Players Backing Out
I’m so sick of the constant rage quit, people backing out the last second, all you will ever see in this game is people quitting out. It’s makes this game so annoying to play and overall EXTREMELY HA...
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Honestly I think this game could use a smite style matchmaking. Each player could preset their preferred role and secondary role(ex C then RD). You won’t always get those roles but it’ll try to match on it. Match a team of 5 and you can ask another player to switch roles. Pick your build, then blind drop against another team. No lobby screen where you see the other team at all. Quitting is a 30min penalty. At the end of the first period a surrender vote can be started.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerI wouldn't mind this. It's one thing to quit when there's a lot more humans on one side or when one team has a human goalie. Quitting because you don't like the other teams level or builds shouldn't be the reason though.
We pay money to play this game. Everyone should have the choice to back out of a lobby for whatever reason they choose.
I back out when my team has a human goalie against an AI one. I also back out of a dressing room if I have an AI or two Dman because everyone knows how much they suck. I back out of a lobby against a team of “sweats” etc. I’ll also back out if one of my teammates backs out because I don’t play with AI unless it’s two AI goalies.
There are several good reasons to back out of dressing rooms and lobbies if I know the game isn’t going to be enjoyable to my standard.
Sadly, there is a flaw to this thought process. Coming from a player who is mainly offline but started to play CHEL recently with my nephew and his friends, there has to be a reason to look at the team and builds due to the lack of balance the games has for matchmaking and some of the abilities that can be applied does make it to a point where it is not fun to play those high level teams or players as they just spam skills and not actually play hockey (yes, we learn to cut them off and they stop scoring but it sucks the fun out of the game).
The first issue is the fact that here is no tier system for matchmaking. Why would any player want to get put against max level players every game when they are silver or bronze. I know rank is only part of it but they do overuse abilities which make the game extremely boring and a negative experience.
Please explain the level of fun a player can have if they keep getting high scores against them or no time of attack due to going against max players and certain builds that are used in over usage?
This is why players leave before or during games. We had one game where it was on the same skill level for all players out of 10 and it was the only game that was actually enjoyable. Not really great odds. We will stay for games even if we are outmatched but its not an experience that makes us want to continue playing the game.
- EA_Aljo
You say you're able to stop those players so it doesn't seem that this is really a skill issue. You shouldn't be on the receiving end of high scoring games too often in that case. No matter the rank though, you're going to go up against players with the "win at all costs" mentality that use whatever cheese they can to win. So, making it harder to find games by restricting matchmaking doesn't seem like it would really help.
I absolutely understand the frustration with going up against higher-skilled teams. This is always going to be an issue though. There are people that have been playing this game for decades. Also, this far in the game's cycle, there are people that have been playing since launch so they're going to have more boosts unlocked. If we had a larger playerbase, a tiered system may work. Currently, you'd most likely have very long wait times for a match if that were in place. You could try drop-ins. You may find better matches there. You also could try playing co-op Online Versus. You may find opponents closer to your own skill level there.
To me a high score is 6 goals and it make take 1 or 2 to figure out what exploit they are going to use (some you can tell by their builds) which is why I can see players leave.
"No matter the rank though, you're going to go up against players with the "win at all costs" mentality that use whatever cheese they can to win." Yes, you will but can you define this as hockey then? Plus, isn't that more of a fault on how the game is build, and that as a game it can't be balanced properly? Also, its not the fact that we can't stop them and keep it close most games its the fact that it sucks the fun and enjoyment of the game doing the same thing over and over, in ways it also shows how the skill has been removed from the mode and replaced with exploits only. Also, players may leave before games start if they see higher skill players and certain builds cause they know all it will be is them exploiting where lower tier players at least from my experience don't exploit as much.
Why put yourself through a poor hockey experience if you have a good feeling it will be a bad game to play?
"If we had a larger playerbase, a tiered system may work." the problem with this statement is that you alone create this issue. You scare your new playerbase away from online modes due to the fact that you don't have any tier system. So you as a company state its an issue but creating the issue and scaring players away from the mode.
We had interest at creating a club team as we finally got a full 6 players to play but the most we played of it the more they got frustrated by the lack of identity to how games are played online. We also now turn club teams off as well. Its solely for 6v6 or 3v3 for the modes that have interested them in the past.
I have been playing NHL games for 20+ years. I'm not online so I don't see it as often but I can understand why players complain about online modes. Its not a fun experience whatsoevoer for the casual player.
You are not learning or getting better at hockey you are just learning how to stop and use exploits. What or how is that a positive incentive for new/casual players to play the game? They players I'm playing with are more into NBA and FIFA games but recently wanted to try and get into playing NHL online with friends - with the experience they are getting its pushing them back to those games cause they offer more user friendly experience starting out. I think that is why I brought this concern up.
