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Indianna Pwns
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:44:00 -
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I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
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Geth Massredux
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
83
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:47:00 -
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This is only rare. Only a few times you will run up against a squad of players you just fought a few matches ago or the one before. Its rare. But if you notice there are 4 races in the game- then all 4 races have 3 other sub races connected too them, which means there are over 100+ 200+ 300+ idk players playing on each race....
But like I said its rare, play other game modes and you will find more people to play with or against...
Ambush/OMS or Skermish |
ironcitysteelers
Sardaukar Merc Guild
General Tso's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:49:00 -
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Well could it be that you (and those you see) are playing at the same time of day every time you play? I know in the corp I'm in (more or less) who and when ill see them.
Also it can be better with those that are just taking a free peek at the game moving on. We will get better and harder matches with more skilled players. |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
581
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:50:00 -
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You might just be joining games at the same time as them, it's funny because you can have a really tough match against another squad just to end up on the same team as them the next match. |
Don Von Hulio
UnReaL.
120
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:51:00 -
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Space out the amount of time between joining another match. If you engage another match as soon as you finish a previous one, and is others do the same you will have a higher chance of playing with/against them. |
Indianna Pwns
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
12
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Posted - 2013.03.10 21:58:00 -
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Don Von Hulio wrote:Space out the amount of time between joining another match. If you engage another match as soon as you finish a previous one, and is others do the same you will have a higher chance of playing with/against them.
Lol I do tend to do this if I'm grinding for ISK with starter fits, just continuously play matches until I have enough money to go crash some more dropships.
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Bald Crusader Two
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
20
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Posted - 2013.03.10 22:53:00 -
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What game you playing? CCP says MILLIONS of people are playing Dust! |
DJINN leukoplast
Hellstorm Inc
League of Infamy
325
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Posted - 2013.03.10 22:55:00 -
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I notice that if I am playing by myself, I will constantly see the same players. But as soon as I join a squad and somebody else queues the match, it's a completely different set of players and I never see the other ones for the remainder of my time in that squad.
The game matchmakes you in a specific way which usually keeps throwing you into the same 'pool' of players, so if you want variety then have other people queue the match so you can play in their pool. |
Iskandar Zul Karnain
Hellstorm Inc
League of Infamy
226
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Posted - 2013.03.10 23:02:00 -
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DJINN leukoplast wrote:I notice that if I am playing by myself, I will constantly see the same players. But as soon as I join a squad and somebody else queues the match, it's a completely different set of players and I never see the other ones for the remainder of my time in that squad.
The game matchmakes you in a specific way which usually keeps throwing you into the same 'pool' of players, so if you want variety then have other people queue the match so you can play in their pool.
This. |
The Dragon Ascendant
Destruction Initiative Enterprise
116
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Posted - 2013.03.10 23:10:00 -
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I think most of us tend to run into a lot of the same people over and over again. Not neccesarily game after game, but over several days/weeks I've come to remember a lot of the same people who I repeatedly run into. Especially the more well known forumites such as Zitro, Chicagocubs, dark cloud, Jack Boost etc.
I swear not a week goes by that I don't run into the same squad of Lis Rus, Vice Rus, Ass Suka and Blackheart. I've never known another game where this kind of thing happens, where the first thing you do upon entering a game is check the scoreboard to see if there's anyone you recognise. Whether that's indicative of a smaller playerbase than most games I don't know, but it does make the game more interesting. |
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Belzeebub Santana
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
431
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Posted - 2013.03.10 23:10:00 -
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Not sure if this is the right place to post this but whatever.
When I go solo I tend to get put into matches that have started are just about to end a lot more then with a squad.
I see why this happens, people drop from a redline and only leaves one spot open and that spot won't be filled with a squad. Just saying it gets old. |
Phoenix Archer 128
Better Hide R Die
113
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Posted - 2013.03.11 00:17:00 -
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I will echo some others and say you're almost certainly queueing up into the same match at the same time as these people you keep running into. A few nights ago my squad ran into STB I think 5 matches in a row (not always with or against). Wasn't the same group, but seeing the same tags over and over and over was a shock. Then...complete randomness, and more randomness the next day. If you start seeing the same people again and again, take a 5 minute break before queueing and your problem should be gone (that's what we do when we run into a really bad group)
Also, the larger corps can have 2, 3, 4, even 5 or more groups running at the same time at their peak hours...you can just get really unlucky and run into the same corp (but different players) again and again and again, no matter what you do to try to break the streak
You do also tend to be placed with/against groups when in a group (tend to...it still depends on who's queued and all, but I definitely notice more groups when I am grouped than when I solo) and more randoms when solo. |
Beld Errmon
UnReaL.
515
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Posted - 2013.03.11 00:19:00 -
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Its much worse on the AU servers small player base means pretty much every skirmish has the same players over and over again, no doubt they get sick of facing my tank. |
zeek1227 zeek1227
Blitzkrieg Co.
