Why is the only way to play ranked 1v1 now in crossplay? I’m all for giving the pc playerbase a boost but can we please have a playlist with and without crossplay? I just don’t want to get destroyed by a player with a possible advantage which is why I avoid crossplay in 3v3.
Or… give xbox mouse and keyboard support 
We are trying this out for the season. We will be monitoring the win rates and if there is a very hard clear advantage will assess what to do for the future.
Cheers,
Postums
I wouldn’t say PC has a huge advantage minimal at best. Besides it helps us get more matches and definitely helps the PC player base I’m all for it.
are there gonna be moreleaders like prophet and cheftain
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> are there gonna be moreleaders like prophet and cheftain
No, 16 leaders is more than enough. In addition, more leaders would make balancing the meta a lot harder. The devs should focus on more maps for hw2 or forge mode for hw2. However, 343’s main priority should be working on halo 6, Xbox port for halo spartan strike and other upcoming halo titles.
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> We are trying this out for the season. We will be monitoring the win rates and if there is a very hard clear advantage will assess what to do for the future.
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> Cheers,
> Postums
Ok thank you for the response and everything you’re doing for this game the level of support is amazing 
actually pc players dont have much of a major advantage at least in this game they since the game was more built around console play. this games mechanics are more simple compared to other rts games. On nakamura and yoda’s stream alot of top pc and xbox players play together and theyre pretty back and forth fights.
Actual new player here, just a few days in. Been wanting to try the game and got it from the Xbox game pass for now. Been a huge PC RTS fan forever, so nice having a console replacement. (Life doesn’t allow 10 hour gaming sessions anymore)
So far what keeps me coming back is that it has surprisingly good controls and game speed and enough depth with so many heros to make more than a few cookie cutter BO’s. (Hopefully…)
By far most important, and why I will probably cancel Xbox game pass and purchase this game is the devs feedback so late into the game cycle. I have played too many CnC’s from EA that get scrapped in a few months… I have no idea about the current balance after a handful of multiplayer game and plenty of skirmishes to get the feel of the game, but your question gives me hope.
TLDR: appearance of active devs supporting the meta
It’s pretty widely accepted amongst the competitive community that there isn’t a noticeable advantage between console types either way. They both have a few pros/cons:
Xbox
pros:
Camera movement is MUCH smoother which effects a lot of leader powers (this is a bigger deal than you think probably)
cons:
input commands can lag if your APM is really fast (example being if you select a building pad, flick to a building and order it built too quickly it won’t go)
moving your camera across the map is a lot harder if you don’t have a unit there.
control groups are pretty bad.
Pc
Pros:
if your computer isn’t a potato, you can input commands much faster.
control groups are much easier to use
you can click on minimap to teleport camera
Cons:
camera is fairly clunky, really noticeable when you are trying to rotate something like lotus mines since it isn’t drag and drop.
without crossplay all the playlists are pathetically dead.
I might have missed something but really the camera management outweighs fractions of seconds off your building queue times and easier control groups–there’s a reason most pc RTS are fixed-angle, taking too long to drop your hero powers can be a huge detriment in a fight.
This should be interesting, I took a slight break from the game. Now I have a reason to play Ranked again.
For me, the level of play in 3v3 was much higher than it was in 3v3 X. Just sayin. This makes the player pop bigger on both sides.
Just saying found a game in less than 30 seconds compared to a 5 min wait time… consistently
I am much worse on PC than Xbox. Just find the controller easier to use because I’m so used to it. I’m sure skilled players have an advantage on PC, but I doubt it’s much.