Switching Characters Between MP Rounds

Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:14 pm

You get yourself set up playing a few rounds in a good server with your buds, or you've found one with a lot of good team players and no lag, but you want to give your Engineer / Operative character a break and work on your Soldier / Medic character. Would be nice to be able to swap them over between matches without having to drop from the game and go all the way back to the menu, no?

Would be even better if you could do it before the match starts, but after the map is selected, so you could pick the body type you like for that map, but some people might have a problem with that.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:07 pm

You get yourself set up playing a few rounds in a good server with your buds, or you've found one with a lot of good team players and no lag, but you want to give your Engineer / Operative character a break and work on your Soldier / Medic character. Would be nice to be able to swap them over between matches without having to drop from the game and go all the way back to the menu, no?

Would be even better if you could do it before the match starts, but after the map is selected, so you could pick the body type you like for that map, but some people might have a problem with that.

100% agree, and also make it so u can re customize ur weapons, i hate having to leave the server just to change it up and see what attachments i like on what gun.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:16 pm

100% agree, and also make it so u can re customize ur weapons, i hate having to leave the server just to change it up and see what attachments i like on what gun.

I think you should also be able to switch you body type also. Sometime you need agile and then later you need some heavy artillery.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:02 pm

As long as its in between rounds I see no problem with this idea. Maybe allow me to learn new abilities following a level up without having to leave the room and begin the tedious search for a new game with humans as well? Now Im just kidding myself.
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Rachie Stout
 
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:12 am

Ah, cheers! I`ve been looking for such a thread. This is just one simple thing why the games aren`t as full as they could be. Even if you can change your class, you can not help your team like it`s supposed to be due the lack of abilities. So people have to quit the mp-game in order to play another class to their full potential.

Good one, voted for yes.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:09 pm

you should be able to do anything in between rounds but during the game needs to stay the same attachments maybe, but about body types you chose that body type for that map otherwise it'll be way to easy and wouldn't make sense the way I see it the reason you can change what you can is because it makes sense because your still the same person.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:36 am

its a good itde but whats stopping someone from join as a lvl 3 next round turning into a lvl 20 and just own people
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Ron
 
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:56 pm

That would be a great idea if they could implement it, however to work out the kinks for some sort of level restriction on swapping would have to better than whats in place now, like no toons higher than the highest already in lobby or something to that effect.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:54 pm

For freeplay only and only before the map is selected, otherwise it allows players to stack teams for a particular level's objective.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:15 pm

its a good itde but whats stopping someone from join as a lvl 3 next round turning into a lvl 20 and just own people


the lvls dont really matter a whole lot in this game, the give u a few more tricks, but a lvl 3 can still own a lvl 20.

if u dont believe me try playing competition or old skool, both have lvl restrictions turned off so there is players of all lvls playing.
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Post » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:20 pm

For freeplay only and only before the map is selected, otherwise it allows players to stack teams for a particular level's objective.


I like the before the map is selected idea. Really I just want to be able to switch because my main is a medium engy / soldier and sometimes EVERYONE on my team will be an engy and Id rather be a medic but then im playing as a gimped medic :( Id rather be able to switch to my heavy medic/ soldier in between rounds and be able to help my team more. It may lead to some people trying to exploit it but it would also allow for more dynamic game play because teammates would be able to choose their character based on what classes their teammates are playing as.
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