Suggestions

I know it could be difficult to add, but I would like a RUMBLE dedicated server so nerds like me can host one, and therefore have a level playing field without the issues of P2P. Trust me, I love P2P, that's why I'm not asking you to make it server-based, but being able to host a dedicated server myself would be the DREAM!

It would be nice to have toggle as an option for talking. maybe as an indicator the player health bar can have a white outline while able to talk and a black outline while muted or something.

Given that it's so hard to find an enemy during matchmaking, I personally switch to other regions just to find an enemy. I care less about the ping then. To make this easier, I would like to be able to select several regions (or all at once) while going into matchmaking. Right now I have to pick one region -> wait -> unable to find enemy -> switch region -> go into matchmaking -> repeat

you cant have more than 4 colors in a name anymore which fucks up 99% of gradients, please return it to 48 (or more) so we can have fancy names again either that or let us color our name as a normal feature For context: before customization update the max name length was 48 after the update it went down to 31 by accident the devs have confirmed they found the cause and fixed it back up to 32 (steam/unmodded limit)

My suggestion is that the recents list saves your last play session so that if you forget to send a friends request before closing the game it isn't lost forever! I have done this before and it sucks to miss out on friending someone who was really fun to play with! I would recommend a small divider in the recents column that says "last play session" before it starts showing the ones that aren't from the current play session. This means that you only have to store ONE play session worth of recents and then when the player closes the game all of the ones marked as old could get cleared like they normally do and you would only have the last play session's recents left for when you load the game up again!

Please add push to mute (own mic is muted while holding button) as a voice option. I prefer using open mic, but there are times when I want to talk to people IRL without people ingame hearing.

I feel that the way we earn gear coins should be changed, currently its 5 coins per 30 sec that a match goes on for, up to 80 coins + half that to the victor. But i feel that it can be a little unfair in the aspect that you could have a very long and hard match when your client where you and your opponents health are low and he finally beats you and you earn 80 coins and he earns 120 coins. but then you rematch, host swaps and all the sudden you beat him easily. Meaning you only get 10 coins for the match and 5 extra for wining. so as host you either have to wait and delay the match for minutes at a time to get some kind of actual value out of the match or fight more matches to grind some actual coin. Im not really sure what could fix this other than adding other bonuses like finishing the round with full health. or you could use the current mechanism but add something using the amount of health your opponent has left to determine how much coin you should receive. if any one has ideas please leave them.

New arenas that aren't the simple open circle. Potential arena styles: multiple levels, built in destructible/indestructible cover, PvE elements, enclosed arena (can't be knocked out), destructible floors (exposing holes that players can fall through a la Rocket League Dropshot), shrinking arena (forces players closer to each other). Giving these different arenas unique color schemes would also add to the game's beauty. For example: the destructible floors could be in a volcano, so both the environment and rocks players spawn in would be volcanic rocks. Arenas could be rotated in on a seasonal basis like in StarCraft to change the meta and maintain interest.

The main problem I find impeding my enjoyment of the game is the current peer to peer netcode system. Given the difficulty of writing robust matchmaking to work for a small player-base the issues are clear. servers cost money. not enough active players to consistently pay for enough servers worldwide to minimize latency. the most invested players are the ones penalized the most, by network lag interfering with combos. peer to peer minimizes server costs. but this falls apart during low player-volume hours (which is most of the time). And this greatly reduces gameplay quality/enjoyment for players who buy the game only to find out they have to go to a discord server just to find anyone to have a playable match with :/ Well luckily there is a netcode design-pattern that someone has developed to mitigate this very problem! It's called GGPO (Good Game Peace Out). GGPO Utilizes a technique called "rollback". It is open source under MIT License. Rollback is a form of client-side prediction that is designed for Peer-to-Peer games. (meaning rollback overcomes lag by predicting what the player does before they actually do it) It is the ideal solution to the problems with RUMBLE's netcode. Yes this is a difficult technology to implement correctly. Yes there are technical limitations to overcome with integrating rollback in a VR game. But the pay-off? A 1v1 fighting game that uses peer-to-peer is the ideal application of rollback to reap it's rewards. When players are confident in a good network experience, they'll have a better online experience and will be more likely to keep returning to RUMBLE. Encourages focus on core game-play experience. Remote players suffer less noticeable network artifacts in-game when playing together over vast distances. Rollback solves this problem (greatly impacts all skill levels of the game). AND doesn't majorly alter the server architecture (similar server costs) I understand the dev team is focusing on expanding their playerbase by adding mobile VR support for the meta quest. I believe rollback should be the next priority to Buckethead's team AFTER completing meta quest support. (Secure your funding first with new players and retain them long-term with good network match quality from rollback.) I believe that adding rollback to the game will do more to extending the lifespan of this game and it's community; more than any new amount of content the developers could ever release. I only have 90ish hours played on this game. And it would be far higher if I didn't get frustrated dealing with internet latency thwarting my combos(and fun). I love this game. I don't want to play around lag, I just want to have fun. I'm eager to hear other people's opinions on this matter. Here are some relevant educational resources related to rollback netcode. Wiki article on Rollback: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GGPO Rollback Netcode in Unity & C# Repository: https://github.com/zacpeelyates/unityrollback This^ github repo has an accompanying explanatory video on implementing Rollback in a unity project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCfouAH_N5w GDC Talk about a Mortal Kombat Dev's experiences migrating to rollback netcode: https://youtu.be/7jb0FOcImdg?si=HSz9AIfz2I_IrJbz Cheers, Adeadzeplin

A Thing wants to have the ability to hide his BP because newer players get scared and kill themselves or something