STARTING unfair match's - updated- 11-6-12

Games Other Halo
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Watching the HALO 4 LIVE stream today on YOUTUBE and
They started 2 different infinity slayer games both with 4 people on team and 3 on the other
That’s terrible why even start a game 3v4 sure JIP will add someone but that’s not the point and that could take a min anyway
Every game should start
fair
Even
Balanced
And if someone leaves then let JIP do it’s thing…

The game is out for most and a ton of people are playing infinity slayer has 2000+ people in it and games are still starting 3v4

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But at least we have an invisible true skill system

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I think this won’t be an issue when there are more than 70 people online in MM

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If this is true, then unlike the 1-50 ordeal, we have a legitimate problem…

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Unsurprising. I’ve started countless Reach games 3v4 or even 2v4.

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This happened to me all the time in Reach, I would end up starting a game with two or three people. It’s what happens when people drop out after they’ve been matched up but before the game actually starts.

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Reasonable concern, although the player count would be limited currently I’d imagine.

I’d like to think that this wouldn’t really be an issue when the game is officially released.

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> But at least we have an invisible true skill system

This has been in Halo Reach as well

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It’s cool guys, we have Grifball.

I guess there won’t be any party restrictions in matchmaking if 343 allows a match to start 3v4.

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> Unsurprising. I’ve started countless Reach games 3v4 or even 2v4.

The MM system has never started a game 3v4 unless it was 4v4 and some one quit
But to lock the game in from the pre game lobby as a 3v4 well that’s just terrible

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> But at least we have an invisible true skill system

Funny… :=)

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> It’s cool guys, we have Grifball.
>
> I guess there won’t be any party restrictions in matchmaking if 343 allows a match to start 3v4.

What if party restrictions and search parameters is what caused the 3 on 4?
It’s happened in every online Halo, I have started matches that were 15/16 or 7/8 and this was done by the system and no one dropping out. It was less frequent in Reach.

Let’s be honest, sometimes, actually often, it’s best to not have that random 4th/8th than it is to fill the void with a not-so-great team player.

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> > It’s cool guys, we have Grifball.
> >
> > I guess there won’t be any party restrictions in matchmaking if 343 allows a match to start 3v4.
>
> What if party restrictions and search parameters is what caused the 3 on 4?
> It’s happened in every online Halo, I have started matches that were 15/16 or 7/8 and this was done by the system and no one dropping out. It was less frequent in Reach.

No you haven’t. You may have had someone quit out in the pregame lobby, but you have never had the matchmaking lock in uneven teams.

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hopefully its because there arn’t alot of people online

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How stupid. 343 REALLY seem to be going in reverse with the matchmaking system.

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> How stupid. 343 REALLY seem to be going in reverse with the matchmaking system.

No you see, winning and losing doesnt matter any more, its about fun! So you shouldn’t need an even number of players for fun!

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LOL wow.

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GUYS there are like 70 people online in MM…

This won’t be an issue with already 1.2 million pre-orders already in USA…

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> > > It’s cool guys, we have Grifball.
> > >
> > > I guess there won’t be any party restrictions in matchmaking if 343 allows a match to start 3v4.
> >
> > What if party restrictions and search parameters is what caused the 3 on 4?
> > It’s happened in every online Halo, I have started matches that were 15/16 or 7/8 and this was done by the system and no one dropping out. It was less frequent in Reach.
>
> No you haven’t. You may have had someone quit out in the pregame lobby, but you have never had the matchmaking lock in uneven teams.

I honestly can’t say for sure for the Ranked side of H3, but yes on the social side and in the playlists I play in Reach, and in H2, yes it does/did.

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> How stupid. 343 REALLY seem to be going in reverse with the matchmaking system.

I dunno…
They nerfed Theater mode yet again, gimped the custom options, and removed a bunch of old gametypes.