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Post by Pope Leo VII on Nov 9, 2015 15:45:41 GMT -5
Keeping your party on the smaller size is the only way to avoid hassles.
Once you start aiming for more then 4, problems creep up hard and fast.
DOM is hands down my favorite game mode, and almost the only one played with the clan. Thus far into BO III, we are struggling hard and barely pulling wins out of our ass. No one on our team is going positive...meanwhile the opposing team has everyone going 2 - 5 K:D and calling in streaks the entirety of the game
Quite the reality check... Coming from AW, where we were probably one of the best DOM clans in existence... Everyone had a role, aligned streaks, guns, etc. Routinely crushed teams holding them below 30
Having far better luck jumping into Kill Confirmed, whether solo or in a party
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 9, 2015 15:46:53 GMT -5
Keeping your party on the smaller size is the only way to avoid hassles. Once you start aiming for more then 4, problems creep up hard and fast. DOM is hands down my favorite game mode, and almost the only one played with the clan. Thus far into BO III, we are struggling hard and barely pulling wins out of our ass. No one on our team is going positive...meanwhile the opposing team has everyone going 2 - 5 K:D and calling in streaks the entirety of the game Coming from AW, where we were probably one of the best DOM clans in existence... Everyone had a role, aligned streaks, guns, etc Having far better luck jumping into Kill Confirmed, whether solo or in a party Why are you having problems with Dom?
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 9, 2015 18:07:57 GMT -5
Vahn on Twitter:
Let's hope the party stability issue is on the top of this list.
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 9, 2015 22:35:31 GMT -5
Up and down night, but mostly ended with some god awful games. Party couldn't group up, and then when we did get it going ....I had some horrendously laggy games. As bad as I have EVER seen on CoD. That bad. Like the whole full on stuttering screen going. Especially on the Nuketown maps.
I played grouped up tonight, like tried forcing it all night.... and had twice as many bad games as when I play solo. Like really bad games, like going 18-40, 4-28, etc.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 9, 2015 23:27:37 GMT -5
Up and down night, but mostly ended with some god awful games. Party couldn't group up, and then when we did get it going ....I had some horrendously laggy games. As bad as I have EVER seen on CoD. That bad. Like the whole full on stuttering screen going. Especially on the Nuketown maps. I played grouped up tonight, like tried forcing it all night.... and had twice as many bad games as when I play solo. Like really bad games, like going 18-40, 4-28, etc. I was part of the second half of this group up. To be fair: we have players from all over the country and that probably made the network based matchmaking pretty difficult. Personally, I had that one game in which everybody is having a hard time, pretty much all players on both sides have terrible pings. I was OK in the game after, but I can see that you were having big issues. BTW, both games are on Nuk3town, not sure whether that has anything to do with the laggy situation.
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Post by illram on Nov 10, 2015 3:28:29 GMT -5
This NAT type stuff is annoying. I shouldn't have to set up a static IP network and then port forward just to get an open NAT. I don't want a static IP network. Too many tech simpletons in my house for that to work.
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Post by Will on Nov 10, 2015 3:38:40 GMT -5
I've resorted to, every day before I start playing, do a hard shutdown on my Xbox, then unplug my router, count to 20, plug it back in, then boot up my Xbox. This gives me a few hours of "open" NAT type and the ability to party up with friends. But after a while, it magically flips to "moderate" on it's own, then sometimes even goes to "Strict" (this is the text at the bottom of the COD screen. My Xbox Network settings indicate I am still "open".) And then I will get dropped from the party and be unable to reconnect unless I go and repeat those initial steps.
What a silly machine. I sure do miss Xbox 360.
