Random civ picking the same civ as another player with particular civ

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

  • BUILD #: 42848
  • PLATFORM: Steam
  • OS: Windows 8

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

It looks like there are people saying this is not a bug, but a feature. I think this is a bug because there are random and full random options. Or at least, this is counter-intuitive. A team with two or more players with the same civ is in disadvantage

Random civ not working as expected.
I was expecting random civ to ensure an unique civ (without repetition), even counting payers picking a specific civ.
However, I picked particular civ (Mayans) , teammate picked random civ (NOT full random). The result, we both were mayans. (ranked random map).
I don’t know if random civ can also pick the same as an enemy with a particular civ.

What is expected by me:
Random should ensure the civ is not repeated. In particular within the same team.
Full random should pick any civ, no matter if it repeates or not.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

I have seen it occur only one time. I can’t know if it happens everytime or sometimes as there is a random component in this.
I have seen an enemy team with a civ repeated, now I’m thinking the same thing happened to them.

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

I can’t ensure this will reproduce the issue, I guess one should try and try and try and with enought luck, random will repeate a civ.

Here’s the steps I remember that lead to two players with mayans:

  1. Enter ranked game
  2. Invite your friends to the party.
  3. One of you should choose a civ. (Mayans?)
  4. Another one pick random
  5. Click on find match
  6. Wait, and maybe, sometimes, the random player gets the save civ as a teammate.

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Happy one year anniversary for this bug too! :rofl:

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Technically this bug is as old as the game, even as old as AoE1, so more like 23rd anniversary at this point.

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The current behavior is consistent with the original behavior: if at least one player picks a civ, then another player who selects Random civ also has a chance of receiving that civ.

I agree, particularly with the inclusion of the “Full Random” option, that it would make sense to change this behavior, so that choosing Random would prevent repeats even with explicit civ picks.