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Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on i
By:sharpsniper99
Date: 3/10/13 1:04 pm

: Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on Join in Progress (JIP) -
: seeing as how it's new to Halo 4 and it's been out for a while now.

: I'd say when it works, it's good however, it certainly has its downsides.

: What I get annoyed at is my lack of choice in the matter - sometimes I don't
: want to JIP and I'd rather start a match from scratch (especially in the
: larger playlists like BTB).

: If I'm not bothered if I JIP or not, I then want to join a game that at least
: has over half the game remaining - I've joined grifball matches at 3/4-0
: before and then the match lasts another minute and suddenly you're back
: out.

: Lastly, I think JIP on forge-maps should be disabled as the connection takes
: far far longer than a standard map (my connection is decent, for the UK).
: Matches on the lockout-style map for SWAT can have me at black screen for
: a minute or so, with the game deciding whether or not to update the scores
: or generate the lighting. This time addition somewhat defeats the
: objective of joining a match more quickly.

: Overall - I don't mind JIP as a concept but I think there's a fair few
: refinements to be made.

I dislike JiP:
1) The host selection and ongoing match connection suffers. Just throwing more people into the mix later into a match can cause the connection to go sour. A match which is fine for the first 5 minuites can get extremely laggy just because someone joins. This next bit is just speculation but I seriously think that JiP requires a more flexible matchmaking - I dont think matchmaking is able to work as 'well' when the games have to be flexible in terms of when people join.

2) Takes away from that arena feeling - I no longer hear people trashtalk or look at stats and think "I want to beat this guy", every game is very impersonal, the people I start off against are probably not the people I will finish against. Even if you are not competitive, its nice to be able to judge a player and assess how he plays in order to think about how you will play against him. In Halo 4 its hard to keep track of the guy who is dangerous with a sniper when actually halfway through a game someone else could enter the game and be dangerous.

3) No quit penalty means games are regularly lopsided. Having a player or two down on either team seems to be the norm. This has always been a problem but its a problem now for different reasons.

4) I hate ending up in games which are almost done.


Messages In This Thread

Join in progress - what are your thoughts on it?Moorpheusl93/10/13 10:00 am
     Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on iStephen L. (SoundEffect)3/10/13 10:38 am
     Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on isharpsniper993/10/13 1:04 pm
           Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on iRevenant19883/10/13 2:41 pm
     To quote AM: "Hate. Hate."SonGoharotto3/10/13 1:40 pm
     I don't get it.Revenant19883/10/13 2:39 pm
     Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on iBry3/10/13 3:11 pm
     Needs to be improved, but I'm glad it's in.Jaydee3/10/13 4:15 pm
     Ok in theory but poor implementation *NM*RC Master3/10/13 6:05 pm
     Re:Join in progress- what are your thoughts on it?General Vagueness3/10/13 6:23 pm
     Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.profhalo3/10/13 9:38 pm
           Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.Louis Wu3/10/13 10:12 pm
                 Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.pete_the_duck3/10/13 10:36 pm
                 Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.profhalo3/10/13 10:53 pm
                 Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.Alexis3/11/13 5:23 am
           Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.General Vagueness3/11/13 11:30 am
                 Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.General Vagueness3/11/13 11:31 am
                       Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.profhalo3/11/13 4:44 pm
                             Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.Louis Wu3/11/13 8:15 pm
                                   Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.profhalo3/12/13 10:24 am
                                         Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.General Vagueness3/13/13 11:27 am
                             Re: Quit bans still exist in Halo 4 people.General Vagueness3/13/13 11:21 am
     It's awesomeDervish3/11/13 12:28 am
           Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/11/13 11:24 am
                 Re: It's awesomeBry3/11/13 1:36 pm
                       Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/13/13 11:12 am
                             Re: It's awesomeBry3/14/13 9:12 am
                                   Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/14/13 9:27 pm
                                         Re: It's awesomeBry3/15/13 4:38 am
                                               Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/15/13 7:24 pm
                                                     Re: It's awesomeZackDark3/15/13 7:41 pm
                                                           Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/16/13 5:00 pm
                                                     Re: It's awesomeBry3/17/13 6:00 pm
                                                           Re: It's awesomeGeneral Vagueness3/18/13 1:22 pm
                                                                 Re: It's awesomeZackDark3/18/13 7:05 pm
     Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on iSEspider3/18/13 5:24 am
           Re: Join in progress - what are your thoughts on iGeneral Vagueness3/18/13 1:34 pm

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