So... I've mentioned in another thread (where it seems to have been passed by pretty smoothly), but I'm curious enough to ask properly.

We know there's a choice between Security and Resistance, and bots will fill in for other players.

But does anyone know if you can let the game put you into a match and auto-select your faction based on the number of players on each team? So if there's a match with 6 players on one team, and only 4 on the other, you'll automatically join the outnumbered team, instead of choosing who to fight alongside?

I know it's not a major, but it would be nice to know.

I can't answer definitively but, I would think they would try and balance teams first.

No that I am aware of. Whichever team you will play with is designated by the faction you have selected for your character.

You can have your character switch factions both before and during matches, or so I have heard.

Thanks guys.

Good to get some answers, even if they're not definitive.

EDIT: Well, not YET anyway...

I'm quite sure that is how it actually works.


You don't select a faction for your character.

As I have been led to believe, each character you create has a Security and Resistance counterpart; both
customizable.

When you join a multiplayer lobby, whichever faction has an slot open, you join. Whichever faction you have joined, that is which counterpart of your character you will play as in the course of the match.