I have been having problems since launch getting into a matchmaking game while I am in a party with someone on the same network. Rarely it will work, but the majority of the time it will not. When it is able to find a game, it usually takes 2 or 3 minutes to do so. We usually set a 6 or 7 minute time limit before we give up.
My roommate and I have tried everything. It affects every playlist. Adding a guest or someone that is on a different network does not help at all. During the first week I just figured it was because the servers were being slammed. But now that the game has been out for almost a month clearly it is something else. What’s going on?
When I’m not in the same-network party everything works great. Both when we try solo and with someone else from a different network. Even if we search for a match separately at the exact same time it will find a match pretty quickly.
Got matchmade with some American kid last night who obviously didn’t like the lag and sent me a voice message on XBL - something about “you suck balls” - I lol’d but its an avoidable issue.