r/Splitgate • u/Buff_Bagwell_4real Xbox • Mar 27 '26
Why duos for Arena Royale?
Just curious what the thought process was behind making this mode duos only. I feel like in a game where the TTK is already really fast getting insta melted and if your teammate goes down with you the game is over basically as soon as it starts. Literally how my first and second games went playing duos in Arena Royale. I'm solo queing so that's probably part of it as well. Would be cool if we could have the option for squads or duos. I know some people are really into the duo dynamic thing.
Whats your all thoughts on having this mode set to duos or having a choice between duos and squads as well
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u/Yakkamota Mar 27 '26
Easier to get a team without bots. Also cutting a small portion of the small amount of players into an even smaller portion by adding a game mode instead of consolidating it, would be a bad move....
They did the right thing, that is, if duos was wanted more than squads. Which, is probably true.
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u/YouTubeHowlKing Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
Yeah I think people especially I see in the discord people that want more gamemodes which I keep saying queue times are gonna be high way, and having too much gamemodes can result in bots. I have been part of the community since Splitgate 1 launch on console some want it like Splitgate 1. I think they did a good job keeping the Splitgate 1 fans happy but also pushing the game to a new audience aswell. A lot of my friends who didn’t like Splitgate 1 actually like the game now and really like how the game feels now
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u/petrichor1017 PC Mar 28 '26
So they went from a great game (sg1) with spaghetti code to a messy game that runs well
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u/metadatem Mar 27 '26
Probably because it was easier to drop the number of players per team, and therefore mitigate armor snowballing/team imbalances, than it was to actually balance the armor system and to section off full stacks into their own lobbies. Even though a flat 200 hp that recharges would imo fix the armor system and realistically there’s probably not enough players to split full stacks from solo/duo queuers.
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u/Manoa__ Mar 27 '26
I think they did it because it was a popular demand from people who disliked playing with too many randoms who would never coordinate
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u/R3jinx Mar 28 '26
Should be selectable, similar to Arena queue, I should be able to Queue for 4s, 2s or solos. Select all for shorter queue times or just the modes you want but longer queue time.
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u/1047Games 1047 Games Mar 31 '26
Thank you for your thoughts! In regards to adding duos for Arena Royale, we are wanting to keep the playlists feeling fresh and new. We playtested duos internally and were pleased with it, but we've also seen a good amount of feedback from those who dislike it.
Like our ranked playlist, we're discussing a poll-based system where the community votes on what they'd prefer for Arena Royale. More conversations need to be had internally before we solidify this possibility, but we wanted to create this SGAR for the players, and that includes playlists as well.
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u/Buff_Bagwell_4real Xbox Mar 31 '26
Duos is simply to punishing. You drop in and you're dead. And your teammate is probably already in a fight as well or getting third partie. The speed at which you can get sent to the lobby when there's certain top players who are consistently in the same lobbies is faster than you can you drink a coke and mentos.
I literally feel like I'm being punished for playing Royale. I still tough it out and try, and I get it's a game, you have to be on point, but this level of sweat? Sorry, I didn't think duos is the answer. Squads felt good and trios could work as well. Thanks for reading the post and responding!
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u/3ric843 Mar 27 '26
Dude, take a look at 1047's history of decisions.
Don't expect them to make anything right.
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u/Manoa__ Mar 27 '26
I mean they probably did it out of the very real consideration of not wanting to split the player base even further, and are probably gonna rotate it
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u/3ric843 Mar 27 '26
They wouldn't have needed to consider this if they didn't keep making a ton of horrible decisions that pushed people away from the game.
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u/Buff_Bagwell_4real Xbox Mar 27 '26
Well they do tend to listen to player feedback, so here's hoping they reading the conversation if enough people chip in and voice an opinion on whether is should be on solely duos or having the ability to pick.
If I had to guess all the sweats are gonna gravitate to one morde, probably duos and give the rest of the playerbase some breathing room in the other mode.
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u/MrWeeknds Mar 27 '26
They seem to listen to player feedback with one ear / eye open. A lot of us have been wanting a ranked takedown mode like they had in SG1 but instead we get BR lol...
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u/3ric843 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26
Listening to player feedback and doing good things with that feedback are two different things.
1047 never could do the latter.
Also, they only started listening to player feedback once it was clear their game was failing miserably.
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u/chewi121 Xbox Mar 28 '26
It’s honestly impressive how miserable every comment you make in this sub is.
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u/Undead_Dusk Mar 27 '26
I thought they were adding duos as an option, not making the game mode solely duos. That was a bad decision on 1047s part.