Overwatch 2 players think Junker Queen should be bigger

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Overwatch 2 players in the FPS game’s second beta have been spending plenty of time getting used to the new tank hero Junker Queen. However, some of them are concerned that her character model doesn’t fit her tank status, with one fan using some basic measurements to demonstrate why her size could be a problem for the multiplayer game’s readability.

Reddit user WenisDongerAndAssocs posted to the Overwatch subreddit (spotted by GamesRadar+) explaining why they feel Junker Queen’s current model isn’t ‘tank-like’ enough. In their own words, “Junker Queen breaks the rules of proportions for a tank.” They include an image demonstrating that every other tank in Overwatch is no more than twice as tall as they are wide, with the singular exception of Zarya who clocks in at a height 2.75x that of her width. By comparison, Junker Queen’s model is approximately 3.5x as tall as it is wide.

Clocking in at seven feet tall (according to Bizzard senior art supervisor Kacey Helms), it’s not that Junker Queen is even close to diminutive – but height can be deceptive, especially at distance. As WenisDonger notes, tanks in Overwatch are designed so that “their wide silhouettes communicate protection and stability.” It’s not just for aesthetics, though – it’s about quickly recognising where certain hero types are located mid-fight, and many players in the reddit thread say they are misidentifying Junker Queen as a DPS hero at a glance.

“She looks like a walking Pharah to me,” says one commenter, while several others say they “have a hard time telling Junker Queen apart from Sojourn, especially given how much they appear together in-game right now” as a result of being the game’s newest pair of heroes. Another comment says that “at certain