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Post by Pegasus Actual on Nov 10, 2015 5:31:25 GMT -5
This NAT type stuff is annoying. I shouldn't have to set up a static IP network and then port forward just to get an open NAT. I don't want a static IP network. Too many tech simpletons in my house for that to work. If you have a reasonably feature-rich router you can configure your Xbox to have "Static DHCP", that is you assign an IP address based on its MAC address. Then you can forward whatever you want to it full-time without affecting anyone else's connectivity
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 10, 2015 9:23:11 GMT -5
This NAT type stuff is annoying. I shouldn't have to set up a static IP network and then port forward just to get an open NAT. I don't want a static IP network. Too many tech simpletons in my house for that to work. Include me as one of those simpletons. I don't want to be screwing with anything on my router or Xbox. I just want it to be, how it was before. Plug in and play. That's why I play consoles. And with that, I'm not sure IF I should be messing with settings and such. Why? I have the high end Verizon FIOS package. My NAT setting is showing continual open. And everything looks good on my end. But it's not, when playing this game. At least with other people. Last night I focused on playing with friends. We had a group of six of us for like 6 to 7 games (1 1/2 hours?). For the most part, the group thing mostly worked. Some kind of sketchy games with lag, but whatever. We also dropped people left and right, but were able to refind them and start playing again. Not that much trouble, at least compared to before (but overall, it still was broken). Then we did Ground War for two games. It actually worked. Then we reformed into two groups, and problems started. More time partying up, than playing. "Grouping Time' > "Play Time". Then we started really getting into some laggy games. REALLY laggy. Like being in a stop-motion 20's movie. Two games I went like 4-30, 18-40. Couldn't shoot a thing. Overall, for the night, I had a crappy night. Won most of the games, but in terms of my performance, I mostly sucked. 14 to 15 games played, all dom, and if I had to guess? Maybe a 0.80 KD (influenced by those horrendous games). Just bad. Constantly behind people. Tons of deaths, WHILE shooting people. This morning I was jacked. So I got back on at 6am pre-work. Played seven games of all SOLO Domination. For the most part, all the games were clean, with no GiPs, no other groups, and to my surprise, I did well. My KD over the seven games was above 2.0. I won six of the seven. I was in the top three scorers (out of 12) on like six of the eight. AND I was using the Gorgon LMG for half of those games. People were going down. Rather than losing 4 out of 5 face-offs, I was winning 3 out of 5. Seriously, not making this up, the extreme difference. Even my 1.05 game below, I went like 23-21 and was top scorer on my team, capping eight flags and winning the game. I actually played well. So WTF? Shittier opponents? No lag, induced by trying to play with friends? I hate this sh1t. I would like to think I am not a 4-30 type of Dom player. Don't think I am that bad. And then you get 7 random games like this morning, where I am playing close to a 2.0 KD level in SOLO dom playing. Baffling.
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Post by Pope Leo VII on Nov 10, 2015 10:02:18 GMT -5
Keeping your party on the smaller size is the only way to avoid hassles. Once you start aiming for more then 4, problems creep up hard and fast. DOM is hands down my favorite game mode, and almost the only one played with the clan. Thus far into BO III, we are struggling hard and barely pulling wins out of our ass. No one on our team is going positive...meanwhile the opposing team has everyone going 2 - 5 K:D and calling in streaks the entirety of the game Coming from AW, where we were probably one of the best DOM clans in existence... Everyone had a role, aligned streaks, guns, etc Having far better luck jumping into Kill Confirmed, whether solo or in a party Why are you having problems with Dom? Everyone seems to be blasted with connection issues.. The top players on the opposing team are straight up unkillable... eating bullets, instant killing, being killed before jumping/turning corners. Its a modern mystery the way they defy science haha Played with two buddys who live close to me, and we were hit with major lag. My two friends and a few opposing players in the lobby were constantly warping, freezing, etc. Regardless of whether xbox/router was reset... Nothing seemed to help our situation. Only positive was almost every game was close and we pulled out a few clutch tags to secure the win
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 10, 2015 10:14:34 GMT -5
Read my post above.
