New mode: Character Swap

[deep flax]

Hello everyone ! I'd like to show you my idea of a new game mode called "Character Swap". Just as the name suggests (or at least I hope so) it will be about character swapping. But what exactly would this mode be about ?

If you are knocked out - you respawn as another character from your class. I originally thought about making the swap happen after 2 minutes without KO, but that would be too chaotic.

Badges - while every character has a special badge in competitive, in this mode they would be replaced by one badge made for all characters

Characters - if you don't have all the characters of a class unlocked, you can't play as blocked ones. This could be a bit heavy for some players - one time you play as a Dingodile, and then you respawn as a Tropy you've never even had the chance to play.

XP would get the character that you originally chose.

2 (or more) minutes cooldown to avoid respawning for purpose to get other character

I hope you liked this idea, leave a comment what do you think about it 😄

[zenith depot]

This might be interesting

[half oasis]

It's interesting, but it might not seem that fun in practice. Because think about it, there are currently 11 characters in the game and the characters you can love are also limited. For example, when I die as a Roo player, why would I want to turn into a Tropy player that I don't like?

[orchid kestrel]

Sounds pretty chaotic. To add to the chaos... randomized powerups too. You keep at least one charge from the last powerup you obtained.

[deep flax]

Well, if you didn't want to go from Roo to Tropy, this mode simply wouldn't be for you. 😉

[deep flax]

I thought about it but decided that changing the character was sufficientI

[half oasis]

Not just for me. Some people just use 2-3 chars. They are their main chars. I don't think these people want to switch to another ones automatically. The idea is interesting and people definitively wants to try this. But i dont think this mode will live so long. Roo and Tropy was just one example. We can give more examples indeed.

[deep flax]

I also use a few characters because despite my attempts - I just can't play as N.Brio or Coco but such changes would only apply to this mode. I agree that this mode would not appeal to all people and I would not see it as something that would stay permanently but as weekend mode from TFB labs.

[half oasis]

Yeah, actually it can be tried. Still better idea than TBF Labs' simple Competitive Mode Variants.

I removed my dislike. Im neutral about this.

[deep flax]

Thanks 😄

[half oasis]

U welcome 🙄👍

[viral topaz]

Honestly sounds like it'd fit right in with the temporary modes like Zap Trap and Wump-a-rama.
Might also be interesting to make it include all characters instead, and change your Power too.
Keeping it to one class would make it so there's not enough characters to make the randomisation worth it.
Getting Ripto Power Drain would be funny tbh, be it annoying X D

[deep flax]

Of course including all characters + changing power could be interesting but despite all this chaos I wanted to leave some balance. For example having 2 scorers, 1 blocker, 1 booster and after some KO's there would be 3 blockers and 1 scorer. A player that were taking care of relics it would have to be a blocker etc. Anyway - good suggestion

[undone mica]

idk, people would just jump in the pit after spawn when they get Ripto and move on, there would need to be something to make sure they stay the same char at least for a while
otherwise pros will just cheese the system until they get their mains, then never die and it will just be a normal mode for them.

[orchid kestrel]

I think a character swap every once in a while would work.

Just switch on the fly

[undone mica]

me about to hit the sickest piano in my life, as it drops I turn into catbat and combo it with a dive

[deep flax]

Thank you, I forgot to include one thing, let's call it - cooldown. You can respawn as another character after 2 minutes to avoid these kind of situations. I will add it to post

[undone mica]

jsyk 2 minutes is a looooooooong time

that's about the respawn of the 2nd-3rd stage of gem clusters

[deep flax]

Interesting idea but we can agree that there should be some cooldown

[undone mica]

yes there should be, I wasn't stating an idea, the 2nd respawn cooldown of captured gems lasts about 2 mins

just as a reference of how long it actually would be

[orchid kestrel]

Id say 1 minute. Maybe increase the wumpa for this mode too. 3000 to win might work, allowing for multiple character swaps

Suicides also will not count towards a successful swap

At all

[undone mica]

[orchid kestrel]

[undone mica]

that could be harder to implement as dying to stuff like drones and dragons counts as map kill aka "suicide"

[deep flax]

So that's why I was thinking about this 2 minutes cooldown

Transformation without respawn is also not an option. Some characters can carry more/less relics/wumpas than others

[undone mica]

I'd say 30-60 seconds at max
I win some matches in just 4 mins.

[deep flax]

Well, you're a hardcore player then 😅

[undone mica]

everyone carries the same relics???
also you could make the wumpa a static 100 or just have it be a mechanic that you're gonna lose them if they don't get banked

[viral topaz]

The game normally lets you chose any character so in order to prevent 3 blockers for example the mode would need a role limit.
I'd argue competitive probably should but that's a different conversation.
Even then there's role overlap, Brio's a very good Booster and Cortex a good Blocker for example. Despite all being different classes; Cortex, Tawna and Dingo would all still be effective 3x blockers.
So keeping players to one class doesn't entirely solve that.
Plus, modes outside of the main one are fairly chaotic anyway, and as someone who's favourite characters are spread out across multiple roles and tends to only really like 1 character in a role I'd like multiple chances to get characters I like instead of just the one.
I mean, I guess Booster's my best chance for that, but then picking Booster's means there's a chance you can get Ripto.
Idk, if this is implemented for just the one role, it can't be a mode introduced soon, cause there's not enough variation in eatch class to justify it thb.

[viral topaz]

45 Seconds seems like a good amount.

[deep flax]

Well, my bad, sorry

[viral topaz]

You could make it that the amount they have is treated as a percentage.
So 70 for Crash would be 45 for Cortex.
Round it up when getting smaller, and rounding down when getting bigger.
Or both up idk.

[deep flax]

Good idea

[undone mica]

I mean I'd say it should be 100% random, that's kinda the point of it.
if your team gets Tawna Tawna Cortex Dingo, then they just got lucky

[undone mica]

yeah, that sounds solid

[viral topaz]

Team gets a Roo stack 🦘🦘 🦘 🦘

[undone mica]

yeah!

imo when I go into a "random" mode then I expect it to be random

[viral topaz]

Message edited, not enough roos.

[undone mica]

not being narrowed down by any means

[deep flax]

Random mode is a perfect name

[orchid kestrel]

N.Sanity mode

[undone mica]

N. Verted mode

[deep flax]

even better 🔥

[median osprey]

Random mode is already in game, and you may even summon it by yourself at apparent moon phase
...And the name of it mystery "Matches with 300+ ping"

If to speak of topic, this idea sounds dope. I also agree on 45s cooldown on it