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This is why I don't play Call of Duty or other similar games. Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've

This is why I don't play Call of Duty or other similar games. Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater.

Shared404 4y ago
> Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater. I've played OW off and on for years now, and have only seen two cheaters. One was using wallhacks (could see them tracking me back and forth behind a wall on the killcam) and one had incredibly blatant headsnapping (Genji with the worlds fastest sensitivity turning 180 degrees and landing a perfect headshot, repeatedly). A pretty good track record. Unfortunately, the monetization in OW2 has put me off. Hopefully that gets fixed eventually.
yamtaddle 4y ago
The Modern Warfare and later Call of Duty games, in particular, made some really frustrating design choices that amplify the difference between players. The powerful rewards you get for success can turn a close-enough-that-everyone's-still-having-fun match into a not-even-close misery-fest for the losing side. It's a hell of a dopamine hit when you're winning (which is why people like it) but it really messes with the balance of the games.
GloriousKoji 4y ago
My experience with Overwatch (1) is completely the opposite. In competitive queue there's blatant cheating about 1/20 games. Then there's the smurf problem where it might as well be considered cheating for about 1/10 games. Of course I report them and I see that thank you message about reporting but it feels like it hasn't done anything to curb reduce the numbers. Toxicity is the the inverse where 1/10 games feels like it's a match filled with rational minimally behaved adults. I pretty much stopped playing when Overwatch 2 came out.
- bovermyer 4y ago
  That might be the difference between your experience and mine; I never play competitive, only open queue and arcade.

Shared404 4y ago

> Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater. I've played OW off and on for years now, and have only seen two cheaters. One was using wallhacks (could see them tracking me back and forth behind a wall on the killcam) and one had incredibly blatant headsnapping (Genji with the worlds fastest sensitivity turning 180 degrees and landing a perfect headshot, repeatedly). A pretty good track record. Unfortunately, the monetization in OW2 has put me off. Hopefully that gets fixed eventually.

yamtaddle 4y ago

The Modern Warfare and later Call of Duty games, in particular, made some really frustrating design choices that amplify the difference between players. The powerful rewards you get for success can turn a close-enough-that-everyone's-still-having-fun match into a not-even-close misery-fest for the losing side. It's a hell of a dopamine hit when you're winning (which is why people like it) but it really messes with the balance of the games.

GloriousKoji 4y ago

My experience with Overwatch (1) is completely the opposite. In competitive queue there's blatant cheating about 1/20 games. Then there's the smurf problem where it might as well be considered cheating for about 1/10 games. Of course I report them and I see that thank you message about reporting but it feels like it hasn't done anything to curb reduce the numbers. Toxicity is the the inverse where 1/10 games feels like it's a match filled with rational minimally behaved adults. I pretty much stopped playing when Overwatch 2 came out.

bovermyer 4y ago
That might be the difference between your experience and mine; I never play competitive, only open queue and arcade.