The worst kept secret in OW, Its been heavily rumored/leaked up til now but we have official confirmation by way of OWL's Watchpoint which is supposed to air tomorrow but went live on the website early. The announcement is likely to happen 2 PM EST tomorrow and go up on PTR tomorrow around the same time then it should go live around 26-27 days from now with the 18th season given that they shorten the current competitive season. Not sure if this will affect Quick Play. This will be the biggest change to the game since 1 hero limits were introduced.
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Since the seems to be some confusion there will likely be a role queue coming as well, you're not gonna be rushed at the start of a game to choose which role you want to play.
These are OWL rules
Watchpoint video: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/videos?v=X5zXAvpjx5R
The 2 rules that seem like they will affect the game are
- All Compositions are: 2 dps, 2 tanks, 2 Supports
- Cannot change roles during a map.
Quick Summary
Patch Notes
Jeff Kaplan Interview
News Post
Developer Update
- 2-2-2 Roll Queue coming to Competitive and Quick Play
- Arcade getting a Quick Play Classic 1 hero limit
- You can queue up for the 3 roles separately, all 3 together, or a mix like DPS and Tank
- Patch live roll out details
Role Queue is currently available on the public test region on PC, and will be coming to live servers starting with a Role Queue Beta Season in Patch 1.39. In an effort to give time for additional testing and feedback, we'll be running the two-week Role Queue Beta Season from August 13 to September 1. Players can earn Competitive Points similar to other competitive mini seasons and qualify for Top 500 Leaderboards during the beta season. However, beta season stats will only be available for a limited time and will not count toward a player's permanent Competitive Season stats. (Note: Competitive Season 17 will be shortened by approximately two weeks in order to accommodate the Role Queue Beta Season.)
Role Queue will be fully available for Quick Play and Competitive Play beginning on September 1 for the start of Competitive Season 18.
- SR decay has been removed
- 4 top 500 leaderboards coming, one for each rank and a combined average
- There will be rewards for selecting certain roles which will rotate
- There will be no MMR reset, the game has been tracking MMR on each role for months now
- Zenyatta Lore coming Blizzard soon™
-New Hero leaked, Sigma expected by the end of the summer
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