

"This can also create situations in which party members will discuss strategy with each other, but don’t end up communicating the game plan to their fifth teammate. However, the matchmaker needs to complete the team by pulling in a fifth player who queued up alone, and did not necessarily want to play with teammates of varying skill levels. "This is fine for players in a party of four, for example, who have agreed to queue together despite any differences in skill that may exist.


"When we look at the data for parties of three and four players in Hero League, we often see large skill gaps among party members," explained Blizzard in a blog post. Blizzard has halved the party size of players in Heroes of the Storm's Hero League mode.Īfter player feedback and analysing metrics, the developer decided to cut down from four players in Hero League to those who queue alone or in pairs.
