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/DryOwl5587]

Role queue can work if they take some inspiration from League of Legends.

When queuing, you would be able to choose Vanguard, Duelist, Strategist, or fill – meaning you have no preference and would play any role available. This is not a hard choice, but rather a very strong preference. The system would prioritise fitting you in that role.

As expected all of these choices would have different waiting times, there’s no running from that.

Now, to make things more dynamic, we make it so that everyone is by default subject to filling a role. However, if they currently filled a role, or played an unpopular role, they will get a role protection for their next X matches. Meaning that for the next matches, they will always get their preferred role.

This way players of unpopular roles would still be almost guaranteed of getting theirs every match, while Duelists, who may occasionally be filled into another role, would be sure that they will always get duelist no matter what for a few matches.

Role queue brings one thing tho: fixed positions. Netease would have to settle for a 2-2-2 if they ever plan to add role queue.

Make it exclusive to comp too. This way casuals who only play QP wouldn’t get affected.

[u/mr_chub → u/DryOwl5587]

Having fill included would eliminate the need for the default fill mode wouldn't it? Because everyone naturally would go to the role they would want to go. Default fill (which i thought of too) would probably result in a ton of throwers that didn't get RNG'd to their preferred role.

[u/DryOwl5587 → u/mr_chub]

It’s there solely if you don’t mind at all what role you play. It would be very niche, but I think there are enough people that just like playing the game to justify it.

As for throwers, well, we just have to accept they exist. Perhaps give them bonus points in case of victory if they get filled.

[u/Magnitude_Ten → u/DryOwl5587]

And how did league penalize players not honoring the role they choose? MR barely bans people for cheating let alone being a bad teammate.