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

[Epis]

What if you want to play with a friend but there is a wide gap in skill between you and them?

[Thony]

Well, that sucks ass

How am i supposed to find friends

[Bouzoo]

What if you want to play with a friend but there is a wide gap in skill between you and them?

They say you'll be able to create a game so your friends can join, but it's interesting, are they gonna base skill on the best or the worst player?

[Bouzoo]

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.

 

Oh that combat system in Jedi Academy, it was so awesome at the time when the game was released, today it's like bashing your mouse while rotating camera like crazy and hoping you'd hit something.

 Talking about that fight against your friend, before you construct a new lightsaber.

[MattL]

I smell valve (CS:GO MM). Smurfing too...

[Swndlr]

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

Smurfing will more than likely be a factor on this platform as well, and some of the most fun on CS comes from the server browser (surfing, retake servers, 1v1 arenas)

[Speedbird]

Valve does this with CSGO, nobody bats an eye.

EA does it with Battlefront, everybody loses their minds.

[bogus]

Valve does this with CSGO, nobody bats an eye.

EA does it with Battlefront, everybody loses their minds.

And everyone seems to be missing League of Legends. It's not a FPS, but has a match making system based on skill, and the pings are pretty good (depending on the zone... a ping of 60 in EUW is the equivalent of a ping of 10 in Korea)

[SeriouslyMikey]

I haven't liked most of what EA are doing with this game. And I know, it's a new experience of Battlefront, but I cant get it out of my head that so far, this game has less than the originals. Less than games that came out over a decade ago now. In my opinion, that's not acceptable, and I'd much rather play those, even if they wont be as fun gameplay wise as EA's Battlefront. Especially for £50. 

 

I mean, the game so far looks gorgeous and it gives me a huge nerd boner just to watch the game, but I don't feel like so far that it's worth the hefty price tag that EA are charging for it, no matter whether it is a triple A title or not. 

[SeriouslyMikey]

Valve does this with CSGO, nobody bats an eye.

EA does it with Battlefront, everybody loses their minds.

 

Though that's a good point, there's a reason for it. 

CS never had a MM service before GO. People wanted it and asked for it for years, but because of limitations, it wasn't implemented until CS:GO, and even then, it wasn't originally planned. Not to mention that trying to get that game to a larger audience, Valve realised that they needed both, people both want ease of use and not having to use third party clients like you did in Source or 1.6. Not to mention, if they wanted people to stay invested into the game, they'd need some kind of ranking system as that's what a lot of people, including myself like. When it comes to a skill based game like CS:GO, I'd say an MM system works. For a game like Battlefront, I don't think it will. The game doesn't look skill based and thus, still needs community driven servers to keep the game alive for those that will be playing it for years, and knowing Star Wars fans, they will be. 

 

As I said, the game seems to be lacking big features and is turning into another consolised game for sure. At least, that's what I see. 

[MercianUK]

They say you'll be able to create a game so your friends can join, but it's interesting, are they gonna base skill on the best or the worst player?

 

I imagine it'll be based on whoever creates the game/lobby, which leaves the system wide open to abuse.

[Embattled]

I prefer a skill-based match making system. I don't become addicted to games very easily, and don't splurge over "gooder" community servers. Not really into splurge parties.

 

CS:GO has both and is a vastly better game BC of it.

[Eroda]

didnt read all replies but this will suck in about 3 months when people who are godlike buy 10 copies of the game on sale just so they can smurf with a new account and ruin the experience for players who are either new or very average

[christianled59]

I actually like this. You won't be a level 1 getting spawn camped by level 100s. amd if you're worried about joining friends games, then I'm sure you can. You can be a silver and play with a global master on CSGO.

[christianled59]

I imagine it'll be based on whoever creates the game/lobby, which leaves the system wide open to abuse.

It will probably even it out like CSGO.

[Misanthrope]

As long as you can play with friends by joining their game, It won't be the end of the world. The biggest problem with EA servers is that they go down worse than flat coke, and having "that server" that you like the best is balls when its always crashing.

 

That's if you have EA based servers. Proper PC games and ports should have at least the option to have user run dedicated servers. We shouldn't accept anything less, specially from EA that might arbitrarily decide "yeah fuck that game" within a relatively short lifespan and render the entire game useless.

[Briggsy]

That's if you have EA based servers. Proper PC games and ports should have at least the option to have user run dedicated servers. We shouldn't accept anything less, specially from EA that might arbitrarily decide "yeah fuck that game" within a relatively short lifespan and render the entire game useless.

 

Yeah true. Everything after Cod4:MW went down hill fast.

[Master Disaster]

I'm so glad I dedcided long ago that I wasn't getting this game.

 

Train wreck isn't even close to describing it.

[ManOfDisguise]

wow my interest in this game just went down to zero(if this really is the case and no server browser)

[Paranoid Kami]

Smurfing will more than likely be a factor on this platform as well, and some of the most fun on CS comes from the server browser (surfing, retake servers, 1v1 arenas)

 

Smurfing is more common the cheaper the price of the game is. People in CS:GO buy their smurfs when the game is on sale at a really cheap price.

 

Valve does this with CSGO, nobody bats an eye.

EA does it with Battlefront, everybody loses their minds.

 

CS:GO HAS a server browser AND ranked matchmaking.

[StareX]

It's bad, but they're not going to change it as they already made the decision .. so we'll see how it works out.

[Trik'Stari]

I'm so glad I dedcided long ago that I wasn't getting this game.

 

Train wreck isn't even close to describing it.

I'm going to laugh so very hard if/when it does flop.

[PlayStation 2]

yippie

smurfing will be so easy then

[eirual4]

And I was looking forward to this so much... There is no way I'm playing it unless they change this bs

[Suika]

By skill based I'm sure they'll do the same thing that every other matchmaking system does and allow party abuse, e.g. group of really good friends that stack a team and then steamroll the shit out of everybody.