Opinions: Removing current queue and replacing with Hero queues

Just wondering how people would feel about removing the current queue system and replacing it with a queue system where you pick your hero first and THEN queue.

Queue would then try and match up a team comp(nothing ground breaking here, other games have this). Would help somewhat alleviate the horror of blind pick games in the hope of at least getting slightly more well rounded/balanced team comps.

The only issues I have with this are:

  1. An inevitable increase in queue times.
  2. Most “bad comps” are actually just “bad teamwork”. You don’t actually NEED a support or tank like character to do well in a match.
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I don’t really like the implications of a hero queue. It promotes maining a single character and it takes away any experimentation with alternate comps. I’ve found that most people who autolock a character or anyone who has a “master of ____” at a low level lack team awareness. I’d prefer that people play multiple characters because the best way to understand how PvP works is to know how other character’s kits function, but I’m fine with having one or two who autolock characters on my team. However, if everyone was forced to autolock a character, I would have a problem with it. I want to experience all the weird synergy that characters have so having BB force a specific type of comp wouldn’t be fun for me. As Weyrd said, most “bad comps” are actually just “bad teamwork”