- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: The First Legend
Now its a handful of people. Have you read every account, have you been keeping track of the numbers? Have you been keeping track of the matches? So, how do you even know if it is a handful of people? ive seen lots of examples. So, I am seeing a problem. Neither you, nor I, have any evidence released after these problems were revealed to address the situation, as such NEITHER of us are capable of saying with any certainty weather the system is working fine, or isnt working fine. However, I can say that the system has flaws and isnt working as intended. What can you say? Not much other than IT MUST WORK BECAUSE MICROSOFT MADE IT AND THEY KNOW STUFF.
Ive never said forgetting the besian(sp?) system, but Ive asked a question, which youve REPEATEDLY IGNORED. The question is, how long would the system have to be deficiant in giving competative matches before you consider it not worth it?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT IGNORE THIS QUESTION FOR THE 10TH TIME
Fine. 1000 out of 3000000 people are experiencing problems. Because they win too much, and they only play on one team. The system has some unintentionally vigorous failsafes in place to guard against cheating, bungie has said as much. This is probably one aspect of them.
The Matchmaking system wasn't designed around unbeaten teams. It was designed around giving single players who just hop onto teams a reasonable chance at a good game. In order to give the VAST MAJORITY of players a good game, the system screws your buddies. Tough luck, they should try being less insular, maybe play with some other folks a time or two. Fixed unbeaten teams are for Clan games or MLG or Gamebattles, not Trueskill matchmaking.
Or maybe, if it's ruining their enjoyment of the game so much, and they won't follow ANY of the suggestions that have been set forth in this thread, maybe they should quit playing on that hopper. Try some lone wolves.
I've explained to you all the things your friends can do to fix the situation, I'll put them down here again:
1) Enter Team Slayer solo for a half dozen games. That'll do a better job of gaging their true skill.
2) Lose a couple of times, to around an 80% rate.
3) Pair off and take two random members with each pair for a few games.
4) Find new teammates, mix and match.
If they keep playing the way that they are, they're going to keep getting screwed.
Okay, so to sum up, I'm going to put this in all caps, because if it's for the 10th time, you've ignored all of my ten answers.
THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AS INTENDED. IT WORKS IN 99.9% OF CASES, YOUR FRIENDS ARE INTENTIONALLY THROWING THE SYSTEM AN EXCEPTION. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF THEY WANT TO SEE A BIG NUMBER ON THEIR RANK.
I'd say if you aren't happy with the way the system works, either deal with it or quit, because they're not going to break the system for 99% to make the 1% that are gaming the system happy.
Now I don't want you in here, trolling, after we've given you an answer to every one of your questions. The system wasn't designed to deal with a player with a friends list that only has 3 people in it. Your buddies need to realize that and play the hopper as intended, or they need to quit sending you up here to whine for them. This is the last time I'm posting an answer to this problem, further attempts to post this question will result in cries of "SOMEBODY CALL HIM A WAAAAHHHHMBULANCE!" Come up with a new question or we'll just have to ignore you. Or possibly petition a moderator to delete your messages for trolling in a sticky.
[Edited on 11.26.2007 11:57 AM PST]