i was just in a game were the solider was obviously boosting a mercy player. (he was level 12 and she was like level 300 and smth) she did nothing but damage boost him all game and even we were debating whether or not he had hacks or not. it was in qp but it was probably their warm up match or smth.
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edit: i kinda forgot comp is open only to level 25s
If the soldier is lvl 12 then they can’t even play comp. They’re probably a high sr player having fun with friends in qp.
I have golden border. My husband is lvl 100. Everytime we play together, I should be reported for “boosting”? I don´t really think so…
It is, but as they were level 12, you can’t really prove it as it wasn’t a competitive match
A high level player going on a fresh account to reset his MMR to boost his low level friend in Competitive? Yeah probably if it’s provable.
A high level player damage boosting a newbie account in QP? No.
i would be hesitant to report anyone unless its a very “obvious” hack. so yea it could have been an alt account played by a really experienced player playing with a friend or as someone said earlier a significant other 
wish i had a mercy gf or bf (if opposite sex or if you swing that way)
edit: ok im watching the replay and yea immediately it seems suspicous hah. gonna continue to watch it more
Unless they confess to paying for a boost, you can’t report people who hard pocket/stack with low level accounts.
There is no boosting in QP. If they take that behavior into comp, they could get in trouble. But in QP people of any level and skillgap can duo, and if one of them wants to pocket the other, that’s not unacceptable.
no the soldier was the “”"“noobie”"""
It really isn’t. I see tons of BOOSTERS in Class Arcade QP mode. I use to be okay with it, until they really are weighting down the team or they make a STINK about it in chat.
Usually what happens is there are a pair of players a level 300 or 400 boosting a level 16 friend of theirs, and that is fine. But as long as they are not occupying SPACE or heroes that are needed to win. It doesn’t go too much noticed.
now if they are making absurd statements about how bad the team is. I report BOTH players for Sabotage. The booster and the boosted. As well as I report them for CHEATING. Since they are cheating the team from a WIN and making a big deal about it.
Sadly, 8 out of 10 games I get today,. The boosted player’s friend is making a MASSIVE deal about the win. Since all they want to do is force the team to win. So their friend doesn’t have to try. While their boosted friend isn’t doing ANYTHING to benefit the rest of the team. That is where I draw the line.
Which I am SORRY , but if this the case. Their friend NEEDS to spend time on their OWN learning the game. If they are given a crutch the entire way up in the first 100 hours. There are lots of skills that they will miss out on at learning. Such as avoiding ults and how to ROUTE properly around the map.
I don’t mind if players want to bring friends. But booster groups are nearly always TOXIC. Which is why I now avoid them.
Reporting does jack all, unless it’s “rAcIsM”. Years ago I reported a thrower who was 1-tricking Torb and jumping off the edge to ruin his stats.
The account name was “Trollbjörn”, and his winrate was 15%. It took maybe a week or two before I received a note of some action taken, and I wasn’t even sure if it was against that player.
yeah i sorta forgot you had to be level 25 to play comp. I bet they’ll play comp when the booster gets level 25 xd
To the general question, yes, boosting is bannable.
Yes the practice of boosting an account (either by grouping up or by accessing an account that belongs to another person) is bannable, but the behavior itself really doesn’t need to be reported unless there is some confirming evidence, such as the suspected user admits to doing so in match text chat. I asked Jeff Kaplan once about how we should go about reporting boosting accounts and here is what he said:
If you find that you are badly defeated by a player (of any XP level/portrait border) but they don’t say anything to suggest they are engaging in account manipulation, then you should not report that player. Overwatch is notorious for having “snowball momentum” and that can put emphasis on certain players who can look “god-tier” when they may just be having a darn good game.
It most definitely is.
This would only applicable if they would play in Comp. Its unfortunate that its happening in Quick, but its still Quickplay. But yea, very likely they gonna duo in Comp as soon as the Level requirement is met…
Don’t listen to this at all. Report anyone who is doing any sort of account manipulation. It is gameplay sabotage, and it is easy to bait them into being toxic so you can hit up abusive chat as well.
If you’re trying to bait someone into being toxic, it sounds like they’re not the only ones that need to be reported.
Depends on the bait.
I can bait someone into being toxic by only focusing them all match. Or I can be like “Hey insertsmurfhere nice shot” and they usually fly off the handle.
how do you “boost” in QP