Single pick heros needs to happen | Forums

[I_Am_OddGirl]

Matchmaking as it is now is not good to say the least. Single pick would work but as most of the comments above show a closed mind as this is the only way the game has shown us. There are many ways for it to work but just needs some imagination. First forget about freedom of choice of being forced to play a hero you don't want, that would never happen. Here is a simple scenario; pick hero, MM will use how you perform overall with said hero w/l kd ratio overall kda etc and look for a game in your skill bracket using those numbers, MM finds games that have 1 opening and is not using said hero, you join game and play. That is just a quick idea obviously it can be tweaked.

Right now I play as Musha and it is rare there is ever another Musha on my team in 4's even though he is a high win rate pick according to the season stats. Sure some more popular heroes will be picked more. When I use Orochi I might get a longer wait or put in a different tier. New releases would be an issue that would have to get sorted as it seems everyone wants to play as them but win or lose a game vs 4 BP's or Shugoki's is not fun. When the new samurai is released and LB will be updated the same will happen. You can win vs 4,3, or even 2 of the same hero but the game is boring and uninteresting which should have been remedied long ago.

As of now it has been this way for so long that no one can see it changing for the better so the answer is to just deal with it and be happy the servers are still up and there is roadmap till the end of 2019.

This very thing has been in Rainbow Six which is the single reason I do not play it. Single pick in Ranked matches is acceptable. In casual it is not acceptable at all to even consider it. If some random picks Lawbringer and I can't use him (rep 62 LB) I'd be pissed anytime I see the random throw out a Long arm in a 1 on 1 fight. Or a zone in a fight.

[bannex19]

Debate this all you want but the simple fact is they the community is incredibly divided on this issue.

Ubi is in a tough spot with this.

[CRIMS0NM0NKEY]

Why not just make it single pick for groups and black it out for singles on a team? I personally don't care either way. Just thought I'd make the suggestion.

[Playing_Mantis]

yea, i agree that its not a great idea. its not a mob where u have 300 characters and 5 buttons to learn. the characters are too complex in this game to expect newer players to know more than 2 characters. pick before Q is an awesome idea but yea it might make the matchmaking too long.. but maybe not... could work in that case only i think.

[SpaceJim12]

Exactly, 23 heros in the game, 24 coming soon, if you havent found 4 heros by now thats your problem. The only people that enjoy multi heros are the one that abuse it.

So, when I try to do my order with 24 vanguard kills, and only vanguard hero I play is a Warden, so I abuse Warden with two other guys, who pick up Wardens?
And let's say Black Prior. I played only BP for a month, cause I want him to have 8 rep and teal gear score, cause I have 30 chests to open and claim some cool visuals to him. So...I abuse BP, cause for the first month of last season everyone played BP?

P.S. I have 6 heros I know and can perform well. Still, when I do my orders or leveling only one hero, I don't want to be lock from it.

[CoyoteXStarrk]

Yeah no thank you. My best character is the Shaman and she is way too popular. I would never get to play her if it was single pick.


Learn to play instead of blaming your failures on the strategies of others.

[Goat_of_Vermund]

Maybe there should be something instead that encourages multiple different heroes, because right now roles do not matter.

By the way, I am still not convinced that a 4 raiders team is a worse matchup than 1 raider, 1 shugoki, 1 jinjun and 1 shinobi. The only advantage they might have is the difficulty on remembering their patterns (remembering "raider likes to let the second zone fly" is not enough, you must remember "the purple female raider likes to let the second zone fly"), and they might be more familiar with each others' capabilities.

The problem is, that from 25 heroes, only 6-7 is a good pick for 4s. Peacekeeper is, for example, is useless in any team fights, gladiator is a joke in 4v4, while some heroes can pretty much instawin ganks on both sides. Ubi should work on that.

[IRostiI]

Yeah no thank you. My best character is the Shaman and she is way too popular. I would never get to play her if it was single pick.


Learn to play instead of blaming your failures on the strategies of others.

Strategies?



Sorry but it's too hilarious read "strategies" for people that just want clearly abuse a mechanic.


I don't understand the difficult of let people choose the hero before the matchmaking, so matchmaking match people that don't have the same hero.
And in case of pre made group, well, learn another hero.

People that don't play rainbow six because they can't use their favourite operator.
People that say "moba it's just 5 skills and nothing else".
Mobas and fps like rainbow six have more and more players of for honor and no one complain about single pick.
For honor, 3 players around the world, and people complain for a single pick in 4v4 mode.
Hilarious.

[MrB3NX]

go play brawl you sensitive whiny baby

you could enjoy your awful suggestion there

4vs4 will be forever with no limits .

[I_Am_OddGirl]

Strategies?



Sorry but it's too hilarious read "strategies" for people that just want clearly abuse a mechanic.


I don't understand the difficult of let people choose the hero before the matchmaking, so matchmaking match people that don't have the same hero.
And in case of pre made group, well, learn another hero.

People that don't play rainbow six because they can't use their favourite operator.
People that say "moba it's just 5 skills and nothing else".
Mobas and fps like rainbow six have more and more players of for honor and no one complain about single pick.
For honor, 3 players around the world, and people complain for a single pick in 4v4 mode.
Hilarious.

I'll explain the difficulty of that then as simply as possible. Wait times for search queue.
Single pick in rainbow isn't actually the same as how it is on this game..we've had single pick before..Brawls.
Rainbow deals in projectile warfare. For Honor..close quarter melee combat with completely different kits. I played back when Blackbeard was nerfed.