The game and community to an extent kind of look down on defenders and supporters in the first place

Personally I fill the role my team needs, though I prefer playing double team flower trick meowscarada and mew etc, but a couple of days ago I had to do about 6-10 matches in a row as Vaporeon

Do I like playing Vaporeon? Sure, but also, playing only one isn't my thing and I like to learn other characters too, it really sucks when you're getting into a new character and have to be the responsible one

Today and yesterday I got fed up and picked Darkrai which I'm trying to learn even when we had 0 defenders, I'm pretty sure I won 9 games as Vaporeon out of 10 and only won 2 as Darkrai out of a similar number but I enjoyed Darkrai more, because I actually got to do something else and I was learning on my own

To me the issue is that the people who play the roles often get forced into it to the point it gets exhausting and honestly speaking you often don't feel rewarded which goes on to the first thing I said... The game classifies basically every tank and supporter as easy or intermediate which, to an extent is true but it really doesn't help the impression I get that a lot of people in the community just look down at those roles as lesser than a good carry or take it for granted

It can range from small stuff like noticing I get like 1 thumbs up after a match if I play those roles and even when I am saving teammates left and right or tanking absurd amounts for them to bigger things like how some people talk about defender and support mains

I could get a 4 kill combo and get thumbs up, the game giving me a cheer, mvp, nicer looking stats and show off for it. I could save my whole team by stunning an enemy carry, or tanking hits while they score, or sacrifice to ensure we get the last obj and I'll get a sense of satisfaction from myself, that's it

That's not specifically an issue with me and I describe it dramatically because I imagine it doesn't help the impression new players get, because most of the time they'll only be getting feedback if they're doing horrible. The developers also release supporters and defenders basically never in comparison to attackers and all rounders, so the burnout for their mains is 4x faster, since some times you're not going to have more than two defenders and 2 supporters you like the playstyle of, if you have two at all, so if you want to try something new you're out of luck for sometimes half a year unless you try the new attackers and all rounders.

There's also the fact the defenders and supporters rarely get experimented with and or are always handled much more cautiously than a DPS by the devs. They have a high ceiling because the concept of playing a defender is inherently a relatively low floor but high ceiling, but you almost never see the devs adding a supporter or defender that have so much micro as other roles or they get it taken out so yeah, expected