This is pretty much my summary so far, about 10 hours in. Playing with friends, versus going solo. Mostly all Domination here
I play with friends....I lag and spend most of my time sitting in lobbies, sending out invites and resigning back in (after getting kicked offline). I get into a lot games where an opposing level 10 player (or any lower level) go 50-10 against a full party of us. Wiping us off the mat. I also get into games where I simply can't even move without stuttering. Overall, playing with friends, I feel like there is SBMM in effect, or something gimping out my ability to shoot. It's not uncommon to lose almost all my 1v1 face-offs with opponents (where it appears we are both shooting at each other, at the same time). In summary, I see WILD swings in my scores. A lot of variation. I might go 29-10 one game, then go 5-30 the next. It pretty much sucks. I know I am still learning the maps, but I feel like a burden to my friends.
I play solo ....I get a lot of games-in-progress, have crappy teammates, and yeah, not a great experience. BUT...I generally do get a cleaner game overall. 'clean' being not as much lag, true shots, not jerky movements, etc... I also have countless games where I have outscored players in their high 40 to 50's level. I win at least half of my '1v1' face-offs. Overall, I see a much less lower variability in my scores. On this, I am sure. My gaming results tend to be more focused around my mean. My KD playing solo right now, is at least 30 to 40% HIGHER than when playing with friends.
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Post by illram on Nov 10, 2015 13:31:43 GMT -5
This NAT type stuff is annoying. I shouldn't have to set up a static IP network and then port forward just to get an open NAT. I don't want a static IP network. Too many tech simpletons in my house for that to work. If you have a reasonably feature-rich router you can configure your Xbox to have "Static DHCP", that is you assign an IP address based on its MAC address. Then you can forward whatever you want to it full-time without affecting anyone else's connectivity Good to know. Another reason I should probably ditch the piece of junk router/modem Comcast gives me makes me pay for.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 13:35:41 GMT -5
This NAT type stuff is annoying. I shouldn't have to set up a static IP network and then port forward just to get an open NAT. I don't want a static IP network. Too many tech simpletons in my house for that to work. If you have a reasonably feature-rich router you can configure your Xbox to have "Static DHCP", that is you assign an IP address based on its MAC address. Then you can forward whatever you want to it full-time without affecting anyone else's connectivity This is what I have been doing. My wife and I together have numerous devices in the house (3 desktops, 2 laptops, 2 cell phones, 1 ipad, 2 XONE, 1 X360). Not doing static IP assignment for my main XONE = nightmare. I realized on Sunday that my previous setup was no longer working due to my recent purchase of a 2nd XONE (which is now my main). I redid the IP assignment and my NAT type has stayed open since. BTW, on the UPNP front, I have noticed (after fixing the above issue) on my router that UPNP does 1200 -> 1200 and 3074->3074 when I play BLOPS 3. When I play other games, they usually don't show up (at least the latter). The above made me believe that: 1) BLOPS 3 NAT type is largely dependent on whethet it can successfully UPNP the port 3074 (or 3075 based on what Pegasus Actual's observation of having both XONE and PS4); 2) The NAT type reported by XONE itself is not tied to that port; Suggestions:1) understand the basics of NAT type: www.tech-recipes.com/rx/46572/xbox-one-how-to-open-your-nat-to-connect-to-live-members-and-servers/2) visit your router's web-based admin tool (usually at 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1), and get familiar with it; 3) if your router is purchased a while ago, you may want to check for firmware update (I found out that my router needs one during my Sunday troubleshooting); 4) follow Pegasus' advice to assign an internal static IP to your XONE; 5) enable UPNP on your router if not already; 6) start up BLOPS3 and go into public matches, then visit your router's UPNP mapping page. Observe what happens there. If you still can't get your NAT open, report back here and we can discuss.
