There are plenity of leaders to chose but dupes reduce the variety of units and tactics to use in most of case, sans , Kinsano, that instead breaks the game by launchimg turrets or Inferno at the same time (still reduce tactics but is virtually impossible to evade). There is also the chance that one of the future leaders is OP at launch, and many will try to exploit that, if dupes are locked, there’ll be just one OP to be dealt and a rush will likely prevent it from being an unstopable threat.
I agree. It’s instant game over once you see double/triple Kinsano. It’s basically impossible to stop, have 3 redlined JR demolish a base in seconds. It would be a simple fix too, only allow 1 leader per team. You could pick your selected leader before the que starts, so you always get your selected leader.
For ranked I definitely this would make sense. Could even have a pre-game turn by turn leader selection phase like this:
2v2s
Team 1 pick once - > Team 2 pick twice -> Team 1 pick once
3v3s
Team 1 pick once -> Team 2 pick twice -> Team 1 pick twice -> Team 2 pick once
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> For ranked I definitely this would make sense. Could even have a pre-game turn by turn leader selection phase like this:
> 2v2s
> Team 1 pick once - > Team 2 pick twice -> Team 1 pick once
> 3v3s
> Team 1 pick once -> Team 2 pick twice -> Team 1 pick twice -> Team 2 pick once
I think that’s a little too hardcore for most… This is a fairly casual RTS compared to most and that is gonna turn people off.
However I do like the idea of only alloing one of each hero in teams. It adds to the strategy, and prevents cheese! It’s super lame people doing triple eradication on bases right now for example.
And of course the triple kinsano rush at 2mins in, with 8JRs, 3 turret drops and 3 instant hellbringers. Impossible to even get your damn allied army over in time nevermind actually prevent that with only 1 turret…
I disagree I think players should be able to pick any leader they want. The problem isn’t duplicates, the problem is Kinsano… and she’s being nerfed thankfully
I was about to start a new thread of this, but I think is better post on this one.
I get many want to play with Colony but damn! If you see someone already got him don’t chose him as well, I 've seen a lot of matches ending fast because a lot of brickheads used 2-3 Colonies!
What is this poison? You want to restrict what leaders can be used in gameplay? If anything, using double leaders should restrict your viable strategies, and not create an OP scenario. And if that’s not the case, then the leaders need to be rebalanced. The answer isn’t prohibiting double leader picks.
Don’t remove players’ choice. Hammer out the dents in the balance.
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> I was about to start a new thread of this, but I think is better post on this one.
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> I get many want to play with Colony but damn! If you see someone already got him don’t chose him as well, I 've seen a lot of matches ending fast because a lot of brickheads used 2-3 Colonies!
But If I want to play colony and somebody’s already picked it, I still want to and probably will play as colony. When I read this it immediately reminded me of overwatches character selection. For example, if somebody already picked reaper which is who I wanna be, I’m still gonna pick reaper. It’s only in ranked that I would choose a different leader or character for the sake of variety and strategy. Otherwise, people should be allowed to play as who they want, even if there’s three of them and will probably rush.
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> What is this poison? You want to restrict what leaders can be used in gameplay? If anything, using double leaders should restrict your viable strategies, and not create an OP scenario. And if that’s not the case, then the leaders need to be rebalanced. The answer isn’t prohibiting double leader picks.
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> Don’t remove players’ choice. Hammer out the dents in the balance.
Agreed. You are only limiting the strategies that you can use.
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> I disagree I think players should be able to pick any leader they want. The problem isn’t duplicates, the problem is Kinsano… and she’s being nerfed thankfully
Have you played versus triple shipmaster???