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Vote to Balance Levels in Matches

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Captain Smollett:
I actually like the suggestion.  Balancing gets put to a vote so if friends want to keep playing together than they can, at the very least it lets the stomping team know that the stompies aren't enjoying it. 

I do think captains should be the only ones able to call the vote, and the vote timer should be shorter.

Zyem:
You mention that doing this "manually" is cumbersome and prone to having spots stolen. I'm wondering if it would be better to let people balance the teams manually if they want and add in a "position swap" mechanic which can be used in other situations.

For example, you click on the taken spot you want and it flags you as wanting that spot. The person in that spot can then click on your spot and you switch immediately. Maybe even with a message in the chat "XYZ invites you to switch slots" (or their slot changes to white?) to bring attention to it.

If I were going to implement the suggested system, the captains would vote for a balance shuffle and if that passed, then each player would "opt-in" to the shuffle. Those that don't opt-in would not be moved. This way, if they are flying with someone specifically (say a friend) and were on the same crew, they could just not opt-in and they wouldn't be split up. Equally, if they were flying against someone, they would not end up on the same team.

The idea that someone else gets more influence where a player is than the player seems pretty wrong to me. I know I've only been playing for a short time but I have seen a massive amount of sportsmanship in the community[1] and I think we should build systems that utilise that rather than start dictating.

[1] From captains changing their play to let a crewmember get an achievement, to the crewmember putting their achievement on hold so the captain can play how they want, to people leaving slots that are intended for other people simply by being asked.. the list goes on.

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