#Heroes of the storm queue time update

Kaplan announced that hero pools will no longer apply to matches below 3500 skill rating per player. Some believe that a system of picks and bans would make things better. Some wonder if banning specific heroes each week for everyone creates unnecessary strain on Overwatch League players and coaches. Hero pools have made a big storm recently in the Overwatch community. Not quite sure where he got that from, but Bastion will surely be more viable if this experiment goes smoothly. вЂњLot of balance changes targeted to make bastion more viable, and I know many of you are dying to see more Bastions in your matches,вЂќ Kaplan said. Zenyatta, Mercy, Bastion and Junkrat all saw some buffs.Д«astion received the heftiest bump, as his self-repair healing per second will go from 75 to 90. Nerfs in the mode include AnaвЂ™s healing being reduced from 75-70 and MoiraвЂ™s biotic orbвЂ™s damage radius reduced from 5 to 4 meters.

Today, new updates and balance changes came to experimental mode. Both quick play and competitive play adopted the change, as did the Overwatch League. вЂњIn all of our studies and all the statistics that we have been tracking on the queuing, we actually see that queue times are better when the open queue exists,вЂќ Kaplan said.Дў-2-2 locked queue began in a testing period last August before going live on Sept. DPS players often wait twice or three times the amount as tank or support players. One of the main issues players have had with the game recently is the long queue times. вЂњOne of our main goals for the year was fast-balancing and lots of experimentation and iteration,вЂќ Kaplan said. Role queue will still be the main competitive queue, and the game will still be вЂњtuned and balanced aroundвЂќ. Competitive open queue plans will be on arcade mode for a short, non-official competitive mode in вЂњmid-JuneвЂќ, according to Kaplan.ДЇrom there, open queue will return alongside role queue for competitive season 23 in July.

#Heroes of the storm queue time update

Blizzard Vice President Jeff Kaplan announced the return of open queue to competitive Overwatch as well as some other updates in his developer update released yesterday.