Had enough of people leaving and not being able to switch what I am playing

[TiredKitkat-1601]

Playing competitive I realized that while role locking has helped a lot of frustrations I have had with this game that it is also infuriating when I have a leaver. I am in silver across the board at slightly higher or lower rankings and I think if a healer leaves and I am a dps I should be able to play a healer if that is what will work best for the team at that moment. There might be some issues with this idea but losing multiple people or even just one person can mess up a whole team comp. I had a game recently where we lost both DPS but everyone wanted to stay and try to at least play and work with what we got but we were laughing about how we couldn’t pull out a bastion, rein, mercy and Baptiste combo or something similar because we have no flexibility whatsoever.

I think comp can be a lot better and just regular overwatch too but make it so we can work for the team and pick the best comp if we have a leaver.

It already sucks enough having a team member leave but it also sucks when you feel like you cant switch to make a better comp and still have a chance.

[Comixfan-6222]

@TiredKitkat-1601

It already sucks enough having a team member leave but it also sucks when you feel like you cant switch to make a better comp and still have a chance.

The addition of Role Queue to Competitive just further reinforced how necessary it is for Blizzard to add backfill to Competitive.

Competitive needs backfill

Having a competitive mode without anything in place to help a team recover from a leaver/disconnect is an absolute travesty. Blizzard needs to add backfill to competitive. If someone leaves or disconnects from a match, then someone else can load in to take their place. Have a “reserves bench” system in place for if the disconnected player reconnects (thus allowing for them to avoid the leaver penalty) and give them the option to rejoin the match at the start of a new map. Make competitive ba…

It would completely resolve the leaver problem, and it would also help reduce queue times. It’s a win win and I’m baffled as to why Blizzard have not done this yet.

[TiredKitkat-1601]

I totally agree with you I can see this helping with long wait times as well. I hate competitive because having someone leave can ruin the whole game and there’s not much you can do with a number difference.