Hey all,
Whenever I join a game in progress there seems to be a very good chance that my boosts won’t apply. The past few games of WZ assault I will start the game within the first minute of the game, I only have WZ victory gambits so I have to try extremely hard in order to get these boosts to even apply, and it is heartbreaking to go a 10 minute game with no boost applied even after a victory. At first I wasn’t certain that I was applying them but I am taking screenshots before each match and can confirm that of the last 5 warzone victories I have applied and won I was only awarded once.
I am curious if there is a way to know if the boost applied after the match started, to know if I am about to start a game already in progress (it can be hard to tell if I join in the first 30 seconds), or if there is simply a way to make sure my boosts will be applied for the matches I am playing.
I think there’s a bug with boosts related to JIP games. If you apply your boost before H5 finds you that JIP match and starts loading you in, then the boost will count. If you apply your boost after H5 finds you a match and starts loading you in, then the boost will not count.
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> I think there’s a bug with boosts related to JIP games. If you load up your boost before H5 finds you that JIP match and starts loading you in, then the boost will count. If you apply your boost after H5 finds you a match and starts loading it for you, then the boost will not count.
Yeah I’ve definitely noticed this - sometimes even if I apply it too late before deployment it just doesn’t count. You’re always safe from your second game onwards if you apply the boost on the Match in Intermission screen
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> > I think there’s a bug with boosts related to JIP games. If you load up your boost before H5 finds you that JIP match and starts loading you in, then the boost will count. If you apply your boost after H5 finds you a match and starts loading it for you, then the boost will not count.
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> Yeah I’ve definitely noticed this - sometimes even if I apply it too late before deployment it just doesn’t count. You’re always safe from your second game onwards if you apply the boost on the Match in Intermission screen
Ah, I always skip the intermission as those 45 second waits add up real quick. I think it’s happened even after I apply my boosts once the match is found but I will have to pay extra close attention to be sure
I might just wait through the intermissions if I find myself being thrown into too many JIP matches. It happens once every 5 matches our so, so it would probably break around even if I had to guess.
I get the impression that the conditional Boosts with requirements like Spartan kills or Assists aren’t used for JIP, prolly since our chances are lowered by playing for less time.
But for the fixed/guaranteed reward Boosts it also seems to me that we have to select it before it finds a JIP match. It seems to take longer to find a match or even can fail to find one if I select a Boost right away…