EA Staff (Retired)@EA_Ataashihi again
Well I tried the GA again and have some follow up on my previous post.
PING SITE: Had no issues getting into GA so this is not a problem for me anymore. Don't know about the other modes yet. Haven't tried them.
MATCHMAKING: Was a lot better last night with most matches being hard fought. There still were a few that were a little one-sided (maybe due to squad play) and I also noticed imbalance in some of the lobbies e.g. 18 vs 12.
SQUAD PLAY: This is still an issue for me. Being a lone wolf player, it took me a while to adjust and am getting a little better at it. My issue is respawning. The new system of being able to respawn on a squad player, friend or whoever sounds good but in practice can be annoying. Many a time I have wasted precious time in the game watching the little video trying to figure out where I want to spawn and as I select, the other player gets eliminated, so I have to pick another. Not to say this can be repetitive in one spawn. The other problem is you don't know where the enemy is before you select a spawn point. Many a time I have respawned with the enemy close and behind me (Eliminated as soon a I respawn). The end result is that I now mostly use the default point. The system now is confusing for me ( I reiterate ME/ For others, it may not ) especially when squad players are in vehicles. Another is that when I tried to spawn with Luke Skywalker, his selection box was like a flashing red light because of his combat play (attack then run ) making it almost impossible to lock on him.
I know other people may have different opinions and I welcome their thoughts.
Some games have been balanced, some unbalanced and some really unbalanced. Maybe it's a little bit better, hard to tell really. It's definitely still very buggy in general that I can say for certain. 😔
just making sure those of you posting in the last few hours know that matchmaking was turned off. Maybe that's why you're not seeing much difference.
@EA_Ataashi Just a little feedback on matchmaking.
I know @DarthFDG said matchmaking was turned off yesterday, but prior to that I found the games much more competitive most of the time which is a plus. What did happen though, was that the maps were repetitive. When I joined a game, once that round/map was finished, the notification at the bottom of the screen SEARCHING FOR GALACTIC ASSAULT may come up. Once it found a game in any era and finished the rounds in that era, the matchmaking would again search and many times you would end up playing the map prior to your last. For example, if I started playing on Kashyyyk, finished and then went to Kamino, finished both rounds there, the matchmaking could have me back on Kashyyyk again. Map rotation seems to have gone out the window. I'm not sure whether it is trying to keep a player in the same era all the time. I hope I explained this well enough. The repetition of maps is annoying and as it stands I rarely get to play some maps.
@ggibb65 wrote:@EA_Ataashi Just a little feedback on matchmaking.
I know @DarthFDG said matchmaking was turned off yesterday, but prior to that I found the games much more competitive most of the time which is a plus. What did happen though, was that the maps were repetitive. When I joined a game, once that round/map was finished, the notification at the bottom of the screen SEARCHING FOR GALACTIC ASSAULT may come up. Once it found a game in any era and finished the rounds in that era, the matchmaking would again search and many times you would end up playing the map prior to your last. For example, if I started playing on Kashyyyk, finished and then went to Kamino, finished both rounds there, the matchmaking could have me back on Kashyyyk again. Map rotation seems to have gone out the window. I'm not sure whether it is trying to keep a player in the same era all the time. I hope I explained this well enough. The repetition of maps is annoying and as it stands I rarely get to play some maps.
to add to this...
I found I would sometimes end up on the same side (e.g. darkside) multiple times in a row.
This didn't bother me much. I'd rather be on the same side with an even match than different sides with an uneven match. I just wanted to call it out for anyone interested.
