Quote Originally Posted by bronislav84 View Post
And precisely why I wouldn't be for a system like that. I like being with people I know. How about making the RNG for only people who can't decide? Cause seriously though I see any form of draft or randomness as unfun.
If you do that, you can still end up with uneven numbers though and arrive at a similar problem. Assume for a minute that the 20 people who joined Trainer all join Trainer still, a couple people join each of the other teams, and then the rest go into the draft pool. It can't fix the problem at hand.

However, I think this could work if we implement a soft cap to prevent that situation. Actually, HKim's post that ninja'd me there gives a good reason against even this unless the soft cap is very tight. Most likely, the two groups (choosing and entering draft) are not equal in terms of average activity during the WAR. I would expect most of the active veterans are in the former group and a lot of the people who are either barely active or may decide not to stick around after trying it for a while would be in the latter group. If a large group of active friends joins one team, it can ruin the natural fixing properties of the original proposal.

Also, if there is an old-school style draft implemented, I think drafting should be done privately and the order should not be announced to save any hurt feelings. That is, only the leaders who are part of the draft get to know when anyone was picked.