Star Wars Battlefront won't have a server browser but will use a"skill based matchmaking system"

[Sauron]

Kill:Death ratio average per match and the player level...

 

That doesn't really mean anything. Especially when not everyone will have access to vehicles as often as others. What if I have a poor k/d but captured flags for my team all game and we won because of that? Doesn't that count? This isn't quake, there is a lot less skill involved and that skill is shown in a different way.

[Lazmarr]

That doesn't really mean anything. Especially when not everyone will have access to vehicles as often as others. What if I have a poor k/d but captured flags for my team all game and we won because of that? Doesn't that count? This isn't quake, there is a lot less skill involved and that skill is shown in a different way.

Base it off you MVP score; how well you played as well as how much you contributed to your team...your total assists flags captured/defended as well as on the duration of the match?

[MageTank]

that's not what they said though all they got rid of was the server browser... imagine having battlelog and all it has is a button that says "find match"

I was planning on sleeping tonight, but then i saw your comment. Now images of the hell that awaits me remind me of the lengths humanity is willing to go to in order to destroy what beautiful creations they bring into this world. 

 

Then again, it is just a video game. 

[Sauron]

Base it off you MVP score; how well you played as well as how much you contributed to your team...your total assists flags captured/defended as well as on the duration of the match?

 

Maybe... depends on what they count and if the score is balanced. Another thing to bare in mind is that with an unlock system, players who haven't played as long may end up with inevitably lower scores even if they are actually better at the game. In general, I think they should stick to something more lighthearted and focus around the fun of it rather than trying to force in a competitive aspect that has no real place in this kind of game.

[dalekphalm]

I never played battlefront and so far it seems like I won't pick this one up either. After people still playing Battlefront 2 or is it dead now? I would give it a try since I loved Jedi Outcast/Academy.

Just a warning, Battlefront is nothing like Jedi Outcast/Academy. Both those games have a heavy focus on story (unless you mean Multiplayer). I personally did not think the Battlefront series was particularly good - it was "alright" team based shooter action. The space battles were complete garbage. Lightsaber combat (limited to when you played as heroes) was simplistic at best.

 

The Saber combat system - especially in Jedi Academy - was much more comprehensive. Same with the force powers available.

[Commander Llama]

Goodbye LTT Battlefront server, we didn't even have a moment to miss you.

[WereCat]

Just a warning, Battlefront is nothing like Jedi Outcast/Academy. Both those games have a heavy focus on story (unless you mean Multiplayer). I personally did not think the Battlefront series was particularly good - it was "alright" team based shooter action. The space battles were complete garbage. Lightsaber combat (limited to when you played as heroes) was simplistic at best.

The Saber combat system - especially in Jedi Academy - was much more comprehensive. Same with the force powers available.

I am interested both in sp and mp. I didn't started to love Jedi Academy/Outcast because of the MP as those were pretty old games when I finally got internet connection that allowed me to play MP.

However when I did it blowed my mind when I realized how much more there is to saber combat mechanics which I think are still the best of all times.

I also really enjoyed Republic Commando. Is Battlefront comparable to that?

[Yog]

Matchmaking system?

[dalekphalm]

I am interested both in sp and mp. I didn't started to love Jedi Academy/Outcast because of the MP as those were pretty old games when I finally got internet connection that allowed me to play MP.

However when I did it blowed my mind when I realized how much more there is to saber combat mechanics which I think are still the best of all times.

I also really enjoyed Republic Commando. Is Battlefront comparable to that?

No, Battlefront is nothing like Republic Commando either. I quite like RC - that game was great. There really aren't any comparable star wars games to the Battlefront series. If you're curious, just play it, and see what you think. Many people love them - I personally do not.

[Arcmanov]

Matchmaking, you say?

 

 

Oh, that'll work SPLENDIDLY for us here in the Caribbean.  We already have 75-150ms latencies to deal with (to US servers) on average.  

