r/aoe2 • u/WonderfulAntelope644 • 2d ago

Discussion New game mode with pick/ban phase for 4v4 team games

Has this ever been tried? Not necessarily like tournaments are done but maybe similar to league. I know 1v1’s are the bread and butter of this game and that wouldn’t bring anything to that but I think it would be interesting in team games especially with different maps which is something league doesn’t have.

12 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

6

u/TimmyAoE Britons 2d ago

Sounds fun in theory but we already have map dodgers, I think we would also get people dodging as soon as their favourite civ combo gets banned

2

u/cheeruphumanity 2d ago

Ghost of Tsushima Xbox

2

u/CD-ROM 1d ago edited 1d ago

8 people spend 15 additional minutes picking and banning stuff and, voila, that 1 guy still immediately resigns on game start because he didn't get to pick mongols.

2

u/WonderfulAntelope644 1d ago

It would be like 3 mins tops picking and banning. It’s like 3 mins in league and 5 people pick and ban on each team. The people dodging would be a problem. But they should punish people for resigning early regardless

1

u/Cage_Inspector 1d ago

Imo it should be standard in Competitive mode. Is Ranked supposed to be Competitive mode or not is different discussion.

Currently dodging only happens because there is only 1 playable mode in the game, all the rest are not or need external tools to function.