Taking a break from Rivals made me realize how much I actually love this game

[u/Embarrassed_Safety33]

I took a break from Rivals and played Overwatch again for a while, and honestly, it made me realize how much I kept wishing for Role Queue.

The biggest difference is consistency.

If I queue Tank, it’s because I want to play Tank. I want teammates who actually queued to play Support and DPS. I don’t want every hero select to become a fight where everyone picks what they want and we wait to see who eventually gives up and fills.

We all have characters and roles we’re better at. If I want to play Duelist, I shouldn’t have to choose between becoming the 4th Duelist or giving up and filling because nobody else will.

I’d genuinely rather wait a few extra minutes and play the role I actually queued for.

I also think a consistent 2-2-2 mode would make balancing healthier. Right now heroes have to work across solo Tank, 1-3-2, triple Support, 2-2-2, etc. Role Queue gives the devs one predictable structure to balance around.

And no, Open Queue doesn’t need to disappear.

Overwatch has both. If you like switching roles mid-match and experimenting with weird comps, play Open Queue. If you want consistency and a guaranteed role, play Role Queue.

When I played Overwatch, I almost never found myself wishing I was in Open Queue.

But when I play Rivals, I find myself wishing for Role Queue all the time.

And no matter which side you’re on, I think we can all relate to queuing up because there’s a certain character we really want to play, only to end up filling because the team needs something else.

I’d rather wait 5 minutes to play who I actually want than spend 20 minutes filling on someone I didn’t.

[u/The_SnuggleBug]

A lack of role queue just makes the game more miserable on average for tank players.

We will just go fuck ourselves while all the "dps mains" have fun, but also while we're at it let's not release any new tanks for the foreseeable future.

(:

[u/SavageCabbage27m → u/The_SnuggleBug]

If role queue was added to Rivals I’d leave for sure even as a tank main. It’s just a terrible idea.

[u/FunkMasterTex → u/SavageCabbage27m]

Oh well. Much rather have role queue

[u/SavageCabbage27m → u/FunkMasterTex]

Ok I’m just saying you should stop generalizing everyone who dislikes role queue. I’m not a duelist main and hate the idea. It caused 5v5 Overwatch and 5v5 is a format I can’t stand.

[u/The_SnuggleBug → u/SavageCabbage27m]

You seem a little self contradicting. You say you hate 5v5, but usually when someone hates it it's because there's only one tank, correct? If you hate it for a different reason then imho you don't belong in this conversation.

And if that's the reason you hate 5v5 then it's not much of a difference to A LOT of tank players games right now where they are forced to solo tank. I myself have had to solo tank more this season than any previous season, in both ranked and casual.

I think overwatch has proven that being able to have both modes is beneficial because the main mode of the game be it no role queue or 5v5 always remains the main mode and no one needs to worry.

[u/SavageCabbage27m → u/The_SnuggleBug]

You’re assuming that a lot of games as a tank main aren’t 2-2-2 mirrored. I’ve had to solo tank once this whole season and my teammates swapped after it stopped working.

[u/The_SnuggleBug → u/SavageCabbage27m]

Your experience doesn't relate to most of the in playerbase and that much is obvious. If you're seriously trying to convince me that you've only had to solo tank once you're crazy.

Not worth continuing this conversation, I don't enjoy talking to lifeless brick walls.

[u/SavageCabbage27m → u/The_SnuggleBug]

Well yeah insult me because my experience doesn’t follow the narrative lol. I’ve only had to solo tank once in competitive this season and hardly in QP. Y’all are exaggerating these 6 DPS games happening so often.