Widows and Wrecking Balls are the worst at this, they either contribute or they roll around/shoot shields all day. Make a diplomatic suggestion like “If you’re only comfortable with snipers, would you mind using Ashe?” and bam
1:00pm: user has left voice.
1:01pm: user is rather tilted.
1:03pm: user has purchased an inflatable donut and Preparation H on Amazon.
like anyone ever asks like that in game.
Here is what happens :
RandomPerson : Soma switch to insert barrier tank here D’Va is trash/throw pick etc.
me : takes headset off and plugs in charging cable and sets on far side of desk
Me : keeps playing D’Va.
RandomPerson starts yelling over Voicechat which i ignore and then starts typing profanity laden insults etc. in chat which I report
Me : continues to play D’Va.
Can’t Adapt now days with 2-2-2 being a huge chain around my neck.
You’ll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar 
Agree, honey, vinegar etc. don’t matter my answer is still no I won’t switch 
I know many players despise one tricks and players that refuse to switch etc. but I at least have no problem admitting I’m a bronze D’Va One Trick and proud of it.
Hmmm blaming every match that you are losing on completely on your team seems unfair
because adapting right now is pick a mcree or mei.
Wow… so many people commenting that are ok only playing one character and not switching. There comes a point were switching is necessary to counter or avoid being countered and you’re in denial if you think otherwise. But, that’s just my opinion.
I honestly think this issue boils down to Three reasons:
People are dumb
People don’t have knowledge
People don’t care
Could be various reasons for these. Could be low IQ, low age or just not having enough knowledge/experience about the game and the heroes.
from bronze to gold there’s a lot of people that have secondary accounts just to practice one hero on comp and will refuse to switch. I’m guilty for that as well, as I have an account just to practice genji on comp but this one to play with my friends.
I asked this question to myself 3 years ago… people dropped the ball and are playing for s… and giggles tbh -_- then there is a toxic warfare and then the game doesn’t feel fun but more like a ball of fermenting stress.
Tbh I gave up with comp 2 years ago, actually enjoyed the game more but then it got boring as there is nothing new or interesting with this game. Just boys bashing ego against each other.
In my experience, it is better to focus on one hero if you want to climb. When I started playing I used to flex and I got nowhere for a long time, and it wasn’t until I decided to main a hero that I actually started to climb and finally got to diamond from gold. Perhaps it’s different after diamond, I don’t know, I stopped playing competitive a while ago, but up until then, you literally have to carry the games on your own or you simply don’t rank up.
The problem is even when I am carrying my team to the point where its obvious it still wouldn’t make a difference. (talking about most of the match on fire no matter if I am tank or support) I cant spend 500 or so hours on a game to be ridiculously skilled as this isn’t a career for me. I don’t expect to make diamond or masters ranks and a barely expect to touch plat. (that’s a goal but I know its farther off and I need more time for that)
It seems like adapting is an issue because it shouldn’t be that you need hundreds of hours on a character to get higher to make up for a difference in team composition and team skill. Competitive is meant to be competitive, but it hardly feels that. Its feeling is more luck of the draw, and I see an issue is that people are unwilling to learn from mistakes. Like a reind who will endlessly charge into a group and die and demand healing instead of trying to help his team.
Even when you are civil in voice chat this seems like an issue. Even when worded very nicely and not in any way an order or a demand I’ve heard people just blame someone else. To me its common sense if something isn’t working try something else. Whether that be change the way you play what you are playing or try something different to shake things up enough that way you can switch back after some progress is made.
Imo its because of the static meta. Most fights are won because of ults and this prevents people from switching.
Back in early OW dive seasons it was the team with best coordination that would win and you would see lots of switching.
The nature of one tricks.
Especially when a one tricks hero is incredibly easy to play, with a lot of impact on the game. Moria a good example.
They abused the nature of that hero to climb, and its all they know how to do now at their new rank. Same with people who cheesed Brig.
You can play zar into dva if you play properly. That being said, you better have a good reason to still be on dva. Either protecting the backline, helping deal with a reaper, etc. Basically, dva into zar means you’re enabling the rest of your team to do well. If that’s NOT what you’re doing, then you’re probably better off switching.
Well, 2-2-2 pretty much killed adapting as well. I remember games before enforce role queue where everyone swapped it up when it wasn’t working. Now, more often than not, if the game is going south it’s most likely not going to change.
edit: Sorry, it can’t change – because it’s enforced. We are just shy from Blizzard telling us what heroes to play each week individual with how badly they’ve failed.
I one tricked sym 2.0 in dive meta on ps4 eu, famous for its immovable pharmercy meta. Despite having social media groups made about me to share my username and get ppl throwing my games, between all the death threats, I maintained gm. I played against Winston, tracer and pharmercy every game with sym 2.0 an had MANY throwers. Still maintained a 60+% winrate.
Message is, one tricks innovate against the matchup by never switching. When you play your hero through their “counter” you learn how to get value even in those situations. You develop a more nuanced understanding of your one trick’s kit. You force the enemy players onto “counters” that they lack fluency with.
Most very high elo players either are or started out as one tricks, and performance based sr hasn’t been a thing for a long time… The reality is that developing individual hero proficiency is a more powerful way to win than swapping for matchups. As much as flexing is very courteous, its secretly really overrated! The real flex is changing your playstyle on your one trick to counter your counters, as soma said.