I just realized something. Not being able to change characters during quickplay eliminates counterpicking characters. That's sneaky. How are they thinking this makes it easier to balance the game?
Don't see how that's relevant unless you can somehow switch characters mid-match like Pokemon Trainer. All the devs need to is
how the characters are used in the game and
how often, not
why, unless it relates to being too strong/weak in general. Plus, how will they get enough data on matchups bad enough to make people want to switch if people freely do so? Another reason for per-character GSP; it discourages dropping characters with bad matchups altogether in the name of playing it safe with your rank. You can push a given character to their farthest without harming your overall or best character's standings much, if at all.
Besides, I'm fairly certain they'll still look at tournament play wherever possible for balancing feedback. They didn't say they'd
only look at Elite Smash. This system tracks how well characters do, not necessarily players. Otherwise something like overall GSP would be used for matchmaking and we'd have leaderboards.
