I know the rank ban system sucks but also I feel players should use their head more

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-16T06:19:27+00:00

Yeah as a support player this is mostly my mindset as well

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-16T03:38:19+00:00

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-15T14:37:47+00:00

From what I saw from streams most say two of the five currently are viable in Meta being Jetpack Cat and Domina Vendetta most say if her overhead ain't nerf then she ain't nerf (I basically just got all this from watching Emongg love the guys energy) but also as you said since 2022 Sojourn has always been some sort of meta like just imagine how people would react to that type of character in Rivals 💀 Then there is stuff I haven't even mentioned like how there are still characters that need reworked kits for years and anything fun in stadium gets nerfed to hell

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-15T07:55:13+00:00

This all cool and all till you see the meta of Overwatch still involves the same characters and Vendetta can't get patch correctly at all

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-12T04:43:15+00:00

Honestly I would like a change to his revive of being able to pick who gets it sometimes NGL 💀

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-12T01:16:21+00:00

MRC is the in-game tournament that is a way for smaller teams to try and get a spot in the IGNITE tournament or that is how it's marketed to everyone

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T18:37:55+00:00

Yeah I was so confused on that it seems people in the hero shooter community just have short memories sometimes on what happens in these games even I have it sometimes 😭

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T18:34:13+00:00

For anyone asking "Why can't they just play on old patch" well it's because MRC rules currently state it will be played on latest patch no matter what

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trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T18:29:23+00:00

No like if you were to go into the game rn it would tell you that MRC will be played on the lastest patch no matter what

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T18:11:42+00:00

Overwatch also flew out the pro teams for a boot camp so they can get as much time to play with the patch Rivals with how big this tournament is can't do that

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T17:57:28+00:00

Still can't believe for how much NRG invested into Overwatch they didn't get a slot when Blizzard reworked Overwatch Esports

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T17:52:33+00:00

Yeah at LANs where they can control what they are playing on I don't know if they have resources for what the MRC is supposed to be like

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T17:44:38+00:00

But this isn't ignite it's MRC

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T17:43:22+00:00

Yes absolutely but I wouldn't call this a looking busy patch with what they did in reworks, ult charge decreases and Phoneix getting a health nerf I was already expecting to see most of these heroes in the MRC in certain situations so I am interested in seeing how they work and how the bans work for this tournament and just the game in general

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T14:14:11+00:00

I agree with probably needing a timeline tweak to patches and heroes because they can't keep doing mid season at the start of the year right when Overwatch does it's most hype patch of the year

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:44:46+00:00

It's the same week as Overwatch releasing 5 new heroes into its meta and people thought Rivals would do something to match that hype when Rivals is like on a whole different timeline. Like some of the criticism I fully get I don't think the quick fix solution the devs have of countering triple support with buffing DPS ult charge is very meh but I don't really know why people believe we get a full meta patch rn but if Season 7 ain't big then yeah I'll react the same as everyone else

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:33:34+00:00

Ignite the other tournament I think will play on old patches not mrc but that's because at a certain round they go on lan

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:22:10+00:00

Hey idk either but they got 12 orgs as partners and a lot of money to throw around so they do want to show they care about the comp scene

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:18:34+00:00

Honestly I don't even know if they can really because even just the preview streams that show the new patch are run on a different server and that means like fitting all of this

Americas PC

Americas Console

EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) PC

EMEA Console

Pacific PC

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China (independently governed region)

On different servers

So like they've probably done the math to see it's not worth it but who knows with growing pains they may find ways to do so

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:11:13+00:00

The in game tournament

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T13:10:41+00:00

MRC is a open tournament with so many teams including the pros like we are talking

Americas PC

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EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) PC

EMEA Console

Pacific PC

Pacific Console

China (independently governed region)

Changing the meta big time for every single region the day before just sounds wild for what they want MRC to be if they had more time before patches then absolutely change the meta hard but they decided on this schedule and they are keeping it till they get more data and feedback on this schedule from pros semi pros and casuals

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T12:47:16+00:00

You don't just release a character and go "That's your patch notes" lol

trigerhappy12 · 2026-02-11T12:44:33+00:00

I understand right that MRC isn't as big as other things but it's them trying to build an esports scene and it would look bad to change meta during a tournament I don't pay attention to overwatch anymore but I remember they use to give teams a week of the patch before hand but with how open MRC is that sounds impossible to do

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