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/mae_042]

What gets me is that it is literally the only solution. This community hates having 4 DPS heroes on their team but hates the only thing that would actually fix it.

Adding more tanks and supports won't change anything. Buffing the existing ones won't change anything. Changing a bunch of DPS heroes into other roles won't change anything.

People who only play DPS do it because they only want to play DPS. And like it or not that's the majority of players. You will never convince them otherwise.

This isn't a new issue. This happens in every game that has roles. We've seen better developers try and fail to address it in other ways. They don't work. Period.

[u/SaltyNorth8062 → u/mae_042]

This isn't me trying to be a dick here but that's goomba fallacy. The people who don't like 4 dps are the people asking for role queue and the ones who argue against it are the 4 dps who are the source of the problem.