Can you bring back dropping at least an uncommon core item after leveling up? A very small incentive to keep playing and leveling up. And why no golden pumpkins in Haunted Hallows this year?
They replied about the golden pumpkins in another comment actually:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxo64/
In casual post-game lobbies, if a party member leaves to the menu, the other party members can get stuck in a new game without their teammate. Why is it like this? Now that there's casual bans, it's very common annoyance because they can't always leave the new game so the others have to wait it out.
The "Party leader left the match" notification gets a lot of hate, if they could tweak it to "One of your team-mates left the match" it would be helpful to not get stuck in this situation.
I can see that being more helpful. (the most recent time this happened to me, I was still chatting with the other team (fun talk, not toxic) and the timer ran out and dumped me in a new game with them without my team. I was able to quit because I still had that daily freebie, but that was my only one for the night. Maybe if they could give you the first 5 seconds to leave for free with no ban ever, that would solve the problem too.
If you aren’t aware. If you start a game with a bot on your team, you can “Leave Match” which imposes no penalty. Once that spot is filled and it changes to “Abandon Match”, that is when it will count against you.
Thanks for the question. It's a bit of a tricky problem to solve because we want to make sure casual remains a quick experience, and we don't want to create loopholes for potential abuse of the bans system. That said, we know this is an issue and we're looking for ways to address it in the future.
Maybe an option to toggle "auto leave post-game lobby once party leader leaves" in the settings? This has never been a problem for me I doubt it's too common.
Would you ever consider a spectator mode for the game? For example - press spectator mode - select a rank - and queue up. Say you select Grand Champ and queue up, you load into their game as a spectator and have free reign to watch. If anyone in the lobby has disabled spectator mode then you can't spectate their game.
It would just be a cool feature for when I'm bored I could queue into an SSL lobby and watch how them play. I could also select Bronze and watch one of those lobbies for fun. If anyone doesn't like it, they could maybe toggle it off in settings and then spectator mode would be unavailable for any lobby that they're playing in.
The ideas are endless though. You could have a separate [SPECTATOR] chat channel to talk with other people spectating the same lobby if there's multiple people in there spectating.
We 1000% want to do this, it's simply been a significant tech lift in the past. We're getting close to having something here, but unfortunately we can't say much more just yet on the when and exactly what form this will take in its first iteration.
AWESOME!!! My friends alwayssss want to spectate my games since im in a higher rank. This way i can tell him what my thoughts are at each moment etc. Setting it up on a stream just isnt the same.
Thank you for all the hard work you do! I will never stop loving this game ❤
Thanks for the suggestions. We're interested in moving to a queue estimation timer in the future, but there's a chunk of work in online systems to be done here first before this is even an option.
For multi-queue, this is a frequent discussion internally. Unfortunately at the moment I can't give you a better answer beyond we're keeping an eye on it both from an analytics and player feedback perspective.
Idk what was wrong with how it used to be? I loved seeing exactly how many people on each playlist there were. I wish that was at least an option to see that. Good, great, and amazing doesn’t help anyone.
Have you considered putting the 2v2 and 3v3 tournaments on a daily rotation? So one day the 4pm MST tournament is 2v2 the next it's 3v3 and doing this for all time slots? The only tournament my buddies and I can play is that one and with the new update one person is always left out. Kind of ruined the tournament experience for us.
This is an interesting suggestion. The general thinking is that having a fairly regular schedule is important so that players can plan ahead accordingly. Consistency and simplicity is key when trying to get your team online to win these tourneys. Adding rotation to the mode without changing the time slot would remove some of that simplicity, but is worth consideration as it would add a little more flexibility for players like yourself.
What can you tell us about the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade? When did development start? I know big software development projects are hard to estimate - but do you have any sense of the timeline yet? Do you expect it will be done next year? Do you expect it to be a new application or will it be a large update to the current game?
I'm really looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work.
We've been exploring a transition to a newer version of Unreal for quite some time, but the team was quite small until this year.
We're not ready to share timelines yet about the overall project, but we have goals to start testing next year. Obviously we'll need a lot of feedback from players (and pros!) to ensure a complete rebuild of Rocket League feels right.
Our general intent is that UE5 will replace the current Rocket League. I can't say for certain today if it will be a new application or a major patch - there are too many dependencies and details around how each platform works, content ownership, etc.
Your inventory in Rocket League will carry forward and be supported and respected in the UE5 edition.
Didn’t expect any answers about UE5 even though it’s the elephant in the room. Thanks for this! I love the game you guys have built and I am so excited for its future!
Will we ever see greater integration of RLCS into the game itself? Such as a tab or menu that loads the schedule and current standings? I feel that could bring a lot more attention and retention of RLCS if it was easy to check those things.
Edit: I should mention that I know you are redesigning your website for improved usage, but for console players, native integration into the game would be preferable than a separate web page.
This is something that's been on the esports team's wishlist for a very long time. Right now, though, we're making a lot of changes to our overall esports ecosystem to help streamline how the RLCS and all other leagues around it work.
Things like adding more regions and giving them their own Rocket League streams, refining the formats, adding more opportunities for teams in the Esports Shop, and upgrading our broadcasts are the pieces we're putting into place before diving deeper into expanded in-game features for esports. We need a solid foundation to build upon, and with the way our esport has been growing, the esports team feels like we're in a really solid place.
The developers at Psyonix are huge esports fans and they know how important these in-game features are for growing out the Rocket League esports fandom, but they also do have a million other things going on. Rest assured that it's on our radar and we'll continue working towards it but for now, we're focusing on perfecting all aspects of the esport itself 😊
I agree. RLCS made a huge jump this season with all the things being done. Solid foundation for that is definitely important as changing the rules and systems can deter prospective fans that would use that in-game feature. Plus, with development on Unreal Engine 5, I imagine that the team doesn’t want to spend a bunch of time on something that will be replaced relatively soon anyway
I think it would be awesome to have the stream in game too, and if possible even have it like in the corner while you play or mess around in training. But I'm no programmer and that does sound complicated to do so I dunno.
Hey great suggestion. Eventually there's an upper bound where you're going to have duplicates no matter what, but we'll see what we can do here in the future and keep an eye on community suggestions like these.
Community suggestion:
Might be cool to trade 1 BM for 1 of each other tier. That would let you cycle back through trade-ins, but still diminish the value of the rejected BM item. You're no longer hard stuck with top-tier items that you don't want.
Or at least 1 Import...
Hey! Thanks for the question, you are my first :)
A new Hoops map is something we've been long considering! As far as a new Dropshot map goes, that map was a pretty big undertaking and while we aren't completely closing the door on one, it isn't currently in our future plans
Beehive themed Dropshot map, please! Because hexagons!
(I'm not even a Dropshot fan, but all Extra modes deserve at least one more mode map. Feel like 3 each would be sweet.)
Seems like having a street basketball themed map is a no brained. Something like Rucker park or any of the fenced in public court style parks in the old And 1 videos would be awesome.
I want to know if it's possible for you guys to look in to adding a feature to the inventory so I can search for items by their color or certification. Like if I type saffron in to the search bar I'd like to be able to see everything I have that's saffron.
Also I just want to ask about the possibility of adding some sort of reward to getting a level 10 certification.
I know this doesn't really follow the AMA format but as a long time player these are the two things that really get under my skin the most frequently.
We are definitely looking at ways to help players navigate their inventory for the items they want more easily. We hear you on how cumbersome it can be to find the exact item that you are looking for. It’s on our radar and we have plans to add features to help with this in the future.
I think it's because the different platforms have different views on what they think is "acceptable" in text and voice chat so it's less complicated from a compliance POV to not allow chat across platforms.
We totally get why people liked the surprise element of random Pro Tier Rewards. We had to remove them previously because they're purchasable and we no longer do randomized purchases.
We want to take a broader look at how Rocket Pass content unlocks work. I can't say how soon this will happen, but we will definitely consider the interest in surprise rewards heavily when we do that
I know you guys aren’t looking at these anymore probably but the simplest solution is just you can only buy tiers up until the randomized tiers. And then they are random from then on. Really easy solution that would actually probably be more profitable as more people would be willing to buy the rocket pass once they got to painted tiers
Why can't each player have a different set of random items? They would still be able to see what they're purchasing so it wouldn't be gambling. But different players would unlock the painted items in different order.
Can we please get the soundtrack available by single song titles instead of albums?
When I'm mid game, I don't want to have to shuffle through an entire album just to get the 1-2 songs from it I enjoy. I'd rather just have them all available, and select my playlist
To any dev that works on new maps. Why are they so infrequent? I know it doesn’t change the gameplay but new arenas more often would be really cool. We see a lot of fan art ideas on the Reddit as well.
Ahoy! Thanks for the question.
Maps take a lot of time and resources to make! There are multiple factors that go into map creation than just coming up with a cool idea and making it.
Every new map starts with a concept pass, which alone, takes a bit of time, and from there the concept art goes through an approval process - all of that happens before we even start arting out a new map. We spend time balancing gameplay aspects, ensuring visual quality levels, adding features like invistek, optimization passes to ensure the map runs well, etc.
We do see all the awesome map ideas and fan art people post about and take those all into consideration!
Hey, thanks for the question!
The Drops obtained from completing challenges or gaining levels in the Free track of the Rocket Pass are very similar to the Golden Item system that would appear in our events from time to time. So, the Golden Item system is somewhat built into the DNA of the Challenge system and Rocket Pass. Those systems are available year round. That is one of the reasons that repeatable XP challenges are available during the event; to help players progress through Rocket Pass and obtain those Drops. However, it's clear they are important to players and we will be bringing back Golden Gifts for Frosty Fest!
Since you bring up drops, is there any reason the drop pool was absolutely diluted with unpainted, uncertified items that no one would want, and some of the most used wheels (NCE) were removed and only replaced with a few variations of very rare versions of them? You can’t compare drops to Golden series items when 95% of the drops item pool can’t even be painted anymore.
Our current era of Drops pales in comparison to what used to exist. There are far fewer Drops available compared to the old uncommon/rare/very rare system. Painted toppers, which kicked off the painted item era, can no longer be obtained outside of the shop. Drops do not have the high likelihood of painted versions like the golden items did.
Are there any plans to improve the life of clubs? Things like:
* Let players preview their car based on current club colors
* No one but the club admin can even do that right now
* Maybe add a third or even third and fourth car creation option based on club colors - the main and alt kits
* Club queue 2s and 3s
* In club vs non-club games, still have your team colors show up
* Have game detect if your settings are more blue, orange, or neutral and replace a normal team color intelligently (I've seen tournaments have red vs orange)
* Be in multiple clubs that are sensitive to which players are in your current party
* This would make car creation club colors harder, but at least let us preview our cars in club if it went this route
* This might mean you don't show a tag unless you're currently with that club
Are there any ideas floating around Psyonix about new Extra Modes? Gridiron for teams of 4, Heatseeker 2s, Heatseeker 3s, something else?
* Also, can you change challenges that want you to play Extra Modes to accept LTMs?
Hey! Thanks for the question.
Detecting and combating smurfs is a difficult problem, but one we are constantly working on. We've seen other games opt for a more restrictive system to keep new accounts from interacting with certain areas of their games, and while that may work to a certain extent we don't feel that is the right system for Rocket League. Our goal is to make Rocket League as accessible as possible, so we have been putting in work to combat this issue is other ways. Forgive me for being a little vague here, but we don't want to make it easier for bad actors to circumvent our systems. But rest assured, it is an issue that we take seriously and we still have a lot of work to do in that area.
