pumpkins who don’t know how to stop dying, I had a dps with 20 deaths and no figure we lost that game.
Today I played 7 matches only 1 win. This past weekend it has been really bad.
I just had a match with a 3 stack new accounts, all smurfs or boosters. Getting closer to that Plat 5 now
I’ve definitely noticed an uptick in players playing significantly better than the rank on their account would suggest. Drives are like early Christmas for boosters.
So you deranked on DPS also… so maybe it’s not your DPS fault, just maybe the drive brings out the smurf accounts, people boosting their friends to get the drive. Maybe Blizzard need to start banning the smurfs. Maybe Blizzard should finally release a solo queue option.
yeh the red drives event I mean, for dps that is. This current purple drives event is the one I deranked to d2 with support
Glad to hear I’m not alone. I also don’t have the first drive reward either. It’s so bad and it’s really sad there won’t be a remedy to this issue.
proceeded to go 0-6, no drive rewards, 4 out of those 6 games were throwers… I just honestly want to give up
Absolutely. Playing after the drive has ended and it’s NIGHT and DAY. The games are so easy now, on a 7 win streak
Way too short of an event
These guys are absolutely brain dead considering their matchmaker is 100% broken
I’ll have to do some comp matches to see what the experience is like now.
Almost certainly won’t be.
Dota 2 made a big song and dance about “banning” them. When the numbers ended up being very small, they went very quiet about it.
The reality is, actual smurfing is a problem. Not a big one though. Having more than 1 account isn’t smurfing and people need to get out of the habit of mislabelling it. You don’t need multiple accounts to smurf, it just makes it easier.
Interesting insight, is it more accurate to say the issue relies on matchmaking?
Smurfing? That is a behaviour issue. Match making isn’t going to do anything as it has no emotions and just picks numbers.
The only way to deal with smurfing is to be more proactive, with harsher penalties, dealing with people throwing games. Maybe have a system where if you lose X% of games in a period of time, you get given a time out (might help those tilted players who keep soft throwing too).
The other is to find a better way to deal with the few that buy low ranked accounts (rather than throw to get there), simple system of lock account and require reverification if they detect the account has changed location.
But, no, match making isn’t relevant when it comes to smurfs.
dont. I am literally 12 losses deep
I’m about 22/30 losses during the last couple of days. I just moved to PC so had to redo my placements. Thought I would breeze through silver and gold but holy I dunno whats happening with the PC community because silver is filled with widow /hanzo one shots, stacks with smurfing tanks making matches unplayable and killcams where peoples aims are just unnaturally locking on to zooming targets. It would be fine if it was uncommon but its every 2 out of 3 games and every game is just a roll either way. climed to silver 1 yesterday and then went on a 10 match lossing streak with all of them being insane rolls
As usual… the players are the problem here.