Just wondering if there was a plan to make it so the game wont start up until all the users have fully loaded the map and are ready to go. There have been a few games where i end up joining and my allies already have a small base going and i need to play catch up.
The auto start does come as an inconvenience, but I assume it's there in case someone decides not to stay, so that the game starts. Maybe a longer time or something like that would help balance it.
I think the best way to do it is have a countdown timer. When the timer hits 0, people have the option to force the start of the game.