Matchmaking issue ----extended wait times----

[no m4n]

For the most part the game seems alot more solid and complete than gears 1 did. The only major issue i have is the <<<<<WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO JOIN A GAME WITH THE NEW MATCHMAKING SYSTEM???>>>>>>

It takes FOREVER! to get into a game. Why? I know it can't be from lack of players. The game was supposed to sell 3 million copies the first day or somthing like that right? So what is the problem? Its not my connection because i know almost every other player i talk to (in the few games ive been able to actually get into) complains of this same issue.

PLEASE EPIC, if there is one thing to fix its this. It makes me NOT want to play the game if i don't have any friends online, which is somthing i NEVER had a problem with in the first game. Its a serious serious issue, that really needs to be adressed.


Also ...it would just be super convenient to be able to party up with the team you were matched with, and/or your opponents. The random times you get a REALLLY good game going and you would just like to keep playing, without having to exit the game, host a private game, and then track down the people u just played with to try and get them to join. Its sort of a pain

Take a tip from the Halo 3 matchmaking system. You get matched very quickly, and you can party up after the game ends. Thats all any player can ask for. Waiting upwards of 20 mins to try to find a SINGLE game is just preposterous. Does every match need to be 5v5? Does everyone NEED to be the same skill level? Most of the time all anyone wants to do is play. So please just help us play!

Thank you

[GuardiansLegend]

u speak the truth. what sometimes helps is if it is taking a long time just quit out and start it up again. it as worked for me acouple of times

[pty17]

i couldn't agree more with the first post
this would be the best multiplayer if it actually worked
my friend and I try to play wingman and it takes at least ten minutes to find a game and that when we don't even have to search for teammates

[ob1]

yeah. i think people are goin to get sick of waiting, and just play cod if they want a multiplayer game that's doesn't make you wait 10 minutes.

10 minutes is such a loooong time between games.....

[High Lord Anubis]

Yeah, it's way too damn long.

I mean CoD4 and halo 3 takes seconds, not minutes unlike gears 2. It had gotten a little quicker after a while, but it's still too slow.

[Balance Keeper]

i completely agree dude. there was only a couple things wrong with the first gears and the multiplayer setup was it. the only beef i had with the first one was the host ability and the lag which the lag can't really be helped. don't get me wrong, gears 2 and all it's new features are great but what's the point if u have to WAIT:mad: to find teammates, WAIT:mad: to find opponents, then WAIT:mad: to decide what game type everyone wants to play, then WAIT:mad: to on what map to play it on, then WAIT:mad: and pick your starting character and weapon, then WAIT:mad: for the game to load the map, and then when all that WAITING:rolleyes: is finally done you have to WAIT:mad: for the match to actually start. if u ask me that's WAAAAY too much WAITING. and sometimes the your searching to teammates it will restart. i think i would rather play the first gears, just because i don't have to WAIT to play it. :(

[Hixxy22]

In 2 hours i only managed 3 Multiplayer games!! It took up to 22 minutes to connect to a match!! In COD 4 i could have had 20 plus games!!

[ring0fire]

I completely agree. I really do not even want to play the game because it takes so much time to get in a freakin game.



For the most part the game seems alot more solid and complete than gears 1 did. The only major issue i have is the <<<<<WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO JOIN A GAME WITH THE NEW MATCHMAKING SYSTEM???>>>>>>

It takes FOREVER! to get into a game. Why? I know it can't be from lack of players. The game was supposed to sell 3 million copies the first day or somthing like that right? So what is the problem? Its not my connection because i know almost every other player i talk to (in the few games ive been able to actually get into) complains of this same issue.

PLEASE EPIC, if there is one thing to fix its this. It makes me NOT want to play the game if i don't have any friends online, which is somthing i NEVER had a problem with in the first game. Its a serious serious issue, that really needs to be adressed.


Also ...it would just be super convenient to be able to party up with the team you were matched with, and/or your opponents. The random times you get a REALLLY good game going and you would just like to keep playing, without having to exit the game, host a private game, and then track down the people u just played with to try and get them to join. Its sort of a pain

Take a tip from the Halo 3 matchmaking system. You get matched very quickly, and you can party up after the game ends. Thats all any player can ask for. Waiting upwards of 20 mins to try to find a SINGLE game is just preposterous. Does every match need to be 5v5? Does everyone NEED to be the same skill level? Most of the time all anyone wants to do is play. So please just help us play!

Thank you

[Pheonyx69]

Dude i hate waiting for the stupid game to start it pisses me off so much and then i finaly just say whatever im going to play with bots on insane cause they are harder then most people are and it takes me 30 secs to get a game going i think they really need to fix this!!

[Captain Curbstomp]

If you dont have 5 people in your room, matchmaking is completely worthless. It never finds you anyone to play with, and usually sticks you with people outside of your continent. No offense to foreigners...but I dont like you. Im american, I dont understand french, so stop sticking me in french rooms! If I cant understand what your saying, I dont want to play with you. Matchmaking in Gears 2 needs a COMPLETE overhaul before it gets like Gears did with its matchmaking. NOBODY played ranked matches because of the matchmaking. This is the classic example of a GREAT game, with shoddy execution in online game making. MAKE THIS GAME GREAT - FIX YOUR MISTAKES PRIOR TO RELEASING THE GAME!

(anyone remember goldeneye for n64? perfect game out of the box...no need for patches or updates...god i miss the good ole days when developers HAD to get it right the first time or thier game was considered trash)

[CZEK]

I totally agree, the matchmaking needs to be fixed before gears 2 loses a large part of its online players; the more time it takes to update, the more players move to something else.

Specifically, I think that filtering out potential players to find those of "similar skill" is just stupid. Rank is rarely a determining factor of a player's skill, and it only complicated the matchmaking process. I know I would rather wait 10 seconds for a game that I get destroyed in than wait 10 minutes for a game that is stacked anyway. Epic should just eliminate that step completely, doesn't help anyone.

[elgoose]

It won't be fixed. They're too busy releasing ****ing NXE themes and comics to even reply that a fix is on the way. How could matchmaking be garbage only on one game on live? Never had this problem with any other game...

[o BOOM3R o]

Lol. yeah the waiting times are ridiculous, ive only ever had a few decent games where it's started properly..all the others have been a huge LAGfest. so iv'e stopped playing it online as much ;[ . but me and my friend play against bots, but its just not the same (n) . all my other games work perfect online and my connection is fine and ports are all open. but 'hopefully' epic will sort this out ;D . if not, i'm just gonna play some halo 3 and CoD.

[dogfishmcfiz]

Since the title update i have played about six or seven games and in every single one i have either had extreme lag, somebody has been stand-bying me, or the host has quit. there needs to be a new system because if the other team is about to lose the host just quits most of the time and it ruins the game because you don't get your stats. please fix it:mad: