Need some help on offtank visuals

[GreyFalcon-11737]

@ChiefWamBam-1978

So is it or is it not a separate queue from dps?

It’s a “dibs queue” that only locks you into the Bruiser role for the initial hero select screen.

After that you can switch to DPS, then back to offtank.

However between the 3 DPS, if one of them picks offtank, then it prevents the other 2 DPS from picking offtank.

So if you swap away from offtank, and somebody else grabs an offtank, then you’d be blocked from going offtank.

It’s purely in there to prevent squabbling if you get two offtank mains on the same team.

Additionally, if the matchmaker can’t find an easy bruiser-preferred player, then it just grabs 3x DPS.

So it’s not exactly 3 queues for the matchmaker, but it’s pretty darn close to it.

@ChiefWamBam-1978

You’ve yet to elaborate that part

I kinda assumed you read the concept. Or at least the first 9 bullet points.

@GreyFalcon-11737

• RoleQueue changed to 1BarrierTank, 3Damage, 2Healer
• Strong buffs to BarrierTanks
• All offtanks moved to a subclass of Damage, called Bruiser
• Mei moved to Bruiser subclass
• Limit 1 Bruiser per team
• First Damage player to pick Bruiser prevents the other 2 Damage players from picking Bruiser
• Bruiser players can switch back to Damage
• Optional “Dibs” Queue for Bruiser that soft-locks you the first player to pick Bruiser, out of 3 Damage players, during the initial hero select screen.
• If the Matchmaker can’t find someone preferring to have first-pick on Bruiser, it just grabs 3 Damage.
  • So it would look like 4 queue options, but really be 3 queue options from a matchmaker perspective.