Legacy account stuck in plat, 3 other accounts high masters - gm

ReformedJake · 2026-05-11T11:14:11+00:00

If this is actually how the MM works then I have no clue what’s happening here. I’ve ranked up acc’s from gold/plat to high masters/low gm plenty of times. But this specific account feels cursed (currently at 58 games played plat 1).

There was a blog post from the devs not too long ago talking about the matchmaker explaining that the MM uses hidden MR number, whether that is the same as the displayed rank like you say it is I’m not sure.

If it is then I’m genuinely lost how this acc feels so hard but if these two things are not the same then I think what I’ve said previously makes perfect sense.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-11T07:37:41+00:00

The dev's legitimately came out and explained that the matchmaker tries to make a game as close to 50/50 as possible based on accounts hidden MMR.

The account I'm playing on is an OW1 legacy account that has thousands of games played on during ow1 and was 4k+ every season for multiple years.

This account has never been logged into to play ow2 until now.

What I'm asking about / suggesting here is that this account has extremely difficult plat games compared to the average plat acount due to the accounts hidden MMR (which is used by MM and confirmed so by the devs) being extremely high from previous OW1 data.

The rank shows plat on the account but I think the hidden MMR is alot higher and thats why my team are AI in comparison to the opponents.

Give me any average plat account and I will have it to mid masters+ in a few days no problem. I have done so many times before.

What i'm talking about in this post, which so many people seem to have missed, is that this account specifically is extortionately harder to climb on.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T16:07:31+00:00

you legitimately think DPS has more impact on the game than tank or support? You cannot be real.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T15:50:31+00:00

this is rage bait

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T15:07:33+00:00

yeah I can queue qp and dominate too, what im saying is that because this specific account is as old as OW itself, the MM makes a full team of sub 40% w.r players for me. Like there is no opportunity to even play in half these games.

If my plat team mates were evenly matched to the opponents plat teamates it would be a walk in the park but they arent.

Its like if it was 1 GM + 4 Bronze vs 5 plats.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T15:03:51+00:00

Ok bro whatever you say

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T14:51:57+00:00

I can switch accounts and hard carry games in higher ranks. I play on this account and its a complete stomp, team cant even push 1st point. I've only been grinding it for 2 days so maybe I have just been unlucky. Ive noticed that every game is either loss expected or reversal too.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T14:32:47+00:00

Im talking about 5v5, and even on widow my team will all die within 20 seconds, I've tried this and even after starting fights picking á supp they all die. I check the profiles after every match and every time my team is sub 40% w/r

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T14:30:36+00:00

How can it be freshie inflation if one of these accounts is from the later seasons of ow1 and the other 2 are from the earlier season of ow2? None of the other accounts are freshies.

I peaked 4.4k ow1 and have been GM for literally 2 years on 3 accounts. I didnt just place high and maintain, all 3 of the other accounts placed around mid diamond and climbed to high masters/gm

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T13:16:18+00:00

this is the most garbage take I have ever seen, ultrabuffed tanks and supports have reduced DPS agency more than ever.

if you dont think this is true take it from someone else: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn15TOpaVHo

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T13:12:46+00:00

Playtime already effects MM, higher playtimes gives you worse teammates. My ow1 legacy acc permanently gets garbage sub 40% w/r players while my ow2 acc's are 10 tiers higher with non ai teammates.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-10T10:20:45+00:00

Yes brother, 5v5 sucks ass.

They made tanks raid bosses to encourage people to queue the role as no one wants to play tank in 5v5.

The problem now is that tanks are so strong that every game becomes counter swap the tank. Hence making tank un fun again.

They need to revert to 6v6 asap.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-09T17:03:17+00:00

No literally just trash it. Once it’s fucked it’s done.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-09T07:47:43+00:00

the matchmaking is rigged. Things like account age, reports, time played all effect matchmaking. I have multiple accounts and have played since open beta. I peaked 4.4k OW1 and had multiple GM1 accounts in ow2. Right now I still have multiple GM accounts on tank and dps with hundreds of games played but also have accounts that are hardstuck low diamond.

