Matched Play is Dumb

[Techerock]

You know a game is not running correctly when they release a mode called Matched Play when the game has less then four hundred people playing at a time. It might work if the player base was in the hundreds of thousands of active players. The choice of Unknown Worlds to add such a mode is baffling me as a game critic and all. I know they want to look like they have a competitive scene, yet that ship sailed years ago. They should just offer that which was in the Matched Play bonuses to everyone and apologize for such a dumb decision.

[One Day Ill Be Good]

i like this way

[cinoryn]

Originally posted by Techerock:

The choice of Unknown Worlds

UWE doesn't work on this game anymore and haven't for a long time. It's all community devs now.

[Arelem]

I actually have really enjoyed matched play it honestly has about the same wait time as a normal server (seeding games/spectaing) and the games I've played felt well timed and even when down a player felt more balanced then a lot of the server games. It also seems to inspire a lot more communication / teamwork

[Crimson Wisp]

I just finished one set of this. Ine player AFK, 2 players with zero kills after 20 minutes of playing. All T1, except me and comm. Didnt know how to play.
They should lock it behind T2 at least.

[zuniger]

Its fun when you get into one but it always taes way longer then server browser. I like it but OP is right there just isn't enough ppl unfortunately.

[Ned Flunders]

timed out 60 min cooldown

[Franklin]

Have to say haven't played for 3 years and saw all the new achievements come online, but after waiting 20 minutes on "Matchmaker" have to say I'm inclined to uninstall again. Online servers had very few people playing, will give it a shot again tomorrow but my first impression is that this is a massive FAIL...
If they can't get people playing over the Xmas break, chances are they're never going to get enough people playing to get the Matchmaker function to work!

[zuniger]

Originally posted by Franklin:

Have to say haven't played for 3 years and saw all the new achievements come online, but after waiting 20 minutes on "Matchmaker" have to say I'm inclined to uninstall again. Online servers had very few people playing, will give it a shot again tomorrow but my first impression is that this is a massive FAIL...
If they can't get people playing over the Xmas break, chances are they're never going to get enough people playing to get the Matchmaker function to work!

I got in once after like 30 min of waiting and I only waited because the people in the lobby were hilarious.

[Sindri]

Wtf are even the time achievements as well for this game mode 1k hours in match play for a marine skin? when it mostly takes over 20+ mins to find a game and when you do either people afk/leave and then you have useless bots or you have a bunch new players matched up with T8s

[Ahhh]

Is the server browser gone?

[Crafty]

Originally posted by Ahhh:

Is the server browser gone?

no

[Arelem]

The wait times can be bad but if you play on the evenings (basically when people are off work) you can get a game start almost instantly. I will say of could use polish as both a more effective rejoin function is needed and a way to fill leavers spots but other then that its pretty solid. I will say I've had bad games where people leave and such but those games end quickly and are still enjoyable to some extent

[Franklin]

Have tried 3 separate occasions at 30 mins a go and the most I've had join the "Matched Play" is 1 person. Stand by my earlier comments, a MASSIVE FAIL...

[CuícaBleat]

I'm sure it was made to replace the third-party competitive pro gather matches in some capacity, and gather matches usually take all day to start all the same. The game is supposed to be balanced around 6v6. It sucks because waiting for a match or two to play is a big gripe I have for this game.

[One Day Ill Be Good]

I have more than 100 hours in TD, so i think im entitled to have some words here.

The games usually starting around 17:00 (eu time) and lasting till 7am.
Outside this timeframe the chances for a game are low.

If you join matchmaking around 19:00 and even if you alone in that lobby (and people just joining-leaving-joining-leaving) you just have to wait till the previous branch finishing their ongoing matches and they will join your lobby (worst case).
From this point you can play without a break till dawn, but if you give up (like most doing) after 30minutes, you will never have a match.

You can find informations about the ongoing matches, skills, start/end times in the official (NS2 discords lobby-seeking channel.)

TD is not good for a quick game thats for sure.