Halo Wars 2 has arguably the worst making for online play I have ever seen.
1.) There are an insane amount of disconnects, out of syncs, and flat out server losses. I have had 37. Literally every time I have been lagged out I put a mark on my coffee table. 37… wtf?
2.) I am a level 47, and more often than not I play with randoms in the ranked gametype. About 50% of the time I get matched with two level under 20 on my team, while we face a team of three 50’s. Can someone explain to me how that is ever justified? That is absolutely ridiculous. When I was in onyx, I frequently played against people in silver and gold… It is unfair for them, just as it is unfair for me to EVER have a level 3 person as a teammate.
3.) The rushing system is broken. In a 3 vs 3 game I convinced my two low level allies to build snipers to prevent a rush, however they triple brute rushed us at 2:30, and they all had 12 plus brutes. The prices/damages of units is so unbalanced. Brutes do not cost that much, yet they pack huge amounts of damage, health, and early game have no weaknesses. Suicide grunts and snipers do laughable damage to them.
4.) Why is there no mandatory mic options for ranked? Encourage strangers to play competitively together.
- I agree this should be a priority to fix.
- This could be will the low population of the game, and few players playing in ranked 2v2 and 3v3’s. Going against a team of 50’s probably means that they’re in a party and you are not, not entirely matchmaking’s fault.
- In my opinon 2v2 and 3v3 will never be balanced. You can’t balance a unit for 2v2s and have it balanced for 1v1s. That’s just a nature of the game.
- Low population and not forcing players to buy extra hardware is probably the reason.