Make open queue great again

General Discussion
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I made a post slandering open queue a few days ago. And I also made a post slandering the 2017 classic mode, but it hasn’t been approved yet, think it contains a no no word. And I’m also not crazy about 6v6 either, can take it or leave it.
Basically: I don’t think current open queue is great because DPS are throw picks
And the 2017 classic is just an unfun unbalanced dumpster fire. However there is something about the 2017 classic that tickles my brain in the right spot and that keeps me coming back. And I think that’s because of the 6v6 open queue format

Early OW doesn’t get a lot right. But it’s clear to me that early OW was designed for open queue, so open queue is much better early on. And the main reason for why I think it does it much better is because DPS aren’t throw picks.

I think they should buff DPS in open queue by taking inspiration from their old kits. Give Mei her primary freeze, give Torb the ability to upgrade turrets, give bastion his old turret form back, get rid of Cassidy’s fall off range, maybe give Sym her 6 turrets back, etc
Not only will this make DPS not throw picks, it’ll also give ppl who are nostalgic or interested in their old kits a reason to play open queue and will keep them happy. The percentage of players for open queue is apparently low, so what have they got to lose? It’s already an unbalanced mode that hardly anyone plays

Also like I said earlier, I think 6v6 might just be the superior format for open queue. I just get the feeling that the 2017 classic would be worse it it was role queue and/or 5v5
Making open queue 6v6 will probably make it better and will also get the ppl obsessed with 6v6 to shut up. So again, what have they got to lose by doing this? Hardly anyone plays open queue and I can’t see any of them having a problem with format being 6v6 instead of 5v5, and it’ll also give a home to the 6v6 fans

Tl;dr
I think Open queue would be better if they buffed DPS by giving some of them their old kits back and/or they made the format 6v6

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Open queue is fine.

DPS only seems lump because, they will always feel limp in an open queue setting.

But, comps with 1 DPS seem to do pretty well. If the DPS plays well.

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It’s an unbalanced mess. No one plays it for a reason.
And DPS are naturally always gonna struggle. But they don’t have to be literal throw picks. They’re not throw picks in the 2017 classic. And yh having one on a team might not be bad, but since 95% of players are DPS players, you will be lucky if you only get 1 on your team while solo queuing
DPS don’t have to be buffed to the stratosphere, I’m just suggesting giving ppl an actual reason to pick them, like they do in the 2017 classic
If Mei, for example, had her primary freeze, that’d give ppl an actual reason to pick her, without making her op. It’d also draw the attention of those who want her old primary freeze back

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Completely agree

It’s also why it’s fun. I don’t play it because it’s the best game mode of he best game. I play it because it’s the most fun mode in a fun game.

They quickly became them, when people figured triple support was overpowered. Then when they realised keeping tanks alive was more productive than DPS… Goats appeared.

(That other game people are enjoying is starting to see that problem too. Triple support became meta… Soon it’ll be 3-3).

The reality is not to buff DPS to make them more impactful. Because power creep kills games. But to nerf supports, or more specifically healing.

Once healing can’t sustain everything. DPS has more value.

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this is what you got? show me what you got

Im here right now, right here. Rdy, bring your team…

Common all you do is send Gm stackts on me. I wanna see you performance, You cant play your own game common…

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