Two more things: a) If at all possible, make your XONE connection "wired" instead of "wireless"; b) if your router does not support the "stuff" mentioned above, it is probably time to buy a new one. Consider this the most important investment if you are a PvP FPS player.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 13:36:57 GMT -5
Read my post above. This is pretty much my summary so far, about 10 hours in. Playing with friends, versus going solo. Mostly all Domination here I play with friends....I lag and spend most of my time sitting in lobbies, sending out invites and resigning back in (after getting kicked offline). I get into a lot games where an opposing level 10 player (or any lower level) go 50-10 against a full party of us. Wiping us off the mat. I also get into games where I simply can't even move without stuttering. Overall, playing with friends, I feel like there is SBMM in effect, or something gimping out my ability to shoot. It's not uncommon to lose almost all my 1v1 face-offs with opponents (where it appears we are both shooting at each other, at the same time). In summary, I see WILD swings in my scores. A lot of variation. I might go 29-10 one game, then go 5-30 the next. It pretty much sucks. I know I am still learning the maps, but I feel like a burden to my friends. I play solo ....I get a lot of games-in-progress, have crappy teammates, and yeah, not a great experience. BUT...I generally do get a cleaner game overall. 'clean' being not as much lag, true shots, not jerky movements, etc... I also have countless games where I have outscored players in their high 40 to 50's level. I win at least half of my '1v1' face-offs. Overall, I see a much less lower variability in my scores. On this, I am sure. My gaming results tend to be more focused around my mean. My KD playing solo right now, is at least 30 to 40% HIGHER than when playing with friends. Option #3: play with a smaller number of friends first (<=4), preferably bros in the same timezone as you. Regardless which option you do, make sure to monitor your in-game network conditions so you can correlate your performance with network conditions: Menu -> Options -> Network -> make sure the "Connection Meter" is "On". By doing this, you can see your ping numbers in game at real time. If It is > 50ms, then you are at the mercy of lag management. Consider reducing party size if you see that when playing with a large party.
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Post by illram on Nov 10, 2015 14:05:58 GMT -5
All of that is good, sound advice Witty, but... everything else on my network "just works." Every COD game on my PC, every COD game on my old Xbox 360, every other online game on any platform in my house... open NAT. And not to say this doesn't work, my experience is mostly fine with a moderate NAT, it's just psychologically nagging me. "Was that gun fight lost...BECAUSE OF MY NAT TYPE??!?!?!? I DON'T KNOW THIS QUESTION WILL HAUNT ME TO MY GRAVE ARRGHHH."
This is a AAA console title with a bazillion dollar budget. I shouldn't have to, say, buy a new router/modem and mess with stuff. Maybe it sounds entitled, and it probably is, but like iw5000 said we pay for the console experience, right? We pay for plug and play, easy-peezy stuff. That's what they're selling. Just make a properly functional online game, Treyarch.
I am crossing my fingers they patch this and this all just becomes a moot issue.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 14:08:56 GMT -5
All of that is good, sound advice Witty, but... everything else on my network "just works." Every COD game on my PC, every COD game on my old Xbox 360, every other online game on any platform in my house... open NAT. This is a AAA console title with a bazillion dollar budget. I shouldn't have to, say, buy a new router/modem and mess with stuff. Maybe it sounds entitled, and it probably is, but like iw5000 said we pay for the console experience, right? We pay for plug and play, easy-peezy stuff. That's what they're selling. Just make a properly functional online game, Treyarch. I am crossing my fingers they patch this and this all just becomes a moot issue. I am not disputing any of that, with the success of Titanfall / Destiny / Halo 5, I also expect a lot more from 3arc. However, we can rant about the issues all we want, but whether and when they can be fixed is at 3arc's hands. I want to focus on finding solutions / work-arounds to the issues until then, making this thread more productive.
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Post by illram on Nov 10, 2015 14:12:51 GMT -5
You are, as usual, absolutely correct. I think I got my rants out of my system now, I will go back to enjoying the game. (Because it is really still a lot of fun...)
