We need a normal full game with comp rules and unranked

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Origional Post
im in the NA region and i never see PUGs in the game browser for custom games and ive joined many discords and they are not active enough.

some players do want to practice and not drop their rank but want the full competitive experience of playing both attack and defense or best of 2 of 3 rounds on control point.

we need a non ranked game mode for the try hards and people who want to practice heroes and not have leavers or back fills similar to off season but punishing leavers with the wait to queue just like competitive queue and have the option to reconnect. previously older seasons when comp ended and off season was in its place having a week or two or few days between seasons it was a Disaster with leavers because you didnā€™t get punished for leaving with a wait to queue and there was no SR to loose either.

full games not just single round games. help get rid of the (Its Quick Play Attitude yes that spam you occasionally see typed in the chat box where people dont try or give up much easier or just leave and you get a back fill)

this new option of a game mode might even help clean up the real competitive games, the people who hate quick play and will only play or grind comp for the better quality games but dont care if their rank drops 400 sr in a day even if they know they are playing off.

im not saying get rid of quick play and replace it with normals, quick play does have a purpose and that is to quickly get in a game even if you might suddenly have to leave and log off.

New Edit V1.1
We need to forget about ā€œQuick Playā€ as Normal games because they are not, they are quick joins/back fills no player requirements and thatā€™s it. half a game 1 round for payload or attack defend control point. the only full game you ever get in quick play is king of the hill/ single control point best 2 of 3 and its over.

Here is my list for what Regular or Normal Un-Ranked games should beā€¦ a placebo ranked match that does not raise or lower your SR. games to practice in and to learn competitive if you are new and to stay until the end and try to keep the effort to win, just like off season without the leaver issues.

  • Player queues up and if you find a match you are locked in same as competitive.

  • Player leaves during hero select and game has not started yet then a back fill can be used instead of canceling a match. difficulty will be similar to your competitive rank but a little wider to not make it too hard if you reached a new peak.

  • Match will not start until all players are connected if waiting on a back fill for a fair start.

  • Player disconnects during a match that has already started then they can not join another ranked or un-ranked game until the original match has ended (custom game or training ground would be only option until game has ended.) similar to a gameā€™s name that we shall not mention ā€œLeague of Legendsā€

  • Players need to be disciplined not banned for rage quitting match making games. increase the wait to queue for multiple early game exits/leaving before match complete.

not everyone is fortunate enough to have alot of friends active at one time to stack up and que into games so this IDEA is to improve un-ranked solo que and small party games. hence a Match Maker # Make Overwatch Great Again, or for the pessimistic Great if it was never great to begin withā€¦

we can keep quick play for shorter games no role requirements basic tom screwery like it currently is and has always been. 1 round or 1 side games that finish early without extra additional rounds.

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I agree with this. Something needs to be done. I donā€™t want to play comp because of the leavers but I can never have a serious match in QP because ā€œitā€™s just QPā€. The game quality really feels like itā€™s gone down. Give us something new that can inspire people to want to play to win.

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We just need QP to give us maximum role slots.

3 dps max, 2 healers max, 2 tanks max.

Itā€™ll force groups to always have at least 1 tank or 1 healer at all times. First come first serve.

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if i was the devs, i would make it a arcade mode. rank practice. and then u might even do weird stuff with it. like 2-2-2 locked practice ranked. or ban system ranked. ect. just so u can see how it plays out and if its actually better in the long run cuz if they slap this on us and it ends up sucking and makes ranked worst (people not knowing how to play certain roles/heroes) then dont do and just have it a friendly fun time mode.

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Big agree this this.

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literally all you need to do is be able to sr/mmr lock your custom game. i suspect they havenā€™t added such an obvious feature it because everyone would just go play custom games.

you cant even skill lock your groups outside of comp.

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Blizz should have kept No Limits as QP.

When they removed duplicate heroes, they had the opportunity to make that into a new mode, which could have been treated more like unranked competitive. Instead, we got current QP and an arcade mode that people barely touch (when compared to QP/comp)

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No we donā€™t and the offseasons has proven that there canā€™t be competitive environment when there is nothing at stake.

If you want a full game, just stay for the next QP match. If enough people remain in, it is the same map with reversed roles.

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Yeah clearly having an SSD and a better connection should be the cut off between playing DPS or always tank/support.

Amazing idea.

Yeah no. We dont need an ā€œunrankedā€, we need to enforce rules in QP and get rid of the ā€œChill bruhsā€ there.

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updated origional post with more detail v1.1
really want something like this to happen if it gets enough views or votes or more input to improve the player match making experience beside balance changes.

if you like or donā€™t like the post its fine, tell us what you want, im just voicing my opinion because this game is my usual daily grind for entertainment.

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we need a better menu interface for game selection. all competitive modes should be in Comp and Quick play should not be the default Normal