Originally Hazard Zone required 16 players to start the round, then about one or two months ago Hazard Zone only required 12 players to start a round. The 12-player start was great for players that wish to play in the morning and early afternoon in the USA. After the last update, EA changed the required players to start a round back to 16 players. Please bring back the 12-player start and reduce the one-minute countdown to start the round so players do not time out due to inactivity waiting for the game to begin.

Hi all, Thanks for the feedback. 🙂Passing it on to the teams.

I appreciate that the minimum player count in the lobby was lowered to 12 from 16 (EDIT: this returned to 16, please change it back to 12!). However, sometimes there's still quite a bit of a long wait to reach that threshold, as many players drop out or the population may be low and/or we must wait for players to join from another HZ match/server that's already in progress (up to 15+ min).And, once we reach that minimum player count, players must wait an additional 60 seconds in the lobby before the match "begins", where you're next taken to the specialist selection screen (taking up another 75 seconds or so of mandatory wait time, which in this case is understandable as the game is locked in and ready to go so it's not a huge deal).Please decrease the lobby's "starting" countdown timer by at least 30 seconds.

The 12 player start was tremendous. I'm really disappointed that it went back to 16 and with all of the new glitches going on in Hazard Zone, especially the end of round scoring problems where most of the time it shows 0's for everyone extracting even when we know that wasn't the case.

I don't see why this would be a problem, please set it to 12.

@sk1lldI agree, in fact I have been an advocate for lowering the player count needed to start for all rounds / game modes.More playtime less waiting time I say. !

Hazard Zone - Bring back 12 Player Start

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KOT-RottenDeslo
3 years ago
@UNL1M1T3D_P0W3R I think it was a mistake on the last update that was performed. I have noticed a more players at night in the USA.
SterlingARCH3R
Hero
3 years ago
As a compromise, if 12 players is too low in general, then how about a 12 player minimum to start if the total HZ mode population is < X across all servers in the region?
Once the region's total population threshold is reached, then the game should dynamically increase it back to 16.
And, that's in addition to the 30s reduction in the lobby's countdown timer when that threshold is reached.
SteelGluer
3 years ago
Yes 12, tired of sitting in a server of 15.
sk1lld
Legend
3 years ago
I don't see why this would be a problem, please set it to 12.
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@sk1lld
I agree, in fact I have been an advocate for lowering the player count needed to start for all rounds / game modes.

More playtime less waiting time I say. !
KOT-RottenDeslo
3 years ago
@SteelGluer Yes, it was bad yesterday waiting for a game and then once the countdown starts, players started timing out. Never could get a game started, had to change game modes for a while. In an earlier post here, about a couple weeks ago the Community Manager @EA_Leeuw posted he forwarded our concerns to the development team. Hopefully, Hazard Zone will go back to 12 player starrt next update.
EA_Leeuw
Community Manager
3 years ago
Hey @KOT-RottenDeslok,

Yeah, the feedback has indeed been forwarded.
ParaVelho
3 years ago
Please man!
Also, Playing hazard games are needed to the platinum trophy! Last couple days I have extracted up 10 Data Drivers while with my team up to 30 in total, but I got no results at all! At the score board shows "no data drivers extractions" which sucks!
This game mode is awesome, it just need to be better worked at/enhanced..maybe bringing up some specific guns/gears/uniforms camouflages/skins to make it more attractive for the overall players. Skins that are only available for those getting some amount of data drives, or player kills, or IA kills, etc!
Again, it is a nice game mode, it just need a bit more attention to it I would say!
KOT-RottenDeslo
3 years ago
@ParaVelho Yes, a lot on people I game with in Hazard Zone have been getting the zero stats after the round. Disappointing, but should be an easy fix.

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