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eatsmoke
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks  Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:24 am |
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AwakeningSE wrote: I think at least the option to start a game with all human players would be a good idea. Even waiting up to 1 min for all to select load outs would be nice. Sometimes when I'm the host I start a new game after the end of a previous game only to have all players as bots and then people join in one by one. This. _________________ Gamertag: eatsmoke I main Froggy G / Voltar My AwesomeNaut concept.
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Nintendude92
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:19 am |
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AwakeningSE wrote: I think at least the option to start a game with all human players would be a good idea. Even waiting up to 1 min for all to select load outs would be nice. Sometimes when I'm the host I start a new game after the end of a previous game only to have all players as bots and then people join in one by one. This is a solid idea, and not even just for matchmaking purposes. It's legit a good idea to let the host begin the game and wait for your loadout time to be over for additional solar. That's not fair at all.. Not a massive deal but your suggestion kills two birds with one stone. Knotsie wrote: I think it's best to play with people from the xbla thread then, just add all of them xD
It's really a shame though the game has hardly any players on XBLA compared to PS3 :/ This is fine, I have made a few friends on that thread but then since the players know what they're doing, we generally stomp everyone and then we end up fighting AI mostly. One person will join, realize they can't possibly win, and then leave. Then they can't join another game and keep getting looped into ours. They can play it out until the next match and hope people show up, but that never really happens. I feel I will never see half of the strategies possible in Awesomenauts due to this online structure. ------ Just had another game where I was paired up with someone who couldn't play, and I guess the game assumes I'd like to play against my friends since I keep getting que'd up against them. That or no-one is on. It's either my friends are on the opposing team or I'm stomping new comers. I have really only had three games that gave any feel of competitive play. I am nearing third prestige (lv 42) and I am quickly getting fed up with how stale online is and I hope it gets better..
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:06 am |
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At the very least... if a match ends in less than a minute from joining, make it that your rating and win/lose ratio isn't affected.
Seriously... it's beyond irritating jumping into a game and LOSE before you can even get out the rocket.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:08 am |
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With the size of the community right now the game would die out way faster if you'd have to wait for 5 other players to start a match. Even if every player out there was patient enough to wait 10 minutes to fill a game, chances would be very slim they'd actually find each other.
Right now if you want decent competition and teammates, make friends and play private matches.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:06 pm |
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couldnt you possibly put a picture of the current gameplay map in the character select screen? not even showing the players or droids, just the turrets. that way i can see if the team is at the base already, and not join, or at least wait untill it's over. then i can start fresh next game and not have my rating decreased for a loss i had nothing to do with.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:51 am |
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mr_bonejangles wrote: couldnt you possibly put a picture of the current gameplay map in the character select screen? not even showing the players or droids, just the turrets. that way i can see if the team is at the base already, and not join, or at least wait untill it's over. then i can start fresh next game and not have my rating decreased for a loss i had nothing to do with. Well, if that was the case, people would hop on teams who already had the enemy's turrets destroyed and get a free win. There's nothing wrong with joining the losing team. Comebacks are the sweetest form of victory in any game mode. _________________ But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice. tabdoesn'tworkthis'lldofine -Robert Frost
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:57 am |
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well maybe just something to let us know if a base is damaged, you wouldn't know which one and you could still take a chance. if a base is already being attacked there's little chance of a comeback. i've made comebacks like that and im sure we all have, but im talking majority here.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:28 am |
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I do agree about waiting for folks to reconnect. A lot of players wait to reconnect till as long as possible, so they can come in with more Solar (due to folks dropping already, taking the Piggy Bank, and maybe collecting a few loose solar or a quick kill). Someone shouldn't be up to level 3-4 right after Droids spawn without actually getting a kill.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:01 am |
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Bumpan' because this is legit frustrating me.
And that's sad because I genuinely love this game.
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Post subject: Re: IDEA: match making tweaks Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:03 am |
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mr_bonejangles wrote: well maybe just something to let us know if a base is damaged, you wouldn't know which one and you could still take a chance. if a base is already being attacked there's little chance of a comeback. i've made comebacks like that and im sure we all have, but im talking majority here. Yeah, those comebacks where we come in, see the base exposed and essentially gone-- but you play your heart out for 30mins and win it anyway. These are maddening, win or not.
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