Declined Don't force same team in Groups

[thesquarerootof2 165]

With Groups now being the only way to play regular battles with your friends, I would like to introduce a proposal: Make forcing group members to be on the same team an option, instead of forced. 

 

The biggest limitation of the current Groups system is that since it requires all group members to be on the same team, Groups cannot play DM. And since Groups are the only way to play with your friends, that means you pretty much can't play DM with your friends, ever. Furthermore, this system really cuts down on a major fun point of playing with your friends: rivalries. Back before Groups, a large part of the fun in playing with your friends was going on opposite teams and then trying to hunt each other down; kill each other in trolly ways, brag about whose team was better, etc. :P This is no longer possible. 

 

My proposed solution to this:

1. Each player in the group gets a checkbox, "Same Team". Group members with this checked will ALWAYS be placed on the same team when being placed. Group members who don't have it checked will simply be placed however the matchmaking system desires, with no emphasis on being together. (They will still be in the same battle though) This assures that people who want to be together will be together, while people who don't want to won't be forced to be together. 
2. Members' "Same Team" settings are ignored when being placed in a non-team mode (DM or future Juggernaut), since there's no team to be together on  ;)

What do you think? 

 

:)

[Maf 32,333]

Declined

 

Players in one group will never be put into different teams since it brings back the possibility of multing, which is one of the main things MM is meant to prevent. Nothing is stopping me grouping together with two of my alts and joining a battle so that my alts are on the opposite team, thus giving myself an easy win by making the other team 2 players weaker.

 

For DM - maybe, but why would you want to play DM with friends? I assume you'd want to team with them and play together, which is bad for the game mode as it puts every other solo player at a disadvantage.

[thethiefofvictory 339]

For DM - maybe, but why would you want to play DM with friends? I assume you'd want to team with them and play together, which is bad for the game mode as it puts every other solo player at a disadvantage.

Group DM? There, a new mode idea. DM/Juggernaut, only except with groups. Or many, many teams. May not work with Juggernaut. 

[Maf 32,333]

Group DM? There, a new mode idea. DM/Juggernaut, only except with groups. Or many, many teams. May not work with Juggernaut. 

I already posted that one :P

[thesquarerootof2 165]

For DM - maybe, but why would you want to play DM with friends? I assume you'd want to team with them and play together, which is bad for the game mode as it puts every other solo player at a disadvantage.

Or maybe we just want to have fun killing each other and bragging about it?! Just because we want to be in the same battle doesn't mean we are gonna team! 

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

Or maybe we just want to have fun killing each other and bragging about it?! 

Maybe you and your friends do. But there are a heck of a lot of people who are going to mult.

[Maf 32,333]

Or maybe we just want to have fun killing each other and bragging about it?! Just because we want to be in the same battle doesn't mean we are gonna team!

 

I'm pretty sure that in most cases it does mean teaming.