Going from 30 characters to 7 will be the final nail in the coffin. Consider the following:
Being able to switch when your current composition isn’t working. Several counters are not found within a single class. Restricting choice or having to rely on randoms to switch will result in an unwinnable game.
There is already a system in the game that allows you to play with the heroes and compositions that you want. I agree that it’s not perfect and needs work. Why don’t you lobby the developers to FIX THAT SYSTEM instead of throwing flex players such as myself under the bus?
I do not trust Blizzard to implement a system that would actually be fair to all parties involved. After Mercy’s rework, D.va’s constant changes and Brig’s release, I have lost all faith that this company will do the right thing. I would greatly prefer that the system be left as is as this is the best solution.
I know there’s plenty of threads on the subject, and there are many that would disagree with me. That’s fine. But mark my words that if this change comes, casuals will leave this game and it will be in a far worse state.
They are planning on doing basically what LOL tried and LOL literally removed theirs because while it was a good concept it led to throwers people playing at ranks they were way better at.
To be fair, league still had auto fill. People being auto filled to a role they dont want, that didnt hurt their rank as much as when they played their main role. Its no wonder people didnt care as much. In the hypothetical role based sr people talk about, it is all under the assumption you can only get the role you que for. Which is a big difference.
When is the last time a main healer or a main tank switches to a sniper to counter the Pharah and the current DPS that you think isn’t performing willingly switches over to main tank or main healer.
A very very small percent of the time. People are not switching every few minutes all over the place every game. Most games people stick to the heroes they want to play the whole match.
Not wanting an organized way to play competitive because of a very small percentage of the time that people actually switch around willingly and not crippling their team is nonsense.
I have done it in my games and there are others as well. I know it’s a small percentage of overall games, but you would be sacrificing the ability to WIN those games.
So you want to hold the majority of the community hostage with the chaotic circus that is competitive in order to enjoy freedom of switching without issues that occurs in a very small percentage of games?
That is a very selfish point of view to be honest.
Most of the time trying to convince others to switch to your role during the game turns into a big toxic situation.
Your late to the party with these concerns which are mostly incorrect assessments. You’re being put in the same boat as everyone, sadly if more people truly flexed we wouldn’t be here BUT the real issue are the problems of multi-role stacking and balance.
They’re doing it to remove GOATS however if they do that then all the OTHER changes they made to remove GOATS will make the game super unfair. Baptiste’s existence, Brigitte’s nerfs, Armor nerfs, Reaper buffs. The second they are forced into 2-2-2 they will not fit. Reaper will shred through enemy tanks like butter and Brig will be borderline useless. I won’t be able to get behind forced 2-2-2 until the game is balanced AROUND 2-2-2.