Heres the story of me, a 4400 peak DPS player amidst very high ranks. 2-2-2 was introduced and with it the destruction of the DPS role. I very much liked Goats it was fine, i loved the ball 4 DPS comps as they were very fast paced.
However, when 2-2-2 was introduced all the DPS we’re very happy, and they should be because with this new feature they get to play DPS without sacrificing their team composition! A great idea on paper, however all that resulted were problems.
There’s tons of problems with DPS queue, one the queues are twenty or more minutes long for me. It was already extremely long queues at high ranks for the lack of players, but now if I want to play the role I’ve enjoyed for ages, I have to wait ten years to get maybe two games in a day. This happens because healers and tanks love to toss in DPS into their role select and queue, why not? They can play whatever role they want now and with zero repercussions.
Number two, the games. as of right now I am currently 3700 and dropping, after waiting twenty minutes for a game I get a group of people usually already looking to blame DPS. And why blame them, how can I stay warmed up and ready for competitive play if I’m waiting in a 20 minute title screen?
Number three, one-tricks. As soon as 2-2-2 was released one tricks appeared everywhere. Why wouldn’t you, theres nothing anyone can do you to stop you from playing that character. The best DPS compositions usually go with one being extremely good at getting picks and the other being good at doing high amounts of damage. No one worries about that anymore and they instalock their hero regardless of the composition.
Number four, competition. The role queue system is idiotic at best, all it does is reward tank and healer players. They’re a drastically lower amount of people playing their roles, meaning that their is less competition to be a high rank, and even then a top500 player of that role! Before 2-2-2 with a majority of players playing DPS top500 was still dominated by equal amounts of all roles.
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me? Have you in the forums been experiencing the same thing? Perhaps it has been some unlucky games that I’ve been getting? It just feels like the characters that I love to play on this game aren’t fun anymore through all the things I have to do just to play them. I’d love to see the community’s opinion on this.