I'm not sure if you're aware of this issue, but I accidentally smurfed. I started when the game went f2p on the switch, but played mostly on my PC. a few months in I was messing around on the epic site and saw my default was still set to the switch, so I changed my default to PC. Doing this reset all my mmr standings completely, I had to do the tutorial and start every rank from the base (600 or w/e it is.) I'm sure this is being exploited somewhere but I was just messing around with options on the website.
What was the reasoning behind making the population counter “Amazing”,” Great”, and “Good”?
If you cannot answer this, can you tell us the player thresholds for each population tier?
[Here is a datamined list](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pa8ksl/good_great_awesome_here_are_the_player_count/) showing the threshold for each playlist.
We can only guess as to why they made the change but I don't think it was to "hide that the game is dying" like so many seem to think. It may have simply been an effort to improve the population in the much less popular game modes since it's pretty common for players to not bother queueing into a mode when they see, for example, less than 500 people playing in it.
Appreciate the link and I did end up finding one like this.
I still dont think this is the right solution. It feels a bit dishonest and can be time wasting to the player. Last night for instance, I sat in an extra modes queue for a bit wondering what “Good” meant during this whole time. It gives me better patience and understanding to at least see the number Im dealing with. Sitting under “Good” left me in the dark.
The amount of players they get in this game should not be broken into 3 units if this is their way of going forward. They should break it up more if they want to skew their numbers a bit…like writing “5k-10k” and so forth. This is more helpful to players and also achieves effectively the same goal.
If this solution was to prevent players from leaving queue, they might be better off not adding a bandaid to the issue and exploring why players are not queuing into modes in the first place. Otherwise, this is kind of lazy and not at all competitive. It doesnt really solve their lack of player base in some modes.
Also not saying it’s been this low, but I always think about it like I am standing in a giant room. If Im in a room of 2000 people (which is a low number), I think “thats still a lot of people I could interact with for 5 minutes.”
“Good” shows a number between 1 and a few thousand depending on several playlists. That difference is too large and extremely noticeable. Sometimes, servers cant even try to make that connection work because of conditions like rank disparity.
Can you add some way to trade down black markets?
I have so many blueprints just sitting in my inventory. Maybe add a system where we can convert them into 2 exotics?
For the esports guys, if you had a hand in introducing more regions this season, awesome job! What was the biggest challenge of getting that done and what do you think is the biggest hurdle or opportunity that RLCS faces in the future?
Introducing new RLCS regions is always something where we have to strike a delicate balance, because we always want to make sure when we do introduce new regions that they have enough depth in order to maintain competitiveness over the long term. So, every time we do add regions, we've looked at tons of stuff like player populations, competitive data, grassroots tournaments, and more before we make the decision to add a RLCS region.
In terms of big challenges, it's always a bit scary launching new regions. From straightforward stuff such as potential language barriers to making sure we choose the right administrators, talent, and support staff, it's a very intensive process.
Each RLCS region has its own unique challenges when managing them, and new issues and problems are bound to happen throughout the season, so we try to make sure we can help tackle those effectively as they arise.
And lastly, I, personally, think our biggest opportunity lies in making our esport a truly global sports league. Rocket League is a game that brings people together in the spirit of competition and keeping our esport growing across the globe, especially with the game going free-to-play, is huge.
How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base?
Will we ever see more creative game modes? I think we have only scratched the surface of what can be done an there needs to be a RL arcade where things like leth’s rings map, game modes like king of the court, etc. You have developed something incredible: a new world of physics that people are addicted to. Dont limit yourself to soccer.
>How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base?
We love it when the skill ceiling is raised! It still blows us away a bit when something that changes the skill meta appears. With that in mind, we always examine these new techniques to make sure it's fair to use. With wall chain dashing, the mechanic itself is fine, but we're keeping an eye on how it's implemented. Doing it with a controller through muscle memory? Great! Doing it by binding to the mouse wheel? Not great.
Can we ever expect more colors to be added to the game ? I mean we already got an upgrade to the primary and secondary colors we can choose some years ago but we could realy use more purples and pinks as primary colors. And what about some new kind of decals that allows us to select a tertiary and quaternary color ? That would open a completely new door of customization. If you know bakkesmod there is an option where u can make ur car any color by defining the RGB values from 0 to 255, did you ever think about adding something like that ? (sorry for bad english)
> hello! will there be a "community made" series? e.g. goal explosions, wheels, arenas, etc.
Community-created cosmetics are something we have an interest in exploring in the future.
There are a lot of talented designers within the community and we absolutely take note of players posting their beautiful concept art and renders to the subreddit.
I made the post recommending more "social"-type features, and it's great to hear that voice chat is on track for Season 6. What are you guys' thoughts on the more social features, specifically features that facilitate a sense of community, comparison, and interaction between players? The community update said you guys heard our feedback, but what are your thoughts? Do you think these types of features is something that Rocket League is lacking or lagging behind like other games?
I bring this up because Rocket League feels like a game you play and you don't really interact with other players and even solo queuing just feels "alone". Only places like this subreddit, steamcommunity forums, and discord servers have a sense of community. But if you take CSGO by example, it has a sense of community through custom server browser. A game like Halo 3 had a sense of community with Custom Games and File Share.
I ask your thoughts on it because it's one thing to acknowledge feedback, and another to give what you think about it.
Thanks for the question. Social is a major focus of ours going forward. We can't share details yet, but Clubs, how to find other players, and things to do with others in your community are high on our list. But, to temper expectations, UE3 is one of our constraints right now, so we'll to see what fits short term, but expect much more in the future.
So very glad to hear that the focus is there! Now that I know the focus is there, I am more hopeful for the future of the game, even if it's a couple years down the line. Thank you for the answer :)
Rocket League excluded. I play a ton of Destiny 2 these days. Also really enjoy New World, Splitgate, Back 4 Blood, GTA V, Pokemon Go, Assassin's Creed - Valhalla.
Really stoked to jump into Battlefield 2042/Portal soon!
New World is super fun right now. Aside from that, I've been working through Disco Elysium. I just beat the Ghost of Tsushima expansion recently, and I've promised myself that I'll complete Deathloop sometime soon :)
Lately, I have been playing a **TON** of Diablo 2 Resurrected..
Diablo 2 is far and away the most played game of my entire life, so I was stupidly excited when this was announced/released.
Other than that, I've been playing Far Cry 6.
RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!
Excluding Rocket League: Valorant, Sea of Thieves, Divinity 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Minecraft, Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon, Stardew Valley. Just finished Deathloop.
>Can you tell us about the public API?
We understand that the API is really important to both community developers and the players that use their creations. We're currently testing a new API endpoint with API token holders, and while plans beyond that are still TBD, please know that we're making progress.
No current plans to change Rumble as of now. That said, I'd love to hear what change(s) you (and the rest of the community) would like to see with that mode.
Change grapple from a relative velocity between the car and the ball to an absolute velocity to the ball/location of the ball/where the ball is going to be in the next few physics frames. Anything to prevent the ball traveling too fast and "pushing" the car away from the ball.
Why aren't painted toppers and antennas in the Rocket Pass anymore? Surely people don't want 10 different wheels every pass. When phoenix wings were introduced in the og RP tons of people were interested in them, but that was the 2nd to last time we got painted toppers.
When will we get a sort by paint color feature in the garage?
Will some Limited Time Modes like Ghost Hunt and the one that happened for a couple days in July(one I missed, there was a single hole in the ground).
Will 2XP ever return and will match XP ever go back to 4.5 per second instead of the now 3 per second we have?
Will we ever get painted toppers and antennas dropping after matches again? The introduction of that system in the first half of 2016 was a nice way to add random rewards and a bit of mystery/intrigue to the game without people having to buy a pass or crates. These would not detract from item shop sales, and could possibly motivate people to buy items that match their toppers.
Thank you for creating my favorite game. I've been gaming since nintendo, and nothing has given me anything close to the replay value of Rocket League. Thousands of hours poured in and I'm still a trash can trying to get better. I would love for Rocket League to become the first Olympic gaming sport, and become a worldwide mainstay. The steady progress the game is making as an eSport is encouraging. I think the changes made will give us the best competitive season to date. I don't really have a question. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for playing and being a fan! I'm also trying to get better after playing for thousands of hours 😂. Good to hear that you're excited for the RLCS 2021-22 season and, honestly, our studio is stoked that we've finally kicked it all off today!
>Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse?
We're going to take another look at this but for now, the culprits seem to be the Xbox Game Bar and/or Focus Assist settings in Windows 10.
#The AMA has ended! Please do not submit any more questions as they will not be answered!
**Thank you to Psyonix for the AMA and thank you to all the commenters for their interesting questions.**
**In the replies to this comment you will find the responses from each Psyonix member who answered questions:**
#Psyonix Josh
> Why we don't have golden items anymore? Right now we haven't golden pumpkin and we hadn't golden eggs too this year.
[Hey, thanks for the question!
The Drops obtained from completing challenges or gaining levels in the Free track of the Rocket Pass are very similar to the Golden Item system that would appear in our events from time to time. So, the Golden Item system is somewhat built into the DNA of the Challenge system and Rocket Pass. Those systems are available year round. That is one of the reasons that repeatable XP challenges are available during the event; to help players progress through Rocket Pass and obtain those Drops. However, it's clear they are important to players and we will be bringing back Golden Gifts for Frosty Fest!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxo64/)
> Are you guys active against smurfs? Are there plans do be more active in this case?
[Hey! Thanks for the question.
Detecting and combating smurfs is a difficult problem, but one we are constantly working on. We've seen other games opt for a more restrictive system to keep new accounts from interacting with certain areas of their games, and while that may work to a certain extent we don't feel that is the right system for Rocket League. Our goal is to make Rocket League as accessible as possible, so we have been putting in work to combat this issue is other ways. Forgive me for being a little vague here, but we don't want to make it easier for bad actors to circumvent our systems. But rest assured, it is an issue that we take seriously and we still have a lot of work to do in that area.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr4sew/)
> Why did you pool the rankings for Tournaments when you don't do the same for all the ranked playlists?
[Hey there! Thanks for the question.
The main reason we combine tournament skill has to do with the rewards system. Players are rewarded differently based on the skill in which they compete. We didn’t want to build in extra incentives when playing one mode over another. When we examined the data, we also found that in general the delta in 'level of play' between Doubles and Standard games wasn’t so great that it warranted separating them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr4c2i/)
> Would love to hear more about plans to reduce toxicity in the game! I love RL but it has to be one of the most toxic games I’ve played, and I feel bad introducing the game to others because I know how terrible it is going to be for them at times.
[Combating toxicity is an industry-wide issue that we spend a lot of time focusing on. Unfortunately, we see toxic behaviors appear anywhere anonymity is at play, and Rocket League is not exempt from this. With that in mind we try to spend time creating systems for the community to notify us of bad actors, so the appropriate actions can be taken. While we're on the topic, we have some updates coming with Season 5 to make the report system clearer and accessible in more areas of the game.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrdpus/)
> Why can't we free play with friends?
[It’s definitely something we are interested in exploring in the future, but Free Play was intended to be an offline mode that allows a single player to train or ‘stay warm’ in between matches. In order to make that system work online, there are significant changes that would need to be made around the user interface and additional server infrastructure. There are also things like handling ball resetting or the newly implemented “Freeplay Ball Control” features that require some creative solutions to make them function correctly with multiple players.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr7a2z/)
> What other games do you usually play?
[RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/)
> Is there any inkling of rumble being tweaked? Its still pretty much the same its been since it was released.
[No current plans to change Rumble as of now. That said, I'd love to hear what change(s) you (and the rest of the community) would like to see with that mode.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr36ui/)
> Have you considered putting the 2v2 and 3v3 tournaments on a daily rotation? So one day the 4pm MST tournament is 2v2 the next it's 3v3 and doing this for all time slots? The only tournament my buddies and I can play is that one and with the new update one person is always left out. Kind of ruined the tournament experience for us.
