SHORTER QUE times please

Competitive Discussion
1

Shorter queue times at the highest ranks is the best advertisement a game can have.

What it does:
-More streamers streaming your game(they can show off their higher rank claiming they are “skilled”)

-You have constant gameplay streaming instead of playing other games while setting in queue (which make people think the game is very popular).

-Average players can reach higher ranks than other games like Marvel Rivals (which is one of the reasons they are pulling so many players from overwatch, the other major reason being world/ability high quality graphics which is what Valorant did to CSGO)

Now how do you do this, well they are already stating to figure it out:

-Bots at low levels

-Heroes in each class that have high, med, and low actions per minute requirements (allowing less skilled players to climb, while “skilled” players will use the high apm heroes because it’s more engaging for them)

-Look at the classes and have similar to the same total output potential (for example every dps hero will do the same to similar dps, all the supports will offer the same to similar heals per second, and tanks will offer the same to similar shielding/armor.)
Then just apply the total numbers at different rates and with different styles.

Instantly balancing becomes easier and allows more skin sales because all of your heroes become viable.

Let’s take an honest look at this game… It’s pay to win.

-Better pc higher fps/better aim (aim is required unlike Marvel Rivals where most of the abilities are auto target)
-Buy the white skins/blend in with background of engine

If you have played OW for as many years as I have you know all this. Like IQ is part of the problem for climbing but the bigger issue is queue times. You want to reward players for playing the game. Right now your reward for climbing ranks is a 20 minute queue during the week. How is that a reward or fun? In GM+ Marvel Rivals my queue time during the week is 3-30 seconds.

Here is my fix:
-Bots at low levels
-Majority of player base at diamond where decay stops
-More players above diamond then below diamond.
-Also, Increase ULT charge to make matches end faster (try to match Marvel Rivals for time 8-12 minute matches in Bronze-GM) Faster games = more players in queue.

I would rather fight silver players than be stuck in 20 minute queues. I just want to play the game.

2

If more people can reach higher ranks, then these ranks become meaningless.
Ranks are based on one another.

Ohh, this was you.
Do you still not see how incredibly stupid this idea is?

3

How would you do that if the rank is limited by playerbase? You do bronze to gm, seems like

4

-Bots at low levels
-Majority of player base at diamond
-More players above diamond then below diamond.

You want to reward players for playing the game.
Right now your reward for climbing ranks is a 20 minute queue during the week.
How is that fun?

5

To do that, you have to loosen match making significantly.

So what do you want. Plat players in your lobbies, or have to wait a little bit.

That is an atrocious idea.

This would do literally nothing. All you are doing is moving everyone up 2 ranks, and then at the top end making match making an utter mess.