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Post by Pegasus Actual on Nov 10, 2015 14:19:14 GMT -5
You are, as usual, absolutely correct. No no no no no no no. Whatever you do don't feed his ego, don't feeeeeed his EGOOOO!!!!!! Good to know. Another reason I should probably ditch the piece of junk router/modem Comcast gives me makes me pay for. I still rent the modem/router combo from Time Warner (and maybe I shouldn't) but I bridge it to my mid-range router which is probably 5 years old by now. A Linksys of some kind, running Tomato firmware. I've had some success with DDWRT in the past as well, it just wasn't supported on this particular router. You kind of sound like you don't want to fuck around with custom firmware though and I don't blame you. Nowadays stuff like the Netgear Nighthawk, while expensive, should easily do the job. Just remember, if you don't bridge it, you're not getting Open NAT.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 14:20:51 GMT -5
Just to be clear: ranting is totally fine. It is just not my thing so I don't it often (usually speaking... )
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Post by illram on Nov 10, 2015 14:34:23 GMT -5
You are, as usual, absolutely correct. No no no no no no no. Whatever you do don't feed his ego, don't feeeeeed his EGOOOO!!!!!! Good to know. Another reason I should probably ditch the piece of junk router/modem Comcast gives me makes me pay for. I still rent the modem/router combo from Time Warner (and maybe I shouldn't) but I bridge it to my mid-range router which is probably 5 years old by now. A Linksys of some kind, running Tomato firmware. I've had some success with DDWRT in the past as well, it just wasn't supported on this particular router. You kind of sound like you don't want to Foxtrot around with custom firmware though and I don't blame you. Nowadays stuff like the Netgear Nighthawk, while expensive, should easily do the job. Just remember, if you don't bridge it, you're not getting Open NAT. I get open NAT on other stuff... but yeah I am not into messing with custom firmware. My level of sophistication ends with setting up a static IP network, and even that experience was enough to tell myself "never again." Upgrading to a better modem/router would be the easiest thing as you said, but probably won't happen for a while. Now with two kids and my wife and guests and family sometimes coming over and needing wireless access...everything basically needs to function on a "turn it on and go" level. I think the last time I tried messing with firmware on a router I wound up in the fetal position in the corner crying with a blanket over my head.
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 10, 2015 14:48:45 GMT -5
All of that is good, sound advice Witty, but... everything else on my network "just works." Every COD game on my PC, every COD game on my old Xbox 360, every other online game on any platform in my house... open NAT. This is a AAA console title with a bazillion dollar budget. I shouldn't have to, say, buy a new router/modem and mess with stuff. Maybe it sounds entitled, and it probably is, but like iw5000 said we pay for the console experience, right? We pay for plug and play, easy-peezy stuff. That's what they're selling. Just make a properly functional online game, Treyarch. I am crossing my fingers they patch this and this all just becomes a moot issue. I am not disputing any of that, with the success of Titanfall / Destiny / Halo 5, I also expect a lot more from 3arc. However, we can rant about the issues all we want, but whether and when they can be fixed is at 3arc's hands. I want to focus on finding solutions / work-arounds to the issues until then, making this thread more productive. The problem Witty, is your solution isn't a really work-around. While your posts are very appreciated, your efforts are A+.... having a monitor up to tell me what I already am feeling & seeing, is a bit overkill. Probably everyone on this board knows EXACTLY when the game goes to sh1t. Like us with those two Nuketown games last night. None of us needed a monitor to know something was amiss. The game was broken. I know when things are lagging. I can feel it. And even if I miss it in the first few moments, dying ten straight 1v1 gun battles is typically a good enough indicator, regardless of monitors up and running. And even if my monitor suddenly shows my connection going bad? What am I to do? Immediately quit the game? Surrender? The game has you by the balls at this point. There is really no good fix here . . . . ....other than Treyarch getting off their asses, start worrying about OP guns, and put ALL their resources into fixing an issue which should have been resolved months ago. Not a week after a release. This is a colossal failure on their part. A lot of people didn't just spend $65, but spent $99, or more on various packages. You charge premium dollars, that doesn't give you the right to be expecting us to be test dummies for a month, to beta test connection issues post release. I also don't think it's a time zone/west coast thing. I have played with Mal and other west coast people, ...I'm just not seeing any strong correlation yet, between times zones and lag. At least not yet, as my experience data base on this is very limited. The solution? People aren't going to want to hear this, but the only way to get this fixed is to unload a ton of tweets and b1tching in Treyarch's direction. A LOT of venom and hate. That's the only thing that makes these people respond right now, as they already have your money, but they yet to grab the Holiday kid's money yet. Enough sh1t gets tossed at Vanderhaar, enough to hurt sales, they'll fix this faster. EDIT. I would love to see a class action suit, for a couple hundred million dollars, tossed a Treyarch. Gross negligence or willful misconduct upon release, taking people's money on a product they know is broken. That's the thing, Treyarch knew the party stuff wasn't going to work upon release. They aren't stupid. They released this anyways.