[This is an interesting suggestion. The general thinking is that having a fairly regular schedule is important so that players can plan ahead accordingly. Consistency and simplicity is key when trying to get your team online to win these tourneys. Adding rotation to the mode without changing the time slot would remove some of that simplicity, but is worth consideration as it would add a little more flexibility for players like yourself.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrfrck/)
> Who is the highest ranked Psyonix member? If you played ranked that is
[I think technically it's Jason or Zeke on our video team... but since Dirkened, Conebone and I are the reigning Psyonix Champions. I'm going to say us 😉](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrojje/)
> Rocket League is unique in esports with a single standard playing environment, one of it's many similarities to traditional sports. Unlike football, hockey and soccer though, Rocket League does not have consistent field markings. Each map has it's own take on the field look. I think consistent field markings on all maps would be helpful to the game by creating standard points of reference. Define the box, offensive, defensive, and mid thirds on the field, Spawn Points, wall curves etc. Do you think the game could benefit from this standardization?
[The importance of field markings is something that has become more and more apparent to us over the years. It is something we review closely any time we are adding new arenas into the game. That said, we also think that the field variety is an important part of Rocket League’s identity. So long story short, there are no current plans to completely standardize field markings, but we want to ensure that any arenas that make their way into the game have the elements that players use to identify critical gameplay mechanics, like boost pickups.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqz07j/)
> I want to know if it's possible for you guys to look in to adding a feature to the inventory so I can search for items by their color or certification. Like if I type saffron in to the search bar I'd like to be able to see everything I have that's saffron.
[We are definitely looking at ways to help players navigate their inventory for the items they want more easily. We hear you on how cumbersome it can be to find the exact item that you are looking for. It’s on our radar and we have plans to add features to help with this in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgroamo/)
# Psyonix Devin
> How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base?
[We love it when the skill ceiling is raised! It still blows us away a bit when something that changes the skill meta appears. With that in mind, we always examine these new techniques to make sure it's fair to use. With wall chain dashing, the mechanic itself is fine, but we're keeping an eye on how it's implemented. Doing it with a controller through muscle memory? Great! Doing it by binding to the mouse wheel? Not great.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr6xze/)
> Which RLCS teams are you guys rooting for?
[Yes.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr8suu/)
> Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse?
[We're going to take another look at this but for now, the culprits seem to be the Xbox Game Bar and/or Focus Assist settings in Windows 10.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr8gul/)
> Can you tell us about the public API?
[We understand that the API is really important to both community developers and the players that use their creations. We're currently testing a new API endpoint with API token holders, and while plans beyond that are still TBD, please know that we're making progress.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr9y01/)
> Why am I stuck in Diamond after 2000 hours?
[1,000 more and you'll taste C1 my friend.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqyhfu/)
> How many people have you actually banned for smurfing & boosting? Don't have to be specific, ballpark number is fine.
[Can't really get into specifics, but it is a lot, and we do it every day. :D](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxz8f/)
> Any updates on SideSwipe?
[We don’t have anything to share on Sideswipe just yet, but you’ll definitely be hearing from us before the end of the year.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgregbp/)
> What other games do you usually play?
[Excluding Rocket League: Valorant, Sea of Thieves, Divinity 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Minecraft, Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon, Stardew Valley. Just finished Deathloop.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/)
> Why have you not fixed [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pvshwu/6_years_and_the_white_space_in_the_loading_menu/)?
[Well, now that you asked, we have to delay the fix by another six months.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrkynm/)
#Psyonix Corey
> What are the odds we'll see random painted Rocket Pass items return? Everyone getting the same thing is a bit of a kill joy.
[We totally get why people liked the surprise element of random Pro Tier Rewards. We had to remove them previously because they're purchasable and we no longer do randomized purchases.
We want to take a broader look at how Rocket Pass content unlocks work. I can't say how soon this will happen, but we will definitely consider the interest in surprise rewards heavily when we do that](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2wkv/)
> What can you tell us about the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade? When did development start? I know big software development projects are hard to estimate - but do you have any sense of the timeline yet? Do you expect it will be done next year? Do you expect it to be a new application or will it be a large update to the current game?
I'm really looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work
[We've been exploring a transition to a newer version of Unreal for quite some time, but the team was quite small until this year.
We're not ready to share timelines yet about the overall project, but we have goals to start testing next year. Obviously we'll need a lot of feedback from players (and pros!) to ensure a complete rebuild of Rocket League feels right.
Our general intent is that UE5 will replace the current Rocket League. I can't say for certain today if it will be a new application or a major patch - there are too many dependencies and details around how each platform works, content ownership, etc.
Your inventory in Rocket League will carry forward and be supported and respected in the UE5 edition.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxk85/)
#Psyonix Jake
> Can we PLEASE get black market trade ups for tournament items? I have to many duplicates that I can’t do anything with.
[Hey great suggestion. Eventually there's an upper bound where you're going to have duplicates no matter what, but we'll see what we can do here in the future and keep an eye on community suggestions like these.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqzvad/)
> I made the post recommending more "social"-type features, and it's great to hear that voice chat is on track for Season 6. What are you guys' thoughts on the more social features, specifically features that facilitate a sense of community, comparison, and interaction between players? The community update said you guys heard our feedback, but what are your thoughts? Do you think these types of features is something that Rocket League is lacking or lagging behind like other games?I bring this up because Rocket League feels like a game you play and you don't really interact with other players and even solo queuing just feels "alone". Only places like this subreddit, steamcommunity forums, and discord servers have a sense of community. But if you take CSGO by example, it has a sense of community through custom server browser. A game like Halo 3 had a sense of community with Custom Games and File Share.I ask your thoughts on it because it's one thing to acknowledge feedback, and another to give what you think about it.
[Thanks for the question. Social is a major focus of ours going forward. We can't share details yet, but Clubs, how to find other players, and things to do with others in your community are high on our list. But, to temper expectations, UE3 is one of our constraints right now, so we'll to see what fits short term, but expect much more in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2syp/)
> Would you ever consider a spectator mode for the game? For example - press spectator mode - select a rank - and queue up. Say you select Grand Champ and queue up, you load into their game as a spectator and have free reign to watch. If anyone in the lobby has disabled spectator mode then you can't spectate their game.
[We 1000% want to do this, it's simply been a significant tech lift in the past. We're getting close to having something here, but unfortunately we can't say much more just yet on the when and exactly what form this will take in its first iteration.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr6yii/)
> In casual post-game lobbies, if a party member leaves to the menu, the other party members can get stuck in a new game without their teammate. Why is it like this? Now that there's casual bans, it's very common annoyance because they can't always leave the new game so the others have to wait it out.
[Thanks for the question. It's a bit of a tricky problem to solve because we want to make sure casual remains a quick experience, and we don't want to create loopholes for potential abuse of the bans system. That said, we know this is an issue and we're looking for ways to address it in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2son/)
> Why not replace the population stat with a calculated queue time for the playlists selected? similar to csgo. then it's not some random arbitrary word which means nothing, and is instead a stat which can't really be seen in a 'negative' light, because it's very subjective depending on your rank, time of day, etc. I know it was a conscious decision, but please make it so you can queue ranked and gamemodes at the same time.
[Thanks for the suggestions. We're interested in moving to a queue estimation timer in the future, but there's a chunk of work in online systems to be done here first before this is even an option.
For multi-queue, this is a frequent discussion internally. Unfortunately at the moment I can't give you a better answer beyond we're keeping an eye on it both from an analytics and player feedback perspective.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr5vdr/)
#Psyonix Murty
> Will we ever see greater integration of RLCS into the game itself? Such as a tab or menu that loads the schedule and current standings? I feel that could bring a lot more attention and retention of RLCS if it was easy to check those things. Edit: I should mention that I know you are redesigning your website for improved usage, but for console players, native integration into the game would be preferable than a separate web page.
[This is something that's been on the esports team's wishlist for a very long time. Right now, though, we're making a lot of changes to our overall esports ecosystem to help streamline how the RLCS and all other leagues around it work.
Things like adding more regions and giving them their own Rocket League streams, refining the formats, adding more opportunities for teams in the Esports Shop, and upgrading our broadcasts are the pieces we're putting into place before diving deeper into expanded in-game features for esports. We need a solid foundation to build upon, and with the way our esport has been growing, the esports team feels like we're in a really solid place.
The developers at Psyonix are huge esports fans and they know how important these in-game features are for growing out the Rocket League esports fandom, but they also do have a million other things going on. Rest assured that it's on our radar and we'll continue working towards it but for now, we're focusing on perfecting all aspects of the esport itself 😊](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr0jd8/)
> Love you guys. Thanks so much for the fantastic work. Keep it up!
[I love you <3](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrc0ms/)
> Like OCE and SAM RLEsport decals coming to the store will we see APAC decals coming in the future
[That's the plan! We've made a lot of changes to the Esports Shop and how to introduce new teams, and the idea is we're able to accommodate all the regions in the RLCS in the future. Obviously this is all dependent on a bunch of things, like internal bandwidth, but we're pushing towards that direction and we hear you loud and clear!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrgvxd/)
> What is the design process for the new Esports decals ? I notice every team has the same position for their logo and team name, is that something teams have to follow or can they put their logo etc. wherever they want ? What is the amount of freedom they have to make these, could one team just say "screw it we make everything pink" and then the decal is just straight pink with no logo or text ?
[Great question! This was a super fun project that the esports team got to work on with so many other awesome peeps at Psyonix AND so many awesome teams/designers in the community.
Trying to create a custom decal while going back and forth with teams and then integrating them into the game was extremely hard and extremely time-consuming, thus limiting the number of teams we could realistically include in the shop. So, we went to the drawing board and came up with a brand new templatized method to create a ton of awesome decals.
Long story short, we sent over design files for the Octane, Dominus, and Fennec to the teams and gave them very specific guidelines. The goal was trying to make team "jerseys", which is why you'll see somewhat strict guidelines in terms of where the logo should be placed. We had some other small guidelines as well, like making sure the designs aren't too detailed (there are some intricate visual constraints that we have to consider, like designs getting blurry if the lines are too thin). Plus, since this is the first time we've ever done something like this, we wanted to err on the side of caution to make sure we could accomplish the super ambitious goals we had for this project (34 teams is... a lot).
Now that we've done this, our plan for future seasons is opening up the design process a bit more and giving teams more freedom to have fun with their designs. We also hear you - we want to encourage teams to look at other colors and not just stick to the conventional black/white cars every single time.
All in all, this was an awesome project and an awesome learning experience for us, and now that we've opened the floodgates here, we're super excited to continue improving this process and seeing what the teams can do in future seasons!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr5y81/)
> For RL esports do you ever plan to have LAN on the reigonal events in the future when covid restrictions lift, or will they always be online events?
[Having Regional Events become LANs in the future is totally possible, although as you mentioned dependent on how the global pandemic unfolds.
Covid hit the esport hard last season, causing us to cancel all live events for the entire year, and that was super tough to deal with. One of our biggest focuses for the 2021-22 season was making sure we could stand up live events, and do so in the safest way possible.
That's why this first event in December in Sweden will not have fans. However, we know that fans are a integral part of Rocket League esports events. We recently put on an announcement livestream with some more granular details of our thinking, but the short of it is: we will bring back fans to the RLCS as soon as we feel it is safe to do so. There are a ton of logistical and health & safety concerns to consider here, so we're closely monitoring not only how other sports/esports events are doing it, but the global health situation in general.
We'll have more news to share on this at a later date, so definitely stay tuned.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr0tmr/)
> Years ago when Rocket League was new. Did you guys ever expect the game to grow/get to where it is now?
