Thatās what I actually want to say. Many people said they saw the POTGs from supports and tanks but in most cases it involves killing enemies and it is not what tanks and support roles about.
I try to say that we should also get POTGs for doing tank stuff and support stuff so great that it impact the match!
Someone says that Mercy steals the POTGs pretty often but it is only because she get POTG when someone else kills the enemies this renders bad attitude for Mercy players. It would be great if Mercy could get POTG for doing Mercy stuff great like avoiding being killed during the push dancing around the battlefield while providing heal where it is needed!
Itās just how game is created: itās centered on kills.
Letās compare medals:
Kills: 3 medals, kills, kills on objective, damage dealt.
Healing: 1 medal.
Tanking: none.
And then we wonder, why itās hard to find people playing supports and tanks willingly, and actually do healing/tanking, instead of going for killsā¦
Excellent tank plays? Epic Rescues?? AHAHAA These things dont exist thus you get no potg!
In all seriousness potg is flawed, sure everyone no has pulled off something truly game changing only to see Genji ult and kill two people. Yes im calling you out Genji cos its always bloody Genji.
One day itll get its tweaksā¦think they said they were working on it like 2 years ago by now, so must be due any day now
POTG is completely random most of the time i think they just pick a player before the game & go with there best multi kill.
Iāve had a 5 kill & 4 kill in the same game with Reaperās Ult & seen the Soldier get it with a 3 with his Ult
When you get 3 kills with Doomfist & clear the point then you see a Bastion get it for 3 kills sitting in turret mode behind an orisa shield then you know something is wrong.
Lets be honest it soesnr mean much anyway but is pretty annoying
Things like getting kills on the point and the amount of fire generated plays a huge part as well.
1 had a quadruple kill as Soldier (and even got the achievement for it), but the POTG was of me killing a Widowmaker and a ulting Pharah while being in point.
But still, heroes like Genji, Dva and Junkrat tends to get it more often.
I does not mean much for DPS players because they get it here and there for doing DPS stuff. But it does for tanks and supports because they only receive it for doing DPS stuff and killing people.
POTGās are rather random. DPS or not, I donāt get them that much. I lost count of how many times Iād get a 3x headshot with Widowmaker, and itād be replaced by a Zenyatta tapping a guy with an orb for an assist killā¦ wow.
Honestly, I see it randomized for all classes. Supports seem to get POTG less, because it appears to be based around kills. Tanks on the other hand, receive a POTG as often as a DPS does from my experience.
Because itās called āPlay of the Gameā. So it highlights the Play of the Game. DPS tend to be the biggest playmakers, hence why the trophy goes to them more often than not.
If a tank or support makes the biggest play in a specific match, the potg will typically go to them. The game is just designed in a way that that wonāt happen very often.
As someone who been here since season 1 I can say thatās a load of bull. Mercy did get many POTG spotlights during the mass Rez saga. It was one of the 5 most common POTG because getting even a duo Rez was enough for her to get it which was kind of a ripoff but I digress.
Mercy now needs to Rez then kill stuff to even have a chance for POTG. God forbid someone plays a Junkrat.
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The game doesnāt really knows if you have actually saved someone with your shield or just yourself. Maybe there is a way to be programmed but will be much more complex than just detecting damage and kills in a short time.
For something that no one really watches, it brings the question if it is really worth it wasting resources for improving on it.
Itās stupidly hard to get Ana potg, but thereās no reason to twist the truth either.
Iāve seen 5 or 6 ana potgs since release, and have gotten one myself in competitive.
Slept a genji who just pulled blade which dropped him into nepal sanctums pit, then soloād the lucio who my team couldnāt seem to hit.
Sleep dart on fire bonus + ult cancel on fire bonus + environmental kill on fire bonus + solo kill bonus got me that potg, yet Im sure if someone did absolutely anything else in that game I would not have gotten it.
like pharah barrage with 2 kills or 2 environmentals would probably do to beat me there for potg.
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