Add a 1 of each class lock/matchmaking toggle

[JoshThePinoy]

I think a lot of us would love to have a system/option available to us where we can lock classes in our party to 1 of each only. This could be an option you toggle before queuing into matchmaking or simply something the host can toggle on/off for the party. Even better to have this as a default rule for tournaments and such as it sets a even playing field.

Bad take? Let me know why!

[Casual Sun]

Not a terrible idea as the game evolves, but we'll see how they class balance. 1 of each class and 3 team slots seems pretty restrictive (as well as teammate rage inducing as people fight over class slots). Honestly I haven't decided how the balance is. Have had games where certain team comps are great or get rekt. Not enough to see a hand over fist meta though.

[Danyaell]

Overwatch was better before 2/2/2 plus this would make the matchmaking take ages especially for solos.

Maybe tournaments but this would be really bad for quickplay.

[JoshThePinoy]

Originally posted by Casual Sun:

Not a terrible idea as the game evolves, but we'll see how they class balance. 1 of each class and 3 team slots seems pretty restrictive (as well as teammate rage inducing as people fight over class slots). Honestly I haven't decided how the balance is. Have had games where certain team comps are great or get rekt. Not enough to see a hand over fist meta though.

Originally posted by Danyaell:

Overwatch was better before 2/2/2 plus this would make the matchmaking take ages especially for solos.

Maybe tournaments but this would be really bad for quickplay.

I suppose it would have to be a separate game mode altogether where you lock in your class beforehand, this would make it 100% opt-in and prevent the whole scenario where people fight over classes. Longer queue times are still a possibility so that's a great point, although if people lock in their classes beforehand then it will just search for other people who are not your class fairly quickly? This system might be easier if they get rid of SBMM, which is a whole other conversation tho.

The reason why I brought up this conversation in the first place is because I think there's definitely some team comps that are a little too imbalanced currently, triple Heavy with double shields for example. Even if you use glitch grenades it is super annoying to go up against.

Thanks for your feedback nonetheless!

[Danyaell]

My pleasure. It's not everyday when one can have a civil discussion in the Steam Forums.

[Oro]

No, that's silly.

[Alpha776]

I would say this goes double for ranked. Would love to see the meta mixed up by forcing diversity of classes.