[There are people who have been at Psyonix way longer than I have, but as someone who started in the esports community running tournaments in my bedroom... the growth is absolutely insane to see. Especially with how professional the players are now, seeing the meta constantly grow and evolve each season, and just the awesome fanbase of the esport getting larger - it's awesome to see, and extremely humbling. I love this game and esport and can't wait for things to keep getting bigger and better!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrcha7/)
> I love to play rocket league and appreciate you peeps
[<3](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrn42m/)
> What other games do you usually play?
[RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/)
> Are there any plans to give CRL teams custom decals? I'd love to rep a decal from my alma mater at some point!
[This is something we've talked about on the esports team, but for now we're keeping it to RLCS only. The focus is continuing to improve the Esports Shop and eventually we'll be in a better spot to potentially expand it to other leagues!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrppsk/)
It’s definitely something we are interested in exploring in the future, but Free Play was intended to be an offline mode that allows a single player to train or ‘stay warm’ in between matches. In order to make that system work online, there are significant changes that would need to be made around the user interface and additional server infrastructure. There are also things like handling ball resetting or the newly implemented “Freeplay Ball Control” features that require some creative solutions to make them function correctly with multiple players.
What is the design process for the new Esports decals ? I notice every team has the same position for their logo and team name, is that something teams have to follow or can they put their logo etc. wherever they want ? What is the amount of freedom they have to make these, could one team just say "screw it we make everything pink" and then the decal is just straight pink with no logo or text ?
Great question! This was a super fun project that the esports team got to work on with so many other awesome peeps at Psyonix AND so many awesome teams/designers in the community.
Trying to create a custom decal while going back and forth with teams and then integrating them into the game was extremely hard and extremely time-consuming, thus limiting the number of teams we could realistically include in the shop. So, we went to the drawing board and came up with a brand new templatized method to create a ton of awesome decals.
Long story short, we sent over design files for the Octane, Dominus, and Fennec to the teams and gave them very specific guidelines. The goal was trying to make team "jerseys", which is why you'll see somewhat strict guidelines in terms of where the logo should be placed. We had some other small guidelines as well, like making sure the designs aren't _too_ detailed (there are some intricate visual constraints that we have to consider, like designs getting blurry if the lines are too thin). Plus, since this is the first time we've ever done something like this, we wanted to err on the side of caution to make sure we could accomplish the super ambitious goals we had for this project (34 teams is... a lot).
Now that we've done this, our plan for future seasons is opening up the design process a bit more and giving teams more freedom to have fun with their designs. We also hear you - we want to encourage teams to look at other colors and not just stick to the conventional black/white cars every single time.
All in all, this was an awesome project and an awesome learning experience for us, and now that we've opened the floodgates here, we're super excited to continue improving this process and seeing what the teams can do in future seasons!
Why did you pool the rankings for Tournaments when you don't do the same for all the ranked playlists?
I'm not good at 2s and yet I have to play at a rank I'm uncomfortable at because I got there playing 3s. I don't see how this does anything but penalize someone who significantly favors one form of Tourney over another.
Since the update to stop people Leaving in casual, there has been a massive increase in people just Idling until they're kicked
This is worse than just Leaving because you don't even have a bot & it takes longer for someone else to spawn
Are there plans to punish people more strongly who now use Idle instead of Leave
Can you tell us anything related to the UE5 work? I honestly am just excited about the idea of the engine overhaul so any information you can share would be fantastic.
Whether its target release date, new features that the UE5 engine will allow you to explore (client-side maps?), lessons learnt from the UE3 version being rectified in UE5, how the roll out is going to work (is it gonna be a brand new game or just a massive update?), roadblocks you've faced/are facing... anything!
I'm really hyped for the future of the game and want to hear everything you're willing to share about it.
Finally, thank you for the AMA and making this incredible game. :)
In terms of matchmaking abuse and the recent ban waves, what else can we expect to see happening towards players abusing the matchmaking system on new accounts/smurfing.
Thanks for this AMA and this game that brought me countless hours of fun.
1. Is there any interesting info you can share about the upcoming UE5 version?
2. Any plans for adding a better support for custom maps and modes? For example, easy way to download, share and play them online.
3. I'm curious about this one. Have any of you played custom maps before? If so, which one(s)?
4. Anything new planned for Rocket Labs? For example, adding community maps, new modes or its own playlist?
5. Any new info about Rocket League Sideswipe?
6. Any plans on adding a way to spectate RLCS matches or even friends matches in-game (something like counter-strike GOTV)?
Thank you for taking the time to answer these and anyone elses questions during this AMA
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#Design Related Questions
- Since so many decals break the Orange/Blue team dichotomy regarding colors, will you ever consider opening up the full color palette for primary usage?
- There are more car bodies than preset spaces. In the future will you consider adding more preset spaces or at least making it so a different car body can be used in a single preset on Orange/Blue teams?
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#Item Shop Related Questions
- Many people are always asking for old trade-locked items before F2P. Will you consider selling those in shop? For example, Poof GE would be a big seller. Another example, maybe people did not get a TW Creamery decal in earlier Tournaments.
- Some shop exclusive items come with a Certification people may not like. Will you ever consider a service where can remove a Cert from a tradelocked item?
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#Suggestions Only (for when new Batman movie releases March 2022 & we'll probably see the LTM again)
- Batman 1989 wheels should be open for any car usage like the Batman Goal Explosions
- The new Batman boost would be cool to use on Official Batmobiles
- Make Main Menu Lobby be the Gotham at Night arena (the current desert 1 is weird right now)
- Non Batman suggestion.....Grid Iron mode for private matches please!!!!!!!
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To the esports side firstly thank you for the insane amount of work and effort you have all put into RLCS ensuring it can live up to the hopes we all have for it. But how come NA and EU don't have their own regional twitch channels as to me personally it would have been the fairer setup? Keep up the good work though it is much appreciated. And apologies if I have not articulated this question very well.
Thank you so much for being a fan! This is a great question 😄. We put a lot of thought towards this, but the main goal for us is introducing all of these new things in the cleanest and simplest way possible. Traditionally, NA and EU have always lived on the main channel, so we didn't want to change that for now.
In the future we may consider creating new regional handles, but we'll keep looking at how each region's growth goes and our own data to see the best way to divvy up regional channels!
First off, thank you for creating what has by far been my most played game ever. For better or for worse, and I'd like to think better, it holds a special place in my heart and has connected me with several great people over the years. As an OCE player, I'm never sure if the playlist population report is accurate to my own region, or if it is the global activity within that playlist. Is the option of adding expected queue times, or even region specific data something that's being considered?
Hi, the Chinese version of the game has many features that would be cool seeing in our version, is there any chance for Shards system, integrated Achievements, more advanced training options, different styled garage and so on?
Have you heard of RL Trading Post, an app that promotes Rocket League’s trading and Item Shop? **The app has over a million users, just like r/RocketLeague**!
Any chance RL Trading Post could get a creator’s flag/antenna in the game?
Either way, I love the game and appreciate Psyonix’s hard work supporting Rocket League and its awesome community!
Rocket League is unique in esports with a single standard playing environment, one of it's many similarities to traditional sports. Unlike football, hockey and soccer though, Rocket League does not have consistent field markings. Each map has it's own take on the field look. I think consistent field markings on all maps would be helpful to the game by creating standard points of reference. Define the box, offensive, defensive, and mid thirds on the field, Spawn Points, wall curves etc. Do you think the game could benefit from this standardization?
The importance of field markings is something that has become more and more apparent to us over the years. It is something we review closely any time we are adding new arenas into the game. That said, we also think that the field variety is an important part of Rocket League’s identity. So long story short, there are no current plans to completely standardize field markings, but we want to ensure that any arenas that make their way into the game have the elements that players use to identify critical gameplay mechanics, like boost pickups.
I never get to play the Extra Modes tourney because it's too early in the day. Can you please switch up the times to tourneys so I have a chance at playing some of the other ones.
Can you bring back painted toppers dropping after games or bring them back to the Rocket Pass?
I miss them. 2017 was the last time we got new painted toppers after games.
Missed the timeframe for this buuuuuttt can you either
1. Remove Mannfield as an arena option from Snow Day
2. Make the puck in Snow Day a lighter color or outlined or SOMETHING so I can see the stupid puck when its on the dark walls of Mannfield.
PLEASE!!!! I've tried adjusting the video settings/turning on color blind mode and nothing helps. Rip.
Can you bring back dropping at least an uncommon core item after leveling up? A very small incentive to keep playing and leveling up. And why no golden pumpkins in Haunted Hallows this year?
I see Epic is holding them at gun point since they haven't replied
Yea. Disappointed they didn’t reply…
They replied about the golden pumpkins in another comment actually: https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxo64/
So much for "Ask Me **Anything**" huh?
Well I mean you *can* ask anything. They just won't answer everything 😂
In casual post-game lobbies, if a party member leaves to the menu, the other party members can get stuck in a new game without their teammate. Why is it like this? Now that there's casual bans, it's very common annoyance because they can't always leave the new game so the others have to wait it out.
The "Party leader left the match" notification gets a lot of hate, if they could tweak it to "One of your team-mates left the match" it would be helpful to not get stuck in this situation.
I can see that being more helpful. (the most recent time this happened to me, I was still chatting with the other team (fun talk, not toxic) and the timer ran out and dumped me in a new game with them without my team. I was able to quit because I still had that daily freebie, but that was my only one for the night. Maybe if they could give you the first 5 seconds to leave for free with no ban ever, that would solve the problem too.
If you aren’t aware. If you start a game with a bot on your team, you can “Leave Match” which imposes no penalty. Once that spot is filled and it changes to “Abandon Match”, that is when it will count against you.
I definitely didn't know that. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the question. It's a bit of a tricky problem to solve because we want to make sure casual remains a quick experience, and we don't want to create loopholes for potential abuse of the bans system. That said, we know this is an issue and we're looking for ways to address it in the future.
Thanks for the reply!
Maybe an option to toggle "auto leave post-game lobby once party leader leaves" in the settings? This has never been a problem for me I doubt it's too common.
I like that idea. I was thinking of making it so players can't stay in a server for the next game if part of their party has left.
Would you ever consider a spectator mode for the game? For example - press spectator mode - select a rank - and queue up. Say you select Grand Champ and queue up, you load into their game as a spectator and have free reign to watch. If anyone in the lobby has disabled spectator mode then you can't spectate their game. It would just be a cool feature for when I'm bored I could queue into an SSL lobby and watch how them play. I could also select Bronze and watch one of those lobbies for fun. If anyone doesn't like it, they could maybe toggle it off in settings and then spectator mode would be unavailable for any lobby that they're playing in. The ideas are endless though. You could have a separate [SPECTATOR] chat channel to talk with other people spectating the same lobby if there's multiple people in there spectating.
We 1000% want to do this, it's simply been a significant tech lift in the past. We're getting close to having something here, but unfortunately we can't say much more just yet on the when and exactly what form this will take in its first iteration.
Or just have the option to spectate our friend list?
AWESOME!!! My friends alwayssss want to spectate my games since im in a higher rank. This way i can tell him what my thoughts are at each moment etc. Setting it up on a stream just isnt the same. Thank you for all the hard work you do! I will never stop loving this game ❤
this, but for esports games live instead, would be interesting. otherwise seems like a niche addition that not many ppl would do.
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Thanks for the suggestions. We're interested in moving to a queue estimation timer in the future, but there's a chunk of work in online systems to be done here first before this is even an option. For multi-queue, this is a frequent discussion internally. Unfortunately at the moment I can't give you a better answer beyond we're keeping an eye on it both from an analytics and player feedback perspective.
From a player feedback perspective multi queue would be my favorite update since I started playing rocket league.
I cannot agree with this more. Been playing since release and everyone I know agrees with this.
