The highest priority of Marvel Rivals to update balance is not a competitive game

Summary

Marvel Rivals favors entertainment over competitive balance and focuses on providing a pleasant experience for all players.
Although developers are not the highest priority, they analyze data to prevent too dominant or repressive character.
The game of splendid and impressive skills is provided by occasional and competitive players with a focus on availability and pleasure.

Developer Marvel He clarified the team's attitude on the competitive balance of the game and said that compared to the tuning of other aspects of the game is not the highest priority. Available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S, Marvel It connects the heroes and villains from all over Marvel Multivers to compete with each other in team battles.

Although he is only a few months, Marvel became easily one of the largest multiplayer hits of the year. Millions of players have come to try one of the biggest lists of heroes around, inhabited by creative interpretations of iconic Marvel characters. This list is set to further growth as Marvel It will start new content and playable characters.

Predicting new characters Marvel opponents 2

According to Battle Pass, Marvel Rivals Season 2 will start in April and will bring two new playable characters to the table.

Maintenance Marvel The characters correctly balanced in the competitive game are the main task, but according to an interview published by PC Gamer with executive producer Marvel Games Danny Koo is not a competitive balance for the team “highest” priority. Koo said that Marvel The Netase development team focuses on “entertainment, especially”.

Marvel Rivals Developers prefer fun characters over perfect balance

In his comments, Koo mentioned that while the competitive balance is not a “number one” priority, the team is studying data on winning rates and other metrics based on the game for each character to ensure that no one character is too “painful” or “repressive” against against. In other words, if it is overwhelmed Marvel The character becomes too dominant, their entertainment can come at the expense of others, which probably requires adjustments by line.

Koo said that the focus on entertainment helps play to be more accessible to play for occasional players who care less whether they win or lose and more about good time. Whether it's creative Dr. Strange Portal Trick including an invisible woman or even more antiquity by Jeff The Land Shark, Marvel The abilities are often quite flashy and impressive to use in any match. Koo said that coexistence of occasional and competitive players coexistens, but that occasional players exceed competitive. He acknowledged that fans of the competing game want ways to “show off their championship” of the game, so the team pays great attention to the match and community data to find the best approaches.

WITH Marvel“Popularity blooms in 2025, it is no wonder that the development team feels that its focus on providing an entertainment experience pays off. It will find out if this angle is fully sustainable, it will take longer, given that competitive balance can help players to play and manage it in the long run.