pros tend to pick random a lot in normal ranked games
what you’re talking about is more tournament related
I sympathize with wanting all games to be random civ, I do enjoy it, but its obvious that’s more of a setting for people who really take age seriously. For people just starting out, imagine how much additional “ladder anxiety” would exist if new players didn’t even know what civ they’re gonna get, when they’ve only played like 5 of them lol.
Maybe we can have a true “Random Ranked” where its random civ and map (still have a map pool that people can vote in) but honestly, if you think Alt+F4 is bad now, wait till this is implemented and people get a civ or map they dont like, auto drop, all team games ruined lol.
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To be fair, as the pace of the game speeds up and defensive play gets less and less viable, I am starting to think that the devs don’t care too much how easy or hard it is for new players to get in on this game. Maybe trying to push the crowd towards Age4 (which would make sense, why invest into that, if Age2 still reigns King)
Besides playing Random civ is a good long term habit, because you’ll learn how to adapt to different situations a whole lot better, although it is certainly best to master 1 civ or 2 civs at the beginning.