Got bored and played some OQ for the first time since OW2 launched and I’m mad at myself for neglecting it. Feels way more balanced than RQ, even the tanks have more of an OW1 feel to them in OQ, they don’t feel oppressive at all.
Blizzard screwed up. Rather than scrapping the tank role, should had just scrapped RQ. OQ makes more sense for 5v5 than 6v6.
Open Q is better if it’s balanced well, and it’s not hard actually. They created goats with brig and then killed open Q like it was the mod’s fault they released brig.
It’s the most balanced OW I’ve played so far, and that’s with OW1 included.
No goats as there isn’t a 3rd support (or 3rd tank), no tank diffs, tank synergy is alive, and tanks aren’t walking around with damn near 1,000 HP. I’m loving it.
And tank busting is not a thing cuz there can be more. But openQ has obvious issues too, like Junker Queen has 300 hp, reaper has 250 hp, which makes Junker queen obsolete.
Nah she’s better played with Lucio for extra speed boosting. She has that over Reaper there and paired with Reinhardt or Mauga, she’s great + knife.
Open Q’s a good time until there’s a Mauga and the entire team has to switch up to counter him lmao. Also revert the Tank HP nerf so we can properly get a more fun experience pls.
Open Q is better exactly because one team having mauga and the other not doesn’t mean a certain loss for the Mauga-less team. It gives teams way more options to deal with OP/problem heroes rather than just having to take an almost guranteed L.
If no one plays it, does it even matter?
There is also always the chance to get some idiots who goes full dps.
It’s all Tanks because DPS can’t compete. Not balanced at all.
Assault mode > ranked mode
(Assault mode = 2CP)
OQ was the better mode for most of OW2, but now it’s basically just Hog/Mauga/Kiri/Ana every single match in higher ranks at least which is wretched to play with and against. OW is completely unplayable right now.
Open Q = not being able to play the character you want because the other 4 insta lock DPS.
That was my reason for avoiding it but I have yet to be apart of a 3+ DPS squad. It’s usually 2 max of each role from what I’ve been experiencing.
Role Q with the trash balancing every season finally pushed me over the fence, atp I’d rather get a squad of 5 DPS than solo tank ever again.
I agree open queue is a lot of fun!
if only more ppl played it.
Alot of DPS players swapped when they did the health nerf. When I play I play OQ because you can actually kill tanks in the mode rather than them being literal gods. RQ is super stale when you have to do the same tactics over and over and ignore 1/5 of the enemy team at any time.
It certainly is not more balanced, and tank and support stacking is still the best. Team with less dps heroes has the advantage. Don’t get me wrong, open queue can be fun. Playing 2 tanks will give more of an ow1 feel for sure. But it is less balanced, and balance among tanks is quite different due to the missing 150hp hurting much more on some heroes than others. Like jq in rq is pretty good. A solo jq in open queue at 300 health isn’t very good.
I never liked 2cp, but did a handful of games a few weeks ago. And damn is it bad. Getting the first kill matters more in 5v5 than 6v6, and attackers need to win 2 fights within 7m. The advantage is huge.
Honestly, in my experience of 100s of hours of open queue in ow2, I would say 1-2 dps is the most common team comp I see. Almost always 2 or more supports, 1-2 tanks, and 1-2 dps. Rarely do I see more than 2 dps, and often enough it’s 0 dps comps for easier wins.
Have you tried JQ in Open Q? She’s fine with 300 HP. Her damage output is beyond insane, she can basically two shot + carnage every tank in that mode.
It feels like the devs balance better around open queue than role queue but that’s my opinion.