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 10, 2015 15:17:48 GMT -5
Another solution. Put this on Twitter
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 15:22:50 GMT -5
Unlike the party stability problem or NAT problem, the problem you are describing here, laggy when going in with a full party with players all over the country having vastly different network speed/setups, is near "impossible" to solve, unless: 1) go all-in on dedicated servers, and 2) make TTK longer; (Again, what Halo has been trying to do ) I for one am pleased that when playing solo BLOPS3 almost feels no lags. Can't say the same thing at all for AW.
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 10, 2015 16:31:57 GMT -5
Well, i am describing two issues. Party/invite functions and stability (which is a fail) . . .and lag. Solo play is mostly ok, as I mentioned up above. But these games are social games. Meant to be played with friends. So with that in mind, that's how Treyarch's efforts should be directed. And our reviews too. While it may be impossible to get perfection for all the players, spread out all over the country, ....they most certainly can do better than what we have seen so far. Fact is, I've seen MUCH better connections, with friends, in prior CoD games, as well as games like Destiny and Halo. Yes, those have longer TTK's, but no amount of lengthening the TTK in some of those games last night, would have helped anything.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2015 19:07:05 GMT -5
Well, i am describing two issues. Party/invite functions and stability (which is a fail) . . .and lag. Solo play is mostly ok, as I mentioned up above. But these games are social games. Meant to be played with friends. So with that in mind, that's how Treyarch's efforts should be directed. And our reviews too. While it may be impossible to get perfection for all the players, spread out all over the country, ....they most certainly can do better than what we have seen so far. Fact is, I've seen MUCH better connections, with friends, in prior CoD games, as well as games like Destiny and Halo. Yes, those have longer TTK's, but no amount of lengthening the TTK in some of those games last night, would have helped anything. Regarding the "laggy" for full party issue: Titanfall and Halo 5 are exemplary in handling this, but no surprise there because MSFT are "funding" them with dedicated servers without reservation. Even Halo MCC, a game with completely broken matchmaking for several months, offers solid game play experience lag-wise if you can get into a game. Does not look like CoD is going to do the dedicated servers any time soon (or ever), especially with 1) dedicated servers are not even a serious topic on the PS4 side, and 2) ATVI pretty much ditched MSFT for this entire console generation. I am even worried about Titanfall 2, whenever that happens, because it will be cross platform and MSFT will no longer have huge incentive to support it with Dedis. Destiny's netcode is actually pretty horrible. It is masked by the loot based "casual" attitudes of players, the long TTK, and the "magic" buttons to get free kills. That said: It is definitely a very valid argument that several previous CoD installments are pretty decent on this particular aspect. Among the CoD games I played (I started at MW3): MW3, BO2 and even Ghosts seemed to be pretty friendly to party players. I don't know to what extent BO3 is worse, my experience is not as bad as yours. On launch night, I was party of a 4 player SnD party and we only had 1 horrible laggy games (that we joined in progress and immediately backed out). In our yesterday's party, I only had that 1 lagggy game on Nuk3town, in which all players suffer from. I strongly suspect one of the players is manipulating his own network to gain advantage.
