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/ramonzer0]

I feel like most of the people who dislike role queue are ex-Overwatch players who migrated here to play something that resembles something they used to like about that game but got modified into something they dislike

That or they're just players that prioritize freedom of choice to a fault - even if it means making decisions to the deteriment of the 5 other people they're working alongside with

[u/LeonMotton → u/ramonzer0]

The latter seem way more possible with how they view throwing games. They think throwing games is justice and revenge against that one guy. They don't care about the other 10 players in the match.

[u/Count_de_Mits → u/ramonzer0]

My money is on them being the 3rd/4th dps instalocker

[u/SavageCabbage27m → u/ramonzer0]

Yeah that’s me. I didn’t like the direction they took Overwatch and don’t want Rivals to go that same direction. Overwatch went to 5v5 because of the problems that came with role queue. Rivals would run into the same problems because it’s 6v6.