SOCOM Confrontation Dev wants your Vote.

The recent Dev Q&A 02 with Allen Goode and I brought up a lot of community concern dealing with the ranked games being limited to Auto Match only. We have a good reason why we decided to go down this path (it prevents rank up rooms), but we are open to feedback as well. I would like to get official feedback from the community at large on this issue. Cast your vote in the poll!

We will seriously consider the results of this poll.

[kspraydad]

I'm tired of my son playing 'headshot' for hours on end so he can unlock more gun patterns...

Earn your stripes boys.

[Omegasyde]

This might be geeky, but I am trying the to do the same thing. I don't know if its worth it in Cod4, since all you get are some of the worse golden type of weapons. AK sucks, the M60 is ok, the M21>dragonuv, and golden uzi? But trying to unlock stuff to some people is like snorting "nose candy". Is it really necessary, no but its fun.

I do like the unlock system in Cod4, and I wish Socom would incorporate this feature. I really wish they would make M203 "noob tubes" restricted for higher ranks.

[thePatriot]

you go online and you pick what you want to play and the game puts you in a room that needs players. but dont count skill into it. I dont like being able to join any game I choose but I dont want to be auto matched with people of similar skill. If you suck, you play people who suck and dont get that good in the game quick. and if your good you always play people who are good and that gets tiresome quick plus most people are on a same skill level with 10 % that are really good and about 25% who suck. even with matchmaker in COD4 most games come out with 100 or more points difference. so there is no need for it. just seperate lone wolfs and teams like in COD 4 with mercenary team deathmatch

[LevDog]

Are you freaking serious? Auto Match is the worse way to get in rooms.. One of the best things about Socom was the rooms you could create and have them ranked.. Now... They need to find a way where a clan can create a ranked room without cheating.. Maybe have an option for Auto match.. Example.. If automatch is turned on you and your clan can only be on one side, and other people come into the room via auto match for the other side.. and if you have auto match off it will be unranked and anyone can join the room..

One of the worse things about COD4 is the party system.. Getting everyone together and some not getting into certain rooms is the worse...

I hope they reconsider or find a way to make it soo you can create a room in a lobby and have it ranked

[JoelR]

It's a great idea
It cuts done on moderation efforts and reduces the abuses that were and still are seen in games like warhawk and cod4.

And to ThePatriot - you will soon level out of the room you are into to a higher level if you play, that way you move to a level that is challenging to you.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

the "bad idea" is winning greatly

[JoelR]

Yes and no
remember they will just take the poll into account but they did not say they would follow the poll
and if 25% say it's a bad idea then they will also take that into account.

[themyk]

who cares if people cheat. it's not like they are any better just because they cheat. and you can always tell the people who cheat anyways . so just make sure you ridicule them to death just like it did with people on cod4 and rainbow. so i could care less.

[DJ]

I wish all online games had this. I hate wasting time going through server lists. Make the server lists optional, but auto is definitely the way to go.

[Bolts]

Agreed. Automatch making is the way to go for consoles as long as it is done correctly.

[Omegasyde]

Agreed, it cuts out the middleman (lobbies) Games should still in corporate party modes ala Cod4, halo 3, gta 4

[Panthers]

Of course the Bad Idea is winning. Socom 1 and 2 didnt have Automatch for ranked games. You were able to pick your rooms and play with the people you wanted. This is what created such a strong Socom community.

[SiLeNt KNighT]

keep it like old school socom!!! let us join the room we want, let us green up when were ready! if they change this it will completely change socom. i love looking for "XX Killerz ruLe" rooms and going in killing them so badly they leave their own room. i hate being thrusted into a game and it starts a couple seconds after. if i find a good room where theres no glitchers or people that talk a lot of trash, or if a bad seed does come theres some regulars in the room to vote them out. i want to be able to go back to that room.

[mmajunkie123]

how about making a FULL GAME and not some game with JUST multiplayer
this is the kind of stuff gamers should not put up with its just lazy

[DR-IVO]

I wouldnt be to surprised if they still put it in even if everyone voted bad.

auto play has never worked correctly since socom 1 and I dont understand what makes these developers think it will work right this time around. It never worked so scrape the thing complely.

what makes socom so great is the awsome lobby, which allows people to create own rooms, find any room you want and join it without any system telling you that you must.

What will autoplay prevent? The ability to not play with your friends and people who actually know how to play the game.

these developers need to start pulling their heads out of their a$$ and stop ruining whats already good and fix whats wrong such as the quick sniping, quick scope glitch, map glitching, frame rate issues, weapons and hit/kill ratio.

[jackie chann]

So if they pull that crap on socom I'm going to end up not playing that too.

Why is rank so important?

I remember beating an admiral on socom II with little effort which obviously menat he was a rank up noob. It didn't bother me one bit because I chose the room and my friends were with me.

Rank is just a cool add-on which keeps you competitive and interested in trying to win. This in the end usually creates better teamwork and closer matches.

However when rank starts telling me what game, map and players i have to play with, it's become more of a hinderance and isn't worth the hassle.

[Convercide]

They should not change the formula of what we played on PS2. It was perfect. You could get a group together in the same room on the same map. Crossroads, Fish Hook, Desert Glory and Nightstalker are best when chosen, not chosen for you.

I just hope they keep the taunts.

[madkat]

Concentrate on the cheats,let the players play.