Hi all,
I have a couple brief remarks about the current system. I was recently reading the “Why was I banned thread”, and i had a couple remarks about the matchmaking system as a whole. While I agree that quitters should be banned, I feel that there are some serious issues with the current system. To be clear, I believe that there is almost no reason that any player should ever leave a sub 15 min long game of halo. There is almost no situation, that you would start a game, and that a matter so pressing that you can’t wait 15 minutes will occur, and it is infinitely less likely that anyone would become a repeat offender without intentionally leaving games for less that good purposes. With that being said, I find it kind of unfair that according to 343, “If our system detects wrongdoing, you were doing wrong.” On example i have firsthand experience iwht is that there is currently a severe bug, that says: “Your fireteam has changed, You have been returned to the lobby,” and kicks you out of the game. This causes the system to detect the match as a leave, and you lose CSR. This happened to me twice over the course of two days, and multiple times the last week, and I was banned as well as lost a large amount of CSR. While this was only about a 10 minute ban, I find it unfair that 343 assumes that they have a bug free game that never kicks players out of games. I think something needs to be done about the disconnect bugs, 343 and Microsoft together have done a very good job trying to promote a competitive scene in halo, from dedicated servers to HCS, but the scene simply is at a huge disadvantage if the servers are buggy causing the ranked ladders to be a joke. Quite frankly, there is a big reason that the halo scene doesn’t match up to the scenes of league and CS:GO, (and others) and that is because the ranked ladder is simply not as competitive. the fact that you will disconnect purely off a game bug, and lose double CSR every 5 or 10 games undermines the entire integrity of the ranked ladder. I’d like to know what 343 is doing to try to fix or counteract these bugs. I’ve seen early reports of these bugs occurring back right around game launch and nothing has seemed to fix or even lessen the occurrence of these disconnects. I think one easier way to combat this bug is by allowing player reconnects to games. This will allow players that have already been in that arena game to join in progress in the event of a disconnect. This is a feature in almost ever competitive game that is taken seriously in the esports world. as a gaming population, we understand that there are disconnects and bugs that cause issues in game, but it is simply unacceptable for a bug to disconnect a player in 10-20% of games, without a way to rejoin the game. This undermines the integrity of the system. Overall, I am disappointed in 343i’s negligence to the disconnection issues, while adding a bunch of much more complex features that impact a much smaller population. While I do not know how the servers and connection mechanics in the game work, I presume it would not be too difficult to add a rejoin system into the game. I’d like to hear a response from a 343i employee on what we can expect in the future to attempt to combat these issues. As an avid halo fan, and a decently serious ranked ladder player, I sincerely hope that 343 finds a way to combat theses issues, allowing halo talent to be developed, promoting the competitive scene.
Best regards,
nihenbin (some know me as starside)
The fact that you lose CSR because of a disconnect through no fault of your own is a joke. The worst is if it leads to a ban. The system is flawed. 343 doesn’t care.
CSR is broken anyway. High ranked onyx players use the monthly rank resets as a way to go into playlists where they know they’ll have an easy time killing playing way below their skill level.
I haven’t had a problem with disconnects or bans but I do agree that the season resets and ranking are completely busted, extremly frustrating but still comical even. It’s absolute trash and hopefully they will fix it, some day…