Refine auto matching with a language option ?

[GroupB]

I think it will be great to have a little menu to select what kind of language you wanna be match with when selecting auto matching. Im getting tired of being match with chinese player in North america server... I have to rejoin maybe 8-10 time before I find a english speaking teamate or a chinese that barely say more than 3 word.

I dont mind the chinese playing NA except for the ping and lag but if we could be match with same language speaking people it will be great. I dont think it will be hard to do just some kind of refinement option for auto matching.

This is a real problem for NA server right now, specially if your new to the game and dont have a lot of friend playing this game I feel this turn off lot of people I speak to and having to join a third party program to find english player in north american server is not a real option and should not be the go to option.

I know in europe is a more complicate situation but if that can increase the change of being match with a player speaking the same launguage...

If you agree with me please comment, we need the dev to look into that

[Bromquist]

Originally posted by Gut Instinct:

What would stop the Chinese or Russians chosing the " Speak English only " option lol
Seems pointless to having a language option

very true...maybe regional servers then.

[Trapper]

Originally posted by GroupB:

Not looking for a match but a teamate that had the same say " english option" you can play vs other language fine, I dont see how this will add time to matchmaking really, and anyway the game always start right away , adding a few second will not kill you, Look like you never play BR on arma 3 sometime you have to way 10-20 minute.

ANY extra search you do takes more time because you have to do more than one search. That's a pretty simple concept and I don't know how to explain it better.

If you split people up further than just "Region" and "Game mode" eventually each pool of people will be smaller and smaller, ending up with the kind of experience you just described with ARMA 3, which sounds really crappy and not something to be proud of.

I do not want that experience just because people can't use the multiple existing solutions to this percieved "problem".

[GroupB]

Originally posted by Trapper:

Originally posted by GroupB:

Not looking for a match but a teamate that had the same say " english option" you can play vs other language fine, I dont see how this will add time to matchmaking really, and anyway the game always start right away , adding a few second will not kill you, Look like you never play BR on arma 3 sometime you have to way 10-20 minute.

ANY extra search you do takes more time because you have to do more than one search. That's a pretty simple concept and I don't know how to explain it better.

If you split people up further than just "Region" and "Game mode" eventually each pool of people will be smaller and smaller, ending up with the kind of experience you just described with ARMA 3, which sounds really crappy and not something to be proud of.

I do not want that experience just because people can't use the multiple existing solutions to this percieved "problem".

Simple then they just have to add a random in the language option so you go staight to a random teamate... if you already have your teamate is the same thing. If it take more time its gonna be to those who want to use that option and I bet that dont care about a few more second or even a minute vs changing lobby for 20 minute.

Waiting 10 minute for arma 3 is not as bad as you think, right now if you want to play with random you can spend a good 20-25 minute connecting and reconnecting to finally find an english speaker in NA and its about the same for europe I speak 2 language and it still take a while to find one that speak the same. Not mentioning you pretty much look like a steam sniper changing lobby all the time too. That a bunch more load than just taking a few second to match ppl with same language option as teamate.

I dont think you get what im saying, you talk about spliting ppl when im not talking about that at all... you will still have chinese or whatever filling the game but not as your teamate.

Your existing solution a third party where you have to get a account , install a program or post and wait for a respond, that not a good solution.

[Trapper]

Originally posted by GroupB:

Originally posted by Trapper:

ANY extra search you do takes more time because you have to do more than one search. That's a pretty simple concept and I don't know how to explain it better.

If you split people up further than just "Region" and "Game mode" eventually each pool of people will be smaller and smaller, ending up with the kind of experience you just described with ARMA 3, which sounds really crappy and not something to be proud of.

I do not want that experience just because people can't use the multiple existing solutions to this percieved "problem".

Simple then they just have to add a random in the language option so you go staight to a random teamate... if you already have your teamate is the same thing. If it take more time its gonna be to those who want to use that option and I bet that dont care about a few more second or even a minute vs changing lobby for 20 minute.

Waiting 10 minute for arma 3 is not as bad as you think, right now if you want to play with random you can spend a good 20-25 minute connecting and reconnecting to finally find an english speaker in NA and its about the same for europe I speak 2 language and it still take a while to find one that speak the same. Not mentioning you pretty much look like a steam sniper changing lobby all the time too. That a bunch more load than just taking a few second to match ppl with same language option as teamate.

I dont think you get what im saying, you talk about spliting ppl when im not talking about that at all... you will still have chinese or whatever filling the game but not as your teamate.

Your existing solution a third party where you have to get a account , install a program or post and wait for a respond, that not a good solution.

"Random" is an extra search option and a further way to split the pools of players. Making it even worse.

Waiting for 10 mins is exactly as bad as I think. A 10 minute MM wait for a game will eventually kill that game. While you are waiting in a lobby for 10 minutes, you could sign up for Discord and be in a channel finding like-minded players who speak your own language. Discord has web access so you don't even need to install anything.

I don't know why you are resisting improving your gaming experience so hard!

[No_Quarter]

name one game that has that option in matchmaker? cmon

there is a reason you cannot find any, because it ruins MM

[jadenedaj on x]

Originally posted by Trapper:

Personally, I am againt anything that fragments the playerbase. Getting into games is really fast and easy and I would like it to stay that way.

There are multiple other ways of ensuring you can find teammates that use your own language, are matched to your skill level or play style etc. These forums, the official PUBG forums, the PUBG Discord channel and Reddit are great for that, for example. I'd prefer devlopers to spend time on the games, not reinventing a wheel that other people have already perfected, i.e. a VOIP solution.

I've used 3rd party voice chat in every PC game I've played since the turn of the century. It is easy and I prefer all my contacts for all my games in one place. Playing with randoms sucks and it will always suck, not because of language issues but because a lot of people are idiots. Building up a group of people to play with that is game-agnostic can take some time but is well worth it, in my opinion.

Hunting down people to play with isn't fragmenting the playerbase too? lol okay guy..

I like the random nature, I really cant be bothered running a 3rd party voip client, making sure they are ready, etc

Other games do language pref fine, this can too

[MistWolf]

They sould add some thinks to the game that makes it posible to communicate if you don't speak the same language or if you do not have a mic. You should be able to make your character say things like "Enemies to the South" or make him say "AKM here" if you point at one and press a button. They sould also add different markers you can add to the map or a button you can press to add a marker where you a aming.

[No_Quarter]

"Looking for Players" subforum, just right to your topic, if you click there you would be amazed

[jadenedaj on x]

Originally posted by No_Quarter:

name one game that has that option in matchmaker? cmon

there is a reason you cannot find any, because it ruins MM

Dota 2 has terrible MM?

"The language window allows you to select up to 2 languages. You will be matched with other players who have selected the same languages. Checking more languages will increase matchmaking speed. If no languages are checked, you will be matched with the current language of your client."

[Trapper]

Originally posted by Jaden:

Hunting down people to play with isn't fragmenting the playerbase too? lol okay guy..

It doesn't fragment it at all! All it does is fill up games with full squads faster. It arguably speeds up the matchmaking process as there is no need to match players into squads.