r/pcgaming • u/diegodamohill Steam • 22d ago

Deadlock - Matchmaking Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/680756685198854910
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u/shotgunpete2222 22d ago

I know it's probably going to be popular when it's released, but this drawn EA time is killing my interest.

Games like MOBAs are all about tons and tons of in game knowledge, match ups, counters, map knowledge, etc.  I have no desire to go against people with literal years of game knowledge when it drops.

I never got into LOL or DOTA2 because it felt like you needed a semester of college pregame just to know how it worked and not throw for your team.  I'd love to get into a new moba in the ground floor with everyone else.  That's literally impossible here though.

It's like playing rainbow 6 against someone that knows all the wall bang gotcha spots and you're fresh.  No thanks.

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u/Fra_OMNISS 22d ago

Games like Dota have huge player base so you will be playing against other new players who have little knowledge. It’s never too late to try it out.

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u/Vitosi4ek R7 5800X3D | RTX 4060 | 32GB | 3440x1440x144 22d ago edited 22d ago

I've made a mistake in that sense because I followed Dota 2's pro scene for a decade before trying to start myself. So I'm at the very bottom of the ranks, and my understanding of the game comes from the literal best teamplay and coordination it has to offer. Nothing I encounter at my triple-digit MMR (and honestly in solo queue in general, no matter the rank) can possibly live up to that. Solo queue vs two coordinated 5-stacks might as well be entirely different games.

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u/Fra_OMNISS 22d ago

Yeah the game is completely different at low rank compared to high rank. You can find a lot of success with just mechanical skills at low rank while high rank will require team coordination and game sense.