Choose faction depending on matchup

[SensFaiL]

Would there be a way to choose in ladder to play as allies in mirror matches ect? Right now you can only choose what faction based on map, but wasn’t sure if this could be an option. 

[DAIJOUBU?]

The only option I can think of that would remotely resemble your suggestion while still being somewhat logical is if both players know the name of the other player before they select their army. That would of course require an overhaul of how matches are made at all and whether names are hidden at the diplomacy screen, and would probably require harsher punishment for disconnects and 3 second games.

If you like Allied mirrors perhaps you should lobby to get Yuri banned instead.

[SensFaiL]

I don’t want anything banned it could even work that way if one player is Yuri you could choose to always be yuri in mirror matches. Would obviously be a huge overhaul I just wanted to throw it out there probably wishful thinking.

[DAIJOUBU?]

Although some kind of checkbox in-client could theoretically accomplish this, you're basically asking for a situation that allows you to always pick your army second, which can't be made a fair option in any ladder format, because you'd need to add an option to dodge mirrors and either way your feature wouldn't be working as intended.

It's weird enough that we have a blind pick matrix that encompasses every single map already (or anywhere near this many maps to begin with). Another layer of complexity would only be more inelegant.