Quote Originally Posted by Divinemights View Post
They tried this during Feast around season 4 or 5 I think.
They even had a ladder for it
If it didn't work for Feast, I highly doubt it would works for the Crystal Conflict.

It simply not going to work, for example, DRK + DRG with voip against a group of random not on voip. (Worst version: Full Premade DRG/DNC/Reaper/DRK/SCH)
Not matter how you sugar coating it, voip is 3rd party tool and you gained significant advantage
Team queue will not be an option
Even you let it happen, it is 100% a dead mode after 3 days
...I was speaking about duos. And with such a system requiring having another duo in the opposite team so that it stays balanced between premade duos. If your point is that some duos are going to be a lot more skilled than others because of skill difference or voip, then it's no different from current casual where the skill gaps can be huge between players, from full brand new players to top rankers in there.

Feast had a ladder for full team only, not duos. I also don't think Feast is remotely comparable at all either because Feast queues were completely dead and the mode had never been popular (and only ranked was somewhat active during new season peak with like 15 players online at the same time). In comparison casual CC pops at almost all times of the day so there is potential in trying duos out imo (but not full team unless there is a mode specific for it where two full teams can face each other, but as you said this mode would probably be dead all the time except when people sync queue, which can essentially be done with custom games).