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I just wanted to share my thoughts on something that's really impacted my experience with Overwatch.
My friends and I have been playing since the beta. We've stuck with the game through countless changes and challenges from Blizzard - a lot of them. But despite it all, we never really stopped playing for more than a month at a time.
Unfortunately, that changed when Blizzard introduced what I call "pity bots" in Quick Play. These bots seem to appear after you've lost a few matches in a row, supposedly to help balance things out and make you feel better. Since then, we've stopped playing completely. We absolutely can't stand being handed "free" wins like that, especially since there's no way to leave these bot matches once they start without penalties. It feels like a waste of time and honestly a bit insulting. We prefer to lose 10 matches in a row to real players instead of being treated like babies.
To be clear, I'm referring to bots that appear on the enemy team and attempt to mimic real players. In a PvP-focused game, that kind of design choice feels totally unacceptable to me. I'm genuinely surprised this hasn't sparked more conversation in the community. And for context - no, this isn't an issue with new accounts. Our accounts are very old, so it's definitely not a matchmaking issue based on account age.
Also, we don't play ranked. We've always preferred the less stressful environment of Quick Play. These recent changes have really taken the fun out of the game for me and my friends.
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