Going to reply to everyone in this one hence the delayed reply. Upfront thank you to EVERYONE for the varied bits of advice from various different perspectives.
Deadly-The asking thing is kinda strange but I think i get what you mean. I need to know why I am where I am. Just pushing forward alone won’t make space and it matters where it’s being made. The conviction thing seems to be like get 1 down then move to the next? Like target priority of confirm the kill and then move to the next one? I am trying to get what you’re saying but am not entirely sure tbh. Could you maybe clarify a bit?
Mondo-My biggest concern to infinitely holding right click is it will tank my accuracy which will hurt my PBSR, no? I know there’s no penalty in game but it can bite me in the butt, no? And, yeah, a common theme I am hearing me is I’m aggressive which beats being passive but overly aggressive isn’t great either. Kinda like overcompensating for a flaw common at my rank.
Bnol- You said a lot and I really appreciate the time stamps.
The first big thing you seem to see is I Fade well in the sense of survival but not well in the sense of ideally where to. As in I dodge X horrible thing but am either left alone, now with no CD for 6 seconds, or even worse nigh surrounded. I think what you’re trying to say is there are 3 options: Fade stupidly which is ineffective and not being done, Fade away from danger but away from everyone which is what I am doing, and finally Fading away from danger and to my team which is what I should be doing whenever possible. Kinda like taking a B or C when you could go for the A+ route. Also I might seem to be trigger happy to Fade from danger when I don’t need to if I was just more aware of my surroundings, especially cover.
The whole 2% away from ult making a huge difference I hadn’t really considered. It falls into your whole being a split second faster on pressing Coalescence to keep people up. I did the Orisa thing because it ignores her shield and pressures her but maybe that’s a bad habit I do kinda often on main tanks.
Everyone seems to repeat I’m playing too aggressively but that kinda goes to what you agreed with seeing and what In posted earlier. So many at my rank are afraid to engage and I know it’s not my job but someone has to lead the charge. If i do it when tanking no one follows most of the time and I cannot get healed whereas Moira at least has Fade to run away. Liken I know I SHOULD stick with the team but most of the times (when losing that is) they never want to move. Even if i tell them to they just stay at choke. But this plays into me being tunnel visioned on damage as my allies are behind me and I can only heal in front of me. I’ve been told in the past to back up when Coalescence-ing but maybe I should I apply that to my general play? But Moira seems to be a brawler as she has no range and needs to be sucking to heal consistently. Is it better to be passive rather than aggressive?
Also the whole macro v micro sense is a new concept to me tbh. It’s nice to know I at least have one of them down largely so I was correct in saying it is one of my strengths. That kinda stuff just feels elementary to me tbh. It’s really frustrating so many never seem to get it. Thanx again and I hope my questions aren’t too much.
Asheen 1- Again thank you for time stamps as I’ll be reviewing these again a bunch and look for each of these pointed out moments. Why I didn’t slam Rein is look at my win ratio… then look at my Moira win ratio (which has fallen and was closer to 60%). I’m apparently a cruddy Rein and a very solid Support. Why I went main healer after Ana was picked is because in low gold she is an off support… at best. I’ve out-healed Anan’s when on Roadhog ffs. They don’t hit shots and they tend to die a lot so they offer utility in sleep and burst heals/temp heal stop with grenade. At my rank the only real main healers are Moira and Mercy.
It seems you think I’m playing too aggressively but at the same time timidly using my shatter. I honestly missed the pics the team had and figured waiting out the Coalescence was out best bet as my shield cannot stop it and I’d be going in heavily hurt from the get go.
It’s also tricky on letting them die. if they die then we’re vulnerable and the enemies can capitalize on it. Even if they’re not great they at least back us up by numbers making us less vulnerable.
Cash- I don’t have time atm to view the video but I have noticed my movement is bad… (any half-not awful Widow can pic me easily and I was actually raging about that in another game that day). I’ll watch it and put it to heart.
Noshi- I mean isn’t pushing forward with my shield up making space? i cannot force them to follow. I ask for it. i communicate it but so many my rank never want to move. I’m apparently too aggressive but doesn’t that beat hiding at choke to assuredly lose? Like they SHOULD be with me, no? I cannot hold a shield for people that are never going until mine is on 200 HP and I have enemies now in front of me fast approaching.
What do you recommend instead then? Rein is now in front of me so i cannot shield his blows. I cannot duel him as I’m over half dead and he’s assumed to be on full. He got the jump on me and there’s not a lot else I can do. Again people don’t want to push. I’m apparently too aggressive but everyone says “Hold W” so I do but no one else wants to… it’s really frustrating. I’d love to hear what you have to say especially as I apparently have it all wrong.
Asheen 2- Trolling but helpful is fine. I have a sense of humor and chuckled quite a bit reading this. You saw on round 3 why i have zero confidence our DVa will eat a boop and why going the boop side is suicidal. And I’m not a good Rein. It’s not a great map for him either. You cannot do any real charges on it without going off the cliff and the fact KotH is so circular based (opposed to linearly) it makes shielding hard as is. And why is it always my job to go Rein? I’m not doing well on him as we keep losing and DVa could have picked it too. There’s just a lot of frustration in ALWAYS having to pick up the shield especially when unless my healers are good… I’m often holding it for no one to get bodied repeatedly.