Throwing Me Into Existing Games

Is there anything we can do to prevent this? I'm queuing with 3 people and we get thrown into a pre existing game. We just end up quitting and rematching every time.

It splits up the team, which is the main issue.

Well, they just made it more likely by allowing games to begin with only 6 players

Just like any online game when joining a game in session, it splits the "party," if you want to call it that, to keep the teams even. The next match and every to follow in the same room you'll be on the same teams.

Would you rather wait 5 minutes for a room to get full or wait 60 seconds to join a game in progress. I mean isn't kinda fun going after your buddies knowing the match is pretty much already done for?

The "Party" is an XBox Live Party, so I'm assuming it's safe to call it that.

I'm not sure our only options are a 5 minute wait and 60 seconds for a game in progress. That being said, for the most part, I don't mind. The big problem is, until host migration is fixed, you can end up in a situation where you get 5 or 6 matches back to back. That gets annoying as Hell.

I'd rather wait for a game where the party can play together honestly.

But after talking to shadowstorm, this is something common to Live in general.

I meant the lobby before you search for a quick match. You can invite friends from there. But I wouldn't call it a party since when you lose connection you get taken back to the Main Menu.