Alright I'm going to ask a pretty simple but often overlooked bit of detail a lot of developers seem to miss in Arcade games and sometimes even Retail games. What I'm referring to are things like a party system, matchmaking, ability to create private games with customizable options and an option to choose sides through a pregame lobby. What I want to know is will the game let us search with a group of friends into a ranked match? Blacklight: Tango Down had a similar problem where you had to search alone and invite your friends in the pregame lobby while having matching clan tags to be on the same team. But they missed the choice to pick your team in a private match. Next will this game have private games aka custom games with a decent amount of customizable options as to how we play. Time limit, score to win, speed, health, damage, budget, etc. Will this have any? I would be content with some working custom games with a option to choose the team we want to be on prior to starting the match. But some slight customizable options always help. Last but not least, host migration and host advantage in general. I don't expect host migration out of an arcade game but Blacklight has it while games like Gears of War 1 and 2 and COD 4 don't. It's a feature that many gamers will ask for or complain about after the release of a game and is pretty essential to providing a smooth and constantly enjoyable experience. Host advantage is the next thing, most games the net code is pretty decent and it doesn't effect the outcome too much but in games like Gears of War or any fighting game the quality of the connection and the advantages of having host are so heavily in the hosts favor that it makes playing the game a much less enjoyable experience. I'm curious as to how Uber has taken care of the net code for MNC. Thanks for your time and I appreciate any response. See you guys on MNC next Wednesday! tl;dr version Questions: Party system? Matchmaking? Custom/Prvate Games w/ ability to choose team sides and customize basic settings Host Migration Host Advantage This game looks great and I don't want it to fail online because of some overlooked features for online play.
Yes you can make a party with your friends and then go into Matchmaking (MM also has MUTE!) Im not sure on the details of private matches. Yes there will be Host Migration. And I'm not at liberty to answer the last one because I have no clue whatsoever. Hope this helped
Found all of these quotes on the matchmaking topic pretty easy and the last quote was on LAN support thread
Very nice, glad to hear all of that. I'll spread the word to some fellow interested friends of mine. We were worried about some things getting left out.
