Open Queue is dominated by either 3 tanks and 2 supports or 2 tanks and 3 supports. It is not an enjoyable gameplay experience in many ways. Some of the most oppressive tanks are the most common. Ex: Mauga, Zarya, Dva, etc. If its gonna remain this way they should just take it out of the game.
Welcome to GOATS lite.
-Game got dominated by GOATS for a long time.
-The reason why role queue was introduced was because of GOATS.
-They brought back Open Queue in a separate queue for those who liked GOATS.
-Now, here we are, complaining about it after choosing to queue for it ourselves.
Funny how things go in life, isn’t it.
or TL;DR: if Open Queue isn’t for you, role queue is your flavor.
(idk how long you have been around but it stands for Go All Tanks and Support. Ironically enough afaik introduced by the team Goats. So now both explanations are common for the naming of that comp)
This is proof DPS is cosmetic. They are throw picks
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I personally enjoy role-less queue matches far more than 122/222 matches, as I find the match quality to be much better in role-less queue mode
Open queue is more fun, because it’s bad.
It’s just a random mash of skills trying to force tanks and supports every game.
Anyone who thinks that it’s better quality is a 
.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not more fun. It is probably the most fun way to play the game. Sadly, if it became the accepted norm, I suspect that fun would very quickly disappear. As the biggest issue most games have in terms of fun are the people playing it. The more people play, the greater than chance that killjoys come along and ruin the fun.
Bad is what one defines it to be, so I suppose there are definitions where role-less queue is bad, just as there are definitions like mine where it is a very good mode, one far far far better than 122/222
The admission that it is more fun, incidentally, is an argument towards it being a good mode, or at least, a better mode
actually, no role choices of any kind are forced in role-less queue mode
nothing forced, and no trying to force any such thing
one always is free to select any available character in role-less queue
not at all
I consider it a wise thing to choose the mode that one finds to be more fun and better quality matches…for me and many many others, thats role-less queue
Not at all
A larger player population helps ensure getting a match more quickly and allows for tightening the specs for matchmaking
Both of which is a good thing
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I have been around since GOATS. I know that it’s the reason why role queue was introduced but that doesn’t make it an excuse for the gameplay to be awful. Its not that I don’t enjoy playing tank or support, but that all tanks and all supports is enjoyable. There is a small percentage of people who even enjoy GOATS because of the amount of people who hated it in OW1. I don’t see why they would have brought it back simply for the people who enjoyed playing GOATS
I almost always exclusively play OQ for comp. 
The hero combinations make it faaar more interesting.
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i do not play outside of open queue
I hear people complain about OQ being dominated by tanks, i don’t play it but what if the tank passive gets removed from OQ while keeping DPS passive or buffing it a little in OQ, will that solve it or help?
Don’t underestimate that, that easily. I don’t remember where¹ it got said but developers did mention about 10% of player hours from overwatch players are spent in the open queue. Which clearly speaks for people still enjoying what is happening there.
EDIT:
Âą I did remember where:
It was a Dev interview where Aaron, Alec Dawson, Svb and Flat’s had a talk/ interview .
Video title: “We Asked Devs Our Heaviest Questions about Overwatch 2”,
Timestamp 1:18:20
Well that’s just GOATs meta. If you ever find a solution to it then let everyone else know. Otherwise maybe just queue something else?
It stopped being enjoyable in OW1 for the same reasons.
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Dps are not weak, they can out dps tanks.
The reason dps seem weak is because blizz killed voicechat
Nobody focuses targets
Also your team can’t aim
They would rather hold W and M1 on 3tank because its easy
It turns into a spongefest because players dont know how to play, and developers kill their own game.
The meta is 4 tanks + juno. Theres a junk one trick who has several accounts in top500, but for 95% of the playerbase a dps pick in a high master+ OQ lobby is just throwing.
You can have incredible aim but a mauga+ram+zarya+dva speed boosted will just roll right over you before you have a chance to even reach the juno
I think the general consensus is that all competitive is unenjoyable right now not just open queue.
For me, it is the most fun game mode. Try Orisa vs. Orisa in RQ or sig vs sig. More versatile comps in OQ, however it is dominated by 3-4 tanks. I play OQ 90% of the time.
Every competition is not enjoyable if you refuse to try. To be competitive is trying to be the best. If you dont want to try and be the best, always expect to be beaten by somebody.
The issue is the community doesn’t need this sort of toxic behaviour which only comes from lack of understanding.
Pretty simple, if you don’t want to be the best and don’t like being beaten. Don’t click the join comp queue.
If you hate the occasional stomping in QP and refuse to improve, then you shouldn’t be playing this game as it is only making the person toxic.