Guangyun “Guangguang” Chen, artistic director behind Marvel Rivals, says that whereas many gamers have requested a task queue system, a matchmaking possibility to assist create balanced groups, there are presently 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 rapidly turn out to be one of many greatest video games of the yr, already hitting over 20 million gamers. And a few of these gamers are bored with being tossed into matches the place their whole staff is duelists, forcing them to play healer or tank to assist stability the lineup.
One answer to this downside is a task queue. Present in video games like Overwatch 2, a task queue lets gamers decide a task, like tank, after which discover a match that wants that particular function. 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 fascinated with including this technique to the shooter.
Talking to Dot Esports, Chen stated that the studio is “not contemplating a task queue” in the meanwhile.
“The staff’s objective is to supply a greater variety of staff composition by means of team-up abilities and their very own designs, to let individuals play their Marvel superheroes relatively than limiting gamers to selecting a task.”
Chen additional defined that knowledge from matches exhibits that Rivals presently doesn’t want a task queue system.
“We would like individuals 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 just lately, there’s plenty of totally different compositions rising from gamers and we’d prefer to proceed to observe these enjoyable compositions and the way they impression our sport.”
Whereas some may be upset that Chen and developer NetEase aren’t speeding to stability the sport or add a task queue system, I’m completely satisfied to see a web-based 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 the whole lot extra honest and balanced.
One of many causes I get pleasure from Rivals is as a result of everybody feels highly effective and matches not often play out the identical approach as almost each character appears viable with the best comp or technique. And whereas a task queue may 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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