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CCP Nullarbor wrote:

Hi All-

Just want to write down a few notes about what we changed in 1.4 in relation to joining a battle and explain some of the questions you might have. So in 1.4 alongside a new battle finder we have rewritten the matchmaking system, that is the logic that decides what battle you join and who you are playing with. There are a number of things that we are trying to optimize in this step, for example:

Find you your preferred selection of game mode
Reduce the network latency between you and the server
Match you against similarly skilled players
Reduce the waiting time it takes to find a battle
Reduce the number of partially filled battles
Reduce how often you join a battle already in progress

And now on with some questions:

Why don't I get the game mode I selected?
You can now choose multiple game modes however this will not always gaurentee you get one of those modes. The selection is used in 2 ways, we first build groups of players who have similar preferences of game mode, region and ranking. The second step is to use everyone's preferences to perform a vote on which mode to play. We will be tuning how effectively this works over the coming days so you should see some improvement in how often you get your selected modes.

We have heard your feedback on this and have adjusted the matching so that game mode is a hard requirement. You can still pick multiple game modes and this will get you into battle quicker.

The teams are not balanced / full
~~This is a known issue, we are working on a fix right now.~~

With some exceptions during low PCU times this should now be working much better. We will continue to work on this though, particular with balancing squads in battles.

Matchmaking is taking too long? / Why do I get some message about a guy called Scotty?
This is a big new system with a lot of parameters that need careful tweaking. We are aware of a couple of issues already and are working on fixing them in the coming days. We will also be carefully monitoring the health of the matchmaking queues including waiting times and how balanced the battles are, then adjusting settings accordingly. For now, if you get a Scotty message just click join again.

I have a developer blog in the works covering a lot of these changes in more detail which we will post once things have stabilized and we have some time to produce pretty graphs and such. If you have any questions or feedback please reply to this thread.

Thanks for your patience and I hope you enjoy the rest of Uprising 1.4.


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BLUE WAFFLE TASTY Hellstorm Inc League of Infamy 3	Posted - 2013.09.07 04:31:00 - [1] - Quote Thumb Green wrote: I just wanted to say the matchmaking we have now is fubar. Went an entire match of dom with 4 people on one team and 2 on the other and another match with 16 people on one team and 6 on the other. Still getting matches with stacked squads on one side vs teams of randoms. Can't believe I'm typing this but I prefer the way it was before 1.4. Edit. Oh, and this "voting" thing you got going on. Horrid idea, If I want to play domination, I WANT TO PLAY DOMINATION NOT AMBUSH; and if I want to play ambush, I WANT TO PLAY AMBUSH NOT GET PUT IN SKIRMISH. Edit 2: Honestly CCP I know it's your game and most of us are playing it for free but it might be a good thing to run these brilliant idea by your player base before you implement them. It'll save you time and hassle. i totally agree...matchmaking previous to 1.4 was almost perfect..everyone got in, everyone had fun, and the tranfers between match and quarters were excellent. now i always end up with a second team chat, cant join the squad im the LEADER of in battle, dropping members, and the battles are so screwed i played 1vs 12 against STB......... PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK.........this update is so outta wack i dont even feel like logging in for all the free sp u could give me
BLUE WAFFLE TASTY Hellstorm Inc League of Infamy 4	Posted - 2013.09.09 05:02:00 - [2] - Quote CCP Nullarbor wrote: Hi All- Just want to write down a few notes about what we changed in 1.4 in relation to joining a battle and explain some of the questions you might have. So in 1.4 alongside a new battle finder we have rewritten the matchmaking system, that is the logic that decides what battle you join and who you are playing with. There are a number of things that we are trying to optimize in this step, for example: Find you your preferred selection of game mode Reduce the network latency between you and the server Match you against similarly skilled players Reduce the waiting time it takes to find a battle Reduce the number of partially filled battles Reduce how often you join a battle already in progress And now on with some questions: Why don't I get the game mode I selected? You can now choose multiple game modes however this will not always gaurentee you get one of those modes. The selection is used in 2 ways, we first build groups of players who have similar preferences of game mode, region and ranking. The second step is to use everyone's preferences to perform a vote on which mode to play. We will be tuning how effectively this works over the coming days so you should see some improvement in how often you get your selected modes. We have heard your feedback on this and have adjusted the matching so that game mode is a hard requirement. You can still pick multiple game modes and this will get you into battle quicker. The teams are not balanced / full ~~This is a known issue, we are working on a fix right now.~~ With some exceptions during low PCU times this should now be working much better. We will continue to work on this though, particular with balancing squads in battles. Matchmaking is taking too long? / Why do I get some message about a guy called Scotty? This is a big new system with a lot of parameters that need careful tweaking. We are aware of a couple of issues already and are working on fixing them in the coming days. We will also be carefully monitoring the health of the matchmaking queues including waiting times and how balanced the battles are, then adjusting settings accordingly. For now, if you get a Scotty message just click join again. I have a developer blog in the works covering a lot of these changes in more detail which we will post once things have stabilized and we have some time to produce pretty graphs and such. If you have any questions or feedback please reply to this thread. Thanks for your patience and I hope you enjoy the rest of Uprising 1.4.
BLUE WAFFLE TASTY Hellstorm Inc League of Infamy 4	Posted - 2013.09.09 05:08:00 - [3] - Quote ok, so ive created an alt, with the expectation that i will be placed in battle with players similarly skilled, to try your system. in my first game from academy, and the following two games, i have been placed with all proto players. also many others have tried this system and found it to be severely lacking. how can you expect anyine to stay on this game if matchmaking is so poor that i have to play guys with 10-20 million sp , and not compete at all. this matchmaking is a joke. will this system ever be fixed? im sure "newbs" would rather wait a few extra seconds than get smoked all the time. shoulda just left matchmaking alone, it was fine the way it was .....one of the few things that was good.