Now there is a decent amount of players, i realise that the lobby is annoying to use. We need to filter games with password. We need to order the games in function of parameter (amount of player, type of game, etc...) 50% of case i fail to join a server (i guess the server is full but i don't see it at the moment i join) when i fail to join i come back to the game menu (seriously?) the whole interface is slow, it is not pleasant to use The social tools doesn't work properly. I sent a friend request to teammate and he never receives it.
Agreed, it needs work. However, I imagine Uber specifically hasn't worked on the UI for the lobby much. And I doubt the lobby will get an overhaul until we get the ladder and (hopefully) matchmaking along side it. I'd also love to see social features better integrated into the lobby. So it's a fine line between a temporary improvement but some duplicate work, or wait until the overhaul.
I would like to second the call for a focus on the lobby in the next patches. It's really a nightmare right now and unless you know how to deal with it I can see it turning away a lot of the fresh players. For example the last slot often bugs out unless you add a spectator slot and switch between private and public. Ghost spectator slots happen a lot too - I saw 5 games last night with -1 spec slots. Some of the basic filters like 'public only' should be in already.
Here is an idea I suggested since early alpha : split the game creating and settings part of the game and the actual ingame parts like system designer, GW and the multi games into two seperate windows and .exe. Not only would this permit switching seemlessly between lobby and game list but it would fix UI lag and people with multiple screens could see both simultaneously. I'm sure you can all see the advantages (especialy when voicechatting)of being able to see if you should choose to stay in your own host or join another. Not to metion tweaking settings moments before the match. https://forums.uberent.com/threads/lobby-decisions-how-to-start-a-game.57491/page-2#post-889080 https://forums.uberent.com/threads/lobby-decisions-how-to-start-a-game.57491/page-4#post-889253 https://forums.uberent.com/threads/my-not-so-humble-view-about-the-game-lobby.52896/ https://forums.uberent.com/threads/suggestion-menu-and-lobby.59361/
Yes please, some server browsing functionality would be good. With the summer sale, i'ts a complete mess with passworded games everywhere, and games disappearing and re-shuffling the list every second.
The automatic poping and removing of games on the list is anoying and makes it hard to keep track of things. Epileptic seasure comes to mind when I look at the server list.
And after adding the missing filters (game type, public/friends/password) please provide an option to remember our filters and stop kicking us back to the game menu.
