I know I’ve said that would fix solo shuffle, but if people want to play alone in a shuffle setting, then so be it. But let’s make people who have others to play with, or whom enjoy meeting others enjoy 3’s again by revamping the 3v3 ladder and make it queable as any arena size. You have a buddy who you enjoy playing with, but absolutely hate LFG? Then this would be perfect for you, you can select your role; and the game will auto fill that 3rd slot and place you against another 3’s group. I heal, and I hate lfg as much as anyone else. What I’d like to do is grab a buddy, que into 3v3 and have it place me against another 3v3 group whether it’s a full 3’s group or 3 single players. I think healers would enjoy this more as they’d be able to play with atleast one person who’s competent and it would be a single round only. Now people who like queing alone can still do it, and have a chance at getting the glad mount.
Play Two’s?
I dont want to?
But you’re almost guaranteed to lose against a full pre-made. Who would actually enjoy this?
You’re better off finding a rando in group finder than a queue
whats the diff between finding random people in lfg same cr as u vs Qing and being matched with people similar mmr to u? in both scenarios you’d have about the exact same chance unless ur specifically using comms with one and not the other. Id even go as far as arguing the flex Q option would be more accurate for finding partners ur skill lvl that u synergize with, because ive 100% been in scenarios where my mmr is significantly higher than my CR, but all people can see is my CR so i have to play in grps where they are lets say 1800cr and 1850mmr, when im 1800cr but 2200mmr. Flex Q would match based on mmr giving u a better partner pool than LFG.
- You have a choice on comp and rating vs. Blind matching based on rating alone
- You have the option to establish voice comms which is pretty much impossible in a queue
Skilled players are rarely going to solo queue, so either way you’re playing with a handicap…but getting a blind 3rd is just feeding the other team kills
i just went over how it would match u the same way shuffle does, based on mmr which is a better indicator of ur skill lvl than rating. LFG only lets u pick based on rating and someones previous exp if u look them up. You cannot see a players mmr through inspection. i just gave u an example of this…1800cr with 1850mmr vs 1800cr with 2200mmr, if u go solely based on lfg u would have to play together cause all u can see is that ur similar CR, but the mmr that shows the skill gap between the two is hidden. one player is the cr close to where they belong, the other shouldnt be in 1850mmr games and will punish everyone at that mmr.
LFG until u play with a person is basically a blind third. ill give it ur comp choice is about the only thing that would be impactful here out of your concerns. even than shuffle has shown that time and again comp doesnt win games. recently had an ele/hpal and went 0-2 straight out the gate than did ret/war (a worse comp by all measures) and went 5-0 in the same mmr range.
crazy how it’s not an issue in any other game that auto fills your team, clown.