Problems finding an online game on LIVE

[InfiniteStates]

I strongly suspect there is a fault in the match making logic.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that last night, there was one person in the whole world sitting in a game waiting to play. Even with a low online population, one person...in the entire world...really?

And on PS3 we don't have the party feature, so you have to go through the whole painful process each and every game.

The game doesn't help it's own case either, because the way it is (currently) implemented will turn all casual players away. Why? Because casual players will only want to play arcade, and the damage model in arcade is so forgiving (to the victim) coupled with the fact that it's actually really hard to hit anything with your guns. So you're there chasing this guy for minutes on end, wearing him down then along comes a skilled player who steals your kill then kills you as well.

I think arcade mode should be a one hit kill, or near as dammit. The above situation is just too frustrating for the casual gamer. Plus it may then have the added advantage of pushing the less casual and more skilled into higher difficulties where they don't get insta-killed by noobs.

And while I'm here, a couple of niggles: when everyone ready's up, it would be nice for the screen to display a full set of ticks. Anal? Yes...so what

And finally, the hangar should really wait until you stop scrolling through planes until it loads the model. Scrolling to the end of your list to check out a new unlock is truly painful.


Other than everything here, this game is a masterpiece IMO. WP devs

[moozicmon]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

I strongly suspect there is a fault in the match making logic.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that last night, there was one person in the whole world sitting in a game waiting to play. Even with a low online population, one person...in the entire world...really?

And on PS3 we don't have the party feature, so you have to go through the whole painful process each and every game.

The game doesn't help it's own case either, because the way it is (currently) implemented will turn all casual players away. Why? Because casual players will only want to play arcade, and the damage model in arcade is so forgiving (to the victim) coupled with the fact that it's actually really hard to hit anything with your guns. So you're there chasing this guy for minutes on end, wearing him down then along comes a skilled player who steals your kill then kills you as well.

I think arcade mode should be a one hit kill, or near as dammit. The above situation is just too frustrating for the casual gamer. Plus it may then have the added advantage of pushing the less casual and more skilled into higher difficulties where they don't get insta-killed by noobs.

And while I'm here, a couple of niggles: when everyone ready's up, it would be nice for the screen to display a full set of ticks. Anal? Yes...so what

And finally, the hangar should really wait until you stop scrolling through planes until it loads the model. Scrolling to the end of your list to check out a new unlock is truly painful.


Other than everything here, this game is a masterpiece IMO. WP devs

I completely agree. While I have found a very enjoyable experience playing realistic, arcade will be what the majority of gamers will be playing. I could not find a realistic game the other night, and no one seemed to be keen on joining my room so I said WTH I'll play a match of arcade. It was SOOO frustrating. It was nothing more then going head to head or turning for the entire duration of the match. On top of that, I would lay into my prey at a VERY close range, and it took an obscene amount of damage to even draw blood (or smoke as it were)

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by moozicmon

I completely agree. While I have found a very enjoyable experience playing realistic, arcade will be what the majority of gamers will be playing. I could not find a realistic game the other night, and no one seemed to be keen on joining my room so I said WTH I'll play a match of arcade. It was SOOO frustrating. It was nothing more then going head to head or turning for the entire duration of the match. On top of that, I would lay into my prey at a VERY close range, and it took an obscene amount of damage to even draw blood (or smoke as it were)

Yup Playing Online Arcade is just a waste of time. For online play I think the current realistic mode should have been the lowest skill mode, with sim being the same as it is now, and realistic having the same flight model as sim but also having the target indicators. I want to control my trim and flaps but don't want to kill my eyes after 5 minutes of concentrated staring at my moniter looking for one single moving pixel.