Rematch with random stage

[asmith]

Hi, been lurking here for a while now, first post!

Sometimes we play 1v1 marathon with 2 characters only. It would be nice to have an option to rematch in a different stage without having to get back to the character select menu. Did a sloppy search on the forums and didn't find anything similar.

Do you think having such feature helps?

 

[trufenix]

Here here, KoF does it, I think Dead or Alive does it too. I think a rematch with new stage option would benefit tournaments too.

 

[DDustiNN]

I’ve always wanted this.

 

[eolson3]

Damn, I think it should be this way by default!

 

[Xelz]

Absolutely yes, this would be great.

 

[Wrenchfarm]

I wonder how that would work. If the game has to load up a new level, does it have to reload the characters as well? We might assume it would be faster, "oh, the game can just keep the characters loaded and find a new stage" but things are always a little more complicated than they seem when it comes to games.

My inclination is that if they haven't added a feature like that yet, it probably isn't as easy as we think. If changing the stage creates just as long of a loading screen as normal, there is no real reason to do it.

 

[asmith]

Changing the stage will be slower than a simple "rematch" but still less than going back to the character select menu. But let's say it would take as long; players won't have to to anything in meantime. (selecting their character, selecting variation, selecting stage ... that would make it shorter)

Does NRS read these forums? or should someone with a closer relationship, suggest such features?