I do think that finding a way for people who want specific type of custom games to meet is a challenge we want to figure out. But people have already raised some issues with the lobbies. It was a hive of team killing and unfair play. Not everyone mind you, and maybe you never had that issue. But a lot of people would find themselves in 2v2 games where the 3 other people were all working together.
- Yes there was Team killing and unfair play. Mostly small group of smurfs. Most games created with aim to be balanced.
Don't allow multiple nicknames with fresh stats I don't see the problem there
- I actually was subject of team killing often, we as the community did our best to name and shame, report those players. It was impossible due to constant in-game name changes and later on with $5 COH, reporting players was futile
But I find that point utterly insignificant, because I have experienced a lot more of that in COH2 then in COH. People search for games and then are AFK, about the same thing for me. Furthermore, at least in COH i could freely leave the game when that happens, or someone is abusing me.
Right now I am being forced to quit to desktop if I want to leave I find that more insulting that some idiot kid, calling me names. I am sorry, but WTF? how is that for unfair play? Being forced to endure abuse and idiocy by Game developer.
You wanna talk about unfair play? anyone who doesn't have a team, searches randomly is subject to quite often team bashings, name calling and unfair teams. Or being part of the team, not by own design, who does that to some poor fellow players.
I don't see that many people calling for COH style chatrooms. I see a lot of people calling for custom public lobby games, where they can choose which game to play, with whom they want. To be able to chat to people IN GAME lobby (meaning 3 people chat to eachother while waiting for other players to join) Add in-game friends, would be nice 2.
Bottom line is, you are under impression that i see Lobby through pink glasses, well I don't. I remember vividly:
Team killers, smurfs, drop-hacks, sync-hack, hackers, idiots whos main goal was to ruin game for others, waiting for an hour for good game than game crashing after 5 min, waiting for an hour for a game that is sync-hacked after 10 min, waiting for an hour and giving up because can't get the game going, being called names, abused, being called hacker/cheater, being called racist slurs, listening to abuse of others, being lobby hacked, playing vs teams of hackers, Waiting for 40 min and then for another 15 for AFK players anyone? and the list goes on and on
I would deal with all of that rather than play automatch 4v4's
- Sorry Noun, but maybe you are looking at automatch with pink glasses as well?
I get most of that ^ in automatch as well, at least when I can choose games and ignore players I have a chance to protect myself and have fun with normal people. Right now, I have no control and I don't have any desire to play the game.
I will leave it with this: Played 99 VP games, received 3 challenging Victory ribbons, 4 Hartbreaking loss ribbons, 17 overwhelming victories and 5 TOTAL VICTORIES. I had 5 games where other players couldn't cap the damn VP point once in the entire game.
That is just unacceptable for me.......
Whatever may happen from this discussions, I am extremely pleased that we are finally having discussion on this matter. No matter what the outcome.
At the end of the day, these are my feelings, experiences and wishes. The game should always be catered for majority, whether that coincides with my wishes? not sure, but quite possibly it does
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