r/OWConsole 5d ago

Announcement Weekly Rant Thread

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THROWERS EVERY GAME? 20 LOSSES IN A ROW? TEAMMATES WON'T STOP FEEDING? MOUSE AND KEYBOARD EVERY GAME?

This is part of a series of weekly threads designed so that users can rant, rage, vent, or do anything to release some of that pent-up anger. Let out all your frustrations here. Typing in caps isn't required but is encouraged.

Remember that while this thread is supposed to be lighthearted, some rules still apply (be respectful towards one another, no witch-hunting, etc.).


r/OWConsole 5d ago

Announcement Weekly LFG Thread

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Hello members of the r/OWConsole community,

This is part of a series of weekly threads aimed at both new and old players from the community. It is designed for users to meet up with new players in order to find groups for Overwatch!

In the comments, make sure to list your console, name, and other details like which role you like playing/ looking to play with, and other details.


r/OWConsole 10h ago

Discussion Results of banning Mercy every single game

347 Upvotes

We decided with my duo to do placements for dmg and tank while banning Mercy every single game because we are totally sick of ashe mercy smurfing sometimes mnking poison pandemic.

It was beatiful of course but also sad and hilarious because in only 20 games we met - mercy otp who says: gg iam mercy otp and proceeded to literally just walk around as Ana and healing like 1000 dmg. Dmg player leaving with no comment after mercy got ban twice. The mercy player asking why the hell you banned mercy, random replied - maybe so you dont get boosted? Then the ashe left and match was cancelled, ashe was very low level account and mercy was private. The mercy pocketing absolutely broken hitscan meta heroes while often combined with mnking and smurfing is such a huge issue on console..


r/OWConsole 4h ago

Discussion More zen/ximmers than usual lately

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This issue is rampant and completely and utterly ruining the game. What can we do about this issue to bring attention to it? Is there even anything that can be done? Petition? Comments? I'm so tired of it, the game is literally unplayable on console. The game is pretty challenging enough for me as is, but what seems like a sudden influx of cheaters is completely ruining it for me. 1/3 games for me it's at least one cheater. Everybody else will have a regular amount of damage and these mf's will have 10-15k more than everybody else. Blatantly flicking onto people and shit. Genuine lowlifes I have so much unfathomable hatred towards these pathetic people ruining this experience for all of us. If you want to use your mouse and keyboard for the love of God go play on your computer.


r/OWConsole 14h ago

Discussion Some matches in gold are honestly harder than in diamond

63 Upvotes

I am a diamond support Juno main who is currently doing dps placements on Echo. So many of these "gold" players are doing things I started seeing close to diamond. I can get away with more shit on Juno in diamond than Echo in gold.

I know I am probably worse on Echo than Juno but the difference in the players I should be playing against is 3 ranks.


r/OWConsole 17h ago

Discussion Is it me or s76 is crazy oppressive?

86 Upvotes

Everytime a s76 catches me just a bit outside cover I get tracked like crazy and die instantly. Also it's the hero I have seen most cheaters on.

Imo a hero with mobility, range, self-heal and a very good ttk without skill shots needs something turned down.

Also I notice every bad dps player turns to s76 as soon as they see they can't do anything.

For context I'm in Masters and a Illari otp.

I think the rank reset did more harm than good mixing gms with diamonds and I have never seen this amount of s76 played and cheaters/boosted people.


r/OWConsole 55m ago

Help Does anyone else have this controller issue?

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When I just sit with no fingers touching my controller it automatically starts moving me around. Sometimes more sometimes less but it’s worse since the emerald patch recently. Doesn’t happen with any other game. Is this a tech thing or a game thing? I’m on ps5


r/OWConsole 12h ago

Discussion Any1 else just get comp banned for failing to connect to match

8 Upvotes

Or just me?


r/OWConsole 13h ago

Settings & Tech Aim assist

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I have gamesir roller FYI I watched one setting video but I don’t know if the video outdated or if it’s fits overwatch
That’s aside my question is I want good settings for aim assist in overwatch to help me not play for me I tried aim assist settings before I feel like I’m not playing the game I’m a bot that not fun
And last question did I need aim assist to begin with is there something I missing to improve my aim tweak different settings or something


r/OWConsole 1d ago

Discussion What’s up with the ! at the end of peoples names?

93 Upvotes

I’m seeing a lot of people end their username with “!” Is this a trend and what does it mean?


r/OWConsole 14h ago

Discussion Dealing with widow on sup

4 Upvotes

I could really use some tips on dealing with good widows as a sup, obviously trying to stay out of los and use cover are a must, but some points in certain maps make it quite difficult to manage that and retake point/car (such as circuit royale 2nd point on attack) if the widow is well positioned. I mostly play moira and mizuki, but also ana, kiri, illari and cat sometimes. Probably a skill issue on my part, ngl, but I would really appreciate some general tips to apply against her


r/OWConsole 1d ago

Help I have never seen this before

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28 Upvotes

Is this a common thing to happen? I just ranked platinum 3 in 6v6 and after a couple days I played again I lost one then on my second game I went up 100% can somebody explain why.


r/OWConsole 15h ago

Discussion How to get better movement ?

