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KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1905	Posted - 2015.04.02 17:21:00 - [1] - Quote Matchmaking is difficult to make well with small player pool. The pool is small because we are spread between many game modes and servers. Splitting that further between player skill groups makes a HUGE challenge. I've found two things since yesterday: Many known off-region players visiting others servers Much more near 'instagibs', meaning you get killed by a normal rifle in half or third of the time it usually takes to die (compared to when you shoot or get shot on home servers) The latter is a sign of high ping or server latency. The first is self-explanatory. Even though I support the devs not giving details on matchmakers logic to minimise forum hassle on testing stage, and prevent possible abuse, the cross-region mixing is not a small detail but a larger gameplay related issue. [QUESTION:] Did CCP give the matchmaking logic the preference over player selected regions? Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1907	Posted - 2015.04.03 18:24:00 - [2] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: No, the system already tries to minimize ping and nothing on our end shows average ping going up. Alright, cool, thanks for the answer. It's entirely possible that people are just wandering around regions to find 'better' games now. Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1907	Posted - 2015.04.03 18:44:00 - [3] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: No, the system already tries to minimize ping and nothing on our end shows average ping going up. Also, I appreciate that because that is exactly how it's supposed to be, to minimise lag. Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1908	Posted - 2015.04.03 22:07:00 - [4] - Quote Jonny D Buelle wrote: shaman oga wrote: Mad Syringe wrote: [quote=Ghosts Chance] Agreed, then region lock, i don't want americans and asiatic on EU server as much as they don't want me on their own server. All well and good for the Americans, Asians and Europeans. But us Kiwis and Australians have no server thanks to you guys. Oceanic was shut down thanks to everyone else using it for SP and ISK farming. So suck it up, you caused this now you must handle the consequences. Well, I guess no one can honestly say that was the real reason to shut them down. Cost cuts, I say. The 'afk farming problem' over there was just a cover up and an easy scapegoat. But that does not matter anymore. Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1908	Posted - 2015.04.03 23:23:00 - [5] - Quote Jonny D Buelle wrote: KEROSIINI-TERO wrote: Well, I guess no one can honestly say that was the real reason to shut them down. Cost cuts, I say. The 'afk farming problem' over there was just a cover up and an easy scapegoat. But that does not matter anymore. Wouldn't call it a scape goat when there were full matches filled with afkers... Yes as it was presented as "because of Oceanic servers there is afk farming and we want to fix it" source Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1908	Posted - 2015.04.04 00:29:00 - [6] - Quote Jonny D Buelle wrote: KEROSIINI-TERO wrote: Jonny D Buelle wrote: KEROSIINI-TERO wrote: Well, I guess no one can honestly say that was the real reason to shut them down. Cost cuts, I say. The 'afk farming problem' over there was just a cover up and an easy scapegoat. But that does not matter anymore. Wouldn't call it a scape goat when there were full matches filled with afkers... Yes as it was presented as "because of Oceanic servers there is afk farming and we want to fix it" source So you just proved my point and not your own. Facepalm. Lack of reading comprehension. I'm gonna end this here as futile. Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.
KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 1908	Posted - 2015.04.04 00:30:00 - [7] - Quote Imp Smash wrote: I remember counting 13 people in the MCC every other day(about?) on the Oceanic servers. Dark days those were. But there was one game where there were 11 afk and 2 active on my team, and 15 active on the other team. They saw the mass afkness. SO the other team lined up, and took turns pistol dueling the 2 of us. That was cool I guess. But, OP, I am confused. Is this thread about ping? Population? Or about some perceived advantage foreigners have over home team when playing on their servers? This thread was quite simply about: Are players from all regions mixed in the new matchmaking or not. The answer was no. End of story. Looking at both sides of the coin. Even Aurum one.

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