Guangyun “Guangguang” Chen, inventive director behind Marvel Rivals, says that whereas many gamers have requested a job queue system, a matchmaking possibility to assist create balanced groups, there are at present no plans to implement one within the free-to-play character shooter.
The free-to-play third-person hero shooter launched earlier this month and has shortly grow to be one of many greatest video games of the yr, already hitting over 20 million gamers. And a few of these gamers are uninterested in being tossed into matches the place their complete staff is duelists, forcing them to play healer or tank to assist steadiness the lineup.
One answer to this downside is a job queue. Present in video games like Overwatch 2, a job queue lets gamers decide a job, like tank, after which discover a match that wants that particular position. In Overwatch 2‘s case, this implies each match has a tank, two attackers, and two healers. This could result in extra balanced groups, however the devs behind Rivals don’t appear interested by including this technique to the shooter.
Talking to Dot Esports, Chen stated that the studio is “not contemplating a job queue” in the intervening time.
“The staff’s purpose is to supply a greater variety of staff composition by means of team-up abilities and their very own designs, to let folks play their Marvel superheroes moderately than limiting gamers to selecting a job.”
Chen additional defined that knowledge from matches exhibits that Rivals at present doesn’t want a job queue system.
“We would like folks to have a Marvel expertise the place they’re free to pick what they need. [Since the beta test earlier this year], issues have been rational and inside expectations. In our Aggressive play lately, there’s loads of completely different compositions rising from gamers and we’d prefer to proceed to watch these enjoyable compositions and the way they impression our sport.”
Whereas some is likely to be upset that Chen and developer NetEase aren’t dashing to steadiness the sport or add a job queue system, I’m blissful to see an internet multiplayer sport studio step again and let issues be chaotic and messy for a bit earlier than leaping in to sand issues down and make every thing extra truthful and balanced.
One of many causes I get pleasure from Rivals is as a result of everybody feels highly effective and matches hardly ever play out the identical means as almost each character appears viable with the suitable comp or technique. And whereas a job queue is likely to be good in ranked mode, I hope whether it is ever added, it doesn’t sign a shift to balancing all of the enjoyable out of Marvel Rivals.
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