Updates to Dueling and Frontline

Yeah, it's great the premades are able to form their ultimate murder team and have fun crushing their opposition, but not so much for the teams going up against them. It's difficult for a regular DF group to communicate as effectively as a premade while in the midst of fighting, especially since there is no voice chat and macro call-outs are heavily reliant on whoever has them set up (often not many people). Then there is the case of newcomers who are either excited or understandably nervous about their first match. We want newcomers to feel welcome and we want them to have a positive experience so they come back to Frontline again. Unfortunately I have seen matches where our DF team goes up against a premade comprised of top PVPers and instead of giving it a fighting chance, we end up backed into a corner with teammates saying to give up or just stay in the spawn because the premade will crush us the second we step out of it. That's a pretty terrible introduction to Frontline and even though not all matches are like that, premades do certainly put a strain on DF groups. In that regard, I agree with a previous poster who mentioned the restricted party queuing the Feast has. Or maybe a feature for these premades to coordinate matches with other premades, like a light or full party queue where you must meet those requirements. That way those who have to queue solo in DF don't get thrown to the wolves. And friends who want to play together still have that option.

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