Locking lobbies
It is tedious to wait that one survivor switching between characters and outfits for 55 seconds or maybe more if someone decides to dodge that lobby. I think Dbd can take a page from mobile version about the lobby style. It is locked, survivors only see teammates' perks and addons along their names, killer only glance at general load-outs and after 15 seconds you load into a trial.
Locked lobby is great for many reasons. For example, on steam it is frustratingly common that killer reach out one of the survivors through steam chat and farms with them at others expenses. Locking lobby eliminates that. (You should still consider about removing name links from the lobby to eliminate that anyways. It is getting out of hand)
Another benefit is time efficiency. Almost every match there is one person for sure to not ready and we wait a minute staring at lobby, even more if one decides to dodge. Dodging creates longer que times in my opinion, and matchmaking would be much quicker if it doesn't have to search for a suitable replacement. (Of course unless mobile version data analyses say otherwise.)
Last but not least, it prevents last second item switch, or vice versa equipping specific perks for specific items. It is ridiculous to hide your item so killer wouldn't target you or take a perk just to counter you. And it is annoying to see a basic clothing non item carrying team turning into a neon flashlight fest in a second.
One downside I could think of is that you can get matched with someone you know you don't want to. However there is no solution for that in general.
I don't play much multiplayer games, but the ones I know and DBD mobile use automated lobbies and they seem to be doing fine. So it is considerable. Now that we have pre-loaded slots for loadouts, it is much more easy to prepare and then ready for a next game.
TL; DR : DBD mobile version lobby is great, let's use it!
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