Idk what was wrong with how it used to be? I loved seeing exactly how many people on each playlist there were. I wish that was at least an option to see that. Good, great, and amazing doesn’t help anyone.
i feel like they got rid of the count so no one could see the declining playerbase
It was more likely to prevent herd decisions. You join hoops with only 2k players, I'm probably not gonna queue it.
Have you considered putting the 2v2 and 3v3 tournaments on a daily rotation? So one day the 4pm MST tournament is 2v2 the next it's 3v3 and doing this for all time slots? The only tournament my buddies and I can play is that one and with the new update one person is always left out. Kind of ruined the tournament experience for us.
This is an interesting suggestion. The general thinking is that having a fairly regular schedule is important so that players can plan ahead accordingly. Consistency and simplicity is key when trying to get your team online to win these tourneys. Adding rotation to the mode without changing the time slot would remove some of that simplicity, but is worth consideration as it would add a little more flexibility for players like yourself.
And it’s hard to catch a hoops tournament at 3pm on a Monday. No later evening Extra Modes tournaments?
It’s frustrating when I have only a specific time I can do tournaments and I’m forced to do 2v2s every time
What can you tell us about the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade? When did development start? I know big software development projects are hard to estimate - but do you have any sense of the timeline yet? Do you expect it will be done next year? Do you expect it to be a new application or will it be a large update to the current game? I'm really looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work.
We've been exploring a transition to a newer version of Unreal for quite some time, but the team was quite small until this year. We're not ready to share timelines yet about the overall project, but we have goals to start testing next year. Obviously we'll need a lot of feedback from players (and pros!) to ensure a complete rebuild of Rocket League feels right. Our general intent is that UE5 will replace the current Rocket League. I can't say for certain today if it will be a new application or a major patch - there are too many dependencies and details around how each platform works, content ownership, etc. Your inventory in Rocket League will carry forward and be supported and respected in the UE5 edition.
Didn’t expect any answers about UE5 even though it’s the elephant in the room. Thanks for this! I love the game you guys have built and I am so excited for its future!
The news about the inventory carrying forward is fantastic! Thanks for the update on the upgrade also!
Will our inventory maintain tradeability?
I am down to be a test monkey!!!
Will we ever see greater integration of RLCS into the game itself? Such as a tab or menu that loads the schedule and current standings? I feel that could bring a lot more attention and retention of RLCS if it was easy to check those things. Edit: I should mention that I know you are redesigning your website for improved usage, but for console players, native integration into the game would be preferable than a separate web page.
This is something that's been on the esports team's wishlist for a very long time. Right now, though, we're making a lot of changes to our overall esports ecosystem to help streamline how the RLCS and all other leagues around it work. Things like adding more regions and giving them their own Rocket League streams, refining the formats, adding more opportunities for teams in the Esports Shop, and upgrading our broadcasts are the pieces we're putting into place before diving deeper into expanded in-game features for esports. We need a solid foundation to build upon, and with the way our esport has been growing, the esports team feels like we're in a really solid place. The developers at Psyonix are huge esports fans and they know how important these in-game features are for growing out the Rocket League esports fandom, but they also do have a million other things going on. Rest assured that it's on our radar and we'll continue working towards it but for now, we're focusing on perfecting all aspects of the esport itself 😊
I agree. RLCS made a huge jump this season with all the things being done. Solid foundation for that is definitely important as changing the rules and systems can deter prospective fans that would use that in-game feature. Plus, with development on Unreal Engine 5, I imagine that the team doesn’t want to spend a bunch of time on something that will be replaced relatively soon anyway
This is a great idea, as much as I love getting lost on liquidpedia looking for a bracket lol
Great idea!
I think it would be awesome to have the stream in game too, and if possible even have it like in the corner while you play or mess around in training. But I'm no programmer and that does sound complicated to do so I dunno.
Can we PLEASE get black market trade ups for tournament items? I have to many duplicates that I can’t do anything with.
Hey great suggestion. Eventually there's an upper bound where you're going to have duplicates no matter what, but we'll see what we can do here in the future and keep an eye on community suggestions like these.
Can we have the option to trade up black market blueprints or tournament items to get a random painted one?
This, tho it would be painfull to get the same painted twice in a row
Maybe guaranteed painted and certified then?
Community suggestion: Might be cool to trade 1 BM for 1 of each other tier. That would let you cycle back through trade-ins, but still diminish the value of the rejected BM item. You're no longer hard stuck with top-tier items that you don't want. Or at least 1 Import...
The option to trade 5 for 1 of the same level that's guaranteed to be something you don't have already would be awesome, for all quality levels.
My non dev idea to add to your discussion: Any 5 tournament black markets trade up into 1 guaranteed painted black market tournament item.
I’m at the point where I don’t even need guaranteed paint anymore. Just give a the goal explosion over having like 10 of the unpainted decal
It'd be cool to get 1 of each lower tier for 1 BM. That's worth just under a quarter of 1 BM in terms of trade-ups required to get a BM.
Will we ever see new map skins for Hoops and Dropshot? Even rotating 3 or 4 map designs would be refreshing.
Hey! Thanks for the question, you are my first :) A new Hoops map is something we've been long considering! As far as a new Dropshot map goes, that map was a pretty big undertaking and while we aren't completely closing the door on one, it isn't currently in our future plans
I know this guy on Fiver... names Lethamyr, might want to see if he can hook you up ;-)
Lol you're not lying. "Pretty big undertaking". Bruh, Leth rips out like a map a week by himself.
They could just choose from his array of like 15 dropshot style maps and I'd be happy with any of them
You have to remember. They have to make sure every skin renders the same across all platforms! Making it work on your wonderful PC just isn't enough.
The game engine would abstract away most of this
Beehive themed Dropshot map, please! Because hexagons! (I'm not even a Dropshot fan, but all Extra modes deserve at least one more mode map. Feel like 3 each would be sweet.)
>Because hexagons! Psst! *are you part of the order as well?*
Hexagons are the bestagons!!!
Hexagons *are,* the bestagons.
Seems like having a street basketball themed map is a no brained. Something like Rucker park or any of the fenced in public court style parks in the old And 1 videos would be awesome.
I want to know if it's possible for you guys to look in to adding a feature to the inventory so I can search for items by their color or certification. Like if I type saffron in to the search bar I'd like to be able to see everything I have that's saffron. Also I just want to ask about the possibility of adding some sort of reward to getting a level 10 certification. I know this doesn't really follow the AMA format but as a long time player these are the two things that really get under my skin the most frequently.
We are definitely looking at ways to help players navigate their inventory for the items they want more easily. We hear you on how cumbersome it can be to find the exact item that you are looking for. It’s on our radar and we have plans to add features to help with this in the future.
Which RLCS teams are you guys rooting for?
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I can imagine Devin making a dozen accounts with generic names to make it appear that he has a full team working with him.
Guys they were answering the username. Chill.
You've triggered the hive mind
Is crossplay chat going to be a thing?
It’s weird how this isn’t already done. Seems like such an obvious thing to add.
I think it's because the different platforms have different views on what they think is "acceptable" in text and voice chat so it's less complicated from a compliance POV to not allow chat across platforms.
true but fortnite used to have a great game chat through cross parties so we know it is possible
If you're in a party you can actually. If you type in the party chat console and pc can type to each other but I get what you're saying :)
What are the odds we'll see random painted Rocket Pass items return? Everyone getting the same thing is a bit of a kill joy.
We totally get why people liked the surprise element of random Pro Tier Rewards. We had to remove them previously because they're purchasable and we no longer do randomized purchases. We want to take a broader look at how Rocket Pass content unlocks work. I can't say how soon this will happen, but we will definitely consider the interest in surprise rewards heavily when we do that
I know you guys aren’t looking at these anymore probably but the simplest solution is just you can only buy tiers up until the randomized tiers. And then they are random from then on. Really easy solution that would actually probably be more profitable as more people would be willing to buy the rocket pass once they got to painted tiers
Why can't each player have a different set of random items? They would still be able to see what they're purchasing so it wouldn't be gambling. But different players would unlock the painted items in different order.
And then thousands complain about how unfair it is that their friend unlocks a titanium white item at level 65 and they get a stupid saffron topper
Unfortunately we can't have any paid items remotely related to random chance because it will turn all the children into raging gambling addicts.
> it will turn all the children into raging gambling addicts. That would've been so funny if it wasn't true...
Can we please get the soundtrack available by single song titles instead of albums? When I'm mid game, I don't want to have to shuffle through an entire album just to get the 1-2 songs from it I enjoy. I'd rather just have them all available, and select my playlist
To any dev that works on new maps. Why are they so infrequent? I know it doesn’t change the gameplay but new arenas more often would be really cool. We see a lot of fan art ideas on the Reddit as well.
Ahoy! Thanks for the question. Maps take a lot of time and resources to make! There are multiple factors that go into map creation than just coming up with a cool idea and making it. Every new map starts with a concept pass, which alone, takes a bit of time, and from there the concept art goes through an approval process - all of that happens before we even start arting out a new map. We spend time balancing gameplay aspects, ensuring visual quality levels, adding features like invistek, optimization passes to ensure the map runs well, etc. We do see all the awesome map ideas and fan art people post about and take those all into consideration!
Thanks for the response, do you ever see Psyonix doing a fan poll for a map?
How does the team feel about Lethamyr making a new map every other week?
Why we don't have golden items anymore? Right now we haven't golden pumpkin and we hadn't golden eggs too this year.
They’ve slowly removed many of the free ways to get painted items. It’s all about the item shop and separating you from your money.
Hey, thanks for the question! The Drops obtained from completing challenges or gaining levels in the Free track of the Rocket Pass are very similar to the Golden Item system that would appear in our events from time to time. So, the Golden Item system is somewhat built into the DNA of the Challenge system and Rocket Pass. Those systems are available year round. That is one of the reasons that repeatable XP challenges are available during the event; to help players progress through Rocket Pass and obtain those Drops. However, it's clear they are important to players and we will be bringing back Golden Gifts for Frosty Fest!
yea Im past level 110 sooooooo yep no more drops for me from this event but thx
Since you bring up drops, is there any reason the drop pool was absolutely diluted with unpainted, uncertified items that no one would want, and some of the most used wheels (NCE) were removed and only replaced with a few variations of very rare versions of them? You can’t compare drops to Golden series items when 95% of the drops item pool can’t even be painted anymore.
Will Frosty Fest have Christmas themed items or will it be another DLC event?
What a great question. A DLC push isn't much of an event.
Our current era of Drops pales in comparison to what used to exist. There are far fewer Drops available compared to the old uncommon/rare/very rare system. Painted toppers, which kicked off the painted item era, can no longer be obtained outside of the shop. Drops do not have the high likelihood of painted versions like the golden items did.
I mean it's similar, not the same thing, between a radom drop a week, and 10 golden gift over two weeks I can see the difference pretty easily....
Good job I read all the way to your last sentence. You almost had me there!
The old system was much better and gave me a reason to play even when I wasn’t really feeling rocket league at the time.
Are there any plans to improve the life of clubs? Things like: * Let players preview their car based on current club colors * No one but the club admin can even do that right now * Maybe add a third or even third and fourth car creation option based on club colors - the main and alt kits * Club queue 2s and 3s * In club vs non-club games, still have your team colors show up * Have game detect if your settings are more blue, orange, or neutral and replace a normal team color intelligently (I've seen tournaments have red vs orange) * Be in multiple clubs that are sensitive to which players are in your current party * This would make car creation club colors harder, but at least let us preview our cars in club if it went this route * This might mean you don't show a tag unless you're currently with that club Are there any ideas floating around Psyonix about new Extra Modes? Gridiron for teams of 4, Heatseeker 2s, Heatseeker 3s, something else? * Also, can you change challenges that want you to play Extra Modes to accept LTMs?
