#1
Posted 02 April 2014 - 07:42 AM
Twitter has informed us today that PGI will not be supporting lobbies or a search function for the upcoming Private Matches on the 29th. While unfortunate, it's not unexpected.
I want to give a bump to 12Bravo and Tenbatsu.
These guys have set up a third-party lobby system reminiscent of the MSN Gaming Zone we had for MW3 & 4.
I'd highly recommend giving it a look...I know that once private matches come out I'll likely be on these lobbies to see how well/how many groups are on it and are looking for matches.
Check out their site directly. http://mwolobby.com/
#2
Posted 02 April 2014 - 07:59 AM
Edited by Joseph Mallan, 02 April 2014 - 07:59 AM.
#4
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:07 AM
Also just found the depressing news down in Meta...
Why do we have a game forum when the devs only seem to release pertinent info everywhere BUT here?
#5
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:15 AM
#6
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:17 AM
Buckminster, on 02 April 2014 - 08:15 AM, said:
I'm sorry, pointing out fundamental flaws in a system that is sold as having a lobby that doesn't have a lobby is trolling?
In the same tweet thread, he says that focus will now be on CW, so it's not something likely to be seen before "CW"
And if I was wrong, don't you think he'd point that out?
Edited by Roadbeer, 02 April 2014 - 08:18 AM.
#7
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:18 AM
Edited by Rebas Kradd, 02 April 2014 - 08:53 AM.
#8
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:18 AM
Buckminster, on 02 April 2014 - 08:15 AM, said:
Either way, we won't have a lobby when it's live, and there's a 3rd party solution. I care about making an incomplete system semi-functional, that's all.
I'll bash PGI in other threads, just hoping THIS one can be useful for groups looking for group play.
Edited: I had my facts wrong and missed a tweet. Eventually, Soon™, after CW. *shrug*
Edited by Ghost Badger, 02 April 2014 - 08:27 AM.
#9
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:19 AM
How do you get into a bigger game without being part of a large community? (which also has close to zero support)
I swear it's like they loath player run groups at any level but hyper competitive. Either solo, or form a huge group and be super seriously about team play. No middle ground, in a team game.
Edited by Prezimonto, 02 April 2014 - 08:20 AM.
#10
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:20 AM
Who knows when or what they would give us though...
Not saying I don't like it being absent... makes no sense NOT to have it...
Edited by Solahma, 02 April 2014 - 08:22 AM.
#11
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:20 AM
Edited by Chemie, 02 April 2014 - 08:22 AM.
#12
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:21 AM
Ghost Badger, on 02 April 2014 - 07:42 AM, said:
Twitter has informed us today that PGI will not be supporting lobbies or a search function for the upcoming Private Matches. While unfortunate, it's not unexpected.
I want to give a bump to 12Bravo and Tenbatsu.
These guys have set up a third-party lobby system reminiscent of the MSN Gaming Zone we had for MW3 & 4.
I'd highly recommend giving it a look...I know that once private matches come out I'll likely be on these lobbies to see how well/how many groups are on it and are looking for matches.
Check out their site directly. http://mwolobby.com/
While I appreciate the work those guys have done to make our own lobbies I really wish nobody would hear about it for fear PGI will just use it as an excuse not to make one because someone else did it for them.
#13
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:22 AM
WarHippy, on 02 April 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:
While I appreciate the work those guys have done to make our own lobbies I really wish nobody would hear about it for fear PGI will just use it as an excuse not to make one because someone else did it for them.
Your faith that they were considering it anyway overwhelms me. Shrug. They're finally implementing "Smurfy's," even though "Smurfy's" already exists. Some precedent
#15
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:23 AM
Solahma, on 02 April 2014 - 08:20 AM, said:
Who knows when or what they would give us though...
Not saying I don't like it being absent... makes no sense NOT to have it...
Seeing as he said CW first I wouldn't expect to see lobbies before next year if ever.
#16
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:23 AM
WarHippy, on 02 April 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:
While I appreciate the work those guys have done to make our own lobbies I really wish nobody would hear about it for fear PGI will just use it as an excuse not to make one because someone else did it for them.
If it works, who cares? I don't care if PGI drops this if every time I go in there, there are a bunch of good teams to play with.
#17
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:24 AM
Why would you even begin coding the system without that feature at it's core, for matchmaking?
This is just one more reason, I'm NOT going to be able to interest my friends who have left the game, as it would be the primary way we'd being playing.... 5 to 6 people don't make a team, but without lobbies, we have to go to third part to find matches? Utter BS, you might as well skip the whole feature if it's going to be missing it's main utility.
SO this really means that private matches are for 12man team practice. Is the private lobby really just a bone thrown to competitive players?
Edited by Prezimonto, 02 April 2014 - 08:28 AM.
#18
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:24 AM
Ghost Badger, on 02 April 2014 - 08:22 AM, said:
Your faith that they were considering it anyway overwhelms me. Shrug. They're finally implementing "Smurfy's," even though "Smurfy's" already exists. Some precedent
I had no faith that they would I just don't want to give them any excuses that some poor sap might believe.
#19
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:25 AM
Roadbeer, on 02 April 2014 - 08:17 AM, said:
In the same tweet thread, he says that focus will now be on CW, so it's not something likely to be seen before "CW"
And if I was wrong, don't you think he'd point that out?
It was the "That would still be a 'browser' or a 'lobby'. Groups and people with friends are not a priority to PGI" tweet that I considered to be trolly, not pointing out the flaws in a lobbyless private match system.
Ghost Badger, on 02 April 2014 - 08:18 AM, said:
That second part, adding later, is NOT addressed. Either way, we won't have a lobby when it's live, and there's a 3rd party solution. I care about making an incomplete system semi-functional, that's all.
I'll bash PGI in other threads, just hoping THIS one can be useful for groups looking for group play.
He does say that it will be added later - it's in his first tweet.
That being said, I'm not trying to be a PGI white knight or trash people that are doing a 3rd party workaround to a flaw in PGI's system. Just saying that some people jump the gun a little too quickly.
Edited by Buckminster, 02 April 2014 - 08:26 AM.
#20
Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:25 AM
WarHippy, on 02 April 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:
While I appreciate the work those guys have done to make our own lobbies I really wish nobody would hear about it for fear PGI will just use it as an excuse not to make one because someone else did it for them.
I have no idea what you are TeamSpeaking of?
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