Role queue was accidentally confirmed in an OWL video that was put up too soon. No word yet on separate SRs, but it would appear that comp will have a role queue with locked roles.
So, what do you think future “here’s what’s holding me back” threads will be about once it’s implemented?
A lot of these threads are based on the premise that MMR is some evil system to keep them down, so they will live on.
Locked roles and role based SR will probably fix a majority of the games issues. In my opinion. We should have had this a long time ago and the faster it’s implemented the better.
Yeah, I’m guessing that at first the wrath will be directed at bunker comp. That’s a popular one already and it’s only going to be more prominent in forced 2-2-2, unless it comes with some heavy balance changes
I feel like it just masks the game’s issues. Why do people play 4 dps? #1 because tank isn’t fun. #2 because dps is very fun, feels more impactful, and there are more dps heroes than tanks and healers combined
Does this change make tank fun? Nope… it just forces people to play tank, if for no other reason than to get a decent queue time
Smurfs, throwers, and hackers will always be a stable choice in the blame and complain meta. Rigged matchmaking and broken MMR are also very consistent picks. Oh and don’t forget the bad teammate strategy, it’s practically the face of Overwatch. However there is also the possibility of the “specific hero” strategy increasing in popularity, as we’ve seen a steady increase in Widow’s complaint-rate recently. There’s also the possibility of the “I used to flex” strategy becoming popular, I personally think it has the potential to completely shift the meta.
All I know is interesting times are ahead of us in terms of the blame and complain meta.
i expect false reporting of symetra, torb, who ever else is unpopular to skyrocket
Good point. Probably a fair share of Widows as well. If both teams have Widow you best believe the losing team will report theirs
None, probably gonna play even less because on some maps I really like to play tanks on other maps I really like playing dps and on other maps I really like playing support.
Now I can play the role I feel most comfortable on after seeing the map if I have to queue as a support and be limited to just that role I’ll get stuck as support on a map I’d much rather play tanks on and vice versa.
Forced 2-2-2 is the ultimate death of true flex players.