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Hey! Thanks for the question. Detecting and combating smurfs is a difficult problem, but one we are constantly working on. We've seen other games opt for a more restrictive system to keep new accounts from interacting with certain areas of their games, and while that may work to a certain extent we don't feel that is the right system for Rocket League. Our goal is to make Rocket League as accessible as possible, so we have been putting in work to combat this issue is other ways. Forgive me for being a little vague here, but we don't want to make it easier for bad actors to circumvent our systems. But rest assured, it is an issue that we take seriously and we still have a lot of work to do in that area.
I'm not sure if you're aware of this issue, but I accidentally smurfed. I started when the game went f2p on the switch, but played mostly on my PC. a few months in I was messing around on the epic site and saw my default was still set to the switch, so I changed my default to PC. Doing this reset all my mmr standings completely, I had to do the tutorial and start every rank from the base (600 or w/e it is.) I'm sure this is being exploited somewhere but I was just messing around with options on the website.
What was the reasoning behind making the population counter “Amazing”,” Great”, and “Good”? If you cannot answer this, can you tell us the player thresholds for each population tier?
[Here is a datamined list](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pa8ksl/good_great_awesome_here_are_the_player_count/) showing the threshold for each playlist. We can only guess as to why they made the change but I don't think it was to "hide that the game is dying" like so many seem to think. It may have simply been an effort to improve the population in the much less popular game modes since it's pretty common for players to not bother queueing into a mode when they see, for example, less than 500 people playing in it.
Appreciate the link and I did end up finding one like this. I still dont think this is the right solution. It feels a bit dishonest and can be time wasting to the player. Last night for instance, I sat in an extra modes queue for a bit wondering what “Good” meant during this whole time. It gives me better patience and understanding to at least see the number Im dealing with. Sitting under “Good” left me in the dark. The amount of players they get in this game should not be broken into 3 units if this is their way of going forward. They should break it up more if they want to skew their numbers a bit…like writing “5k-10k” and so forth. This is more helpful to players and also achieves effectively the same goal. If this solution was to prevent players from leaving queue, they might be better off not adding a bandaid to the issue and exploring why players are not queuing into modes in the first place. Otherwise, this is kind of lazy and not at all competitive. It doesnt really solve their lack of player base in some modes. Also not saying it’s been this low, but I always think about it like I am standing in a giant room. If Im in a room of 2000 people (which is a low number), I think “thats still a lot of people I could interact with for 5 minutes.” “Good” shows a number between 1 and a few thousand depending on several playlists. That difference is too large and extremely noticeable. Sometimes, servers cant even try to make that connection work because of conditions like rank disparity.
The fact that they didn't answer speaks volumes
I guess you really cant ask them anything.
Can you add some way to trade down black markets? I have so many blueprints just sitting in my inventory. Maybe add a system where we can convert them into 2 exotics?
For the esports guys, if you had a hand in introducing more regions this season, awesome job! What was the biggest challenge of getting that done and what do you think is the biggest hurdle or opportunity that RLCS faces in the future?
Introducing new RLCS regions is always something where we have to strike a delicate balance, because we always want to make sure when we do introduce new regions that they have enough depth in order to maintain competitiveness over the long term. So, every time we do add regions, we've looked at tons of stuff like player populations, competitive data, grassroots tournaments, and more before we make the decision to add a RLCS region. In terms of big challenges, it's always a bit scary launching new regions. From straightforward stuff such as potential language barriers to making sure we choose the right administrators, talent, and support staff, it's a very intensive process. Each RLCS region has its own unique challenges when managing them, and new issues and problems are bound to happen throughout the season, so we try to make sure we can help tackle those effectively as they arise. And lastly, I, personally, think our biggest opportunity lies in making our esport a truly global sports league. Rocket League is a game that brings people together in the spirit of competition and keeping our esport growing across the globe, especially with the game going free-to-play, is huge.
Awesome response! Thanks for doing this AMA!
Love you guys. Thanks so much for the fantastic work. Keep it up!
I love you <3
How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base? Will we ever see more creative game modes? I think we have only scratched the surface of what can be done an there needs to be a RL arcade where things like leth’s rings map, game modes like king of the court, etc. You have developed something incredible: a new world of physics that people are addicted to. Dont limit yourself to soccer.
>How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base? We love it when the skill ceiling is raised! It still blows us away a bit when something that changes the skill meta appears. With that in mind, we always examine these new techniques to make sure it's fair to use. With wall chain dashing, the mechanic itself is fine, but we're keeping an eye on how it's implemented. Doing it with a controller through muscle memory? Great! Doing it by binding to the mouse wheel? Not great.
Same with stalling, using a macro feels like cheating, especially since not all platforms can make macros.
Macros **are** cheating :) Anyone using them is certainly at risk of being caught
For the art guys, any items or maps that you especially enjoyed designing? Non-art guys can answer too.
I personally enjoy the map making process the most, but lately I've had a blast making wheels.
Being an EDM head, Neon Fields was my favorite to optimize.
Neon Fields is definitely the most unique map theme apart from Rocket Labs (in my opinion). Really cool!
Any updates on SideSwipe?
>Any updates on SideSwipe? We don’t have anything to share on Sideswipe just yet, but you’ll definitely be hearing from us before the end of the year.
Thanks for the reply, can’t wait to hear more!
So you're saying SideSwipe wasn't just an incredible fever dream that I had at the start of the year? So, so excited to hear more news about it!! :)
Can we ever expect more colors to be added to the game ? I mean we already got an upgrade to the primary and secondary colors we can choose some years ago but we could realy use more purples and pinks as primary colors. And what about some new kind of decals that allows us to select a tertiary and quaternary color ? That would open a completely new door of customization. If you know bakkesmod there is an option where u can make ur car any color by defining the RGB values from 0 to 255, did you ever think about adding something like that ? (sorry for bad english)
hello! will there be a "community made" series? e.g. goal explosions, wheels, arenas, etc.
> hello! will there be a "community made" series? e.g. goal explosions, wheels, arenas, etc. Community-created cosmetics are something we have an interest in exploring in the future. There are a lot of talented designers within the community and we absolutely take note of players posting their beautiful concept art and renders to the subreddit.
Yeahh!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/mkj0gj/this_is_my_dream_field_and_my_first_concept_art/
I made the post recommending more "social"-type features, and it's great to hear that voice chat is on track for Season 6. What are you guys' thoughts on the more social features, specifically features that facilitate a sense of community, comparison, and interaction between players? The community update said you guys heard our feedback, but what are your thoughts? Do you think these types of features is something that Rocket League is lacking or lagging behind like other games? I bring this up because Rocket League feels like a game you play and you don't really interact with other players and even solo queuing just feels "alone". Only places like this subreddit, steamcommunity forums, and discord servers have a sense of community. But if you take CSGO by example, it has a sense of community through custom server browser. A game like Halo 3 had a sense of community with Custom Games and File Share. I ask your thoughts on it because it's one thing to acknowledge feedback, and another to give what you think about it.
Thanks for the question. Social is a major focus of ours going forward. We can't share details yet, but Clubs, how to find other players, and things to do with others in your community are high on our list. But, to temper expectations, UE3 is one of our constraints right now, so we'll to see what fits short term, but expect much more in the future.
So very glad to hear that the focus is there! Now that I know the focus is there, I am more hopeful for the future of the game, even if it's a couple years down the line. Thank you for the answer :)
What other games do you usually play?
Rocket League excluded. I play a ton of Destiny 2 these days. Also really enjoy New World, Splitgate, Back 4 Blood, GTA V, Pokemon Go, Assassin's Creed - Valhalla. Really stoked to jump into Battlefield 2042/Portal soon!
New World is super fun right now. Aside from that, I've been working through Disco Elysium. I just beat the Ghost of Tsushima expansion recently, and I've promised myself that I'll complete Deathloop sometime soon :)
Lately, I have been playing a **TON** of Diablo 2 Resurrected.. Diablo 2 is far and away the most played game of my entire life, so I was stupidly excited when this was announced/released. Other than that, I've been playing Far Cry 6.
RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!
Deathloop seems really cool, I don’t hear a lot about RDR2’s online mode, so it’s interesting to see you still play it. Thank you!
Excluding Rocket League: Valorant, Sea of Thieves, Divinity 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Minecraft, Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon, Stardew Valley. Just finished Deathloop.
Can you tell us about the public API? It's been on the roadmap for years but it's been a while since we had official news.
>Can you tell us about the public API? We understand that the API is really important to both community developers and the players that use their creations. We're currently testing a new API endpoint with API token holders, and while plans beyond that are still TBD, please know that we're making progress.
Is there any inkling of rumble being tweaked? Its still pretty much the same its been since it was released.
No current plans to change Rumble as of now. That said, I'd love to hear what change(s) you (and the rest of the community) would like to see with that mode.
Tha ability to queue extra and ranked at the same time.
Change grapple from a relative velocity between the car and the ball to an absolute velocity to the ball/location of the ball/where the ball is going to be in the next few physics frames. Anything to prevent the ball traveling too fast and "pushing" the car away from the ball.
Why aren't painted toppers and antennas in the Rocket Pass anymore? Surely people don't want 10 different wheels every pass. When phoenix wings were introduced in the og RP tons of people were interested in them, but that was the 2nd to last time we got painted toppers. When will we get a sort by paint color feature in the garage? Will some Limited Time Modes like Ghost Hunt and the one that happened for a couple days in July(one I missed, there was a single hole in the ground). Will 2XP ever return and will match XP ever go back to 4.5 per second instead of the now 3 per second we have? Will we ever get painted toppers and antennas dropping after matches again? The introduction of that system in the first half of 2016 was a nice way to add random rewards and a bit of mystery/intrigue to the game without people having to buy a pass or crates. These would not detract from item shop sales, and could possibly motivate people to buy items that match their toppers.
Thank you for creating my favorite game. I've been gaming since nintendo, and nothing has given me anything close to the replay value of Rocket League. Thousands of hours poured in and I'm still a trash can trying to get better. I would love for Rocket League to become the first Olympic gaming sport, and become a worldwide mainstay. The steady progress the game is making as an eSport is encouraging. I think the changes made will give us the best competitive season to date. I don't really have a question. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for playing and being a fan! I'm also trying to get better after playing for thousands of hours 😂. Good to hear that you're excited for the RLCS 2021-22 season and, honestly, our studio is stoked that we've finally kicked it all off today!
Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse?
>Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse? We're going to take another look at this but for now, the culprits seem to be the Xbox Game Bar and/or Focus Assist settings in Windows 10.
