I've joined several multiplayer games that the player skill is terribly unbalanced! What's worse? After the match the game simply swap the team of plant and the team of zombie, which means that the skill gap still remains the same.I really hope that after each match the game can reassign every player in respect of their player skill. Of course if the players are in the same party they can remain in the same team, but I'm tired of being assigned into a team that have no strength to fight back and lose the first stage of the turf takeover.

Sorry for reactivating this thread but yesterday playing TT was awful. Every match I played the players switched the team so that one team was outnumbered. I think PopCap should establish an XP boost for switching to the outnumbered team or some kind of passive bonus for the smaller team. Otherwise it happens like yesterday that so many people just leave the match due to losing it anyway. The worst match was where my team had 3 players versing 7 in the other team

@DarkLanX Team switch has always been a problem, but I think you're right that the challenges (& people's frustration) are making things worse atm.Maybe there should be a daily challenge of staying on your allocated team for 3 matches in a row!!! 🤣

@ippig Yes, some good ideas there! I do just wish it wasn't an issue in the first place, though.@jnicol1975 I'd get auto-switched a lot too, especially when mid-ranked. It was always annoying when you were with a friend & you'd been on the same team to start with then got mixed up, even though the size of the lobby hadn't changed!@spIash_damage Yes. I often switch to the outnumbered team as well, particularly if they're on the attack.When it gets really silly, is when you move to help, then half your original team starts switching because you did & suddenly the other team's at a disadvantage! 😂

Switching to the larger team should never be possible. Honestly the only time I feel team switching is ok is when the match starts, but before it gets going, and if one side is much smaller than the other due to people leaving and you switch to the smaller one to help balance it.This is one thing I thought for sure they'd do a better job on in BfN after how bad it gets in both GW games at times.

Yes maybe it's because the skill gap is still huge but I've never seen so many lopsided 50-10 beatings in my life. I noticed people swap to winning team or quit losing team regularly as well which doesn't help...they've done nothing for balancing since GW1 and GW2.

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ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@ippig Yes, some good ideas there! I do just wish it wasn't an issue in the first place, though.
@jnicol1975 I'd get auto-switched a lot too, especially when mid-ranked. It was always annoying when you were with a friend & you'd been on the same team to start with then got mixed up, even though the size of the lobby hadn't changed!
@spIash_damage Yes. I often switch to the outnumbered team as well, particularly if they're on the attack.
When it gets really silly, is when you move to help, then half your original team starts switching because you did & suddenly the other team's at a disadvantage! 😂
Iron_Guard8
Legend
6 years ago
Switching to the larger team should never be possible. Honestly the only time I feel team switching is ok is when the match starts, but before it gets going, and if one side is much smaller than the other due to people leaving and you switch to the smaller one to help balance it.
This is one thing I thought for sure they'd do a better job on in BfN after how bad it gets in both GW games at times.
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@Iron_Guard8 wrote:
Switching to the larger team should never be possible. Honestly the only time I feel team switching is ok is when the match starts, but before it gets going, and if one side is much smaller than the other due to people leaving and you switch to the smaller one to help balance it.
This is one thing I thought for sure they'd do a better job on in BfN after how bad it gets in both GW games at times.
If this isn’t addressed, I’ll only play Battle Arena (or any mode that team swap can’t hinder).
It’s a shame but I’m done trying to find fun lobbies.
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@spIash_damage I'm wondering how much of it is the challenges messing things up. It's been SO much worse the last few days, even worse than in the other games. I love turf but have ended up staying in PvE or Ops as much as I possibly can, because I'm just not enjoying it atm.
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@spIash_damageI'm wondering how much of it is the challenges messing things up. It's been SO much worse the last few days, even worse than in the other games. I love turf but have ended up staying in PvE or Ops as much as I possibly can, because I'm just not enjoying it atm.
I’m directly referencing uneven teams and especially the team swap glitch.
Uneven teams are something I battled almost 2 years and it’s no fun anymore.
jnicol1975
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@spIash_damageI'm wondering how much of it is the challenges messing things up. It's been SO much worse the last few days, even worse than in the other games.
There is another thread where people are asking for switching teams to be made easier, for precisely this reason. They need to be a zombie/plant to complete a daily challenge, and will switch teams so they can complete the challenge faster.
Personally I haven’t found uneven teams to be a problem in BFN yet. There is usually at least one full TT match going on Xbox Australia servers, so empty spots get filled up quickly. Not sure about other modes, since TT is mainly what I play.
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@spIash_damageNo, I understand that - been there, done that, it's not fun ☹
ADDED: @jnicol1975 Maybe I should try hopping onto the Australian server!! 😂
DarkLanX
6 years ago
@jnicol1975 finding a playable match is already difficult on PC, especially on Asia server. About the daily challenges, I think the problem is not on the team switch, it's the challenges that are poorly designed.
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@DarkLanX Team switch has always been a problem, but I think you're right that the challenges (& people's frustration) are making things worse atm.
Maybe there should be a daily challenge of staying on your allocated team for 3 matches in a row!!! 🤣
Iron_Guard8
Legend
6 years ago
Actually had a bunch of good matches yesterday, had really close matches in 5 games of TT in a row. Had a couple people swap to stay plant or zombie but they swapped at setup and not mid-match.
Not saying they don't need to fix the team swap issues, they're definitely a real thing, but when people don't do that and the teams are fairly balanced the game really shines. PC NA East is doing well right now, even with some people still having issues (we need another PC and general lag patch for all platforms soon).

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