With the Player Base rapidly shrinking I think it is even more important now that they reduce the number of players needed to start a round.I notice that they actually increased the number of players needed to start World Tour (Official Portal Mode). It was always a one player start (like most of the OPM's) but they raised it to 4 which seems strange.How do you guys feel, would you be happy with one player starts in all modes. ?

@RayD_O1They seem really obsessed with reducing the odds that someone will kill too many A.I. enemies on a full progression server.

@RayD_O1 wrote: How do you guys feel, would you be happy with one player starts in all modes. ? Yes, yes I would.

@RayD_O1 Yes at this stage of the game's lifecycle it should be a 1-player start for all modes!

I notice even more of the Official Portal Experiences that were previously one player starts are now requiring a minimum number of players to start.This is a major backward step imho that will make it even harder for players in regions with low player counts or players wanting to play with crossplay off.I think this decision should be reversed and one player starts should be returned to OPE's and extended to AOW so we can all spend more time playing and less time queueng in lobbies.

Yesterday we were 13 people online on a server - 13 people waiting, while staring at the screen:13/16 players necessary to start the round(or whatever the text on the screen says)Is it completely impossible to get through to EA/DICE about having this changed, if nothing else to 8 players necessary to start a round?

Reduce the number of players needed to start a round

227 Replies

UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
8 months ago
@RayD_O1
They seem really obsessed with reducing the odds that someone will kill too many A.I. enemies on a full progression server.
RanzigeRidder2
Legend
8 months ago
@RayD_O1 Yes at this stage of the game's lifecycle it should be a 1-player start for all modes!
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@RayD_O1 wrote:
With the Player Base rapidly shrinking I think it is even more important now that they reduce the number of players needed to start a round.
I notice that they actually increased the number of players needed to start World Tour (Official Portal Mode). It was always a one player start (like most of the OPM's) but they raised it to 4 which seems strange.
How do you guys feel, would you be happy with one player starts in all modes. ?
It's honestly crazy to me that they never changed it over the years this game has been out, especially in dead markets.
ElliotLH
Hero+
8 months ago
@RayD_O1 wrote:

How do you guys feel, would you be happy with one player starts in all modes. ?

Yes, yes I would.
sk1lld
Legend
8 months ago
I don't see this happening, there would be thousands of servers with just one player, I doubt EA would be good paying for this. Sorry, I don't have an answer.
Lancelot_du_Lac
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@sk1lld Not sure how much 'value' I put on a game that I can't play when I want to.
Full disclosure - I am in Oceania, and haven't been able to play any game mode, except Conquest (and only in peak times), for months. If it wasn't for Portal...
If EA cannot guarantee a reasonable level of player support, they shouldn't launch it into smaller markets.
RayD_O1
Hero
8 months ago
I think the situation is deteriorating, it is harder to get into matches now than it was previously.
I checked the current Portal Official Experiences :-
Conquest of Ages - now requires 8 players to start, it used to be a one player start
2042 Tank Superiority - now requires 4 players to start, it also used to be a one player start.
I maintain that we need to get the servers started asap and backfill with AI (1 player starts), and then the AI bots get replaced with humans as more players join, it worked perfectly well before in the POE's so I don't see why it wouldn't work in AOW also.
RanzigeRidder2
Legend
8 months ago
@Lancelot_du_LacI feel you. I’m lucky to be in a densely populated area (Western Europe) so I can still play with crossplay off. But that is also for the main game modes like Conquest and Breakthrough. Finding a game of rush, no chance ☹️
And now that there will be no more new content I foresee the population will drastically drop once the season is over.

On the issue of multiple servers running with one person; How difficult would it be to put anybody that starts a search for a game into an existing running server with real people, backfilling AI? I was under the impression that it already works like that.
RayD_O1
Hero
8 months ago
@RanzigeRidder2
That is exactly how I thought it worked too.

Imho we spend way too much time waiting to play, time that should be spent actually playing. !
Man_iLoveFishing
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@RanzigeRidder2 And it does fill up, so well when game loads in, either you get victory or defeated message, then start again with scrambled eggs