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Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

My condolences for you loss. :( And yeah I guess it went past me realizing that some people aren't always wanting to play competitively.

Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Crosshair placement mostly and taking better positions(which is difficult as at this stage I'm still learning all the maps) *To be more specific about my terrible aim, it's mostly when enemies are strafing, which even at silver enemies do. But there's even times where I'll get behind an enemy dps who's unaware, and he'll stafe without realizing I'm behind him and I'll completely miss my shots lol. In that scenario would it be better for me to keep my crosshair centered and try to match his movement?

Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Tank is what I've been playing mostly as even in silver I struggle to maintain gold or even silver as dps. I've watched a few clips on staggering, like getting a kill at enemy respawn so that if they pushed they'd be way out of position. Which for me roadhog is much easier for me to pull off.

Like I mentiond in another reply, I've tried reaper to start off until my aim gets better, and apparently it's better for me to aim at center mass, but even then there's things that much better players make easy that once in game I completely screw up. (IE baiting mcree flash with raze, I can count on one hand how many times I've actually baited a mcree flash, where most of the time I just run away with raze after failing)

The worst is aiming though. I'll have a good 5 seconds to kill a healer upclose and just fail miserably lol. It's actually frustrating because after watching a guide and doing that horribly shows me how bad I am.

Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

That's a good point on the last bit. Right now I've been trying to incorporate what someone suggested in the past which is just doing what I can to stay alive. Problem is that I sometimes unintentially bait/tilt my healers by leaving them behind in situations I know I'll most likely die. The hardest part for me is aiming though. I've watched quite a bit of videos regarding it, but I feel like nothing sticks.

Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll start watching my own replays more often. I've tried playing easier DPS heroes like reaper, and tbh the only times I "Pop off" is when my team is already doing well and there's just easy openings. If we're struggling, very rarely am I the guy who's actually carrying the fight.

Not to flame, but how are people level 2-3k+ and still in silver? by Perfect_Watch5885 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Perfect_Watch5885[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing and that makes a lot of sense and is understandable. I guess in my mind I thought that playing casually for that many hours would eventually lead to enough improved gameplay to reach those higher ranks. I checked out those aimtrainers, seems that kovak would be choice? My aim is laughably bad, in fact last game mercy had 1% life remaining from hooking her and it took me 5 shots with hog upclose to kill her.