No replies to this topic

[Ironbound]

I'm sure this has been suggested before, but I don't see one on the front page, and Alpine Peaks has pushed it to the forefront of my mind.

We need a prematch lobby in which we can:

1. Chat with teammates
2. Pick mechs from our mechbay.
3. See the map we will be fighting on.

I think this will promote teamwork really well while also cutting down on mismatched weapons (LRM boat on River City, Brawler Atlas on Alpine Peaks).

However, the very first thought one has when reading that is "What about weight mismatching?" An entire team of mediums could face an entire team of heavies, which is obviously bad news.

So, second suggestion:

Make a weight restriction on each game, or give certain weight assignments to lances and let people fill what gaps they want, etc. I realize we might see some of the "League of Legends syndrome," wherein someone instalocks their preferred position because they want it, but honestly I think that's a small price to pay for a game with much more teamwork.

I've seen really good support for this in in-game chat, what do the forums think?