Now we have automatic wide grouping in Open Queue, perhaps it’s time to try cross platform competitive there? I see little reason not to given the lower player count and already relaxed or looser match making criteria. It might even be possible to revert the automated wide grouping should cross platform come in there as the player pool would increase with the merging plus increased excitement/interest over a new thing?
No doubt there would be a few feathers ruffled and some bogus claims made along the way, but for now I think it’s a good fit and worth experimenting with there. Anyone else agree?
Yo, that would actually be lit. I am so down to try it, GoatThief. It could be a lot of fun and perhaps my new favorite mode. The matchmaking would be BETTER if we combine our forces. That’s what people do not understand.
an ineffective kbamer concerned about a xim? you must be bottom 500. excessive ineffective. xim isn’t native kbam. nor does having one mean you’ll prevail anymore more than switching pc will guarantee increased winrate. thus your concern holds no validity. crossplay is the way forward. should’ve been implemented from inception. before player base evaporated.
You said a lot but absolutely nothing at the same time it doesn’t need to be 1:1 to KBM when you have aim assist to help with the most crucial part of aiming micro adjustments
there is no aim assist. it exist in name only. aim assist, deceptively implies assist given to players. calling it aim assist is misconception/mislabel. ACTUAL assist would be: player could flick from target to target and rarely miss. if there was any assist in ow console, then console accuracy, wouldn’t be in the sewer. devs call it aim assist bc that’s the industry buzzword. Just like AI is the tech industry’s buzzword for any automation, even though it’s not actually AI. MW3 had actual aim stability. which ow doesn’t have. the only way to track targets in console ow is low sens. but then that means you can’t turn. due to failure to add a turn accelerator which could override low sens, when clicked and held, activated by simple left thumbstick click. click and hold, then turn with right thumbstick. i guess i’m smarter than devs.
FURTHER MORE mouse + aim assist (which ow doesn’t have) is an oxymoron. as such would interfere with aim if pc had actual aim stability. ineffectives would be crying for devs to turn it off. therefore it is you who said nothing. bc you’re a one dimensional regurgitator.
agreed. jay3 has already showcased a mini tourney where PS defeated PC repeatedly. so it only makes sense. in all honesty. sidenote: i’d like to see jay3 host new switch versus steam deck.
If they were ever gonna trial something like this OQ would definitely be the best option. But I don’t see this ever being a good idea. No matter how good you are on controller, a KBM player of the same rank has an inherent advantage over you. It would introduce yet more ‘RNG’ into matchmaking as the team with the least controller players would almost certainly win.
It’s kind of crazy how after just two weeks of PC Overwatch (with almost zero prior experience with KBM), I was playing way better than I ever could on console. Controller is pretty much a handicap.
It would also cause issues with PC players complaining about aim assist - people who have actually played console OW know that this would be a non-issue as AA is really weak in this game compared to, say, COD or Apex, but there would still be an uproar. I think there’s also an idea that console players are just inherently worse at the game. From experience I don’t think this is true, as whilst mechanics are generally worse due to using the objectively worse peripheral to play, gamesense and positioning is about the same. It’s more that there are a higher percentage of casual players on console.
Then again this is OQ which isn’t exactly a serious gamemode and I doubt anyone would care that much. I would enjoy running 3-2 with my console friends again
I think this stems from the fact that console players are usually on the younger side, however, console players do have the advantage of all (supposedly) playing with the same peripherals as opposed to playing on PC where you can get a teammate that’s playing on a 2012 ThinkPad at 30 FPS with a broken keyboard and a $5.00 mouse.
As much as I’d like this I feel like they’d need to rework the aim assist as by fps standards, OW’s aim assist is pretty bad. It would be the exact opposite of what Apex Legends comp was dealing with.
