Overwatch role queue is finally live and with it, a new two week competitive beta season is among us. With the community finally experiencing 2-2-2 on the live client, we thought we would highlight the best reactions.
Role queue had been a major desire within the Overwatch community for a few years with YouTube channels such as Unit Lost and Your Overwatch leading the charge and wanting ranked team compositions to feel balanced.
Stylosa, who runs the Unit Lost channel asked his followers if they had any massive skill rating swings after completing their placement matches. Some saw rank increases while others saw their SR vary heavily depending on their role.
Went from mid gold to mid platinum
— Pigeon Magique (@PigeonMagique) August 14, 2019
“I only got gold rank damage and diamond for tank/support,” AlexDaCake replied.
i only got gold rank damage and diamond for tank/support :l
— AlexDaCake (@alexdacake) August 14, 2019
Your Overwatch has concerns over massive SR changes boosting people to ranks they shouldn’t be at, but was pleased to see things weren’t as bad as they were on the Public Test Realm.
*There still seems to be SOME boosts, but not the 100s it was on PTR
— Your Overwatch (@YourOverwatchYT) August 13, 2019
As for their personal experience, they wrote, “We got boosted away from each other when playing which sucked. But a lot of people picked bunker which was rolled over constantly with Zarya & Rein/Sig. People tried in most games too, I like it. Just concerned about boosts.”
How was everyones role queue games?
We got boosted away from eachother when playing which sucked. But a lot of people picked bunker which was rolled over constantly with Zarya & rein/sig.
People tried in most games too, i like it. Just concerned about boosts -w
— Your Overwatch (@YourOverwatchYT) August 14, 2019
Others, such as Contenders pro Carter, weren’t pleased that the game’s newest hero, Sigma, was in competitive right away and thinks there should be a way to prevent two main tanks from being used at the same time.
“Orisa Sigma is so fucking dogshit HOLY fuck why can you play 2 maintanks,” the DPS star wrote.
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Orisa Sigma is so fucking dogshit HOLY fuck why can you play 2 maintanks
— Carter (@Carter_OW) August 13, 2019
“YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY 2 MAIN TANKS.
TANKS SHOULD HAVE CLASSIFICATIONS. ALL TANKS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY,” he angrily typed.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY 2 MAIN TANKS.
TANKS SHOULD HAVE CLASSIFICATIONS. ALL TANKS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY. https://t.co/9X7yIRv2Rf
— Carter (@Carter_OW) August 14, 2019
Washington Justice pro Nikola ‘Sleepy’ Andrews had a simple, to-the-point take, “after 2 years… overwatch is finally playable lets go.”
after 2 years… overwatch is finally playable lets go https://t.co/l5ppwmhzEI
— nikola (@sleepy) August 14, 2019
Former pro player Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, who placed at 4200 as a support doesn’t think he deserved such a high rank.
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“Hey @PlayOverwatch I am not a 4200 SR support player. To reach my actual rating from there, it will take me DOZENS of games where my team will be at a significant disadvantage,” the popular Twitch streamer wrote.
Hey @PlayOverwatch I am not a 4200 SR support player. To reach my actual rating from there, it will take me DOZENS of games where my team will be at a significant disadvantage. This will put a big strain on the playerbase since the issue is reported all across the board.Fix pls:heart:
— xQc (@xQc) August 14, 2019
“This will put a big strain on the playerbase since the issue is reported all across the board.Fix pls.”
It’ll be interesting to see how Blizzard handles role queue going forward, but generally the reaction has been quite positive so far.