I do not have time to find players with equal caliber to play with. I work, and sometimes play early in the mornings.
Every other competitive game is doing this. Create a separate bracket, and watch the PvP participation quadruple or even 10x.
For anyone with an excuse:
Blizzard can’t get anything right. So might as well spark it up.
Team compositions are meaningless - The team who adapts to the situation the best, wins. (For example, you can get Diamond I in League by picking 5 troll champions every time. (Its more about skill) (This applies to every game with solo queue)
Solo Queue is extremely addicting in every game that has it. (Solo Queue game modes have the highest views on Twitch by a long shot)
Literally the best way to learn PvP. Difficulty rises the higher rating you get.
No time wasted - Log in and Queue - No need to wait - No need to set up calendar invites - No nothing
Voice communication is not needed (Nobody voices in other solo queue games)
EDIT
No more “You’re an A class, therefore you can only queue with B class and C class…” Literally three things: easier balancing, freedom, and FUN!
"LINK 4K CR / 3000 EXP OR NO INVITE" Toxicity abolished - Many new players will dive into competitive PvP!
Clarifications:
Solo Queue is a separate bracket, you will not face premades. (That’s where the fun comes from)
Obviously the role compositions will be pre-set, IE. (1 healer 2 dps for 3v3)
I have been waiting for this for YEARS (since the dawn of Arena, actually). I am in the same boat as OP, wonky schedule with varied playtimes.
Sitting around waiting for people to message you back is garbo. If I want to PvE I get into LFG and just go, it’s fun. Why we cannot do that for ranked PvP makes no sense.
Edit: I think the randomness of solo que would be a whole new challenge for people and be an interesting spin on ranked PvP.
I’ve been saying this forever! I think ranked solo would add so many players to the pvp pools and end up balancing out a lot of match making by adding more possibilities.
I can bring my entire squad from University back in a second if this gets put in the game. Jesus this would make World of Warcraft one of the top games on twitch.
Can they not just “try” it for a season to see if it would blow up???! Like hello!?
It’s easy to implement this in the game… with a huge positive impact for everyone.
I think what I’m getting from this is that we need faster ways to do things instead of what we all probably do now, which is log in, wait 45 minutes in boralus for a grp, then log off after it disbands after one wipe/loss. Solo queue would help this a lot.