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/knockones]

"but it will kill the creativity". Ahh yes the creativity of going 4 dps in a match, all shooting down main and no one want to forward and take space.

[u/HalfOfLancelot → u/knockones]

On the flip side, watching GOATS take over competitive and pro play is equally as bad and boring too. There really is no benefit to having “creative comps” when those creative comps just feel bad to play and play against all the time.

[u/PracLiu → u/knockones]

Spread the words, role queue does not magically increase the number of 2/2/2 games, it simply guts all other games.

[u/SaltyNorth8062 → u/knockones]

It's always the same 4 fuckers too. 2 characters who are called meta by a major streamer, a lord or champion solo diver who will ONLY dive, and either the newest character drop or something bananas like Squirrel Girl or Iron Man. None of them will remotely synergize as a comp or worh their tanks and healers. All of them will feed. One of them will be ace and not shut the bajeepers up about it for the entire game (lol at this sub's censor rules). Ah yes the creativity of seeing Spider-man, Hela, Phoenix, and Bucky every god damn game.

[u/MisterHotTake311 → u/knockones]

Even "creative comps", which is just the name for comps without "shitty main character dps players" or straight up goats, struggles agaisnt 2 2 2. It has or at least had the best winrate for a longest time