does focused search even do anything ?

teams are so un even when i search in focused. It does nothing its the same thing as before. Since we have focused search now (evenn though im convinced it does nothing) how about a mics option as well. Everyone is either in partychat or not talking in games.

Not really. If you are in a high population region (like Texas), you’ll get local servers and a good ping. Other regions will be forced to play you on your home turf regardless of settings. It’s not the skill matching that’s a problem. It’s the servers. I’m Diamond with a 60+% accuracy the past 3 months with over 8.5 headshots a game the past 3 months and I’m getting smoked by Gold players the past two days. I’m from Detroit area and focused get’s me Texas players on their servers. Anything less than that and I’ll play foreign players. It’s crap.

I dont really get much lag even when i play with europeans. Im just wondering why teams are so un balanced with focused search.

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> I dont really get much lag even when i play with europeans. Im just wondering why teams are so un balanced with focused search.

Yeah…i have to agree with you. Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations, but “focused” hasn’t improved the balancing between teams as much as I hoped.

I don’t know, I’ve never tried.

I’ve actually had much better luck just using Balanced. No lag or connection issues so far.

Yeah focused doesn’t really seem to do much of anything… I would have thought focused would have been ping to the best or closest server and match you up to your skill level… I had my doubts about this from the beginning and its just what I thought it would be… Useless… Maybe 343i will get it right one day… But I wont hold my breath on that one! lol.

It does work for me, but it makes my search time longer…
Not as long as MCC lol. But enough were I just use balanced. Finds matches way quicker.

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> It does work for me, but it makes my search time longer…
> Not as long as MCC lol. But enough were I just use balanced. Finds matches way quicker.

That’s crazy… Mine finds a game fast but its always down in Texas… And im on focused and live in MN… :-/

Focused, has given me less lag and even matches. Also increased my JIP games.