✅ Want shorter DPS queue times?

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Want shorter DPS queue times in Diamond, Masters and GM?

Only good way to do it, is to reduce the amount of DPS in those skill tiers.

Easiest way to do that? Make it harder for DPS to climb and maintain rank, in Diamond, Masters, and GM. (Less SR gains, bigger SR losses)

Results:

  • Less DPS in higher skill tiers
    • Lower DPS queue times
  • A chunk of DPS derank towards larger population
    • Lower DPS queue times
  • A Perception is created that “It’s easier to climb with Tanks/Healers”
    • Lower DPS queue times

Yeah, it isn’t going to feel the greatest for everybody. But it really is a question if fixing the problem is important. If you don’t reshape the population, the problem isn’t going to go away.

And if they don’t fix the problem, this game is going to lose a lot of prominent DPS to other games. Which will dumb down the game, and deprive it of a lot of free advertising from Streamers.

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No, the only true way to fix it is either remove role queue or add more tanks and healers.

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I think that would result in massive queue times at low-mid tiers and really only help the high-level DPS players. Instead of a bell curve distribution, we’d have a one-sided distribution that looks basically like a 90-degree angle downward from low to high.

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Honestly can’t we all just deal with long queue times and be done with it

Why do we keep making suggestions to fix them by hurting them in another way

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Lol can’t you see how absurdly unfair this is?

I am a 2-2-2 supporter BTW.

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Seems too far…?

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arent they effectively doing that with the role SR?

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I don’t think this part is correct. I think it will just result in higher queue times of DPS players in Gold/Plat/Diamond or wherever you mean by larger population.

The rest I mostly agree with.

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It would be a lot less noticeable. Because Gold+Platinum is 60% of the player population, and Diamond+Masters+GM is about 19% of the population.

And it would only be moving a small fraction of that 19% down, say 1-2%.

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It will, however the population’s in Gold+Plat is 60% of the playerbase.

So it removes 5-10 minutes off high ranks, for 10-50 seconds on lower ranks.

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DPS queue spots are more valuable, therefore make them cost more.

That’s how you deal with scarcity with almost anything in the real world.

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No.

How about we just leave it how it it and finally accept how it is.

222 is here regardless if people have higher que times cause it’s not only dps who’s getting those.

Not everything’s about them or you. 222 comes with consiquenses.

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Forcing a large portion of the most skillful and influential players to quit the game is a really bad business decision.

Especially when it’s easily avoidable.

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Same thing been said about hero limits when that thing came.

222 isnt end of the world, neither longer que times (WHICH WERENT EVEN THAT MUCH DIFFERENT BEFORE 222 BTW) If people were smart they’d multitask, play something else or watch videos while waiting in que just like other people have done instead of complaining about it)

Also, a lot of players like me & my friends + streamer’s been coming back to this game cause of 222… So it’s not really bad ‘‘business decision’’.

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So what’s your disagreement though?

This doesn’t change or remove 222.

It just adjusts the shape of the population to better fit 222.

Or is this some weird morality thing that demands unnecessary suffering?

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And you think lowering dps player’s sr reward is the best option to do so?

‘‘Unnecessary suffering’’ really? LOL 222 comes with consiquenses just like Jeff himself said. And he specially said that dps players do have longer que times cause there’s so friiking many of 'em.

If people really wanted shorter que times they’d que with a friend/s whos playing tank/support or they’d play tank/support themselvs, or do the things what I said while waiting in que.

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If it doesn’t reduce the amount of DPS in Diamond and above, it’s not gonna work.

Not much else can accomplish that.

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Dont you think that this idea of yours could make leave them even more then?

How about just leave it how 222 is now and let the devs themselvs figure out if they really need to change it or not.

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Click the tank/support button and everyone gets faster queues.

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The most skillful and most influential players?

If that was the case they should be able to play any role, not just DPS.

If DPS are the most skillful and influential characters, sounds like they need to be balanced and put on an equal footing as every other role.