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 11, 2015 6:59:54 GMT -5
BO3 was supposed to have dedicated servers. I am pretty sure i recall hearing that some of the lobbies would be having them. At least when available. Has there been any indication at all we are getting these? From my end, it just seems like another CoD broken promise. Here's my experience this morning. I tried to get a few games in. Signed on at 6:10am ET Game 1 - Domination - Game in Progress 67-100 - Loss at Halftime. 2nd half started, i had multiple kill streaks on me. I started 0-5. Game 2 - Domination - .....couldn't start the next game, because i noticed i was signed back out. I had to relog back in. Game 2 - Domination - Game in Progress 85 -170 - multiple UAV's up on me, then immediately had a set of RAPs come at me. That was fun. thought i would try a different game mode Game 3 - TDM - Game in Progress, losing 39 to 62 - I went like 3-4 and the game was over. Fun. I got signed out from the menu screen. Or the lobby broke up. I have no clue. Second time this morning. Nice. So i had to sign back in. Game 4 - Domination. Game in Progress on Hunted. 2nd half was just starting, my side down by 60pts. Blowout loss. Half began, i heard the multiple UAV's inbound, and air support. I was killed on B, sniped, killed by a Talon, killed upon respawn, and at being 0-4, ...i said Foxtrot it. I'll just take a loss and quit. This isn't fun, nor is it worth my time. THAT was my CoD B03 solo experience this morning. Not sure what to say. Can't say i did good or bad, i just did .....nothing. Joined four losing games where my side was being shit on. Is this supposed to be fun? I quit around 6:50am and was like " I would rather go to work, than play this game anymore" So i went to work early. I don't know anymore. Was the above supposed to be fun? Should i have been like, " Wow, good times!!!! Keep it coming" ? I don't know. I certainly didn't feel that way. If anything, i felt a little bit stupid for even bothering to play this game. Like some big corporation Activision is out there, just laughing at me right now, that they got $99 for this sh1t. I think that's how i felt. Maybe i am to old for this anymore? Or maybe i have suddenly awoken to how stupid the above is? I don't know.
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Post by illram on Nov 11, 2015 13:44:58 GMT -5
Weird. I'm on the west coast, and I notice that most of the time if I join a game in progress it does a good job of putting me in near the beginning, or even at the beginning. Then I usually stick around in the same lobby for a while so I'm not joining more games in progress. (Or I move to find a decent lobby, e.g. a lobby where our opponent is not a full organized party.)
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Post by iw5000 on Nov 11, 2015 23:53:25 GMT -5
Well, tonight was a good night. I got on after practice, around 8:30 ET.
First game I played was a game in progress, we lost. But it kept me in the lobby, no disconnecting. That was key. I was able to keep this lobby for the next four games. New people came in and out, but I stayed there. I guess that was good? Must have been, I went top score on three of the four games. All wins. Met a new friend too, a guy with a mic who caps. We capped nine flags each the last game, and won 200-185 (bottom four guys had a combined track of 3 caps)
I stopped while I was ahead and called it a night
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wittyscorpion
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 12, 2015 10:39:56 GMT -5
Maybe the "15" and "16" patches did something to the party stability? Hopefully?
BTW, if I remember correctly, join-in-progress losses don't count (can any bros confirm?). Not sure how much it matters, but still something.
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Post by illram on Nov 12, 2015 12:43:34 GMT -5
Aaaaaaahhh the random disconnects when I am working on an emblem or paint job or anything outside a lobby are so frigging frustrating. Is anyone else noticing this?
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