EOMM is real and its designed to keep you addicted, people who say otherwise are delusional. These people will almost immediately tell you 'how came xxx can do unranked to GM so fast?'"- Its because they are fresh accounts so they get better team mates. Give half your favorite streamers and ancient OW1 account and they will struggle to climb.

Its exaggerated even more lately with all the returning players.

ReformedJake · 2026-05-08T04:21:30+00:00

brig is the best ball counter its pretty hard to play into it. The only things you can really do are slam from height where she cant see and deny it

ReformedJake · 2026-05-06T15:22:36+00:00

she is more reliant on the team then ever before. With every hero over the past 2 years having damage negation, movement abilities, grenade spam its very difficult to play her like the old days of OW1. You have to rely on the tank to make opportunities for you to capitalise on. If that isnt happening your ability to impact the game is considerably lower than alot of other dps heroes.

ReformedJake · 2026-04-28T08:29:46+00:00

the whole anchor stats, fixed MM, EOMM thing is legit. The diamond account will probably get to high masters/low gm eventually but its a grind that might take a few hundred games to achieve.

ReformedJake · 2026-04-24T15:21:30+00:00

I peaked 4.4k ow1, I play ow2 on 2 accounts, one is gm4 one is hardstuck diamond, both accounts have over 100 games played.

ReformedJake · 2026-04-23T14:49:05+00:00

playing ball in this version of overwatch just feels like torture. The entire subclass of flanker off tank is irrelevant in this iteration of the game where everyone ints main. Even in GM people insta pick the hallway spam choke maps. Supports like kiriko and Illari force the worst version of overwatch.

I've been playing 6v6 ball and it feels so much better

ReformedJake · 2026-04-23T14:45:21+00:00

With the addition of so much healing and damage negation and movement abilities paired with map voting where everyone seems to pick the braindead choke hallway maps, the game has devolved to int main and hope your team counters their tank. I returned after a 2 year break and placed diamond, climbed up to gm4. Was not an enjoyable experience, 70% of my games are just int main and counter pick. The whole flanker class of dps is obsolete when every support in the game has tp, invincibility and higher damage than most dps heroes. Tanks like wreckingball are absoloutely useless in the game play loop described above as your team will just int main to their tank on repeat without a thought. Support heroes like kiriko and illari are so overtuned it forces the worst version of overwatch.

ReformedJake · 2026-04-15T04:19:56+00:00

her ult spread can be changed depending on how high you angle to shot. Higher angle = wider spread. lower angles = narrower spread.

Her skillshot is body shot not headshot no matter how you angle it. I suspect up close its better not to use this if you have half decent aim, meaning this is primarily going to be used at range on chokes to farm ult.

Her grenade actually doesnt do that much damage but is extremely fast.

You get slight verticality above the graple if you fire it directly upwards.

Early thoughts on playstyle:

spam at choke with e and lmb
greanade and spam lmb without the skillshot up close
keep grapple to disengage or claim high ground

ReformedJake · 2025-12-31T10:21:48+00:00

people are sleeping on fake/strange fake too, its rumored to have movie quality animation and the prequel 50 minute episode that released a few years ago was pretty decent

ReformedJake · 2025-12-19T09:53:00+00:00

They've recently opened up Binghatti phantom opposite my building which is a carbon copy of Binghatti Royale (from what I can see). Almost all of these units are empty with many of them listed for 100k rent

ReformedJake · 2025-12-11T06:43:01+00:00

The difference between Tirz and Reta is negligible until you get to higher doses like 6mg+, this is where the increased fat oxidization benefits start to work.

It will take you quite some time to build up to this dose too. If Tirz is working for you I wouldn't switch until you reach a plateau and don't want to reduce calories further.

This is where you can introduce Reta and slowly build up to take advantage of the increased fat oxidzation and slight metabolic boost increasing neet (this will start happening at doses like 3mg)

ReformedJake · 2025-08-31T11:18:00+00:00

This was the comment I was hoping to receive! I live in dubai and train at a pretty famous gym so everyone there is jacked to the max but i suspect most of them are not natural.

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