Lobby Feature for Team Balance

[Cid Ferringer]

We badly need a feature for switching sides with an entire ship.
Most games just go on with one side dominating and no one wants to mix up the teams for a more even game..
Which also means that most people just leave and then we have a completely empty team and a full team of people who do not want to leave the winning side..

[geggis]

My rag tag crew all switched to spectators recently to swap teams with another crew and in the space of time it took to move across, the empty slots had filled up so we had to ask politely for the new players to move out. It was awkward and thankfully everyone obliged, but a swap ship/team button would be excellent.

[Captain Smollett]

Been asking for this for a while.  Raise awareness my airship brethren!

Honestly still a great idea.

[James T. Kirk]

I'd be down for something like this.

[Imagine]

Only if it was optional.

[Captain Smollett]

Only if it was optional.

Definitely

[HamsterIV]

I support this idea 100%.

[Sprayer]

Only if it was optional.

Do you really believe anybody would make such a feature mandatory?

[Imagine]

Only if it was optional.

Do you really believe anybody would make such a feature mandatory?

Yes.

[HamsterIV]

I would

Only if it was optional.

Do you really believe anybody would make such a feature mandatory?

I would make a mandatory ships swap an option for the loosing team after their 2nd shutout loss as a way of countering the "stacked teams" phenomenon. When I suggested this, it was mostly down voted by the community, due to the winning side not having a choice in the matter. Your idea is significantly different than the one I proposed and I do not wish to derail something I think is a good idea with my crazy alterations.

[Alistair MacBain]

Nice idea to add such a feature but it has to be optional.
If you make it mandatory clans would have to open up a new lobby every time they are forced to change ships.
And yes sometimes you want to practise sth special where u need both ships.

[RearAdmiralZill]

open up a new lobby every time

This is what would happen if this kind of mechanic wasn't optional. Just sayin'.

[HamsterIV]

Not being a part of a clan, I could care less. Clan vs PUG stomping matches are rarely fun, and I would prefer to see a mechanic for breaking up teams that are too powerful aside from leaving the lobby and finding a new one.

[Imagine]

Not being a part of a clan, I could care less. Clan vs PUG stomping matches are rarely fun, and I would prefer to see a mechanic for breaking up teams that are too powerful aside from leaving the lobby and finding a new one.

You don't have to be on a team to like playing with a certain group of people. Anything that punishes players for wanting to play together would be a horrible move.

[HamsterIV]

I don't want to derail this thread any more, and I am sorry for how much I have derailed it already. Having some sort of all crew transfer utility would be great. Making it consensual for all parties involved would be for the best. I would like to see more, but I won't spit on a good thing when I see it.