Comp drives need to be looked at more closely. The match quality during drives dips so badly that the game is several factors more frustrating than they ought to be. The overwhelming majority of my matches during a comp drive are filled with either bots or people who hard deranked to have easier matches.
How is it we’ve gone through so many drives and this issue has never been addressed? If someone is an entire division lower than their season high, then they should not be eligible for drive rewards. If that’s too hard, than at least prohibit people who are normally Platinum and above from getting rewards if their matches are in bronze and silver.
The game clearly needs better protections against derankers. I get the enemy team to join me in reporting such people, but relying on player reports is not enough. By the time these accounts have made it to the point where they’re being reported, it’s already too late. The player experience has been ruined.
Or just change the system to be “play x number of games” per day to drive up engagement without sacrificing match quality whatsoever. That would be way easier than what they came up with…
My post is mainly calling out the issue with established Comp Players deranking. I’m not concerned with quick play players in bronze playing with other players in bronze.
Yes, it happens too frequently.
I don’t even know what to do with this? I was suggesting a potential way in which the problem could be addressed? I’ve no idea what about that seems like something todo with politics.
With all due respect, you know nothing about me, I’ve fully completed several drives in the past. If you’re upset about my suggestion to stop derankers from getting rewards, is this because that’s something that you do?
It doesn’t address the issue of the derankers, which was the entire point of my post.
You seem fairly negative regarding this. Do you sincerely believe that deranking to get the rewards easily should be rewarded?
They should have the namecards earnable in QP as well, not just comp. With maby just a different border color so people after just the namecards and not the extra comp points can still play and earn them in QP and dont flood comp. To many times I have had people type back “It’s just QP” during drives when you are the only tank with no supports on your team because they forget where they are…
If you have completed drives in the past then you should appreciate that they have made it 4 days now.
Anyone complaining now should not even do drives.
You can do drives in groups to get more points.
You can do drive in 6v6 if 5v5 is hard.
The only single factor that was stressful was 2 days to complete the event. That was impossible. Now you have 4 days to do it.
I would agree with Buddha only if. Players who cannot complete the drive mode in how it is now should be rewarded a set of points at the end of the event. But they should not get the signature.
Clearly Buddha does not care about the signature. Which is fine but he should not be handed it for free. He should be given a set of pints to buy the skins.
I don’t know if you know this, but there’s an entire marketplace website dedicated to creating bot accounts at every rank for this game and selling them. They are created by people leveling them enough to play comp and then de-ranking them to the desired level for profit. They are sent out as multiple “players” and controlled by one person. One account dies, the other starts moving and they all move just enough to not be kicked by the game.
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It’s not a game mode. It’s normal comp but there’s something to earn. And again this is not an excuse.
Extending the days is not a response to the derankers and bots running around.
The way you responded to this post tells me you are clearly involved with the deranking process and mad you got called out lol
I can see how that would be a problem. Having a different name card in Quick Play is an interesting idea. Maybe they could “downgrade” it by not having the animated effects be available in quick play?
At no point did I mentioned the extension to the days in either a negative or positive light. Again, I’m only referring to the issue regarding derankers and bots. You’re responding to an argument I never made. It’s generally good and fine that they extended the drive window? But it largely has nothing to do with the issue I’m pointing out and offering feedback on.
It really is starting to look like you’ve previously deranked in order to get easier matches during a comp drive, but I’m not basing that assumption on anything other than the fact that I can’t think of any other reason to take issue with what I’ve said.
I can and have reported anyone that I personally suspected or had a good reason to suspect that they’ve deranked, but it’s difficult when people have their profiles privated. Which is why I’m offering feedback regarding this particular issue.
You’re suggesting that deranking to get easier matches or a core part of the event? I completely disagree. Anyone doing that is simply gaming the system to get it “handed to them on a platter” to use your own words. It’s very ironic that you’re accusing me of wanting easy matches and to not have to work for it, if you do indeed do that yourself, which I’m not saying you do, obviously. You’ve not directly admitted to it.
It shows me that anyone deranking for easier matches don’t want to put the work in to do it legitimately.
It’s especially strange to say this considering that I have already stated that I’ve completed drives fully in the past, all without ever needing to derank first.
I never once asked for comp drives to made easier. Arguably, anyone arguing in favour of derankers like yourself are the people asking for it to be easy.
I just asked them to address the issue of people playing below their rank, which ruins the experience for the players who only play at their correct and fair ranking.
You’re literally arguing against a point I never made, without directly confronting the issue I’m pointing out. I’m wondering why, but I think we both know that you can’t admit to it directly.
I played all day yesterday, and the quality of games were some of the worst I have ever seen in all my years playing. It’s not even competitive anymore, it’s just “stomp or be stomped”.
I know I’ll get roasted for this, but I vehemently believe that you should not be eligible for the drives if you have not completed your placements yet. You had all season to do it, now is not the time.
It isn’t fair for anyone when the Diamond+ players are doing their “placements” in lower ranks. I don’t even know why tf the system does that in the first place. You either know what rank I am or you don’t. Before anyone asks: these were open profiles which I was able to view. I disregard private ones.
The issue of derankers/throwers is also growing as the seasons progress. You play one guy, he goes 35-2. You play him again the next game, he goes 0-12. You cannot tell me that person is “having an off day” in Gold lol.
Anyhoooooo I am pretty well done with competitive in OW2. At least I can be a silly goofy guy in QP