Especially in late evening/night games there is a serious problem with matchmaking:

If joining the Queue with a group of 3 or 4 it is usual you get a single one enemy and the game is shutting down after 70 seconds.

But that is only the beginning. Often groups are assigned to games already running and ruin the game balance, making the game shutdown too.

So in general the matchmaking seems to have a serious problem with groups. I am already thinking about joining the Queue alone (what would be less fun) because you spent like 10 minutes joining games which shut down right after.

Fix that fast plz.

don't forget that if you use the quick join all pvp option and a match isn't found right away, your group is assigned into a riot match, which most of the time starts out with just your group.

Quote | PugFury posted on Dec 05 2011 05:49 PM UTC

don't forget that if you use the quick join all pvp option and a match isn't found right away, your group is assigned into a riot match, which most of the time starts out with just your group.

this is an issue, if no games require the number of players you have on your team, a random game will start for you, if it's riot, it'll start immediatly. When i am in a team and i join a random map, it should ASSUME i want a team based game type, and not randomly pit us against each other xD

Last Edited on: Dec 06 2011 02:37 AM UTC (169 Days ago)

What are you talking about?

What I say is that, when groups are involved, it happens quite often that the match is shutting down because its 4vs1 or 4vs2 or 3vs5 (other side consisting of two groups with 2 and 3 players).

That is quite annoying especially in the evening/night.

 One thing i have noticed is groups of 4 lv50's will group up, since they know itll be tough to find a match for um, so the other team will be full of lower level players. 

Yea that a problem with lvl 50 that need a baby-sitter to go to a match, plus a match should be fun even ur alone.

 Incredible how some people just post on threads for the sake of collecting a certain number of posts. And yes, I do mean you Rich. You might contribute to the community sometimes, but most of your posts don't contain any value at all. 

The problem sandnix is talking about is very real and should be solved asap. People can also exploit this to do the daily in ONE MINUTE only, namley if they got a group of 4 and the other team consists of 1-2 people only. The game will shutdown and if the daily goal is to win the match, say in a turf war, having one zone more than the opposing team is enough. It can also be exploited to collect money in the very same way. 

The really bad thing about is, though, that the game mechanics don't seem to be able to handle that auto shutdown crap.

Quote | Smarto posted on Dec 06 2011 05:56 AM UTC

 Incredible how some people just post on threads for the sake of collecting a certain number of posts. And yes, I do mean you Rich. You might contribute to the community sometimes, but most of your posts don't contain any value at all. 

The problem sandnix is talking about is very real and should be solved asap. People can also exploit this to do the daily in ONE MINUTE only, namley if they got a group of 4 and the other team consists of 1-2 people only. The game will shutdown and if the daily goal is to win the match, say in a turf war, having one zone more than the opposing team is enough. It can also be exploited to collect money in the very same way. 

The really bad thing about is, though, that the game mechanics don't seem to be able to handle that auto shutdown crap.

First, i could care less about forum points, i would post anyways, why, i like this game and like helping keep the community active, and both of my posts on here are very real issues with the current match making, sorry i didnt also come up with a solution. I do understand the issue he is talking about, and i was adding to it saying not only does this happen, but lv50's like to group up to farm low levels. If you dont find that an issue then fine, but i am sure alot would disagree with you.

Not sure if you were referring to my post or not but i'll reitterate regardless.

If you group up and the group leader selects "Join All PVP", and when the system goes through it's method of finding a match, when enough time goes by it will just throw you into a riot. The purpose of a group isn't so that they have to face off with each other.

My basic point is that if a group register's for a battle, riot should be disabled. Or at least have another option for "All PVP - No Riot"

And yes, you can always customize your battle options, but then you lose out on that bonus reward.

There is Pug, simply choose the advanced tab and uncheck the riot box.

Also I have noticed the matchmaking team balancing issues and there are people exploiting it.  Often the groups exploiting it are doing so using multiple machines and accounts in a single location to aid in stat padding.  I am not going in to full detail as to how they are accomplishing it, all I am saying is it is happening and players need to be aware of it.  Look around at my other posts to see tips on what to look for or pm me through my profile and join the team that is already growing to fight the exploiters cheaters and stat padders.  Legit Gamers need a voice and we are it!