multiplayer: is it running without problems for anyone yet ?
or: why saying "multiplayer is working pretty decently for most people" is a lie...
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based on the last journal - this reads kinda as it would work for most users.. i dont think it is really that way..
if it works for most users and like 18k are playing (you said before if i got that right) where are all the games then ?
if you go on custom games there are like a handful, or at least not more then 20 games open.. it would be more if it would work good for "most of the players"
I can connect... but i got another problem - i played almost without problems on 15/16/17/18 april ... but after 17. of april my games (rated games - quickmatcher) didnt get counted anymore..
and in my profile it says winstreak 6 and total games 2... how can that be possible? and games are still not rated - played 1 quickmatch yesterday... and the ladder seems weird still.
and whats about the other bugs ?
- if you host a custom game and tab out into windows (alt - tab) and tab in some time later demigod has a reproducable high risk to crash... this is not only on my system (very fast one, with very fast connection) its on other pcs too and its reproducable.
- sometimes your general/assasin gets bugged and doesnt take a command or doestn use a skill by clicking on it.. you have to rightclick somewhere to move him then, and after that you can use that skill again / its works again... (several players had that.. kinda annoying if this happens in wrong moment even if its rare)
- ladder isnt working correctly.. it doesnt count all games ...
- its possible to farm favor points with KI in online matches.. so if you create a fast game and play against easy KI on 3k domination setting you get like 150 favor in like 7 mins... kinda unfair disadvantage to those who play real and play like 30 mins multiplayer to get those 150 favor points ? (and thats only if you win - otherwise quite less)
- a well played general with those "minion abuse" buying monks and siege archers and selling those items again etc. is kinda unstoppable at beginning.. running around with 4 - 6 minions + your private ones is quite strong and not intended i think ?
a well played healer (healing wind, minions + yetis + heal) or oak (hp back each hit..) is even harder..
sry guys, but i think there is ALOT of work to do.. i dont think rebuilding gameranger wont fix most problems... even i gameranger there are timeouts..
and even if i can connect (got ports forwarded and a 30 MBIT connection with 1 MBIT upload here in germany.. ping 20 to google) it sometimes takes forever if i search a quickmatch... if i wouldnt have my TV and laptop next to me i wouldnt stand waiting so long each search.. that just plain sucks, even if it works.
+ this game seems to have some serious upload issues like showed before... it sometimes produces up to 35+ kilobyte/sec upload.. which is way too much for a game like this... default 1 mbit connection with 128 kbit/sec upload cant play.. and even 2 mbit with 256 gets in trouble sometimes... > lags out, over. and there are ALOT of 2 mbit connections in germany..
i could continue this list for a while - like.. where is arranged team quicksearch?
whats if i want to start a "quick" match with my mate against other players ?
i always have to host.. and that takes time.. at the moment even quite alot of time.
so please dont tell me it works quite fine for the most players... i dont know a single demigod player who has zero problems, and i talked to players from germany, usa and france... even with my fast connection, forwareded ports and possibility to connect it doestn run smooth..
greets,
DarkMessiahDE
www.teamcyclone.de
