i really love it when garbage dps lock in and there’s no real way to flex around them, really has made the game so enjoyable being stagnant 2/2/2. i hope this trash gets removed soon so we can go back to flexing as the game has been since launch… this crap is garbage for anyone how actually want’s to climb and was climbing due to willingness to play whats needed…
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Roll picking has destroyed this game. Being able to change a role can be the difference between winning and losing and that option has been forcibly taken away by it creators. This game can no longer be called Overwatch. This is a new game entirely and it sucks.
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Severely disappointed with how the Role Queue is implemented into Overwatch. The idea that if I queue as a support, realize the team isn’t doing so hot and want to act as a flex after a few deaths, I can’t swap. In fact, if I don’t leave the queue after a match, I can never swap. The best parts of Overwatch have always been being able to swap to what the team needs and turn a losing situation around. Now, that simply isn’t an option.
And since we now require people to specifically choose which role they are STUCK playing, queue times are ballooning. I would suggest a flex role, where you could pick whatever the group needs. But that really wouldn’t solve the issue because it would just be the old system with everyone picking flex and the game randomly deciding to wall off over half the cast in a given match.
I really don’t know how you can keep role queue and still have the game feel like Overwatch.
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That’s what happens when Blizzard makes decisions. They are literally an on-going joke by their own users (ironically enough). Mandatory 2-2-2 and you can’t even switch roles with a teammate if you both agree on it mid-game. They’ve hit an all time low with this patch it’s actually funny at this point.
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Instead of forcing people to play the role they queue for, why not just ensure that the teams have at least 2 of each role covered when the teams are formed? This allows people to flex if needed and makes sure that you have at least two people who are able to play each role.
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Competitive Needs To Be Deleted!!!:
Competitive mode is no longer competitive by any means. Abusive, angry, and uncooperative teammates is the new meta. Defining the game mode as a competitive environment would be the biggest overstatement blizzard or anyone could ever make. Did a study of 10 games, 6/10 had AT LEAST one player that had not played the game in over 5 seasons and 7/10 had uncooperative players that showed absolutely zero effort to win after politely asking for target focus or character switches. Those 6/10 were all lost and the 3/10 that were won were solely because I stepped up and continuously shot called for the team and ( In all seriousness) me sweating from focusing so hard to physically carry as a 3800 dps. It is so rare to find other positive players with communication skills above that of a 5 year old. This needs to be filtered because if I have to struggle with players way over their elo, players way into their ego, or players that just show no effort whatsoever to win one more time, it’s the most solid uninstall and I honestly will make it to the NBA with my 6’4 tall self before i install again
I like the idea of Role Queue— but forcing it on quick play, really?
Lets not even discuss that literally the attack role is bigger then the tank and support COMBINED. There’s not even a setting to role swap either. Literally half the roster is inaccessible in QUICK PLAY if you pick tank or support.
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I mostly play quick play, mostly because I don’t care about this game enough to get ranked. But yeah, 90% of the times I lose a game it’s because the only people locking in DPS are like lvl 10 and just run it down.
If you lock in to play support or tank you have absolutely 0 versatility. Do you pick a tank that has a shield, or a stun? Do you pick a support that has heals or peel?
Meanwhile, the attack role has Doomfist, Pharah, Symmetra, Torb, Mie, McCree/Ashe, Hanze/Widow— so many diverse playstyles and character options.
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Role Queue is such a bad change to the game, you really have ruined the game - its utterly shocking and puts players off the game who play multiple characters depending on map. Takes away from team work when you cant change between characters to support the team.
Wait times can be up to 10 minutes for some matches.
Please remove this feature - its appalling.
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it’s failing, i don’t think you’ll have to worry too much longer
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The reason you can’t swap roles is because of split SR/MMR. You can’t have split SR if players are allowed to change roles. You need an entire match won or lost to apply to a specific SR for it to work.
In order for role switching mid game to work they need to go back to a single SR/MMR per player, which isn’t necessarily a bad idea.
I would be perfectly fine going back to a single SR with role queue. Queue for (a) role(s), get in game as a specific role but then anyone in spawn who can get to the hero select screen can opt to unlock their role and another player can click a button to trade their role for the unlocked role.
Edit: I would not even be opposed to the idea of opening up locked roles completely and just disallow having more than 3 of a specific role and not allowing 0 of any role.
Devs please address the DPS queue time frustrations and if we can expect anything to happen about it.
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Yeah not to mention they made the game so stale now.
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The game is awful now, who thought this was a good idea.
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I’m sorry. I hate this change. I don’t want to be limited to a single class, and I can’t imagine anyone else liking that limitation either.
As another poster said, this ruins the game. Ruin may be a harsh word - but it certainly doesn’t help.
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I’m uninstalling Overwatch until this is fixed. Honestly, Blizzard, this change is embarrassing.
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the game died…cheers blizzard!
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still waiting to finish my dps placements. 20 minutes and still waiting. Yup 2-2-2 role queue is the greatest thing since communism.
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Blizzard, where is your consequence analysis? I mean, boy, the frustration that this game provokes is painful. As both Tank and DPS player I would love to have the possibility to balance things out. Not to even mention these long queues times, even as Tank!!! How do you expect people to wait 10-15 minimum for a round, which by the way if someone drops, guess what, yup, go queue for another amount of 10+X minutes.
When it comes to toxicity, it’s the same, as a minimum. The comments I receive now are “You SUCK as TANK” “SWITCH TO ANOTHER TANK” “You should not be playing DPS, kys”, etc So if one of the goals was to minimize these problems well I am not sure it gave any result.
How is all of this fun? I understand dealing with the toxicity of people is quite hard but do not make this game stale and boring please!
The role queue was a good idea, sadly the execution was just not well thought through.
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