 

...and no (I know you're thinking it    ), South American servers actually have MORE latency, even though they're closer geographically.

 

 

Fun times ahead.  :mellow:

[Kamil]

No mods, uncontrollable ping, no communities, no fan-made game modes, 100% reliance on EA to keep their servers up...

 

Yep, this is definitely a good decision  <_<

[Spongy141]

I see EA is taking notes from CS: GO, GJ EA doing something right for once.

[StareX]

So a Battlefield game without server browser? What is this sorcery!

This isn't battlefield .. It's in development

[TheUzu]

I heard that if you are exceptionally bad they put you against console players.

ALL HAIL THE SUPERIOR INPUT DEVICE

In all seriousness though I can't wait to be the host and saturate my upload so I can wrek.

[Albatross]

Oh no, now I'm starting to get less excited.

[Agent181]

[Swndlr]

"Skilled based matchmaking"

Lol cuz thats gonna work gr8, look at CSGO, its a shit fest

[Thebman712]

the reason why I dont play csgo is exactly this, I always match up with some players with extraterrestial ping 

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[WolfDeville]

Game looks like shit, wasn't going to get it anyway.

[Paranoid Kami]

"Skilled based matchmaking"

Lol cuz thats gonna work gr8, look at CSGO, its a shit fest

 

CS:GO is a shitfest because of smurfs and cheaters. Also, it has a server browser as well as its ranked matchmaking.

[pixeldensity]

TBH i don't hate battlelog, i have no problem with the interface. The only problem i have with battlelog is when me and my cousins, who live in the same house,  connect to the same game at the same time it boot one of us.

 

I guess as long as it has a party system, it will be somewhat fine.

[MercianUK]

Skill? And how exactly would they measure that in a not particularly hard game in which your performance largely depends on your team's? This isn't sc2... no point in a rank based system. Besides I would assume you can leave the game when you wish if your team is sub par for some reason and you aren't having fun as a consequence (although in that case I'd blame poor game design - bf1942 was fun regardless of whether you were winning or loosing).

 

They've tracked "skill" on Battlelog for a while now, certainly for as long as BF4's been out -- BF3 as well, if I'm not mistaken.

 

I don't think I've ever seen a clear explanation of how it's calculated but, from practical experience, the thing which seems to affect it the most is how busy the server is -- it almost always tanks after a round on a quieter server. I will say that while I don't think my performance/consistency has changed significantly, my skill doesn't seem to fluctuate as wildly as it did earlier on, so it could well be something they're actively tweaking.

 

I don't really see it as a particularly good metric of skill at all, to be honest. Score per minute is probably the best immediately-obvious indicator of skill I can think of, although even there you're hugely affected by your team and especially your squad -- even more so now that they've removed a lot of control over squads, which has totally destroyed squad/team play except for a minority of cases.

 

Now they want to take even more control away from the players. Give us **options** I can understand players wanting to just hop right into a game, especially on consoles, but simplicity is no excuse for removing actual features and detracting from the gameplay experience. If they want to turn Battlefield/Battlefront into another generic FPS I'll just stop playing it like I have all of the others.

[Sauron]

If they want to turn Battlefield/Battlefront into another generic FPS I'll just stop playing it like I have all of the others.

 

Unfortunately I think the writing has been on the wall for months now. Star wars can improve pretty much anything, but we should brace for a bf4 semi-reskin. And battlefield in general has already crossed the line in cod territory imo. If they removed insta-deaths and regen health, then we'd have something to work on.

[Elapo]

What is this ?!?Call of duty: battlefront ?

 

 

 

 

ALL ABORT THE HYPE TRAIN!

 

I walked away from the hype train before it started. 

 

I fucking knew EA/Dice were going to ruin Battlefront.

[AlwaysFSX]

Imho this is a good thing. I'd rather not deal with a server browser as a whole and just play the freaking game. Especially if that means I can create a party with friends and actually all be on the same team.