You say that but you’re the one making assessments about me.
Why?
Because I think that I should be privvy to knowledge about how my teammates play? Because I feel safe with quantifiable data to make knowledgeable assessments rather than “just trust them” for no reason? Because I like numbers?
And that’s why I’m a toxic troll that just likes to rage, throw, and report?
Yeah, look in the mirror
We aren’t telling you to ask the hours they have on people. Just ask hey what you prefer to play or hey are you good at any tanks and so on.
You say people build comps around the stats before but they didn’t that’s why we needed the LFG. Cus noone wanted to work with others.
Seeing stats didn’t do anything for overwatch just made toxic behaviour and forcing people to never try other heroes.
IMO this will just encourage boosting
“Hey why is our Mercy making these extreme positional mistakes are they boosted do they even play Mercy ever” now you’ll never know that Player you’re playing with can be boosted and it would be 100% a secret
I have never raged, trolled, or reported. Because I care about my team, ask how they are doing, who they would like to play, and tell them to just have fun.
I don’t tell them what to do or what they should do because of what a profile says.
That isn’t my right.
I also got a good chuckle out of your defensiveness. Being defensive is usually a sign of rage or guilt.
I know when I’m being a b*h. Do you recognize and apologize when you’re being a dk?
Boosting was always a thing. Showing or hiding stats never changed that.
Refer to previous statement
Yes I do get to criticize you on what you did wrong, so your saying if you went mercy and only dmg boosted and lost your team the match your team mates couldn’t call you out on it
Being defensive? I have from the start and till now only adhered to logic in my statements. Save me your pseudo-psychoanalysis.
Why am I being a dick? Because I think this is bullcrap and asinine? You dont get to call me a dick just for my philosophy that game stats for players shouldn’t be private.
Did I ever say on here that I think I have the right to tell people what to do or what they should do?
No you just inferred it on your own and started making wild assumptions from the start. Quite ironic for someone who has taken your stance that privacy should be valued. You go and start making assessments of someone with no data. How about that? Ironic.
I’ve seen way too many games where you could profile squat to think it’s not a good idea. Like, you shouldn’t even see the names of the enemy team, should all be obfuscated till post-game. All it leads to is people looking up profiles before the game starts and crying when they don’t get a perfect match up.
No. You get to constructively tell me what I did right, and what I need to work on.
See the problem is people who criticize are rude and ineffective at being constructive. I’ve eaten people alive for jumping down someone’s throat and telling them they suck and are the reason we lost.
You approach it positively in the future and maybe features like this won’t be necessary.
You have heard of constructive criticism right? I’m not saying to yell at them and scream vulgarities
Grammar police here to say “our”
Also why do you assume I’m the problem are you the type of person who gets mad if someone criticizes you and calls it toxicity perhaps.
First, I’m not a guy, thanks.
Second, my experiences in Overwatch with people like you are the reason my posts are data, not assumptions. My experience is evidence enough that I can assume someone is being toxic and a dick, just as you can make assumptions about someone based on profile stats.
Third, coming to the forums to complain is so far what all the toxic people have done. You included no argument or data in your first post, just a whiny entitled question. No discussion or information to discuss. There are people on the forum who have provided well thought out reasons why they don’t like the private profiles without resorting to calling everyone snowflakes or likening us to Club Penguin.
So until you can avoid namecalling and post a topic containing real data or reasoning, I will stand by my experience and assumptions of you being toxic.
I welcome criticism as long as it’s constructive with a positive edge, like I was taught since forever.
If you do it in a dickish or toxic way, of course I’m going to call you toxic.
But I don’t get mad or butthurt over video games.
With people like me.
See, that’s what we call an assumption. You know actually nothing about me. And you even go on to say it.
“…my posts are data, not assumptions…I can assume someone is being toxic and a dick”
But what’s funny is I haven’t said one thing that made me sound like a dick. I’ve just logically tried to defend my point. What have you done though?
And you want to claim I’m the one that’s toxic, a dick, trolls, throws, etc.? And then tell me that until I can avoid namecalling, you get to stand behind your assumption that I’m a toxic dick?
Funny
Oh, let’s just forget the namecalling and assumptions you made then before I even really started to get going.
Way to not read my post and only take a sentence out of context.
Yea i can see that but beforeyou could tell they were boosted or were playing a hero they clearly weren’t comfortable on it also helped to see what heroes this person played best
for instance i had a game where a guy said “hey Lilcrash you have alot of hours on Zen how about you play Zen and i play Rein” i say cool and we switch roles that wouldn’t have happened if he couldn’t see my profile
TF how did i miss that lol
“We aren’t telling you to ask the hours they have on people. Just ask hey what you prefer to play or hey are you good at any tanks and so on.“
What good does that do? I can just say I’m not good at tanks and say I’m a DPS god. You really think someone with 300 hours on Mercy with a hidden profile is going to say “yeah I know how to Mercy”?
With the circumstances of its implementation, it’s kind of fair to question someone’s honesty if they make an effort to keep stuff hidden.
Whether it’s ultimately good or bad is up for debate but let’s not pretend everyone is just going to be perfectly honest upon asking.
With people stats showing and a mercy who wants to play DPS will just go DPS anyway. what will it change. Just less toxicity and less forcing someone to stay in a single role.
Who knows? Maybe they’re tired of what being told to play and what not to play. In all seriousness, forget the hours just ask your teammates what heroes they’re best at in each role.