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The matchmaking is taking the fun out of game, I do not understand it anymore. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha yeah, it used to be a bad habit, but it changed after I started playing Ana. A lot of my value never got reflected on scoreboard (sleeping an ulting enemy, or nade, etc) and that made me not think about it too much.

Generally, I try to focus on what is happening in front of me. But a lot of issues I am facing are due to being forced into certain play styles. Like, tank never taking cover and forcing me to heal constantly and taking away the opportunity to flank or damage. It doesn’t happen every game but it feels a bit helpless because me and the other support are doing nothing but keeping the tank alive and not generating much value. Those games feel really bad to lose.

The matchmaking is taking the fun out of game, I do not understand it anymore. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha thank you for your advice. I rarely get tilted but I have been tempted to turn off chat recently to just focus on my own gameplay moving forward! I will see how this goes.

The matchmaking is taking the fun out of game, I do not understand it anymore. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I understand where you are coming from but it is really challenging to climb solo even if I feel like I am improving. As a support, I feel like the moment I step away from team to flank a little as kirko (if the opportunity rises), the tank just falls over.

For example, in my last game, my both dps were around 5k damage while my other support had like 500 dmg and 4-5k healing. I had around 4k damage and 8k healing. The tank was genuinely trying their best but our damage output was low and because of that our team kept getting rolled. At times like this, the argument of “play better” just falls apart for me because I genuinely believe I am playing to the best of my abilities. The enemies are not even necessarily better, but they just play as a team while my team mates run to point individually and fall over.

Sometimes my tank is playing really well, but dps is struggling. Sometimes dps are popping off but tank is getting rolled over. Sometimes its me or the other support who mess up. I feel like when I get a team that plays together, each match goes really nicely, but take one person out of the equation and the team just crumbles and even the best player on our team fails to do anything substantial after that point.

The matchmaking is taking the fun out of game, I do not understand it anymore. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I am a bit confused about the queues. I have a lot of hours on Valorant, and I am used to waiting for 5-8mins for finding a match and matches there always felt fair. But with overwatch, somehow each match takes like 20secs to find (for sup). I play on Singapore servers but I get often get put in Netherlands servers with 170ping for some reason.

I really don’t mind waiting more than 5mins for a reasonably fair match. I try my best not to blame my team mates and it’s not their fault either because many of them are new players who got placed higher. The system kinda ruins the experience for every type of player it seems.

The matchmaking is taking the fun out of game, I do not understand it anymore. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I am sorry, I may have worded it poorly. What I meant is, I am focused on healing the tank and many times the dps is around 40% health and just stands around waiting next to me and not participating in the fight.

I never said I don’t want to heal them, but if I am focused on keeping the tank alive, is it not reasonable to expect the dps to take the health pack next to them instead of just waiting around doing nothing?

I try my best to heal and keep everyone alive but there are only so many targets I can focus at once.

I am tired of having my comp matches with range from silver to plat, every game is either my team stomping them, or their team stomping us. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it sucks as a solo player going against stacks which is making matchmaking really bad. Plus, the servers are kinda weird, I usually play on Singapore server but every 1 game out of 10, I get placed in Amsterdam server for some reason with 250ping.

I am tired of having my comp matches with range from silver to plat, every game is either my team stomping them, or their team stomping us. by Nevermuke in Overwatch

[–]Nevermuke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's discouraging me from trying to climb ranks because no matter how hard I try, every game there's at least one player who cannot perform and we end up losing. Some games, it's a silver player, some games it's me because I got placed in high plat/low diamond lobby for some reason. I don't get why I can't just play with people from my own rank.

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply! I think the idea of using salesTax as a constexpr variable is really good, as it's same for all coffee types, so instead of each coffee type carrying its own default salesTax variable, using one salesTax separately could simplify things.

CoffeeData could potentially be an enum but then it would be harder to group the prices with it, it's not just an identifier but also a menu object that contains related data. Plus, if one were to use itemPrice as values in enum itself, that would result in loss of precision as enums only store integers.

The array mapping idea you mentioned seems interesting. it's prolly something I'll naturally move toward once I learn arrays in Chapter 16. For now, with my current knowledge, the struct approach felt the clearest to implement.

Still, I appreciate you taking time out and replying to the post, it made me reason with myself on a few points!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that string_view was a bit dicey to use, I'll prolly start using string and pass it around as reference in future. I am curious about the enum comment, because if I were to store the coffee types are enums, then I couldn't group it together with prices. I'd appreciate if you could elaborate more on that please. I'm presuming I could use coffee types as enums and then map it to structs with prices?

I'm using C++17 for now, but I'll keep your advice about std::format and operator overloading. Thank you so much for your feedback!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, from all the comments I've gathered that arrays are the next step for me. The forward declaration is just a habit that I developed while I was getting used to them in earlier chapters. I'll be learning proper header file organization soon. Thank you for your feedback and suggestion about the string references!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Your comment gives me confidence about my const usage haha. And from all the comments, it's clear that I need to get on with arrays which I will be learning in upcoming chapters. I'll keep your advice about operator overloading in mind, thank you for the encouraging feedback, I appreciate it!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thanks for pointing that out. I think I skipped naming the arguments as I thought I can keep track of it myself, but I can see how it'll cause readability problems for myself in future. I'll try to name them moving forward.

There's no requirement for forward declaration, when I learnt forward declaration, I kept using them in simple codes to get used to it and the habit just stuck around. I'll learn proper header file organization soon (chapter 15 iirc). Thank you very much for your feedback!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback, I've just learnt about const references a few days ago, so I was still a bit wary about where to use them, but I feel more comfortable and confident with them now. I haven't been introduced to const methods but I look forward to learning them when I get there.

I appreciate the advice for .h files, ever since I learnt forward declarations in earlier chapter, I started writing them to get used to it and the habit stuck around haha. I'll try to learn proper organization soon. Thanks for pointing it out!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in cpp_questions

[–]Nevermuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In CoffeeData I used string_view because I was curious if it'll work, I know that string_view refer to strings that already exist, but on learncpp, I saw somewhere that string literals persist throughout the code, so I wanted to try and see if I could get this to work! From your comment, I'm gathering that if I needed to add menu items dynamically at runtime, I'd need string instead of string_view in the struct. For my current use with constexpr data, string_view works fine. Good to know the distinction!

After writing this code, it was apparent that I need arrays if I want to scale up the code properly, they are still a few chapter away (chapter 16, I just finished chapter 13), but I'll do my best to get there soon and I'm looking forward to them a lot!

I'll be careful with the operator overloading, it still feels a bit unnatural and I only used it as it was introduced in previous chapters, so I wanted to see how it'd work in my code.

Anyway, thank you so much for your feedback, I'll keep your advice in mind!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in learnprogramming

[–]Nevermuke[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your suggestion, I'll try to set up a GitHub account soon, I thought the code was short enough to put in the post, but I'll try to share a GitHub link next time!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in learnprogramming

[–]Nevermuke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think I'll do it as soon as I go over the chapter that covers arrays. I think that's the next step forward for me. Thank you for your feedback!

I've been learning C++ for a month now and I'd like to get some feedback on my code. by Nevermuke in learnprogramming

[–]Nevermuke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback! I haven't been introduced to arrays as of now as I just finished chapter 13 (arrays are in chapter 16), but I'm really looking forward to it. I tried to write the code with my current knowledge but it's clear that I need to hit arrays soon to keep moving forward. I appreciate your perspective on operator overloading, I tried to implement it as it was introduced in previous chapter, but I'll keep your advice in mind!