It’s a pretty simple bit of feedback and I’m sure I’m not the first to request this. But please implement some sort of balancing of versus teams.
If 8 randoms join, how hard is it to split the players evenly across 2 teams, instead of having the 4 best players on one team and the 4 inexperienced on the other team. This happens almost every game and it’s beginning to feel more like a feature than a quirk or a bug.
If 4-6 randoms join, balance the teams properly; no more 3vs1 or 2vs4 teams. It’s surely a very simply thing to add?
If there is a premade team off high level players, either break them up to balance out the match or have them only playing other premade teams. Between the lack of balance with randoms and the constant sweaty premade teams, it’s killing a great mode.
Players stack one side for “the valuable resource” (easy wins) destroys the “collective good” (a healthy player base). Each time players stack one side for short-term advantage, they make the experience worse for everyone else, driving players away and shrinking the pool of active participants. Over time, this self-serving behavior loops back as self-sabotage; fewer opponents, fewer matches, and eventually, no game left to win.
What’s more, when stacked teams do lose, they often fold instantly and leave, as if there’s another lobby waiting… but there isn’t. In my last month, I found only three matches. I stayed even when outnumbered two or three to one, just to earn a bit of Versus XP and keep the mode alive.
Three things stand out:
First, higher-ranked players usually have far more Versus hours.
Second, players either stack one side fast.
Many players quit mid-game when facing stacked teams or losing.
There’s a few fix for all three of these issues, though it may be too late now.
Balance the teams by number of players.
Balance the teams by rank.
Give players a cooldown penalty if they quit mid-game.
It won’t be perfect, but I think time has proven this far better than the alternative. The developers may call this a “casual PvP mode,” but without balance, there’s no players, and without players, there’s mode at all.
That’s not what I mean, I’m all in favor of a good necro. However the math in the timestamps does not add up, October 2025 is not 8 months later from Feb 2022