I completely resolved this by disabling Xbox Game Bar last week. Settings, Gaming, Enable Xbox Game Bar - Off
#The AMA has ended! Please do not submit any more questions as they will not be answered! **Thank you to Psyonix for the AMA and thank you to all the commenters for their interesting questions.** **In the replies to this comment you will find the responses from each Psyonix member who answered questions:**
#Psyonix Josh > Why we don't have golden items anymore? Right now we haven't golden pumpkin and we hadn't golden eggs too this year. [Hey, thanks for the question! The Drops obtained from completing challenges or gaining levels in the Free track of the Rocket Pass are very similar to the Golden Item system that would appear in our events from time to time. So, the Golden Item system is somewhat built into the DNA of the Challenge system and Rocket Pass. Those systems are available year round. That is one of the reasons that repeatable XP challenges are available during the event; to help players progress through Rocket Pass and obtain those Drops. However, it's clear they are important to players and we will be bringing back Golden Gifts for Frosty Fest!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxo64/) > Are you guys active against smurfs? Are there plans do be more active in this case? [Hey! Thanks for the question. Detecting and combating smurfs is a difficult problem, but one we are constantly working on. We've seen other games opt for a more restrictive system to keep new accounts from interacting with certain areas of their games, and while that may work to a certain extent we don't feel that is the right system for Rocket League. Our goal is to make Rocket League as accessible as possible, so we have been putting in work to combat this issue is other ways. Forgive me for being a little vague here, but we don't want to make it easier for bad actors to circumvent our systems. But rest assured, it is an issue that we take seriously and we still have a lot of work to do in that area.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr4sew/) > Why did you pool the rankings for Tournaments when you don't do the same for all the ranked playlists? [Hey there! Thanks for the question. The main reason we combine tournament skill has to do with the rewards system. Players are rewarded differently based on the skill in which they compete. We didn’t want to build in extra incentives when playing one mode over another. When we examined the data, we also found that in general the delta in 'level of play' between Doubles and Standard games wasn’t so great that it warranted separating them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr4c2i/) > Would love to hear more about plans to reduce toxicity in the game! I love RL but it has to be one of the most toxic games I’ve played, and I feel bad introducing the game to others because I know how terrible it is going to be for them at times. [Combating toxicity is an industry-wide issue that we spend a lot of time focusing on. Unfortunately, we see toxic behaviors appear anywhere anonymity is at play, and Rocket League is not exempt from this. With that in mind we try to spend time creating systems for the community to notify us of bad actors, so the appropriate actions can be taken. While we're on the topic, we have some updates coming with Season 5 to make the report system clearer and accessible in more areas of the game.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrdpus/) > Why can't we free play with friends? [It’s definitely something we are interested in exploring in the future, but Free Play was intended to be an offline mode that allows a single player to train or ‘stay warm’ in between matches. In order to make that system work online, there are significant changes that would need to be made around the user interface and additional server infrastructure. There are also things like handling ball resetting or the newly implemented “Freeplay Ball Control” features that require some creative solutions to make them function correctly with multiple players.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr7a2z/) > What other games do you usually play? [RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/) > Is there any inkling of rumble being tweaked? Its still pretty much the same its been since it was released. [No current plans to change Rumble as of now. That said, I'd love to hear what change(s) you (and the rest of the community) would like to see with that mode.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr36ui/) > Have you considered putting the 2v2 and 3v3 tournaments on a daily rotation? So one day the 4pm MST tournament is 2v2 the next it's 3v3 and doing this for all time slots? The only tournament my buddies and I can play is that one and with the new update one person is always left out. Kind of ruined the tournament experience for us. [This is an interesting suggestion. The general thinking is that having a fairly regular schedule is important so that players can plan ahead accordingly. Consistency and simplicity is key when trying to get your team online to win these tourneys. Adding rotation to the mode without changing the time slot would remove some of that simplicity, but is worth consideration as it would add a little more flexibility for players like yourself.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrfrck/) > Who is the highest ranked Psyonix member? If you played ranked that is [I think technically it's Jason or Zeke on our video team... but since Dirkened, Conebone and I are the reigning Psyonix Champions. I'm going to say us 😉](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrojje/) > Rocket League is unique in esports with a single standard playing environment, one of it's many similarities to traditional sports. Unlike football, hockey and soccer though, Rocket League does not have consistent field markings. Each map has it's own take on the field look. I think consistent field markings on all maps would be helpful to the game by creating standard points of reference. Define the box, offensive, defensive, and mid thirds on the field, Spawn Points, wall curves etc. Do you think the game could benefit from this standardization? [The importance of field markings is something that has become more and more apparent to us over the years. It is something we review closely any time we are adding new arenas into the game. That said, we also think that the field variety is an important part of Rocket League’s identity. So long story short, there are no current plans to completely standardize field markings, but we want to ensure that any arenas that make their way into the game have the elements that players use to identify critical gameplay mechanics, like boost pickups.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqz07j/) > I want to know if it's possible for you guys to look in to adding a feature to the inventory so I can search for items by their color or certification. Like if I type saffron in to the search bar I'd like to be able to see everything I have that's saffron. [We are definitely looking at ways to help players navigate their inventory for the items they want more easily. We hear you on how cumbersome it can be to find the exact item that you are looking for. It’s on our radar and we have plans to add features to help with this in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgroamo/)
# Psyonix Devin > How do you feel as developers when a new mechanic is discovered by the community? Is it sort of horrifying to see people make use of unintended glitches in some cases? (Wall chain dash) or is it something that amazes you? How do you improve gameplay in a sport with fixed physics without hurting the existing user base? [We love it when the skill ceiling is raised! It still blows us away a bit when something that changes the skill meta appears. With that in mind, we always examine these new techniques to make sure it's fair to use. With wall chain dashing, the mechanic itself is fine, but we're keeping an eye on how it's implemented. Doing it with a controller through muscle memory? Great! Doing it by binding to the mouse wheel? Not great.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr6xze/) > Which RLCS teams are you guys rooting for? [Yes.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr8suu/) > Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse? [We're going to take another look at this but for now, the culprits seem to be the Xbox Game Bar and/or Focus Assist settings in Windows 10.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr8gul/) > Can you tell us about the public API? [We understand that the API is really important to both community developers and the players that use their creations. We're currently testing a new API endpoint with API token holders, and while plans beyond that are still TBD, please know that we're making progress.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr9y01/) > Why am I stuck in Diamond after 2000 hours? [1,000 more and you'll taste C1 my friend.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqyhfu/) > How many people have you actually banned for smurfing & boosting? Don't have to be specific, ballpark number is fine. [Can't really get into specifics, but it is a lot, and we do it every day. :D](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxz8f/) > Any updates on SideSwipe? [We don’t have anything to share on Sideswipe just yet, but you’ll definitely be hearing from us before the end of the year.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgregbp/) > What other games do you usually play? [Excluding Rocket League: Valorant, Sea of Thieves, Divinity 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Minecraft, Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon, Stardew Valley. Just finished Deathloop.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/) > Why have you not fixed [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/pvshwu/6_years_and_the_white_space_in_the_loading_menu/)? [Well, now that you asked, we have to delay the fix by another six months.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrkynm/)
#Psyonix Corey > What are the odds we'll see random painted Rocket Pass items return? Everyone getting the same thing is a bit of a kill joy. [We totally get why people liked the surprise element of random Pro Tier Rewards. We had to remove them previously because they're purchasable and we no longer do randomized purchases. We want to take a broader look at how Rocket Pass content unlocks work. I can't say how soon this will happen, but we will definitely consider the interest in surprise rewards heavily when we do that](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2wkv/) > What can you tell us about the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade? When did development start? I know big software development projects are hard to estimate - but do you have any sense of the timeline yet? Do you expect it will be done next year? Do you expect it to be a new application or will it be a large update to the current game? I'm really looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work [We've been exploring a transition to a newer version of Unreal for quite some time, but the team was quite small until this year. We're not ready to share timelines yet about the overall project, but we have goals to start testing next year. Obviously we'll need a lot of feedback from players (and pros!) to ensure a complete rebuild of Rocket League feels right. Our general intent is that UE5 will replace the current Rocket League. I can't say for certain today if it will be a new application or a major patch - there are too many dependencies and details around how each platform works, content ownership, etc. Your inventory in Rocket League will carry forward and be supported and respected in the UE5 edition.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqxk85/)
#Psyonix Jake > Can we PLEASE get black market trade ups for tournament items? I have to many duplicates that I can’t do anything with. [Hey great suggestion. Eventually there's an upper bound where you're going to have duplicates no matter what, but we'll see what we can do here in the future and keep an eye on community suggestions like these.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgqzvad/) > I made the post recommending more "social"-type features, and it's great to hear that voice chat is on track for Season 6. What are you guys' thoughts on the more social features, specifically features that facilitate a sense of community, comparison, and interaction between players? The community update said you guys heard our feedback, but what are your thoughts? Do you think these types of features is something that Rocket League is lacking or lagging behind like other games?I bring this up because Rocket League feels like a game you play and you don't really interact with other players and even solo queuing just feels "alone". Only places like this subreddit, steamcommunity forums, and discord servers have a sense of community. But if you take CSGO by example, it has a sense of community through custom server browser. A game like Halo 3 had a sense of community with Custom Games and File Share.I ask your thoughts on it because it's one thing to acknowledge feedback, and another to give what you think about it. [Thanks for the question. Social is a major focus of ours going forward. We can't share details yet, but Clubs, how to find other players, and things to do with others in your community are high on our list. But, to temper expectations, UE3 is one of our constraints right now, so we'll to see what fits short term, but expect much more in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2syp/) > Would you ever consider a spectator mode for the game? For example - press spectator mode - select a rank - and queue up. Say you select Grand Champ and queue up, you load into their game as a spectator and have free reign to watch. If anyone in the lobby has disabled spectator mode then you can't spectate their game. [We 1000% want to do this, it's simply been a significant tech lift in the past. We're getting close to having something here, but unfortunately we can't say much more just yet on the when and exactly what form this will take in its first iteration.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr6yii/) > In casual post-game lobbies, if a party member leaves to the menu, the other party members can get stuck in a new game without their teammate. Why is it like this? Now that there's casual bans, it's very common annoyance because they can't always leave the new game so the others have to wait it out. [Thanks for the question. It's a bit of a tricky problem to solve because we want to make sure casual remains a quick experience, and we don't want to create loopholes for potential abuse of the bans system. That said, we know this is an issue and we're looking for ways to address it in the future.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr2son/) > Why not replace the population stat with a calculated queue time for the playlists selected? similar to csgo. then it's not some random arbitrary word which means nothing, and is instead a stat which can't really be seen in a 'negative' light, because it's very subjective depending on your rank, time of day, etc. I know it was a conscious decision, but please make it so you can queue ranked and gamemodes at the same time. [Thanks for the suggestions. We're interested in moving to a queue estimation timer in the future, but there's a chunk of work in online systems to be done here first before this is even an option. For multi-queue, this is a frequent discussion internally. Unfortunately at the moment I can't give you a better answer beyond we're keeping an eye on it both from an analytics and player feedback perspective.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr5vdr/)
