Role queue: what is gained and lost

[BaronVonOwn-1533]

Gained:

• Less toxicity and fighting over roles
• More balanced team comps
• No more people playing their worst role at their best role’s MMR

Lost:

• Hybrid type hero concepts (example: Brigitte)
• Creative and unconventional team comps (example: GOATS)
• Probable longer queue times or worse matchmaking as it now has to match 3 roles in addition to SR for 12 players

Are the gains worth those sacrifices? I think so, but it doesn’t feel like a big win to me

[Lias-11313]

Yeah but now I get a free lootbox for supporting sometime

10/10

[lolezread-2702]

Gained:

@lolezread-2702

• it gives much needed structure to competitive and prevents many games being lost in spawn room (less frustration when forming viable team comps)
• role based SR makes games more balanced/competitive and gives incentives to play other roles without hindering overall rank.
• less random/coinflip games
• means u can play whoever u want without worry of hindering overall team comp much
• easier balancing/buffing. Especially for tanks/support without worry of stacked comps forming
• easier hero design due to not being able to stack
• no solo tanking or healing for multi dps
• tanks are guaranteed a 2nd tank and 2 supports to enable them to make space for team more effectively
• supports are guarenteed 2 tanks to play around and have more chance of being protected when having a hard time (rarely any1 peels in multi dps comps.
• not switching between roles encourage people to realise that counter picking within roles is possible and can be effective. Switching between roles can often be detrimental.
• higher chance of team oriented gameplay imo

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[Forklift17-1229]

I think how one feels about this depends on who you main.

You’re a DPS main? Dark day for you.
You’re a support main? Moira buff looks cool.
You’re a tank main? Unless you main D.Va, today is a VERY GOOD DAY.

[BaronVonOwn-1533]

But I don’t really main anything, so I don’t know how I feel about this.

[Silawatsi-1430]

Gained:

• Never having to solo tank/solo heal
• Being able to practice a specific hero or role without the interruption of having to fill (or face getting stomped)
• Far, far less “games lost at hero select” due to horrific team comps
• General skill levels across the community rising now that everyone is garunteed to get to play (and practice) what they want

[Forklift17-1229]

Then you’ll get to pick each game and you’ll get a ranking per class.

[MikeUchiha-11562]

@BaronVonOwn-1533

Less toxicity and fighting over roles

That is not going to happen.

If anything there will be MORE toxicity.

“Why did you queue as a support / tank you suck!”

“Dps why did you queue - I’m support and doing more damage / have more eliminations than you!”

etc. etc.

You severely over-estimate the playerbase.

[Mitrovarr-1405]

Gains: Can rebalance heroes for viability in 2-2-2 scenarios.
Can buff Goats heroes without restoring Goats.
Role SR, no more gold tanks in Masters because you didn’t roll an actual tank player.

[BaronVonOwn-1533]

You basically just said “balanced team comps” 4 different ways

[Silawatsi-1430]

Looks like balanced team comps will have a lot of different effects on the quality of gameplay…

[BaronVonOwn-1533]

I do wonder if they’ve thought through all the new types of toxicity or trolling that could occur. Maybe the worst that happens is an influx of DPS mains playing Roadhog or Zenyatta and not really tanking or healing for their team.