EA Staff (Retired)The tickets from 50 - 100 is nice because I have always enjoy playing on the ground phase. However, when boarding the Dreadnought or Venator, the 2nd phase (placing the bombs) is too short because it gives the defending team no chance to defend. 20 sec to detonate is way too short. In my opinion, the bomb detonation time should be reverted back to the way it was (to give the defending team a fighting chance), keep the tickets at 100 so more ground time to enjoy the maps, and add a match timer for 30 minutes since a lot of players don't like playing for 2 to 5 hours long.
If a 30 minute match timer is added, the way to determine the winning team is based on how far the team reached. Say for example, Clones (boarding the Dreadnought) never passed the first part of the ship phase, but the Separatists (boarding the Venator) passed the first part and have only detonated one of the two objectives in second part of the phase and the 30 minute timer ends. The winner should be the Separatists. But, if both teams reached part two of the second phase and both teams each got one of the two objectives and the timer ends, the match is considered a draw. This way we can keep the matches a bit more interesting and alive.
As for matchmaking, waiting for players can be a pain (especially finding empty lobbies) depending the time zone and how active players are for the server you are in. I feel like AI should be added to fill in those spots and when a player is looking for a lobby, the AIs can be replaced by an actual player. Besides, the AIs play very well in game and are pretty intense when outnumbered by them. This is just an opinion and I hope EA/Dice will take this into consideration. Thanks!
