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 at present 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 shortly grow to be one of many largest video games of the yr, already hitting over 20 million gamers. And a few of these gamers are uninterested in being tossed into matches the place their total group is duelists, forcing them to play healer or tank to assist stability the lineup.
One answer to this drawback is a task queue. Present in video games like Overwatch 2, a task queue lets gamers choose a task, like tank, after which discover a match that wants that particular position. 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 serious about including this method to the shooter.
Talking to Dot Esports, Chen mentioned that the studio is “not contemplating a task queue” in the meanwhile.
“The group’s purpose is to supply a greater diversity of group composition via team-up expertise and their very own designs, to let folks play their Marvel superheroes reasonably than limiting gamers to picking a task.”
Chen additional defined that knowledge from matches exhibits that Rivals at present doesn’t want a task queue system.
“We wish folks 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 may be quite a lot of completely different compositions rising from gamers and we’d prefer to proceed to watch these enjoyable compositions and the way they affect our sport.”
Whereas some is perhaps upset that Chen and developer NetEase aren’t speeding to stability the sport or add a task queue system, I’m glad 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 truthful and balanced.
One of many causes I take pleasure in Rivals is as a result of everybody feels highly effective and matches hardly ever play out the identical manner as practically each character appears viable with the correct comp or technique. And whereas a task queue is perhaps 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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