@DoYaSeeMe I want to see some effort from them in improving or at least addressing it and if that takes 10,000 pages, 100,000 posts or the support of 1,000,000 people then that's what it takes.
I know it's very likely a futile effort but you can always try and with enough support/supporters you have a higher chance of them being unable to ignore it if it's put out in a constructive way. Problem with this is, those that play comp and content creators that could rally that kind of support and pressure the devs are risking their revenues by taking such coordinated action.
This isn't limited to just me or my network as almost everyone experiences these problems because the way they handle matchmaking and allocating servers is fundamentally flawed for a competitive game. Note competitive, as a casual game with no e sport presence this would all probably be fine(ish).. Look at the streamers or competitive players who will do their utmost on their end to make sure they have the best connection possible but still have problems and if the rest of the state of the game is anything to go by then cost saving measures or keeping up with content has slowed the QoL updates which has been pretty detrimental to the core experience over time.
It's embarrassing to advertise ALGS play offs with this kind of performance.
As i mentioned in the first post, developers want it to be instant and easy with a fully automated system so it's accessible to everyone no matter the platform or location so they can jump straight in and play. Which is fine for a casual game but not everyone wants that for a game that advertises as an e sport and would like to set their own preferences and tailor their experience to get the most out of it.
Respawn don't want you to have that for various reasons.
Also, RIOT at least communicated an attempt at improving it for their users but we don't even get that here or much else for that matter, unless it's fan art or something to pad their public or private profiles.
@apostolateofDOOMI think you disregard or simply deny the costs for the improvements you want, very understandable as you're not in this very complex domain. However, this weakens your standpoint and you can't make up for it with extra pressure.
Also, I think this thread is way too long already, so I will stop contributing. I've spent a lot of time into giving rational arguments and research & provide useful linksto help people form more educated opinions, was worth it though, as I've learned new interesting things in the process.
So long, and thanks for all the fish. SeeYa on other threads.
@DoYaSeeMe youngtree was playing on his pc yesterday with friends and complained of being ejected from ranked games, even acquiring a small ban. His switch counterpart complained of the same problem. YT was upset but I told him there was no way to diferenciate between a bad server service and his mobile hotspot dropping out, it happens to me too on the mobile broadband service, more frequently lately with no reconnect to the game, not ranked.
So I played ranked with him on my xbox. The very first game we played we came second and that was worth 48 points to him, except he did not get his points. He came out of the finished match to have the previous match results displayed in the match review with no error along the way. I got my points for thd match!
No disconnect here but clearly a server error, and a big one at that. This error did not occur again over the evening, but I'm sure, and YT is sure, some assists/hits were not counted. But difficult to catch given the in game pressure play.
Way off T @DoYaSeeMe I just got YT the audio book of the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy read by Stephen Fry, and he's loving it.
@DoYaSeeMeI don't deny there's likely a cost and potentially a heavy one for them over time but with more comp teams entering the fray, i think it'll be a worthy investment if they get to it asap. You're right though, it's a complex subject and i admit i lack experience but as an end user all i can do is highlight an issue that we have and provide as much information as possible for them to determine where the problem is and improve it, if possible. I still believe they can.
Mine isn't an isolated or even rare case as most people experience these issues but some don't know how to express that constructively instead of the ''EA/Respawn servers are trash'' or ''fix your game'' or ''they just want money and don't care about users experience as it's a business'' ect.. I wanted to develop the thread in a positive way that people could interact and possibly have a positive outcome from and i welcome input from people like you who know more on the subject, even if we disagree.
I have learnt a bit over the course of this thread and more confident now they could make those improvement if they decided to, but yes, it'll cost them to do it but they have the resources if it's pushed through multiple avenues feeling it's wanted and a worthy investment.
@OldTreeCreeper It's been that long since i watched it i barely remember. Time to hit up some old classics! Last time i did that in sci fi i lost nearly 3 months. 🥳
