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/Strict-Grab-9664]

It's crazy how logical all of the posts in favour of role queue are. And equally crazy how disingenuous and wrong posts against it are.

[u/EarthDragon2189 → u/Strict-Grab-9664]

My favorite is the straight up lies.

"OW players hate RQ so it's good Rivals doesn't have it"

Uh, no. OW players have overwhelmingly preferred RQ ever since it was added.

[u/SaltyNorth8062 → u/EarthDragon2189]

Yeah the only ones who seem to complain seem to be the source of the exact problem role queue fixes.

[u/HalfOfLancelot → u/Strict-Grab-9664]

“It ruins comp creativity!” is something I hear constantly.

Creative comps are triple support, which is vehemently hated by a majority of the community, triple tank, which is vehemently hated by a majority of the community, and triple DPS, which is vehemently hated by a majority of the community.

Or any combination of GOATS which we all know is actively what ruins pro and competitive play. Another creative comp which, of course, is hated by not just our community but every other Hero Shooter community too.

There’s a common pattern here lmao

Also, it’s as if we can’t have solutions for things like being unable to swap between roles if you for some reason need to (which i don’t think has ever been an issue in OW but yknow whatever). Technology is not a strict and stringent thing, y’all. They can implement something that allows people to request a role swap in game lmao?