180
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Posted - 2013.03.11 01:34:00 -
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Indianna Pwns wrote:I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
its ok lol
you are probably just playing at the relatively same times of day as these people
and if it is match right after match
then most likely you all finished that match and selected the next one at same time
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N1ck Comeau
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
60
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Posted - 2013.03.11 01:37:00 -
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I have probably run into the same player twice i have just never remembered it haha |
SmileB4Death
Sugar Plum Fairies
6
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:04:00 -
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I run into Zion, What The French, Grupo De Asalto and Seraphim quite a lot, always a good match  |
Sylvana Nightwind
Expert Intervention
Caldari State
104
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:09:00 -
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Sounds like a good matchmaking then to me. |
ICECREAMK1NG
WARRIORS 1NC
391
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:16:00 -
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Bald Crusader Two wrote:What game you playing? CCP says MILLIONS of people are playing Dust!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha  |
Panther Alpha
WarRavens
101
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:19:00 -
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When i go solo, i keep coming across this guy call "Toyboy "... and is mostly just him.
Is getting spooky now....  |
Iron Wolf Saber
BetaMax.
CRONOS.
3069
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:22:00 -
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Indianna Pwns wrote:I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
Or that certain names stick out more because they wtf pwnt you or do something in particular that makes them stick out. |
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ChromeBreaker
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
229
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:29:00 -
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ICECREAMK1NG wrote:Bald Crusader Two wrote:What game you playing? CCP says MILLIONS of people are playing Dust! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
say 2million accounts, over 7 days (286,000 a day) over 24 hr....
thats about 12000 on at any given hour.... +/- multiple accounts, days off, people taking breaks, prime times...
5000-10000 peeps of an evening? doesnt seem that difficult
Yes there are lots of assumptions and... entertaining maths... but for simplicities sake millions isnt hard to achieve once broken down |
Django Quik
R.I.f.t
239
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Posted - 2013.03.11 12:37:00 -
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There are suppoosedly over a million dust accounts now, so no shortage of playerbase.
However, matchmaking is done relatively regionally (not exclusively though), so you will find you keep bumping into the odd one or two people repeatedly, especially if you've inadvertently gotten your play times synced. |
ICECREAMK1NG
WARRIORS 1NC
391
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Posted - 2013.03.11 13:44:00 -
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Django Quik wrote:There are suppoosedly over a million dust accounts now, so no shortage of playerbase.
However, matchmaking is done relatively regionally (not exclusively though), so you will find you keep bumping into the odd one or two people repeatedly, especially if you've inadvertently gotten your play times synced.
I have 6 psn accounts.
I am not alone. |
Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
1942
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Posted - 2013.03.11 14:07:00 -
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ICECREAMK1NG wrote:Django Quik wrote:There are suppoosedly over a million dust accounts now, so no shortage of playerbase.
However, matchmaking is done relatively regionally (not exclusively though), so you will find you keep bumping into the odd one or two people repeatedly, especially if you've inadvertently gotten your play times synced. I have 6 psn accounts. I am not alone.
And that's without counting that they said "over a million mercs" and have since clarified that they meant characters, not unique PSN accounts. |
crazy space 1
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
920
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Posted - 2013.03.11 14:52:00 -
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And to be fair the buildis so old and stale it's not like anyone is playing |
Fornacis Fairchild
Kat 5 Kaos
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Posted - 2013.03.11 15:02:00 -
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Belzeebub Santana wrote:Not sure if this is the right place to post this but whatever.
When I go solo I tend to get put into matches that have started are just about to end a lot more then with a squad.
I see why this happens, people drop from a redline and only leaves one spot open and that spot won't be filled with a squad. Just saying it gets old.
THIS.....I usually join a match with 3 clones left. I had three in a row yesterday.....very annoying. |
SamfoX
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.03.11 17:15:00 -
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Indianna Pwns wrote:I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
yes and yes all week same faces  |
low genius
The Sound Of Freedom
Renegade Alliance
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Posted - 2013.03.11 19:18:00 -
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Indianna Pwns wrote:I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
this is a beta. how large do you think the open-beta player-base should be? |
ICECREAMK1NG
WARRIORS 1NC
391
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Posted - 2013.03.11 21:21:00 -
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low genius wrote:Indianna Pwns wrote:I'm beginning to see the same faces over and over again in matches (I tend to remember who keeps killing me, while at the same time lamenting all the SP I've wasted lol).
This to me suggests a very small active player base, a small player base is never good for a game. Is anyone else noticing this and does it concern you?
this is a beta. how large do you think the open-beta player-base should be?
For a FTP game a helluva more than this. |
Baal Roo
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
871
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Posted - 2013.03.11 21:27:00 -
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Confirmation Bias |
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