After being in gold, I’ve worked my way up to Masters 5 but on each and every rank I feel like this game is just dependant more on luck than skill. There are Smurfs, leavers, throwers, people doing their placements on roles they’ve never played, and just generally bad teammates in every rank.

I’ve repeatedly fallen to diamond 4 and climbed my way back up but this game just doesn’t see to respect my time, and the only reason I’ve climbed is seemingly because I’m willing to play a lot. I’ll post a bunch of VODs below. My tag is AGONYY, and I’ve mostly been playing Venture just as a counter to the oppressive hitscan meta on console.

3A84WQ- Numbani, my tank was permanently dead and was sided by the enemy Reinhardt

WA5DKZ- New Junk City, I had two throwers on my team

BX3T0V- I nearly single-handedly fullheld the enemy team on Venture but then we got reverse swept

ZQ8FQX- Eichenwalde, I had a leaver and despite that we could’ve won if my mercy didn’t refuse to heal my tank

TEMNXN- My tank refused to swap and despite doing well initially we got reverse swept when the Mauga hard-focused my tank

BY4G59- Midtown, my tank didn’t do anything this game and we got full-held

MGVCW5- I played poorly this game but I also got DC’d so even if I won it would’ve given me a loss

This game just feels like slots, where I get a decent game like every 1 in 5 games and all others are completely up to luck whether I win or lose due to things outside of my control. This is mostly a rant but I’ve see no one else really address this..

Is there any possibility that the Thunder Doomfist skin is ever coming back? I've only started playing OW since a few months ago and I really want the Thunder skin, but I've heard it was tied to Overwatch League which isn't around anymore. But considering there are currently OWL skins in the shop right now, does that means there is a possibility that Doomfist Thunder could return? especially after the Mythic was underwhelming, I really want a good skin I can run on my main.

I am tired of having 15 D losing streaks because my team goes full dps, no heal, no tanks… IS JUST SIMPLE Blizzard, just add 6v6 role queue please!

I first played Overwatch when it came out, and at the time I reached high Diamond. I recently stated playing Overwatch 2, and after some quick play games I decided to do my ranked placements.

Started out at Plat 1 expected rank, which I figured would happen. I went 2-8 in my placement matches, and played well below the rest of the lobby. Like abysmally worse. I clearly did not belong.

After placements I was put in Plat 3.

If I had to guess I probably belong in Silver.

Is my MMR just that cooked? I really don’t want to force games to demote because I’ll basically be ruining 20-30 games for everyone else until I get down to where I’m supposed to be.

Not really sure what to do, outside of making a different account and just starting over.

I main dva but when she gets banned esp on high skybox maps like Lijiang and they have a pharah that’s server admin i feel super useless on tank. If it’s just pharah no mercy, what do I pick on tank? I’ve found orisa to be the best since I’m always able to shoot her, and javelin and spin is good vs barrage, but idk if there’s better picks here.

And vs pharmercy, I’ve heard the Strat is to pressure and try to kill the other enemy support since they won’t have mercy to help them. However I feel like it’s not always possible as a solo tank if your team isn’t communicating this. The support can also just sit with their tank and have enough help to live.

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24245110/director-s-take-call-and-response/

Summary:

The devs aren't happy with how the challenger system and aim assist changes were rolled out. They'll tune the challenger system so it depends more on your rank and rename it to top 500. They're also going to add the option to go back to the old aim assist for console players.

6v6 OQ is now the 2nd most popular mode and will probably get more support in 2026.

The mention of 6v6 being 2nd most popular means Stadium is 3rd (I doubt there's anything between them). This has me worried. Despite all the support it's been given, Stadium has fallen off hard compared to when it first launched. I love Stadium and will forever defend it. However, I won't deny that the balance has felt off recently. Blizzard needs to figure out what to do with it. They need to sort out the balancing and the issue of queues. They should commit to either qp/comp or bo5/bo7.

I doubt Stadium will ever be removed. They've spent too much time on it and it was the one of the big things of 2025. It has the potential to really shine if they tune it well.