Can We Admit Role Queue is a Failure?

[MrNegotiator-2325]

@JimothyJohn-1949

What other reason would they have for experimenting with a game mode? It’s pure logical deduction. They spent well over a month attempting adjustments to it before they realized it just did not work with high mobility nor did it flow well.

I already detailed exactly why they did that in my previous post… I don’t think it’s that hard to comprehend really:

@MrNegotiator-2325

They tried 3/2/1, it failed, they moved on. They only tried it in order to reduce queue times. If they didn’t, they would have actually implemented into the game and wouldn’t officially announce that the majority of feedback concerning the system was negative…

@JimothyJohn-1949

They even entirely removed it until a few die hard fans requested it be re-added. To which it was added to the rotation after that. Without those few die hard fans it would have never seen the light of day again.

Are you referring to the Classic game modes here??

@JimothyJohn-1949

Which indicates that it is a big enough problem that they even considered ditching 2-2-2.

As I already said, if it really was such a big of a problem, they would have immediately implemented 3/2/1 into the game.

Since they didn’t do that, that means one thing and one thing only, that there are certainly important problems with 2/2/2 role lock (as there are with literally everything else in this world), but they’re not enough in any way in order to change the positive overall opinion of the majority of the player base towards the system, etc.

@JimothyJohn-1949

There is absolutely no evidence to support it as a success. Every action of the dev’s speaks far more the words of any dev or player.

@Megadodo-11847

I am not aware of any valid data at this time that supports the claim of a majority

1. In one of the latest Developer Updates Jeff Kaplan himself said that 2/2/2 role - queue was overall a “positive” change.
2. Here are some official developer quotes that were released a couple of months ago:

@ScottMercer

it’s been great to see so much positive feedback about match quality in a role queue world.

And even more importantly, here’s the point where the overall very positive opinion of the majority of the game’s player base is touched upon:

@ScottMercer

With the generally positive feedback we also seen some a few concerns from players.

@ScottMercer

We also believe that games of Overwatch are better when both teams have balanced team compositions. This has been the loudest, most noticeable positive feedback from everyone.

3. I have to admit this isn’t such a trustworthy source, but just the fact that the grand majority of the unofficial polls created in social places as historically negative for some reason as these Forums have surprisingly shown 2/2/2 role - lock to be a clear winner amongst fans, with the different concensus sometimes even touching 3:1 in favor of the system really says a lot …

But yeah, write all of them off while not providing even the slightest amount of evidence which proves your dream of 2/2/2 role - lock’s supposed ““failure””…

Truly bias at its finest…