Lockdownnn Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me in saying that the new method added onto finding a game is awful. Joining games that have already started does speed up searching times. However, is that ever a problem with a game that's just been released and especially a game with a pretty sizeable community. The only time a game will have free spaces is because somebody has A) quit by choice or B. lagged out/disconnected. Therefore, the opposing team is bound to be either winning to make a player quit or have capitalized on a player lagging out. So the odds are joining a game that has already started you will be on a losing team were further players will either quit or you join the game that late that regardless of your efforts the opposing team would have already won. Losing is never fun although some players won't mind losing to others it is frustrating. Overall, the game is great and plays out fine however I would like 343 to either get rid of this possibility or tweak it slightly. For example you can join games that have already started but only after a time period of 1 or 2 minutes of the game beginning then locking the game from players joining after this. This would give you more of a chance of pulling a game back and still gives searchers more options of games not entirely slowing the searching times down. Also, I would like to see how this effects searching when "higher skill" is released as then it will surely annoy a massive percent of the community. Personally, I believe this is a lazy solution to "host hooters" by adding players on if a player is booted but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predecessore Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 The period of time to join a game is absolutely a great idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaTaL Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me in saying that the new method added onto finding a game is awful. Joining games that have already started does speed up searching times. However, is that ever a problem with a game that's just been released and especially a game with a pretty sizeable community. The only time a game will have free spaces is because somebody has A) quit by choice or B. lagged out/disconnected. Therefore, the opposing team is bound to be either winning to make a player quit or have capitalized on a player lagging out. So the odds are joining a game that has already started you will be on a losing team were further players will either quit or you join the game that late that regardless of your efforts the opposing team would have already won. Losing is never fun although some players won't mind losing to others it is frustrating. Overall, the game is great and plays out fine however I would like 343 to either get rid of this possibility or tweak it slightly. For example you can join games that have already started but only after a time period of 1 or 2 minutes of the game beginning then locking the game from players joining after this. This would give you more of a chance of pulling a game back and still gives searchers more options of games not entirely slowing the searching times down. Also, I would like to see how this effects searching when "higher skill" is released as then it will surely annoy a massive percent of the community. Personally, I believe this is a lazy solution to "host hooters" by adding players on if a player is booted but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. It is called "True Skill" and I have joined plenty of games that have already started and we ended up winning. We have yet to understand the guidelines 343i has set up for the joining/leaving process. Maybe they have taken these factors into account and adjusted for this type or game play. A few suggestions: Give bonus exp to players who were joined in late or Give the players an option in "searching for Games" to Join or or Veto the option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdownnn Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 It is called "True Skill" and I have joined plenty of games that have already started and we ended up winning. We have yet to understand the guidelines 343i has set up for the joining/leaving process. Maybe they have taken these factors into account and adjusted for this type or game play. A few suggestions: Give bonus exp to players who were joined in late or Give the players an option in "searching for Games" to Join or or Veto the option. The xp bonus is a good idea however I usually find I end up joining games that are very close to the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjust Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not to mention that being able to join Regicide mid-game is extremely dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdownnn Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not to mention that being able to join Regicide mid-game is extremely dumb. It needs sorting out, it might be acceptable on games like cod or other FPS games but halo has always been closed games with no joining halfway through and it should of remained that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdownnn Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Also,I would like to add the fact that they haven't thought of search options. These being the choices such as "good connection" or "my language". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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