Is this by design?
Who in their infinite wisdom even thought putting 3vs4 games in ranked was a legit idea?
Why isnt it handled like any other ranked game that just voids the match if it doesnt start with full teams?
Honestly, every aspect of this dumpster fire is broken… what did you guys do for the last 5 years?
This cant possibly be the culmination of your work, its regressed in every single aspect apart from the art… its literally the games only saving grace,
Terrible Netcode
Terrible store prices
The dullest selection of maps ive seen in a halo game so far
Matchmaking that puts you in high ping servers
Matchmaking that puts you in lopsided games
Weekly challenges you cant even unlock
Honestly, what went through your head when you looked at this game and thought yup, this is as good as it gets.
After an additional year in development no less!
Honestly, hats off to the art team, you guys did an amazing job… the rest of you guys should be serving coffee in a starbucks.
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I’ve had 4v3, 4v2 and 4v1. I agree, I think it stinks. It’s just wonderful to get slaughtered. That’s when it works at all and isn’t doing time outs and desync - ing
I only see it as a fault on 343i’s portion if they started the match before they located a 4th for the downed team.
Now if someone entered the game then abandoned, that’s the fault of the player not picking reliable enough teammates unfortunately. Most likely relying on the AI Matchmaker to pick teammates for you and accepting a handicap instead of picking your own teammates.
The last few games that I’ve played 3v4 I haven’t lost any rank at the end of the game. I’m still not sure how the system works but sometimes I do lose rank and sometimes I don’t.
It definitely doesn’t feel right to lose rank if someone on your team quits and puts you at an unfair disadvantage.
You keep saying this nonsense, but everyone should be able to have an enjoyable experience even when playing solo. How can tha ai matchmaker know that some Yoink! is going to quit/ crash at the start of the game? even your own “trusted” teammate could crash, it happened to me as well
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Short answer is that it’s not, nor will it ever know any better then to pair you with unreliable people as well as an occasional good person on occasions. Problem is, it needs to find 3 teammates bare minimal, and one bad egg will always run your entire team into the ground.
You’re not thinking realistically if you truly believe an AI matchmaker is going to give you good reliable teammates better then ones you can pick out yourself. I say what I say a lot because it’s factually true. Believing an AI Matchmaker is going to pick teammates even remotely close to what you want for teammates is nothing short of pure stupidity…
Why do you think people signing up for Tournaments pick their teammates? Do you think they want to risk a large cash prize on an AI to pick their teammates for them?
Asking for them to magically make the AI Matchmaker do this is nothing short of a Fantasy Dream that will never ever happen. Nothing short of playing a game of make believe.
It’s not a good system at the moment. The only thing that makes up for it is that it occasionally happens to the enemy team as well so you will sometimes get a free win to balance it all out. Not ideal by any means.
Complaining about AI not giving you a teammate ?! Ah ah, I’m European and the problem for us in ranked are the servers, it’s difficult, even impossible to play correctly. So, the AI not doing its job is the least of our worries for now, and we all hope that 343 will solve this problem very soon !!!
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I’m not asking for a better matchmaker, but requiring to play with trusted teammates in order to have fun is bad from an accessibility point of view. New halo players may not have any friends that play halo. New xbox players won’t have any friends at all at the beginning. They don’t expect to NEED trusted teammates to have fun. They expect the game to be fun even as a solo player, when they realize that it isn’t fun for them, they leave.
On average, even the enemy team should also get bad teammates from time to time, making teams even again. But most of the time it doesn’t happen
and those people will never be satisfied because every game will always be hit or miss because of them choosing to play at a Handicap is what I’m saying.
Unfortunately the best results will always require you to put forth a little work as well to make them happen. That’s how life works. The more effort you put towards something, at least towards something that matters, the better the results will be for you in the long run.
What your asking for simply put, is not possible…
This argument is the most ill thought out thing i have ever read.
I understand people quit. Penalise them not me.
If a team mate quits, the scores should be scrubbed. Its the simplest solution, repeat quitters get banned… thats the filter.
You say i should only play with a pre made squad, what about the solo/duo que? Your logic is flawed.
Ranked is scuffed in its current form.
The general idea to playing ranked is that you’re playing to win. I view people who take their time to find reliable teammates to be doing just that. If you’re relying on an AI matchmaker to pick for you, you’re clearly not giving it all in order to win. Hell, your purposely putting yourself at a disadvantage by accepting that handicap. Because of this, you’re going to have to deal with what comes with taking the lazy route, that of which being the teammates that you are given.
If you question me on that, then I ask you two simple question. Ranking is about winning and ranking up…
Please tell me one professional team oriented sport or game, where participants don’t pick their teammates before taking part in a tournament for cash endorsements. Excluding obvious events where everyone is forced to do so bare in mind.
If you cannot tell me one. I want you to take a second and think to yourself why they wouldn’t want to do that?
You can argue with me all day about this. But what I speak is absolute truth wither you want to believe it or not. It will never change just because you want it too or say it can…
There are no cash prizes on the line. This isnt a regulated tournament. Comparing it to one is asinine.
There is literally a que ive previously mentioned but your happy to ignore that SPECIFICALLY only allows solos and duos to enter.
EVE Valkyrie held a tournament in Iceland where team mates were randomly selected, there were prizes on the line for that worth multiple thousands of dollars… You said to name one.
Did that Valkyrie tournament allow you to premake teams or was everyone forced to have their teams picked for them? I were looking for one where people choose to have their team made for them when they could pick their own teammates specifically. Since it fits along side how you can either pick your teammates in ranked or let the AI matchmaker pick for you.
Lack of prizes or tournament doesn’t change the fact that the mentality for both pro events and ranked is to play to win. Which is what I was suggesting with that.
Regardless, if you people wish to stay ignorant you can do so at you like. But remember the longer you fail to understand my points or deliberately ( which I believe is the case ) accept them, the longer you’re going to have a very bad time.
But it’s a waste at this point to continue forward, so good day sir or madam. I hope and pray for the best for you.
And once again you ignore the fact there is a que specifically for solo/duos.
I do get what you are saying and i agree to a certain extent. Please take into consideration that most people are playing for fun and the current system is simply frustrating.
If someone is entering the que and their game crashes, the rest of the team shouldnt be penalised. They could still rewards the winners but to penalise the losers for things out of their control is madness. They already have a system in place to ban serial quitters so that was clearly considered.
But that’s what not ranked play lists are for are they not…
Although people can take those seriously as well…
I still don’t feel it’s a situation you’re ever going to get what you want. They may improve it, but it’ll still never be what you want it to be.