Developer Comments: The following changes increase the flexibility of Echo’s Duplicate ultimate and shift some of its focus away from the allure of building multiple copied ultimates in a single use. This puts more of an emphasis on choosing a Duplicate target based on the hero’s overall util...
Welcome back, heroes, for part 2 of our matchmaking series! Inpart 1, we talked about how matchmaking works: It’s an incredibly complex system that needs to consider many different inputs to make every single game as fair as possible. For part 2, we’re going to address ...
Controller supportXInput only. For Steam controller/link,see below. Full controller support Controller remapping Controller sensitivity Controller Y-axis inversion Controller types XInput-compatible controllersExpand PlayStation controllersSee theglossary pagefor potential workarounds. ...
A completely neutral matchmaking system based only on SR would make it impossible to cheat anything but hey… From Blizzards own patent matchmaking: The threshold match score may be defined based on a player input. For instance, the system may receive an indication that a first player wishes ...
process of unlocking Competitive, we analyze new player skill levels to optimize matchmaking in a way that feels good to everyone. This only affects accounts made on or after the October 4 release date: anyone who has Competitive unlocked prior will have access to Competitive in Over...
Overwatch player forums (McKee 2003) to highlight the issues experienced by players with the specific moderation systems deployed by Overwatch's developers. The purpose of this chapter is to look primarily at the player input for Overwatch's gameplay issues created (or solved) by moderation ...
The “Avoid as Teammate” (AaT) feature evolved from “Avoid this Player”,whichallowed players to not play against chosen opponents. As this feature was soon abused to skew matchmaking in order to avoid difficult opponents, “Avoid as Teammate” eventually replaced it, only allowing players to...
Inpart 1, we talked about how matchmaking works: It’s an incredibly complex system that needs to consider many different inputs to make every single game as fair as possible. For part 2, we’re going to address some community concerns regarding the matchmaker from the perspect...