#137

You’re not alone in this @michaeljwelch21. A big deal for my involvement with Battleborn was the split-screen gameplay, whether its with my best friend, my partner, anyone really.

@JoeKGBX, what is going on with the split-screen layout? As stated you’re aware of the issues with it, but is anything planned to be done about it?

Also what about DLC for us split-screen teams?

Many thanks.

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#138

Judging by the game, frequency of loss of the legendary things are on the contrary reduced…

#139

i learned that it’s not just benedict that can get up there, any character with movement based skill’s can do as well, i have seen mellka, isic and kleese all get up there

#140

So did you guys take into account ANY of the lower pop areas before making these changes? Oh lets whine because we get stomped in a game. At least we could FIND GAMES. Now its back to sitting in ques for literally hours. Wonderful. (thats right forgot only americans matter when it comes to games)

Sincerely Pissed off Aussies.

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#141

Well yea? How bout you think about all the other non-american countrys that now have to wait hours in ques or not even get games? Oh wait you guys are the only ones that matter apparently

#143

Yea im on that server regularly. We were getting games regularly with the matchmaking how it was before they reverted it back. Now even though we have two 5 stacks we cant match together because our ELOS are different, and we get no xp or lore on private. And because aussie internet sucks we can’t play on american servers. Even asian ones are iffy. The fact seems to be the devs dont really care about thier aussie population. The fact that its dropped from 1000s of people to about 10 should of been a bit of a wakeup call but its not. Like I can literally name the entire aussie BB player base, whereas a few months back there was heaps. Everyone we have lost has said ‘we are sick of waiting ages in que’. When the update rolled out to have casual matchmaking a bunch returned because we could finally get games! Now its back to the way it was and bye bye me and soon the rest of us.

#144

Did battleplan 9 hit any platform main screen like they did befor? Or did everyone have to look and find it like i did? I dont see it in the lower right corner like befor. Kinda sad

#145

Considering its an American company I don’t see why it would be an issue if they DID only care about American players.

Anyway, I doubt they changed this just to make Australians upset. Especially considering how many were upset from the lack of choice…

It just makes sense that there would be a stronger server connection in the USA. Gearbox is in Dallas, TX. It’s not their fault if they can’t afford better server support for Australians. Blame 2K I would think. Or maybe they don’t have the technical support for it.

Now it is Gearbox and 2K’s responsibility to make and market their game so that people want to play it. If there were more players in Australia then there would be less wait times for queues.

The majority of players were against the lack of choice on matchmaking.

Also:

I’m assuming these numbers are from all regions but you should ask him directly.

@hughjrox are you on PC or console? Because that will also vary but based off Jythri’s post I quoted (again, assuming all regions), the wait times are quite reasonable. Rare times of 30-20-42 minutes. Maybe these are from the Australian servers? Idk. PM Jythri to find out.

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#146

Also, with the looser ELO you should have better wait times than before they tried competitive and casual options.

The matchmaking is decent. What breaks it and any adjustments they make is the lack of players.

What needs focus now is drawing in old and new players. The competitive and casual options pushed a lot of players away. Although good in theory, with a higher player base they could have both options with mode choice.

More players: more mode options, more map options, more matchmaking options, less wait times, etc.

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#147

Thank you for changing the MM back to how it used to be! PS4 player here and so glad I am back to finding good matches in less than 3 minutes. I even got into a capture match this morning before work and only waited 3 minutes and could play capture. With the old MM I wouldn’t even have started BB

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#148

I am on PC and im assuming that the wait times they took into account don’t take into account Australia. Because we have wait times of up to an hour, half an hour average, and like 10-15 mins with 2 5 stacks premade. The reason there is no Aussie players is because of the shocking wait times for ques. People just gave up. Like i get that we are a very small percentage of the player base. But like we still paid for (in fact paid MORE for) the game, do we not have the right to expect a certain amount of play-ability? Like forking out nearly $90 for the game and the season pass, STILL having micro-transactions implemented, and having to sit and wait nearly an hour to get a game. (Also this is only between like 6pm-10pm, we can’t actually get a game between any other hours). So essentially aussies have forked out nearly $100 for a game they can only play for maybe a few hours each week because of the long wait times, the shoddy ELO system, etc. If i could get a refund I would, I don’t have money to throw at que sim 2016.

#149

I think consoles and PC should have different MM as the population is too different so that everyone could be happy

#150

$90 AUS converts to just under $70 USD. US players still paid more. I do understand that for both pc and lower player count regions the other system worked better, but that system correlates pretty strongly with a drop in players. You can always play private or PvE with a group of friends to have no queue time

#151

…Total of 435 playing right now, SteamDB.

#152

they need to give us Pendles and the rest of the DLC if they want the games lives, I know he’s coming but that’s long now

#153

But it’s a “season” pass. By its very name it implies it’ll take the course of months to complete. By the definition allowing the least amount of time, a season is 3 months. In the context of TV or Sports, a season may mean a whole year. I’m thinking that’s what their scheduling is as well.

As for the “slap in the face” thing, that’s the kind of attitude that I just don’t think is right. I disagree with it. I’m not trying to tell anyone how to feel, but in my perspective, it’s not a personal insult if this stuff takes longer because they have to get it right.

I’m disappointed in the delays and speedbumps that they’ve run into, sure, but I also just try to take the longview of “better it’s right tomorrow than wrong today.”

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#154

:dukecheese:

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#155

Hey Jythri and JoeKGBX, thanks for this.

I’m probably late to the party given that the Lootpocalypse is coming next weekend, but I wanted to put in one request in the hope that you can act on it even in a short time.

Please consider increasing the drop rate on Epic gear items as well as Legendaries. Legis are nice, legis are fine… but I would really like to round out my gear collection with some lovely purple pieces as well as a few more golds.

If you happen to see this, please let us know if this can be made to happen. (I know, I know, even if you can’t do it, just sell the duplicate legis and buy purple packs… I got it!)

#156

In what universe does $70 equal more then $90? Also $60 Aud for the game and 29.99 usd for the season pass. (Which was off a key seller website if id bought it off steam it cost nearly twice that) convert that if you wish. And i just love how people dont think you should be able to get what you paid for. Yes i could go play story… um I don’t want to? I paid for pvp also? Yes we could do private. Bye bye all xp and lore which you need to unlock a characters potential … so essentially screw us right?

#157

We’ll have more details in this week’s Battleplan (#10), but there will sort of be an increase in Epic drops for the event. More details on Thursday! :slight_smile:

Also, in case you didn’t know, if you put an “@” in front of someone’s username, it will send them a notification that you mentioned them! @jmsitzman – see? Very useful when trying to cast the dark spells that can conjure Devs.

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