New PvP Request: Notify when defensive team will change

babinro

"You are about to play a team that will change your defensive lineup, are you sure you wish to continue?"

Similar to the warning we get when we're about to break a shield...some of us on LINE feel it's a great idea to implement a similar warning when you're about to break your previous defensive team.

Clearly we as players don't know how this new system will work but it only makes sense that we might want to tactically leave certain teams on defense for the event.

Example: Rulk is boosted for the week and you want him on defense for obvious reasons. This warning would notify you if you'll be replacing him for good for mixing up your team as you climb.

This request is entirely speculative in nature of course. For all we know something like this has already been considered and implemented as part of the change.

Lampo

Can you set your defensive line???

simonsez

babinro wrote:

For all we know something like this has already been considered and implemented as part of the change.

FaustianDeal

If we can't set our defensive team it would be good to know when the defense is going to change as a result of a change.

Some negative use cases:

• Locked Into an Undesired Upgrade
  What if I want to have Black Bolt/Cho out as my defensive team, but run a Bolt/Surfer match to try that team out? Don't like it, but Bolt/Cho is judged "significantly weaker" and now I'm locked into a team I don't like with no way out
• "Surprise" Unexpected Downgrade
  I'm out of health packs but think I can stretch to beat one more match with a team I believe is "significantly weaker", but in fact wasn't. Now I'm left going into a shield with a powder-puff team - where (in this new system) I might have just shielded one match earlier to save myself from a monsoon of hits when I unshield later. It is especially irritating if I have been taking several matches with random teams to extend a hop, but I have no idea which of them is the combination that becomes my new defensive team.

One great thing I can see as an opportunity here is:
I would love to put out a great scarecrow team with glass cannons or teams with massive self-damage elements (cuz defense teams don't need health packs) but that team only had to live long enough to win *ONCE*. Now I am free to run all kinds of 'opponent specific' teams to take down tougher opponents. I'm also able to run characters that the AI is too stupid to run properly without fear of reprisals. IM40/Ice might not replace OML/Carnage as my 'strongest' but can be fast and punches well above its weight. Winfinite is another great example team that can take down outsized opponents but won't be the 'strongest' from a pure numbers perspective.