We need an Official answer on One Tricking. 🎲

[Trifrost-1531]

@Zedrous-1658

For example, what if a Mercy one trick instalocks Mercy, but another teammate wanted Mercy?

Most have another hero they can swap to in case their pick gets taken, such as in the video, it was stated that Fuey500, the Torb One Trick, would occasionally play Reinhardt. Chro can play Mei, Kephrii can play McCree etc. etc.

@Zedrous-1658

Or what if the team needed a Zenyatta or a Moira instead? Doesn’t matter, because that Mercy one trick p a y e d for the game and has a right to be selfish, right?

I can’t think of a situation where you NEED a Zenyatta/Moira. You can easily play around it, Mercy is a pretty versitile hero. It’s equally selfish for you to yell and cry in voice chat should they not swap to a hero they obviously will have little experience on, forcing them to play “Your way or the highway”. You don’t HAVE to babysit them, you don’t need a shield for the Bastion One Trick, odds are that they know how to play without a shield if they’re a one trick.

@Zedrous-1658

One tricking is extremely selfish to your team and is a good way to get avoided or reported.

Avoided, sure if you don’t like playing with them, but banned is extreme. They have a right to play the game just as you do. I don’t care if “it’s the way the game was meant to be played”, if it was they would put it clear as day in the report options that only playing one hero is worthy of a ban.

@Zedrous-1658

I don’t care if someone one tricks in QP, as rank doesn’t exist there

You cannot have the rules only apply to one part of the game and not to the rest. It’s all or nothing. Either it’s ok or it isn’t.

And you want to know the best part about all of this? There already is an answer to whether One Tricking is ok or not. Here you go:

@ScottMercer

For a player to be reported for Gameplay Sabotage, they must intentionally be trying to disrupt and harass their teammates or actively trying to lose. Note that playing a non-meta Hero does not mean someone is taking part in Gameplay Sabotage. Players who are trying hard to help their team to win should not be reported, regardless of the hero they choose.