The downtime is insane. I’m waiting almost as long in queue as I spend actually playing the round.
I miss when Overwatch was about being able to jump in a match and just have fun. The devs have completely misunderstood the appeal of their own game and focused way too much on trying to make it “esports” and dividing the playerbase across 10+ modes. OW was never designed for that, and wasn’t the reason why it sold so well in the first place.
My expectation is that the excessive wait times will drive away many customers – never a good thing for a for-profit business
Stop playing dps then and start playing sup or tank.
It will drive away only dps players, not a problems as we have more than plenty of them.
Number one thing you can do to reduce queue times is to group up with others. When you’re grouped up the queue time drastically gets reduced. In a group of 3 I’ve never seen the time tick past 7 minutes, and it’s typically sub 5.
That was when I was messing around on DPS of course. When I’m playing tank I always get into a match within 30 seconds or less ;^)
Just because you don’t respect how Overwatch plays “competitively” doesn’t make it a fact.
I play OW to have fun. Support/tank are insanely boring for me, they are way too shallow.
I absolutely respect OW for what it is, and competitive isn’t one of them. Forced role queue has taken this game in completely the wrong direction.
Again, just because you don’t respect how Overwatch plays “competitively” doesn’t make it a fact.
But since you personally don’t feel that it’s Competitive, mind explaining why? Ignore the “scoreboard” issue, is it because of the wildly differing “roles” that you think don’t belong in “competitive” games?
Yeah ok but this games isnt only about dps. So you have to start playing other roles or just keep waiting for dps space in games.
First, unless you’re in one of the ranks that is an outlier you’re queue times aren’t 10-15 with any regularity. Your profile is private so I could be wrong and your in bronze or GM.
Secondly, what other competitive games have you played? A 5-10 minute wait is normal for me in CSGO and the queue times you’re experiencing now are common in many other games with healthy player bases.
It seems like you just have unrealistic expectations or a small sample size of experience for what queue times should be for fair and competitive matchmaking.
Tanks and Supports are shallow? That actually made me laugh a bit. Tanks and Supports have much more nuance than DPS. I’m fine with you calling them boring for you, but they are in no way shallow.
Queue times will even out over time. People just need to realise that the more people queuing for more roles will actually increase the chances of you getting the role you want
You sound like a miserable human being.
OP - I agree it sucks, and do not want to see large numbers of players driven away from the game. So far classic has been pretty solid, still getting nearly 222 comps. I think the matchmaker is looser in the arcade though, and of course it doesn’t help comp.
Wtb FFA skirmishingvwhile queued.
It absolutely is about DPS, because without DPS nothing would ever get done. That’s why all tank/support heroes can also do DPS, just in less interesting ways.
Sounds like a chore. That’s not why I bought Overwatch and it’s sad to see it turn into a chore.
Is that a trick question? Like 90% of the game revolves around placing down a barrier, or playing heroes who do passive/auto-lockon DPS, and that’s not even counting ultimates which are purposely designed to be as cheap and low-skill as possible at the push of a button. The design intent is to allow anyone to feel awesome, and that’s great. It’s why the game sold so well in the first place.
We all know you are queueing up strictly DPS. That’s YOUR fault not the matchmaking’s.
I literally only play solo on all my accounts.
Yet to see even a 7 mintues queue.
They already bought the game. It’s perfect for the business really
It depends on a rank.
My main acc faces 25min queue times.
My troll acc, currently at 3200SR, usually around 7 minutes and never shorter than 5. This is unacceptable.
If that’s what its really turned into, then there’s the door. No sense in playing a game you don’t enjoy right?
You still can do that in other modes like the Arcade and Workshop.
You haven’t been playing the same tanks and supports I have, since they’re heaps fun to play. Moreso than DPS in some cases.
Not just tank heroes, but all supports DPS too.
Not surprising, though, considering this is a shooter game after all. They’d never add a hero that wasn’t able to do damage of some sort.
Of course that doesn’t mean it’s every heroes’ job to do damage, though.