I regret everyday not playing the game during the event because I was still mad about the OW to OW2 change. Is there any chance they would do a re-run event for it like they've done in the past? (At least I think they've done something like that) Ik the answer is probably not straight forward I just hate FOMO like this in games

We won. After the other tank preemptively calling for me to switch before the match even started.

Granted, I did not do as much damage as the other tank, but I died half as much, mitigated more damage, and all my kills were strategic ones that got us past the choke points and drove the plot along.

Ball weirdly doesn't score quite like a regular character in overwatch. His value is incredibly hard to quantify in the scores. But when someone notices, it feels nice. :D

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Look, I honestly think the hangtime perk isn't even bad. Like the bubble is usually more useful since by the time you get major perk the enemy team often is crowd control city population: 5, but there are games where I still find myself using hangtime and getting kills I otherwise wouldn't.

It, however, always irked me that the perk is forced. It messes with my muscle memory and can quite literally get you killed vs a low hp with that extra 0.5s as the 50% damage wouldn't matter anyway.

So here's my slight adjustment to it;

Hangtime -> Gain the ability to charge piledrive by holding the ability input, granting up to 0.5s of extra airtime and up to 50% more damage.

Hangtime now has a linear increase (Each 0.01s of charging is 0.5% more damage, the final numbers are the same)

This makes the perk far more flexible, especially considering how vulnerable to CC Hammond is while performing PD.

This also bumps the skill ceiling instead of just being a boring numbers increase, which is always welcome. (Do I not charge, partially charge, or fully charge?)

As the title says. I don't play ranked as much as quick play but I can usually play against most counters. Literally the only hero I barely win games against is Doomfist, how do you guys play against one?

Everyone has those games where they pop off and others are just kind of duds, some wins some losses. It’s not always obvious why and I’ve been giving it a lot of thought lately. It’s possible that in a game where a ball has a very well rounded preformance by maintaining a good balance between his team, their team and the objective, sometimes he still loses. I don’t really blame my team anymore unless they’re deliberately greifing, and just like the game I described, to me, it’s my fault. Then in games where I feel like I am capable of winning but nothings going right and hence I lose, I also feel like I should have done more. But I don’t know what I don’t know and I have a feeling that in both situations, I’m missing the same thing. So I ask (mostly) masters and above in your experience, is there a conscious decision that you make or something that you deliberately look for that wins games you otherwise might not have. I think the issue is my macro but idk.

As to why no one seems to know how to change their gameplay to win with Hammond is beyond me.

I’m new to the game so also a question, should I ever have more damage than a damage character? I know stats don’t matter but if I have more damage and actively playing objective. Am I too blame?

My most recent ranked match felt like a 1v4. Going ham on point not letting other team cap, and a mercy types in chat come protect us. I go help with the Orisa and we never got the last point back at like 98.

I've played Ball in 6v6 before so the lower health pool isn't my main gripe, though it does suck. My main gripe is just that a team of 6 puts out significantly more damage than a team of 5.

Ball is just too big of a hitbox/target for 6v6 modes. A team of 6 will destroy Ball instantly if they focus-fire him, and they usually do since he's the biggest target. In addition, you may not even have another tank on your team to help. Even if you do, it's 1 of your 3 DPS who decided to go tank and not necessarily someone who is a tank main or decided to queue for tank.

I imagine it's frustrating for the team, too, that their dive tank now can lose 1v1s to a DPS. So now your tank can't tank for the team, and he risks the chance of losing any given 1v1.

Just hit a baller ball game, and would really love some compliments and advice!

Still haven't figured out wall jumps or double boops (where can I learn those?) but I think I'm getting better with the rest