I ask the devs for a small but effective change - the ability to choose your character before queuing ranked matchmaking. Essentially, I want an option in the ONLINE menu that brings up the character select screen and allows you to ‘set’ a character as the one you will queue ranked with. Doing so would in turn, have that character selected by default once connected to another opponent, similar to how you still have a character selected after round 1.
It’s very tiresome to have to move the cursor to select which character you want to play every time you match against a new opponent, but it can be especially frustrating in this game specifically where you have to cycle through skins and colors to get your desired costume every time.
I think doing so would minimize probably the greatest non-gameplay frustration I have had with this game over time. Fighting games such as GGXrd, GGST, GBVSR, UNI2, and even (poorly) SSBU have pretty much standardized selecting your character before entering a game/lobby, and Rivals 2’s online can feel like a chore by comparison.