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Titanfall PC: Pilot Hunter/CTF gone as separate modes: "not widely used, long waits"
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
The term "matchmaking" and "Titanfall" don't go together. Its one reason why people stopped playing it in PC (the other being Origin) which lead to this blasphemy.
Truly the dawn of a new era.
Server browsers will always be king. The fact that PC gaming is literally REGRESSING in terms of online features is absolutely astounding.
spacemonkeynation
Member
Pretty much. I'm unfortunately
c) Suspected I had my fill, looked back with fondness of the time I played it, and hoped campaign mode would offer something significant instead of the half-assed, tacked on crap we got.
Yes, there are lobbies for matchmaking. There is no server browser like BF4.
How would a server browser fix the fact nobody was playing?
also, the servers don't exist until somebody is playing in one, so all you would see is a small number of full servers
Hip Hop
Member
This is fix right here.
halo and cod happened
Lest we forget, and at the risk of looking like I'm piling on in an unrelated topic, us Xbox One players are still waiting for the performance and/or resolution patch that was talked about a month before launch.
While I'm at it, the matchmaking algorithm was bad from the jump and needed more time to cook. At least that improved over time, so I'll give Respawn credit for that.
While I'm at it, the matchmaking algorithm was bad from the jump and needed more time to cook. At least that improved over time, so I'll give Respawn credit for that.
Backfoggen
Banned
Hilarious
Yea I wanted to get deeper into Titanfall but I wanted to wait for the patch. Guess it's not coming,
Yea I wanted to get deeper into Titanfall but I wanted to wait for the patch. Guess it's not coming,
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I was going to buy the new map pack and play some rounds of CTF on it. Now i don't have a reason to it. Thank You Respawn/EA for saving me some money.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Not on consoles. But they never did because those modes were being played constantly.
I don't know the server populations for CTF and the other one, but Conquest and Team Deathmatch are the two popular modes. It sucks, but I guess it makes sense in "we don't want players to wait five minutes for one match."
Just goes to show they needed more modes and other factors instead of LESS (and only really one that does things radically different from Deathmatching which obviously is the less popular mode that is being taken out. :/)
Intheflorsh
Banned
Yes, remove game modes in a game that has already been criticized for being light in content. A+ idea.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Huh, was gonna grab this on a $20 sale or something. But if they're removing shit, that makes my purchasing decision easier. Thanks for saving me a few bucks.
Complete idiocy.
Complete idiocy.
Strictly in terms of the PC, you're absolutely right. Additionally, they need community stewardship, not publisher lordship, which isn't possible without dedicated server binaries and mod-friendly (or at least fan-made-map-friendly) code.
Hip Hop
Member
Because automatic matchmaking does not work for small communities. Even if there are people playing in a mode, it may never connect you. I don't know why.
Call of Duty has this problem with older titles and so do other less popular games with matchmaking.
Server browser fixes this problem.
fluffydelusions
Member
Guess it's too hard just to add something like this in
Cave Johnson
Member
Guess it's too hard just to add something like in
This is the kind of stuff that makes multiplayer a breeze to play. NO. Shitty. Matchmaking. Just get into a lobby with available slots and you're in, plain and simple.
Hip Hop
Member
I don't know why people keep posting.
do you even know the reason why they are doing this? It's right there in the headline.
I still see modes in MW2, MW3, BLOPS, BLOPS2 and Ghost with less tha 50 people playing them, still there and not removed since launch.
NullPointer
Member
Rigidly controlled matchmaking playlists need to die, both on consoles and PC.
I can't imagine that its impossible to develop a system that provides the benefits of matchmaking with the benefits of a server browser.
I can't imagine that its impossible to develop a system that provides the benefits of matchmaking with the benefits of a server browser.
How else can I demonstrate my inability to read and my uneducated stance/viewpoint while increasing my post count at the same time?
If DICE of all people can finally do it on consoles after 3 previous outings
and one before those three that DID have it, sup BF2: Modern Combat
Fucking Bungie ruining console shooters and multiplayer for PC with this stupid matchmaking bullshit.
SteveWinwood
Member
maybe they shouldnt have released it on origin
or had matchmaking over community run servers with a browser
i dunno im not one of them vidya game types so who knows
or had matchmaking over community run servers with a browser
i dunno im not one of them vidya game types so who knows
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I just got this for $23, and the first match I tried in campaign had me waiting for like 7 minutes. That makes me worry what it'll be like a year from now.
What are the benefits of matchmaking exactly? If I'm in a server where I'm getting my ass kicked too much, I just go back to the server browser and choose another server. Then I slog away until I get better at the game.
Sitting in a lobby waiting for the game to fill a room with enough people matched to a specific level before I can start playing sounds like the worst thing ever.
SteveWinwood
Member
Delusibeta
Banned
This is essentially Respawn admitting that the game's dying on PC, and we're barely two months past launch.
Yes, but fans of the game type don't want to slog through the lotto of hoping their preferred game mode comes up, and they shouldn't have to.
Titanfall doesn't even do that though, it's all completely random with no skill based matchmaking at all. You'll have gen 10s playing with people who haven't even re genned once.
EA gonna be EA, those Azure servers cost a lot, it seems.
BTW, I know it's anecdotal, but I've never had a problem playing CTF on my PC, but Last Titan Standing was hard to get a full lobby.
Still, they've could've done a lot of things, to keep it alive. Custom Servers, Server Browser, or atleast a f*ing weekly promotion for double XP on those modes. You know, if you see there is a problem, you try to fix it first, not closing down immediately.
I guess that I have 20 hours sum in Titanfall, and 22 hours in CS:GO in the last two weeks! says it all. (About 230 hours in CS:GO)
EA had a really great dev, a cool new IP, and let them mess up. EA should've help them, never lock out PS fans, and leaving out a decent co-op and a singleplayer, and more multiplayer modes.
I mean man... These guys made the most epic SP campaigns last gen! And they never saw any Power Rangers show? Combining titans to fight giant monsters in coop would have been awesome! 1 Titan versus 4 pilot mode? You know, what Turtle Rock guys are doing? Why not implement that? Why there is no competitve matches, with actual rankings, like in CS:GO or LoL?
I guess that's what TitanFall 2 will be. Or it should be.
BTW, I know it's anecdotal, but I've never had a problem playing CTF on my PC, but Last Titan Standing was hard to get a full lobby.
Still, they've could've done a lot of things, to keep it alive. Custom Servers, Server Browser, or atleast a f*ing weekly promotion for double XP on those modes. You know, if you see there is a problem, you try to fix it first, not closing down immediately.
I guess that I have 20 hours sum in Titanfall, and 22 hours in CS:GO in the last two weeks! says it all. (About 230 hours in CS:GO)
EA had a really great dev, a cool new IP, and let them mess up. EA should've help them, never lock out PS fans, and leaving out a decent co-op and a singleplayer, and more multiplayer modes.
I mean man... These guys made the most epic SP campaigns last gen! And they never saw any Power Rangers show? Combining titans to fight giant monsters in coop would have been awesome! 1 Titan versus 4 pilot mode? You know, what Turtle Rock guys are doing? Why not implement that? Why there is no competitve matches, with actual rankings, like in CS:GO or LoL?
I guess that's what TitanFall 2 will be. Or it should be.
I know right, CoD did that shit and they fucking made that game. Yet this game sets you on a team and your stuck with them till you quit after getting steamrolled 3 times in a row.
fluffydelusions
Member
So true.
Mike Double U
Banned
Wow, I haven't played Titanfall in a week or two but CTF is my favorite game type on the X1. Is the PC community really that small already?