Ok, I am sick and tired of this game not having a solo queue option. I just want to log in and play competitively with the push of a button like ANY other game out there. Every FPS game has it, every MOBA game has it, hell even some MMO’s have it. Blizzard, it is time. Not everyone has friends that still play the game. Not everyone is interested in making friends in this, or for that matter, in any other game. Some people are only interested in Playing the game. I love that you guys enforce a sense of community but sometimes we just want to play the game. I don’t want to be rejected for a million RBGS/arenas because I haven’t played this season yet (they ask for CR and all that stuff). Even though I am a 2.3k rated arena player I find it rather annoying that I have to look for groups and HOPE I can get into one. Not only that, the level of elitism in this game is way too high. Please, add the option to do Rated Solo queue, this game would be so much better and so many more people would play it if there wasn’t this barrier between them and actually playing the best aspect of the game which is PVP (I know, most people won’t agree but hell, this is the PVP section so yeah, I assume everyone here loves the PVP more than anything else in this game). I believe that me and so many people out there would be so much happier if instead of having to go through LFG (and get your soul crushed because you still haven’t had time to play anything rated yet, so your CR is 0) We could just hop in the game, click a Solo Queue button and be matched with similarly skilled players. Now here’s some arguments that I am sure will appear in this post and I can refute them right away:
1- It will not be balanced;
Yes, this game isn’t balanced towards PVP, unfortunately, though it could be one of the best eSports games of all time simply because the gameplay mechanics are unmatched (comparing to other MMO’s, obviously). If enough people wanted this, I am Sure that the devs would figure something out and make it work.
2- Queues may take too long;
Perhaps, but if they do it well, many players would come back, more players = faster queues. I know a lot of high rated LoL and Dota players (Grandmaster, Challenger level) that would love to come back to WoW if they could simply log in and play competitively, like it matters, not arena skirmishes obviously.
3- Lack of synergy;
Some may argue that it would be hard to play with a random but it’s not true at all. Not only most games allow you to do that (and some reward you for doing so, like LoL, Dota, CS GO) but you can also test it in some private servers and it works. It can be done. Also, In game Voice would help a lot.
4- Classes;
Obviously some comps are stronger than others, as is true in any other game. But the chances of forming said strong comps is random since it’s a solo queue, you’d bring the player, not the class. Would that bring some RNG to the table? Yes. Would that affect the balance? Not really since everyone would get the chance to shine every once in a while. The key here is bring the player, not the class.
I say, Blizzard should at least give it a try. Beta test it, see if people like it. Some of us don’t have the time to scroll through LFG for hours only to find an arena partner that quits after a few games or a RBG group that falls apart after a loss.
I don’t mind losing, I am not a great player I admit, my highest rating in 3s is 2320 and 2.1k in 2s. I really didn’t get into RBGS yet, for this exact reason, it is such a hassle finding players in LFG. But at least let me lose a rated BG or a rated Arena where the only time I spent setting up to play was gearing up, not going through a million LFG groups. Not all of us have friends (or even entire families) that play the game together at exactly the same time. Be flexible, let us at least have the option.
I apologize for my grammar, english isn’t my main language.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks!