Titanfall's matchmaking has its problems, but Respawn's working on it

For many of us that have already sunk hours upon hours of play into Titanfall, one of the game's most obvious issues has been its unbalanced matchmaking.

Players are often teamed up with low-ranked players comparative to the other team, where a party of highly-ranked players can easily out-rank the opposition.

The game doesn't re-balance squads to keep things even, meaning you could enter a match with new players while the other team is stacked with refined weaponry and powerful titans.

Developer Respawn knows about this issue, and is looking to address it.

[Fireseed]

The main problem I see with it is that it refuses to mix the teams up. For instance today me and some pugs ran train on a team... often winning by a 90% margin, but the game would not swap players around to balance things out. This continued for 4 games in a row until eventually the enemy team quit.

[SaffronCurse]

God I hate when that happens. Needs to balance out after each game.

[XiSasukeUchiha]

At least respawn is working to first unlike EA's other company hmmm Battlefield 4 cough*

[adorie]

Not at least. Respawn working on fixing the problems so that future buyers who are more fickle, will enjoy a seamless experience. Titanfall really is a fun game and gives you a sense of freedom when roaming the maps and scailling walls.

Respawn being pro-active shows their commitment to the game and it's existing community of players.

[djplonker]

Blame ea for wanting bf4 out before cod not dice...

And bf4 is twice the game titanfall is from a technical stand point!

[Godmars290]

So basically the guys who where expected to reinvent the wheel have run into the same exact problem everyone before them has, and like everyone before them, they've promised to fix it. With the added caveat that they're pretty much performing like any other studio that's worked with EA.

[n4rc]

Well..

The obvious problem is parties.. On any given night, we have 5-6 guys playing and we naturally want to play together..

Which means our team stays intact no matter what the other team does

[Clown_Syndr0me]

I don't understand why games are released without party systems. Theyve been around long enough and they are important.
That and the fact the teams don't mix are the only things Ive noticed that Id change so far!

[DFogz]

Titanfall has a party system...

[Clown_Syndr0me]

My bad! I'm an idiot sometimes lol.

[Play2Win]

Every round is freaking fun on PC. They need to fix things like screen tearing for example. It's simple but feels so epic the game.

[hankmoody]

Gotta say, it sucks to be on a team where people aren't focused on winning. It's really frustrating for example when I'm holding down a point in Domination while I see the other two points held by the opposition remain untouched while idiots are playing like it's a game of Attrition.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Same on any game though, most people treat every mode like a deathmatch!

[hankmoody]

The game is fun even when they're wiping the floor with you. I like those moments when I try to save some dignity by making it on the drop ship before it flies away and then I don't make it or get taken out like five feet away from the canopy, eyes bulging and my arms reaching out to my comrades.

[Eldyraen]

That is true for many people that play any objective based mode.

My problem is point wise sitting in one base is going to net so many points some people will just sit there when nothing is going on at all. Its different if it is a more even game but if you can't ever take 2 it doesn't matter if you are defending against nothing. At a certain point defenders need to help as they aren't helping the team towards victory so much as camping and farming points.

Granted if it is that uneven it usually doesn't matter anymore but still doesn't "help" anyone but themselves. With smaller teams though a single selfish/bad player (or even one in a rut) is crucial. 4-5v6 is huge difference from 30v32 or 60v64 especially if you are playing mixed or Last Titan Standing. I HATE LTS when teams become uneven. It can still be fun (thankfully win or lose TF is almost always fun) but almost guaranteed to lose at that point.

[popyto]

It would be nice if I could even get to the matchmaking, I'm stuck on connecting to data servers. Spent 5 hours on and off last night talking to customer service reps doing everything they said and still no joy:( not to say they weren't helpful because they were, but having to re-que 20-30mins every time I tried something became tiresome.

I don't think I'm the only one with this issue so hope they fix it fast. Since I did not buy from Origin, it looks like no refund options either.

[Elit3Nick]

Hopefully they nerf the carbine soon, I like to run around without getting sniped across the map by a suppressed carbine...

[Eldyraen]

It is basically the only gun really needed ;)

I consider it a novelty to get killed by something else some games. I like a lot of the other weapons but they are more situational where as Carbine works everywhere almost as well or better than the others for what they were designed for. I still try to use others though but at times think I should just go with all purpose Carbine as easiest choice and extremely effective.

[47]

Nothing needs to be nerfed, the game has been out less than a damn week. If someone hit you across the map with a suppressed carbine, they've got good aim. Period. Stop blaming your lack of skill on the game. This whole, nerf this, nerf that talk in MP games is so damn annoying. Own up to the fact you got killed. It wasn't the weapon, it was the player behind it. Also, if the weapon is truly that good, then use it, balance things out yourself.

[Elit3Nick]

There are times when it's justifiable to call for a nerf, I don't know if you actually play the game, but the carbine literally outshines every other weapon in their intended role. It's at the point where people simply camp on rooftops with it and outsnipe DMRs, the G2A4 and the Hemlok, and make it a nightmare for anyone not using it. As for my skill, I'm currently a 2.1 killdeath vs. pilots, so it's definitely not my skill that's to blame. The carbine also seems to have a bugged auto-aim, making it much easier to hit people at long range than it should be.

[DFogz]

I think the respawn system needs more work than the matchmaking.

I couldn't tell you how many times I've spawned only to be kicked/executed by a pilot less than 5 seconds later, then I spawn in the same spot to be killed by the same pilot 2 seconds later. Or the times I've spawned in front of doorway, and ran through it only to find the room is filled with enemy pilots, or someone just happened to throw a grenade in there the second before I spawn so I blow up before I even know I'm alive.

It's pretty frustrating when you have 4 or 5 deaths in a match and 3 of them occurred in a span of less than 30 seconds.

[Eldyraen]

I love that too. I joined a game in progress last night just to be splattered as I loaded and then next spawn I was between 3 Titans just a few feet from where I just died. Sometimes it works fine but at others spawn system just dumps you in the worst possible area repeatedly.

[BX81]

Tonight is the first time I've had real problems with lag. Wtf is up with the servers. Too many people lagging.

[Elit3Nick]

Could just be a bunch of people with bad connection, were you in the same lobby for some time? You might've been with a group not using a local datacenter.

[BX81]

I usually back out after 2 games. So I play with randoms. I hope people aren't using that as an exploit. When you watch the kill cam you see them popping mad locking. Lol