Which makes sense. No role queue, and they didn’t even have wide and narrow groups separated. Every match could be a wide match, even when solo.
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We don’t know. The dev post said something like 1/3 or something of people prefer it, but the way they have rolled out 6v6 is BS and completely skews the numbers in favor of 5v5. They haven’t balanced the mode at all so you have outliers that are too strong and too weak, 6v6 QP was delayed by a couple of weeks after it spent some time in the arcade, and they are comparing RQ 5v5 to OQ 6v6, which again isn’t even balanced.
Man, you don’t understand context at all. OQ was not a core game mode ever since we got Role Queue. You’re the type of person where everything has to be spelled out for them.
Then I shouldn’t be running into people who still don’t even know 6v6 is in the game. Apparently, a lot of people don’t read patch notes, just like you don’t really read the comments you reply to.
I hope they bring back 5v5 open queue. Role queue is garbage and 6v6 isn’t fun.
No.
You are just wrong.
They removed it temporarily and OQ has always been a Competitive Option mode. Since it has been that way for more than 5 years of the game, it is indeed a Core Mode.
It stopped being a core mode the moment OWL stopped abiding by it.
ever since 6v6 came out I entirely stopped playing 5v5. I would prefer to never play against raid boss tanks again. As someone who grew up playing 6v6 overwatch I’m definitely biased, but the game feels 10x better to me. Feels better for DPS, feels better for the tanks, and overall feels a lot better for team coordinated plays.
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6v6 and tanks that are killable is the best we got the last few years. and for the love of god, we dont need roleque, learn to play 2 heros from each role and learn to fill to get better. the lack of gamesens from low skill metal rank players flaming others because they loose is unbelievable at this point. ive not seen a game where we picked more then 3dps and even then we won. i hate to tank but i can play sigma/mauga/zarya good enough to fill when needed. i just love the freedom of switching to another role like it used to be back in ow1 openque.
No roleque for openque, nobody needs that nobody asked for that ever. if you ontrick one role and cant get where you want to be, learn to play something else and get more gamesens.
After playing 6v6 for the past few weeks i just cant go back to 5v5, its terrible how tanks just role you over and you cant do anything against them in this mode. in 6v6 you can kill them when they overextend pretty fast. way better overall experience, nothing for players that only play one role and are unable to fill.
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The only bad matches of 6v6 I’ve had are people who clearly only play 5v5 trying it, running in alone dying, blaming heals or tanks, then giving up half way thru the match and complaining instead of learning how the play the mode lmao.
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nobody wants roleque, if you want that, stick to 5v5. i hated rq the moment they introduced it back in the days. why are people still so stubborn and thing openque is bad with 2 tank limit? i have yet to see a game with dps only, not once have i seen more then 3 dps and even then we won.
No we dont need roleque, low metal ranks that onetrick on role will be stuck in there forever, for that exact reason. People need to learn to play other roles and get gamesens, you will improve on every role if you do that, and that will bring you higher.
If they switch from openque 2tanks only to roleque 6v6, im done with this game.
So glad to have this freedom back again like it used to be in ow1. i loved openque and have never played anything else the past 20 season in ow1.
Learn to switch/fill, roleque was the biggest failure this game has seen behind 5v5 bossfight tanks.
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I’ve been enjoying 6v6 as a tank player. Don’t think I will go back to 5v5 role queue anytime soon. Counterswap effect isn’t as bad because tanks are generally weaker, so I can play around the counters better.
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Rivalsmeta and rivalstracker have some composition stats. By and far, 2/2/2 is the most popular, but 1/3/2 is the next most popular after that. Triple support is very viable when you pick high damage output supports like Adam Warlock + Mantis + Loki.
Quad DPS or more is not very common and most people understand that 1 tank/1 support feels like terrible for everyone involved. The big pain in the arrse I see is that you pretty much have to play mind games with allies every few games if you ever got off tank/support. If I get off tank or support to play DPS, we are starting a match with people eyeing quad DPS in many games. You pretty much have to lock in harder than other DPS players to get players to play the role or do nonsense like, “Oh, three DPS, well, time to pick DPS with them until someone swaps to tank or support”.
Its so annoying seeing this nonsense being played. Single tank or support is honestly one of the most miserable experiences on the whole team. People are complaining about a souped up tank in 5v5 solo with one less person on the enemy team, but try playing solo tank in 6v6. You are weaker than ever before AND there is another damage dealer on the enemy team (support, tank, or dps, doesnt’ matter, they all do extra damage). Solo support sucks balls because if its a double dive situation or more, you are the prime target every single god damn game because its an immediate team fight win with the sole support dead.
I’m willing to play 6v6 in OW because there are actually some solo support or solo tank viable picks that is completely lacking in MRs. Thankfully, double support is far more common than solo support, and I refuse to touch tank in MR because those tanks feels like garbage to play. Most melee range, no headshots, and next to no self sustain to actually remove damage from the game.
Its simply been a remainder to me why I’m quite happy with a 5v5 environment. There are no highs high enough in 6v6 to ever make up the for the abysmal lows that 6v6 brings.
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OCE servers are like nonexistent, i had three games in a row with 300ms ping, its like australia doesnt exist or something
Yeah I tried queuing for 6v6 on Friday, couldn’t find a game even after 17 minutes. But found a game straight away for 5v5. 6v6 is unplayable in low population servers. People just default to the primarily format (5v5 qp or ranked). I guess people don’t like options, they just like to turn off their brain and pick whatever is in front of them. Instead of choosing a more fun mode.
Stadium being released probably hasn’t helped with the queue either.
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Ive definitely seen similar situations play out in both games. Solo Support in MR is awful! Somehow, Solor Support in OW2 is not as bad. Better Survivability? Maps? Because OW2 is just better overall? I cant be sure…
And OW2 players definitely know 2 Supports per game is better. I see that so much more often in OW2 and its a great feeling. 
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It is pretty crazy the power that a default mode has. People are sheep and baaahd at the game. 
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Gretchen stop trying to make fetch happen its not going to happen