Marvel Rivals Director Addresses Role Queue Demands

Summary

• The developers of
  Marvel Rivals
  won’t add role queue, since they’re focusing on diverse hero selection for different team compositions.
• Creative director Guangyun Chen wants players to continue to freely choose the heroes they want to play.
• The team will continue to monitor team compositions and how it can influence
  Marvel Rivals
  over time.

The creative director of Marvel Rivals recently addressed the community’s demands for a role queue system, which some fans believe could fix one of the game’s most notable issues in multiplayer matches. Currently, Marvel Rivals lets players choose their hero without worrying about role restrictions.

After its very successful beta, Marvel Rivals went on to launch as one of the year’s most popular games on December 5. In fact, more than 10 million players played Marvel Rivals just three days after the launch, with many praising the selection of playable heroes from the vast Marvel universe. However, some fans began to criticize the game in the weeks following launch due to the lack of a role queue system, which encourages players to select a specific role needing to be filled in order to balance the team out. The role queue system is present in Marvel Rivals’ main competitor, Overwatch 2, to prevent unbalanced teams from gaining an unfair advantage or suffering from a disadvantage in matches.

The Marvel Rivals development team is not considering a role queue system at the moment, according to a Dot Esports interview with creative director Guangyun “Guangguang” Chen. According to Chen, the team’s goal is to offer a variety of team composition options with team-up skills and their own designs, rather than limiting players to a specific hero or role. Chen also commented on the player data that the team has collected, noting that a lot of different team compositions have emerged in Marvel Rivals Competitive play. The results from the data fall within NetEase’s expectations, and the developers want to maintain the experience that players have, since they’re free to select the hero they want.

Marvel Rivals Director is Not Considering Role Queue for the Foreseeable Future

• Creative director Guangyun Chen and the development team did not want to limit the heroes that players can select with a role queue system.
• The developers want to maintain the freedom players have with hero selection.
• Chen says the team will continue to monitor team compositions and how they impact Marvel Rivals.

Although role queue doesn’t appear to be coming to Marvel Rivals anytime soon, Chen says that the team will continue to monitor team compositions and how they could potentially impact the game over time. It’s likely that results from the collected data could influence hero balancing in Marvel Rivals in the future.

The Marvel Rivals Winter Celebration event will soon begin on December 20 and introduce a new 4v4 game mode themed after Jeff the Land Shark. During the limited-time event, players can complete festive tasks to unlock the Cuddly Fuzzlefin costume for Jeff and other rewards, including a new nameplate and spray. As a result, Jeff could be a really popular choice of hero during the holiday season, so players may want to consider the heroes they use in matches while the event is active.