Why is stadium queue for support so long?

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Like my time is 13+ mins! Why? Is it that there are too many support players, or not enough support players or what? What is going on?

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role queue is garbage for tank players and most dps are boring…so support is more popular and more op abilities

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Haven´t checked here (EU console) but last time it was like you say but in other modes there is a shortage of support players.

Could be that there is no Sombra :woman_shrugging:

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idk, but it makes the ranking system feel significantly worse than it most likely is.

I am elite 1, 1 win away from pro5. I have played for 4 hours, and I have an 82% winrate. i kinda just want to get to the point where my matches are at least fair but when I have to grind from the bottom of the ladder with 12 minute queues, it make it difficult to put myself through

edit: just won my rank up game to pro. 83% winrate. 20 wins 4 losses. 5 hours of games an I have lost 4 of them. I just want a fair matchup. i cant even tell if I like the mode because I am so severely under ranked.

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The best part is waiting 15-20 minutes to get a bunch of plats/golds with 40% WR who grinded to pro but still have no idea how to play so you just waste another 20-30 minutes watching moronic players soft throw the game, super fun :slight_smile:

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It’s because there are too many support players.

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Because support is the most fun. You get to be a dps or support where as dps can just dps and tanks can just live forever and feel little to no value.

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Support is just the most popular. It’s pretty chill to play, especially in Stadium where there’s increased health, survivability items, and a lack of dive heroes on the roster.

I would imagine the support roster having all the popular heroes on it (Mercy, Ana, Kiriko, etc.) also contributes. While the DPS roster got 3 hitscans. Not that hitscans are unpopular granted, but having 3 in a mode with a limited roster is a lot of unnecessary overlap when they could have opted to add more variety instead. And Tank is, well, tank. Unpopular as usual for the same reasons it usually is.