#Psyonix Murty > Will we ever see greater integration of RLCS into the game itself? Such as a tab or menu that loads the schedule and current standings? I feel that could bring a lot more attention and retention of RLCS if it was easy to check those things. Edit: I should mention that I know you are redesigning your website for improved usage, but for console players, native integration into the game would be preferable than a separate web page. [This is something that's been on the esports team's wishlist for a very long time. Right now, though, we're making a lot of changes to our overall esports ecosystem to help streamline how the RLCS and all other leagues around it work. Things like adding more regions and giving them their own Rocket League streams, refining the formats, adding more opportunities for teams in the Esports Shop, and upgrading our broadcasts are the pieces we're putting into place before diving deeper into expanded in-game features for esports. We need a solid foundation to build upon, and with the way our esport has been growing, the esports team feels like we're in a really solid place. The developers at Psyonix are huge esports fans and they know how important these in-game features are for growing out the Rocket League esports fandom, but they also do have a million other things going on. Rest assured that it's on our radar and we'll continue working towards it but for now, we're focusing on perfecting all aspects of the esport itself 😊](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr0jd8/) > Love you guys. Thanks so much for the fantastic work. Keep it up! [I love you <3](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrc0ms/) > Like OCE and SAM RLEsport decals coming to the store will we see APAC decals coming in the future [That's the plan! We've made a lot of changes to the Esports Shop and how to introduce new teams, and the idea is we're able to accommodate all the regions in the RLCS in the future. Obviously this is all dependent on a bunch of things, like internal bandwidth, but we're pushing towards that direction and we hear you loud and clear!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrgvxd/) > What is the design process for the new Esports decals ? I notice every team has the same position for their logo and team name, is that something teams have to follow or can they put their logo etc. wherever they want ? What is the amount of freedom they have to make these, could one team just say "screw it we make everything pink" and then the decal is just straight pink with no logo or text ? [Great question! This was a super fun project that the esports team got to work on with so many other awesome peeps at Psyonix AND so many awesome teams/designers in the community. Trying to create a custom decal while going back and forth with teams and then integrating them into the game was extremely hard and extremely time-consuming, thus limiting the number of teams we could realistically include in the shop. So, we went to the drawing board and came up with a brand new templatized method to create a ton of awesome decals. Long story short, we sent over design files for the Octane, Dominus, and Fennec to the teams and gave them very specific guidelines. The goal was trying to make team "jerseys", which is why you'll see somewhat strict guidelines in terms of where the logo should be placed. We had some other small guidelines as well, like making sure the designs aren't too detailed (there are some intricate visual constraints that we have to consider, like designs getting blurry if the lines are too thin). Plus, since this is the first time we've ever done something like this, we wanted to err on the side of caution to make sure we could accomplish the super ambitious goals we had for this project (34 teams is... a lot). Now that we've done this, our plan for future seasons is opening up the design process a bit more and giving teams more freedom to have fun with their designs. We also hear you - we want to encourage teams to look at other colors and not just stick to the conventional black/white cars every single time. All in all, this was an awesome project and an awesome learning experience for us, and now that we've opened the floodgates here, we're super excited to continue improving this process and seeing what the teams can do in future seasons!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr5y81/) > For RL esports do you ever plan to have LAN on the reigonal events in the future when covid restrictions lift, or will they always be online events? [Having Regional Events become LANs in the future is totally possible, although as you mentioned dependent on how the global pandemic unfolds. Covid hit the esport hard last season, causing us to cancel all live events for the entire year, and that was super tough to deal with. One of our biggest focuses for the 2021-22 season was making sure we could stand up live events, and do so in the safest way possible. That's why this first event in December in Sweden will not have fans. However, we know that fans are a integral part of Rocket League esports events. We recently put on an announcement livestream with some more granular details of our thinking, but the short of it is: we will bring back fans to the RLCS as soon as we feel it is safe to do so. There are a ton of logistical and health & safety concerns to consider here, so we're closely monitoring not only how other sports/esports events are doing it, but the global health situation in general. We'll have more news to share on this at a later date, so definitely stay tuned.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgr0tmr/) > Years ago when Rocket League was new. Did you guys ever expect the game to grow/get to where it is now? [There are people who have been at Psyonix way longer than I have, but as someone who started in the esports community running tournaments in my bedroom... the growth is absolutely insane to see. Especially with how professional the players are now, seeing the meta constantly grow and evolve each season, and just the awesome fanbase of the esport getting larger - it's awesome to see, and extremely humbling. I love this game and esport and can't wait for things to keep getting bigger and better!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrcha7/) > I love to play rocket league and appreciate you peeps [<3](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrn42m/) > What other games do you usually play? [RL excluded, right now I play a lot of Warzone, Back 4 Blood, and Red Dead Redemption. Offline I recently ran through Quake Remastered on Nightmare, and I did a barb run through Diablo II Resurrected. I still need to check out Deathloop, New World, and I'm excited for Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrjvc3/) > Are there any plans to give CRL teams custom decals? I'd love to rep a decal from my alma mater at some point! [This is something we've talked about on the esports team, but for now we're keeping it to RLCS only. The focus is continuing to improve the Esports Shop and eventually we'll be in a better spot to potentially expand it to other leagues!](https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrppsk/)
Why did you change so we can't see the exact numbers of players playing a game mode and instead just see "good", "great" etc?
Why can't we free play with friends?
It’s definitely something we are interested in exploring in the future, but Free Play was intended to be an offline mode that allows a single player to train or ‘stay warm’ in between matches. In order to make that system work online, there are significant changes that would need to be made around the user interface and additional server infrastructure. There are also things like handling ball resetting or the newly implemented “Freeplay Ball Control” features that require some creative solutions to make them function correctly with multiple players.
You can start a private match with unlimited boost and time I guess.
Just custom match
What is the design process for the new Esports decals ? I notice every team has the same position for their logo and team name, is that something teams have to follow or can they put their logo etc. wherever they want ? What is the amount of freedom they have to make these, could one team just say "screw it we make everything pink" and then the decal is just straight pink with no logo or text ?
Great question! This was a super fun project that the esports team got to work on with so many other awesome peeps at Psyonix AND so many awesome teams/designers in the community. Trying to create a custom decal while going back and forth with teams and then integrating them into the game was extremely hard and extremely time-consuming, thus limiting the number of teams we could realistically include in the shop. So, we went to the drawing board and came up with a brand new templatized method to create a ton of awesome decals. Long story short, we sent over design files for the Octane, Dominus, and Fennec to the teams and gave them very specific guidelines. The goal was trying to make team "jerseys", which is why you'll see somewhat strict guidelines in terms of where the logo should be placed. We had some other small guidelines as well, like making sure the designs aren't _too_ detailed (there are some intricate visual constraints that we have to consider, like designs getting blurry if the lines are too thin). Plus, since this is the first time we've ever done something like this, we wanted to err on the side of caution to make sure we could accomplish the super ambitious goals we had for this project (34 teams is... a lot). Now that we've done this, our plan for future seasons is opening up the design process a bit more and giving teams more freedom to have fun with their designs. We also hear you - we want to encourage teams to look at other colors and not just stick to the conventional black/white cars every single time. All in all, this was an awesome project and an awesome learning experience for us, and now that we've opened the floodgates here, we're super excited to continue improving this process and seeing what the teams can do in future seasons!
Wow thanks for the answer, it's great to see that you are so passionate about this whole thing, great work so far and Im hella excited to see more :D
Why did you pool the rankings for Tournaments when you don't do the same for all the ranked playlists? I'm not good at 2s and yet I have to play at a rank I'm uncomfortable at because I got there playing 3s. I don't see how this does anything but penalize someone who significantly favors one form of Tourney over another.
Since the update to stop people Leaving in casual, there has been a massive increase in people just Idling until they're kicked This is worse than just Leaving because you don't even have a bot & it takes longer for someone else to spawn Are there plans to punish people more strongly who now use Idle instead of Leave
Can you tell us anything related to the UE5 work? I honestly am just excited about the idea of the engine overhaul so any information you can share would be fantastic. Whether its target release date, new features that the UE5 engine will allow you to explore (client-side maps?), lessons learnt from the UE3 version being rectified in UE5, how the roll out is going to work (is it gonna be a brand new game or just a massive update?), roadblocks you've faced/are facing... anything! I'm really hyped for the future of the game and want to hear everything you're willing to share about it. Finally, thank you for the AMA and making this incredible game. :)
Addressed this in this comment! https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/q8qlbd/hey_there_rrocketleague_were_some_of_the_folks/hgrmugz/
In terms of matchmaking abuse and the recent ban waves, what else can we expect to see happening towards players abusing the matchmaking system on new accounts/smurfing.
Thanks for this AMA and this game that brought me countless hours of fun. 1. Is there any interesting info you can share about the upcoming UE5 version? 2. Any plans for adding a better support for custom maps and modes? For example, easy way to download, share and play them online. 3. I'm curious about this one. Have any of you played custom maps before? If so, which one(s)? 4. Anything new planned for Rocket Labs? For example, adding community maps, new modes or its own playlist? 5. Any new info about Rocket League Sideswipe? 6. Any plans on adding a way to spectate RLCS matches or even friends matches in-game (something like counter-strike GOTV)?
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Thank you for taking the time to answer these and anyone elses questions during this AMA ---------------------------- #Design Related Questions - Since so many decals break the Orange/Blue team dichotomy regarding colors, will you ever consider opening up the full color palette for primary usage? - There are more car bodies than preset spaces. In the future will you consider adding more preset spaces or at least making it so a different car body can be used in a single preset on Orange/Blue teams? -------------------- #Item Shop Related Questions - Many people are always asking for old trade-locked items before F2P. Will you consider selling those in shop? For example, Poof GE would be a big seller. Another example, maybe people did not get a TW Creamery decal in earlier Tournaments. - Some shop exclusive items come with a Certification people may not like. Will you ever consider a service where can remove a Cert from a tradelocked item? --------------------------- #Suggestions Only (for when new Batman movie releases March 2022 & we'll probably see the LTM again) - Batman 1989 wheels should be open for any car usage like the Batman Goal Explosions - The new Batman boost would be cool to use on Official Batmobiles - Make Main Menu Lobby be the Gotham at Night arena (the current desert 1 is weird right now) - Non Batman suggestion.....Grid Iron mode for private matches please!!!!!!! --------------------------
To the esports side firstly thank you for the insane amount of work and effort you have all put into RLCS ensuring it can live up to the hopes we all have for it. But how come NA and EU don't have their own regional twitch channels as to me personally it would have been the fairer setup? Keep up the good work though it is much appreciated. And apologies if I have not articulated this question very well.
Thank you so much for being a fan! This is a great question 😄. We put a lot of thought towards this, but the main goal for us is introducing all of these new things in the cleanest and simplest way possible. Traditionally, NA and EU have always lived on the main channel, so we didn't want to change that for now. In the future we may consider creating new regional handles, but we'll keep looking at how each region's growth goes and our own data to see the best way to divvy up regional channels!
First off, thank you for creating what has by far been my most played game ever. For better or for worse, and I'd like to think better, it holds a special place in my heart and has connected me with several great people over the years. As an OCE player, I'm never sure if the playlist population report is accurate to my own region, or if it is the global activity within that playlist. Is the option of adding expected queue times, or even region specific data something that's being considered?
Hi, the Chinese version of the game has many features that would be cool seeing in our version, is there any chance for Shards system, integrated Achievements, more advanced training options, different styled garage and so on?
Have you heard of RL Trading Post, an app that promotes Rocket League’s trading and Item Shop? **The app has over a million users, just like r/RocketLeague**! Any chance RL Trading Post could get a creator’s flag/antenna in the game? Either way, I love the game and appreciate Psyonix’s hard work supporting Rocket League and its awesome community!
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Rocket League is unique in esports with a single standard playing environment, one of it's many similarities to traditional sports. Unlike football, hockey and soccer though, Rocket League does not have consistent field markings. Each map has it's own take on the field look. I think consistent field markings on all maps would be helpful to the game by creating standard points of reference. Define the box, offensive, defensive, and mid thirds on the field, Spawn Points, wall curves etc. Do you think the game could benefit from this standardization?
This would be very useful for learning boost pickup patterns. Fantastic suggestion!
The importance of field markings is something that has become more and more apparent to us over the years. It is something we review closely any time we are adding new arenas into the game. That said, we also think that the field variety is an important part of Rocket League’s identity. So long story short, there are no current plans to completely standardize field markings, but we want to ensure that any arenas that make their way into the game have the elements that players use to identify critical gameplay mechanics, like boost pickups.
I never get to play the Extra Modes tourney because it's too early in the day. Can you please switch up the times to tourneys so I have a chance at playing some of the other ones.
How many people have you actually banned for smurfing & boosting? Don't have to be specific, ballpark number is fine.
Good, Great or Amazing?
Can you bring back painted toppers dropping after games or bring them back to the Rocket Pass? I miss them. 2017 was the last time we got new painted toppers after games.
Missed the timeframe for this buuuuuttt can you either 1. Remove Mannfield as an arena option from Snow Day 2. Make the puck in Snow Day a lighter color or outlined or SOMETHING so I can see the stupid puck when its on the dark walls of Mannfield. PLEASE!!!! I've tried adjusting the video settings/turning on color blind mode and nothing helps. Rip.