Bc some people want a casual experience, which is fine. But I think there needs to be a place to go when you want to play some good matches. I believe separating the two is commonplace in these types of games.
Oh okay then. I guess for me I am happy with how it is because itās competitive for me now. I never go into a match expecting a free win or bad loss, until the scales tip one way or another in either direction i like how it is.
Im hoping they dont add bans. With how small the roster is and all the characters are relatively balanced, its not really needed and could actually create some problems with not enough characters left to fill a certain roll (like healing).
I dont care if people want to bring legendaries with them. Never had a problem with them. Not really sure what gear normalization means. Make them all max roll? are you going to increase the shard cost then?
Surrenders are fine, as long as its restricted to games that are completly one sided.
This is by far the biggest thing for me. I just to play some fun, balanced games. Not this crap where 4 players go 0-15 on a team with one guy going 35-2.
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Most of the tourneys Iāve seen have 2 bans for each team and legendaries banned. Some legendaries are very strong and non competitive. Some combos/characters are pretty strong as well. Iād think itād be cool to ban Miko, etc. sometimes. Would put a whole other strategy spin on it, especially seeing what the other team is picking as your picking your team you know
edit: yeah all gear would need to be fixed rolls and everyone would have access to every piece of gear. Think this is normal as well. This way everyone has access to the same gear. This is why legendaries need to be banned if they go this route, which I believe in COD, etc. itās like this. You have access to everything regardless of what you have unlocked.
700 playing.
Considering some are playing PvE (Letās say 50% for the sake of it) then you split it in two again with ranked and normal, and then into 3 game modesā¦ Thatās like 58 players?
Thatās of course, not real stats, only assumption, but you get it.
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I would picture Alani Miko to be banned a lot 
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Thatās pretty much who I would want to ban lol. I think Kleese and Reyna are much more balanced supports.
i respect that. but tight skill based matchmaking ruins the game for those that have a high elo/skill level. i completely understand your desire to play with and against players at your skill level. i do too, but not every single game. with a ranked list we could play those types of games when we choose to, rather than constantly.
Battleborn is the first online multiplayer Iāve ever actually delved into, so can someone clear up the point of character bans? I think they sound terrible
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Itās common in MOBAās, you basically remove a character from the hero pool. Either because you donāt want to play against it or to prevent a counter to a certain strategy.
I think that Battlebornās pool is a bit too small to do bans/picks but weāll see.
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It doesnt need to be tight. If I have a teammate go 5 kills and 10 deaths, i dont have a problem with that. I just want people who know how to play the game.
I dunnoā¦ I can see how that would work, but I agree with you that the character roster might be too small to implement successfully. I feel like it would take away more tactical gameplay than it would improve/provide.
I think Battloebornās hero pool is too small for bans.
Generally bans are used to remove a character from the roster that the community deems overpowered or that someone has a hard time playing against.
Right now I can already tell you 90% of bans would be Galiliea, Alani, Miko, Rath, and maybe Thorn.
The biggest problem I see is
Ban 1 - Reyna
Ban 2 - Alani
Pick 1 - Miko
This leaves Ambra and Kleese to support. Ambra has been nerfed pretty hard and her healing isnt even close to Miko. Kleese can be really easy to shut down, and doesnt get an actual heal to lvl 5 if they choose the helix for it.
The team with Miko has a clear advantage.
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Yeah, Iād be honing in on Reyna in that scenario. The words that come out of my mouth when playing against her! Lol. Even worse with Reyna & Miko combo. Iād still be concerned with people who only play a handful of characters being at a disadvantage if their mains got banned. One could argue that people with limited character skills shouldnāt be playing ranked or should āgit gudā, I suppose. Well, Iām all for new pvp modes as long as theyāre optional 
Another way they could go would be ban and protects. So each team has 1 ban and 1 protect. If you protect something no one can ban it, etc.
They need to make sure that there is a requirement to enter ranked. nothing outragous, but enough that anyone who enters has a firm understanding of the game and characters.
Maybe win 20 PvP matches?
You cant really base it off CR, as you can do nothing but play PvE to get to any CR rank.
You cant base if off character level, as again you can play nothing but PvE.
Hard to say what would work well enough to keep inexperianced players out, but not make the requirements too high that people have a hard time getting in.
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no one is banning reyna. or i should say, i would literally be shocked if someone banned reyna. let me say it a different way: i pray someone bans reyna when they play against me.
there has to be bans, or you will see nearly the same 5 in every game, assuming both teams are smart.
1 or 2 bans is fine honestly
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Rearrange it however you want, Ban miko and pick reyna. Doesnt really matter. The point I was trying to make is with 1 Ban each you can severely limit a character class. With 2 bans each you can completely remove one.
Bans should be in place to remove overpowered characters and for countering characters. Not for removing an entire character type.
The character roster is too small for bans and all of the characters are pretty well balanced. I dont see the need for bans. What advantage do you get out of it?
Bans wont stop that. 90% of bans are going to be the same ~5 characters. And your going to see more than the same 5 characters since you need 10 to play
who was banned in these tourneys? i keep on hearing bans for characters but i have no idea who. some legendaries in conjunction with others i can understand cuz those can be gamebreaking