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[MongerMan]

MechlordX, on 12 December 2014 - 06:24 PM, said:

@Rambow that's basically correct. But ive heard that you can still defend another faction's planet but it has to be 12 people from the same faction still. Like, 12 Mariks defending a steiner planet. The chances 12 Mariks will be in a queue to defend a steiner planet is certainly going to be rare, though.

I don't think that applies when defending against clans. Last night I was able to join a few games and if I remember correctly there were multiple IS factions present.

Edited by MongerMan, 12 December 2014 - 06:26 PM.

[James Pryde]

2 3 man [color=#959595]attacking sarmaxa now[/color]

[r2ch]

one more win and Leoben falls

[Bhelogan]

Need 3 at Loric to help defend

[ImperialKnight]

41min on Turtle Bay. Might as well do an experiment on how long before the matchmaker times out

[IIIuminaughty]

Blood Pearls preparing for drop on Tripoli as of 9:27pm est.

[Big C]

sitting in turtle bay as steiner... just waiting....

[Bhelogan]

Bhelogan, on 12 December 2014 - 06:27 PM, said:

Need 3 at Loric to help defend

er 2...

[James Pryde]

still [color=#959595] 3 man [/color][color=#959595]attacking sarmaxa now[/color]

[IIIuminaughty]

Blood pearl going to turtle bay.... davion (12man)

Edited by IIIuminaughty, 12 December 2014 - 06:34 PM.

[G SE7EN7]

knightsljx, on 12 December 2014 - 06:27 PM, said:

41min on Turtle Bay. Might as well do an experiment on how long before the matchmaker times out

about 45-50mins

[Artur Valour]

Some observations:

• When defending from clans, mixed units of IS are allowed. They do not have to be from same faction or same unit
  
• My son and I (sitting back to back) were both queued for Verthandi for about 3 minutes... when match started only I got in that match.
  
• My son stayed in the queue - 25 minutes the full length of the match... as soon as it ended, the very moment, his game started

As OP states, we should be using this as a means to coordinate attacks, not necessarily defending. I don't know how those pop-up warning happen - I think anytime someone attacks a planet, even an individual, the warning pops.... that isn't enough to start the attack...

[IIIuminaughty]

Artur Valour, on 12 December 2014 - 06:38 PM, said:

Some observations:

• When defending from clans, mixed units of IS are allowed. They do not have to be from same faction or same unit
  
• My son and I (sitting back to back) were both queued for Verthandi for about 3 minutes... when match started only I got in that match.
  
• My son stayed in the queue - 25 minutes the full length of the match... as soon as it ended, the very moment, his game started

As OP states, we should be using this as a means to coordinate attacks, not necessarily defending. I don't know how those pop-up warning happen - I think anytime someone attacks a planet, even an individual, the warning pops.... that isn't enough to start the attack...

That is exactly what I think is happening.

[MechlordX]

If multiple IS factions can defend the same planet, then I think I see a problem here. The clans certainly have a lot less people because of mech availability, perhaps there are so many defenders that a lot of us aren't needed and thus not getting into matches.

[G SE7EN7]

apollo needs attackers now, eta 3mins

edit: need clanners

Edited by G SE7EN7, 12 December 2014 - 06:47 PM.

[tucsonspeed6]

Artur Valour, on 12 December 2014 - 06:38 PM, said:

Some observations:

• When defending from clans, mixed units of IS are allowed. They do not have to be from same faction or same unit
  
• My son and I (sitting back to back) were both queued for Verthandi for about 3 minutes... when match started only I got in that match.
  
• My son stayed in the queue - 25 minutes the full length of the match... as soon as it ended, the very moment, his game started

As OP states, we should be using this as a means to coordinate attacks, not necessarily defending. I don't know how those pop-up warning happen - I think anytime someone attacks a planet, even an individual, the warning pops.... that isn't enough to start the attack...

So this sounds like it's not a matter of not enough players, but rather not enough matches. If one person gets into a match, and the next one gets into a match immediately after the first ends, it sounds like only one battle for a planet happens at a time. If that's true, then it would explain the long waits.

[Dagadegatto]

IS in queue for LEOBEN. Come join us :-)

Clans also welcome of course :-)

Edited by Dagadegatto, 12 December 2014 - 06:48 PM.

[Slaughterama]

I dropped a few solo matches during the day and never had to wait more than 10 minutes. I haven't been able to drop solo in the last hour. Anyone groups with TS looking for one more?

[G SE7EN7]

MechlordX, on 12 December 2014 - 06:46 PM, said:

If multiple IS factions can defend the same planet, then I think I see a problem here. The clans certainly have a lot less people because of mech availability, perhaps there are so many defenders that a lot of us aren't needed and thus not getting into matches.

IS can fight each other too, house v house. Wait times are still just as bad.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

tucsonspeed6, on 12 December 2014 - 06:47 PM, said:

So this sounds like it's not a matter of not enough players, but rather not enough matches. If one person gets into a match, and the next one gets into a match immediately after the first ends, it sounds like only one battle for a planet happens at a time. If that's true, then it would explain the long waits.

I'd guess it's a lack of attackers rather than a lack of players generally. The attacking team probably got dropped in again almost immediately, while the defending teams are basically trading off combat duty.