"Mirrors"

Okay, before the tournament starts, I’ll throw in my two cents about the hero trading system. :smile30: I played a bit of mirror match with a full random setup...

If we talk about the feeling: a mirror match should be a place where you perfectly realize your potential, extract everything possible from the situation, and even things that might not be there (it's somewhat similar to offline play). If some factions are deprived of their main strengths, the gameplay becomes somewhat poorer, and the potential bar is lowered, and you no longer have the feeling of amazing efficiency in everything you do because "Luna could have been better" or "if only it was Shakti...". Of course, in the case of trading, only one player gets the perk, but the other player, firstly, at least receives some compensation for it, and secondly, still gets not complete garbage, but the second-best hero in the faction.

If we look at it from a slightly stricter perspective: "imbalanced" heroes (heroes that significantly increase the player's potential tempo) are not limited to those that are currently banned in mirror matches by the program. Cool mages (Luna, Solmyr, Tant) and, as far as I understand, unconventional specialists (Bron, Illor) are also not taken into account. As a result, by default (with a probability noticeably greater than 50%), both players start with something mediocre, but with some equal probability, one of them gets a one-sided imbalanced advantage. If you do trading, then one player is guaranteed to start with some advantage, and the other buys a better hero. But both are guaranteed not to play with complete garbage. In my opinion, this is a healthier situation.

Well, okay, this is probably the last time I'll talk about this.