
"They need to not put future characters behind a Battlepass," they say, "took me just under 50 hours to unlock her."

As other players have observed, this is partly a consequence of Overwatch 2's 5v5 team setup and role distribution, but the widely shared frustrations that come with actually playing support are also a factor.Īs Reddit user Hot-Silver-8140 pointed out, there's another potential underlying problem: heroes are now locked behind battle pass progression, including the new support hero Kiriko, which puts another barrier between players – especially new players with many heroes to unlock – and playing support. DPS and tank queue times are often several times longer than support queues, which goes to show how overly in-demand the role really is. Hitting the nail on the head in a white-hot post from the past week, RobotWizard notes that "queue times are getting worse" partly due to a disproportionately small pool of support players.
