Redditor comes up with compromise for private Overwatch profiles
Overwatch Developers introduced the ability to make profiles private to eliminate the problem of players being forced onto a certain hero based on their profile, now one Redditor has come up with a solution that would still convey information on what the roles players prefer without getting too in-depth.
In a post on the Overwatch subreddit, user Evocated proposes a “Prefered Roles And Heros” system with three different roles: Tank, Support, and Damage.
Players would pick one, then indicate which hero they prefer playing to be displayed instead of a locked profile screen.
How profiles would look under the proposed system.Evocated clarifies that this system could just be added in as another option, not as a replacement for private profiles, which some players seem to appreciate.
They added that, ideally, “In this system, they as a team can conjure up a composition in comp to suit everyone’s preferred roles and heroes.”
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This proposed system is interesting, but just implementing role queue would solve a lot of the problems Evocated talks about in their post.
It’s pretty clear the private profile system isn’t what Blizzard has in mind for a long-term fix, but for now, it’s really all players have.