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skatesk8skater_x's avatar
skatesk8skater_x
New Rookie
1 day ago

About Spot Battles

Please add random matchmaking for Spot Battles, similar to the previous skate games.

I also strongly recommend standardizing the control settings in Spot Battles to the highest difficulty. Competitive battles should be based on player skill, not on assist settings that give certain players an advantage.

Please also adjust the scoring for Finger Flips. Right now, players can get huge amounts of points simply by wiggling the right stick repeatedly after a Seatbelt. It feels extremely unnatural and has a negative impact on the competitive experience.

There should also be a system to penalize or remove players who use glitch techniques during Spot Battles or future competitive battle modes. Battles should be fair and equal for everyone. At the moment, some players who rely on glitches are able to reach the top of the leaderboards.

Finally, please address players leaving matches early or remaining AFK during battles. There should be appropriate penalties or systems to prevent this behavior and keep matches competitive.

Spot Battles should reward actual skill, creativity, and consistency—not exploits, glitches, or advantageous settings. Competitive play needs to be fair for everyone.

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  • Awicb's avatar
    Awicb
    Rising Veteran
    20 hours ago

    Check this out.

    As spot battles will be categorised as throwdowns when they're allowed to be placed anywhere, so anyone nearby with this setting enabled (Found in Social category) will be invited to your spot battle, and vice versa. So matchmaking is already going to be available at S5 launch.

    A standardised spot battle control system is just not a good idea imo. The whole idea of Skate is that people play it how they want. If you're choosing to make the game harder for yourself, that's your own choice. Playing with assists off gives you greater control over your skater and actually gives you the advantage over people with the training wheels (Auto-Revert, Pump assist and Grind assist) on.

    I agree about the finger flip spam - it is a bit much. The bit about glitches though, I'm sorry to break it to you but it's just not something that the game can police. For one, Spot battles are a social activity and not a competitive mode, there's nothing on the line and it's purely just for fun. The mode is fundamentally unbalanceable, it's been like that since the original Skate and that's definitely not changing here. 

    People have to leave or go AFK for any multitude of reasons, and as rounds are only 15-30 seconds long, the harm is minimal and I don't agree with punishing people for that. You'd end up waiting the same amount of time if someone didn't bail on their run

    Hope this helps

  • EA_cuervo's avatar
    EA_cuervo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 day ago

    Hi there,

    Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback and suggestions around Spot Battles.

    I’ve moved the thread from Bug Reports to General Discussion, as the points raised here are more focused on general feedback and suggestions for the mode rather than a specific bug.

    We appreciate you sharing your feedback with us!

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