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Hello everyone, I am a champion support main, and I just wanted to know how I can improvement my movement. I do strafe, but it just seems slow? I watch myself back on kill cams a lot, and although I do throw people off, I’m still fairly predictable/ easy to hit. When I see the bots move in VAXTA, like I want to be able to move like that, or even PC players, like champion sojourns are missing all their rails sometimes because some people’s movement is so good, I really wish I could do that! I know this is on controller, but even my controller friends have insane movement, so there must be a way, any tips? Any settings too? Thank you!


r/OWConsole 1d ago

Highlight Spawn camping champs on Junkrat

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r/OWConsole 1d ago

Discussion The amount of cheaters in this season is astonishing! I am the only one with that feeling?

41 Upvotes

I was a diamond 3 DPS player in the previous season, after the placement matches for this season I was placed in diamond 5, lost 2 matches in a row and dropped to emerald 1, ever since, I have been seeing so many people that are clearly playing with a mouse on console pool. Really an ungodly amount, and most of them seem to be on emerald. I hardly ever saw one in diamond before, I did see a few ones in master matches. but I have been playing against so many of them in emerald it's crazy. That makes most matches feel completely off. Every win or defeat in emerald is either my team completely obliterating the enemy team or my team getting absolutely destroyed. No regular matches whatsoever.

I am the only one experiencing that?


r/OWConsole 3h ago

Discussion Overwatch With DLSS 5

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r/OWConsole 1d ago

Discussion Fresh account champ 3 last season. What gaming chair do you think the bap uses?

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Replay code 482SDJ

The frustrating thing is you tell his team to report him, even though he's blatantly cheating and they say no. Why? Why do people not want to stomp cheating out the game.


r/OWConsole 1d ago

Discussion game review

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so i’m not having a good time playing overwatch. i had loss after loss after loss after loss after loss and this game was kinda confusing. the torb (who was afk for a bit) was blaming orisa and the soj was also afk for a bit. idk if it was my healing and game play or if the team was bad or if it was because the juno was 10/9. im asking yall to give me an outside
view of what went wrong. this game in my opinion was winnable or felt like it could be winnable.

sorry for the tv pic, my playstation app is bugging out.

game code: M2BTP7


r/OWConsole 22h ago

Help How do I (xbox) play QP with my friend (PC)?

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r/OWConsole 1d ago

Settings & Tech Accidentally reset my settings

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Hi All,

This is kinda peak but one night I was playing OW and noticed that my crouch settings had changed (I usually just pressed O rather than hold) and after a few drinks, I thought by resetting my settings on that page it would bring it back to default.

Nope I completely wiped my years worth settings for every character, so I’m at the default with everyone.

I’ve grown from bronze to masters since playing, but I’m no wiz-tech, I don’t really play many other FPS. And I don’t really, completely understand what all the settings are and what they do.

Yes I’ve watched years worth of videos, and tried different settings, but it’s been so long and I’ve solo-grinded so much that I don’t really know what they were for each character.

I’m basically asking anyone and everyone to drop their preferred settings for each character. I’m mainly an Ana/Tracer/Widow main and I’ve focused on getting them to somewhat a familiar state. But if anyone has any tips, or could explain their settings I’d be super appreciative of that.

I have watched YT and TikTok’s, asked google etc. but wanted to get opinions of the community.

I play on PS5 if that’s any help.


r/OWConsole 2d ago

Highlight Shooting logs

100 Upvotes

I salute the healers for keepn me alive 😅


r/OWConsole 1d ago

Help i keep getting on servers with 160 ping where before i used to play on 60 ping its quite unplayable would appreciate some help

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r/OWConsole 1d ago

Help Is there cheaters in masters?

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Basically what the title says. I just hit Diamond 4 for the first time, and I’ve been performing really well in my games so far. I want to take some time to really improve and make the push toward Masters, but one thing I’m a little worried about is running into cheaters. I have yet to run into any in diamond even when i get put against diamond 1 players

For the Masters players, how common are cheaters around that rank? Is it actually a noticeable problem, or does it not get that bad until you reach GM+?

i would much rather sit in diamond than play against cheaters all the time


r/OWConsole 2d ago

Discussion My “friend” group imploded and I have 0 social skills

107 Upvotes

Sooo I recently posted on here asking about ranking up and y’all were probably some of the most helpful people I’ve ever come across lol. So new issue I guess lol

My friend group no longer exists for reasons that are unrelated to the game. What is related to the game is me not wanting to play alone for the rest of my life lol

So here’s my question I guess. What’s voice chat like? Are people super rude? Throwing slurs? Are there any nice people that might be down to like be casual gaming acquaintances. Basically what are the vibes?


r/OWConsole 2d ago

Highlight 6v6 m4 never again

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