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Re: I disagree completely
Posted By: FyreWulff <mkidder@gmail.com>	Date: 1/30/12 9:53 a.m.
In Response To: Re: I disagree completely (Hoovaloov) : I'm no expert in how MM works under the hood, but I seem to remember H3 : specifically focusing more on matching big parties with big parties. There : were so many epic H3 games where we had with two full teams of 8 battling : it out. It happened a lot. Now I hardly see that even when rolling with : teams of 8. We seem much more likely to get matched with Guests and groups : of 2 or 3 than in H3. Not really a fair fight. This is called Big Party Restrictions, and ironically is NOT enabled in any Big Team Reach playlist. (Look at a playlist. If it says Big Party Size: X, it will attempt to match teams together of the specified size). The functionality is there, 343 is not turning it on. And probably because Big Party increases search times. : It also seemed like H3 automatically "rounded your party up" to the : True Skill of the highest rated player on your team. If you went into Team : Slayer as a 25 with two buddies at 23 and 26, but then invited your 45 : friend in, you would get matched up with 40s. This was to avoid rank : boosting, no doubt, but it also functioned as a built-in match equalizer. : In this setup, people in the 20s over time no longer invite 40s in to the : party for fear of getting steamrolled. They're much more inclined to : invite another 20-ish person to the party. As more players discovered : this, it made the average gap in a given party much smaller than today. : Reach doesn't seem to go for the highest True Skill. I'm usually near the : top of the scoreboard for my team, and it still feels that the average : skill of the team we're facing is quite a bit below me or our other top : players. Again, not exactly a fair fight. It averages it out. The only game that's open with this is Halo Wars (it'll tell you your Party Trueskill after you go searching in matchmaking). As it is, Mixed Party Skill was only enabled if there was a >10 rank spread in your party. : I enjoy steamrolling for a few games, but then it's just boring to win 100-42 : with only 4 people left on the other team. Also, Reach has been out for : over a year, and I don't remember them talking about any True Skill resets : (might have happened, don't remember). But I mean, how long does it take : to figure me out? I only play like 3 playlists (BTB Anniv., BTB, Team : Slayer) and the TU has been out for a while now. I would have thought the : True Skill would be settled down and I'd eventually see more competitive : matches. There haven't been any Trueskill resets in any playlist in the Halo 3 era except for 7 on the 7th (which reboots itself automatically). There'd be no point to it; Halo 2 had to do it because Halo 2's rank system was broken. All it would accomplish in the 360 era would be a couple of days where high ranks feed on low ranks. : Don't get me wrong, Halo's fun. The TU is fun. But sometimes a nail-biting, : get the last kill at the buzzer kind of game is fun too. And I just don't : see as many of those as I would like to. Play Arena.

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Message Index

TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	RC Master	1/29/12 12:41 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 1:12 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Overdoziz	1/29/12 6:28 p.m.
ride dat dolphin *NM*	MoltenSlowa	1/29/12 1:14 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 1:15 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	NartFOpc	1/29/12 1:17 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 1:18 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	RC Master	1/29/12 6:21 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Overdoziz	1/29/12 6:27 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	FyreWulff	1/29/12 6:46 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Kalamari	1/29/12 7:13 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	FyreWulff	1/29/12 8:28 p.m.
I don't even understand why it matters anymore	Revenant1988	1/29/12 10:20 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 10:21 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	RC Master	1/29/12 7:24 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Overdoziz	1/30/12 7:35 a.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	RC Master	1/30/12 9:43 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Overdoziz	1/31/12 8:04 a.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 10:19 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Revenant1988	1/29/12 10:21 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	NartFOpc	1/29/12 8:11 p.m.
Re: TU magnum - it's pretty good *link*	kidtsunami	1/29/12 7:31 p.m.
btw, total joke, it's swat *NM*	kidtsunami	1/29/12 7:37 p.m.
The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	uberfoop	1/29/12 7:43 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	RC Master	1/29/12 8:09 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	Pkmnrulz240	1/29/12 10:37 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 10:44 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	RC Master	1/30/12 4:02 a.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	DEEP NNN	1/30/12 11:55 a.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	General Vagueness	1/30/12 4:16 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	Overdoziz	1/30/12 4:22 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	Louis Wu	1/30/12 4:27 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	uberfoop	1/30/12 4:41 p.m.
Err, wait, I spoke sillyishly.	uberfoop	1/30/12 4:46 p.m.
Re: The video doesn't emphasize the nerfle.	RC Master	1/30/12 9:48 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	DEEP NNN	1/29/12 8:35 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	Spec ops Grunt	1/29/12 10:25 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	RC Master	1/29/12 10:34 p.m.
Re: TU Needle Rifle - it's pretty good *vid*	kidtsunami	1/29/12 10:51 p.m.
What's actually causing the snowballing?	uberfoop	1/29/12 11:14 p.m.
What makes a game "meaningful"?	Hoovaloov	1/30/12 7:20 a.m.
Maybe the TU is just exposing another problem...	Hoovaloov	1/30/12 7:02 a.m.
Re: Maybe the TU is just exposing another problem.	DEEP NNN	1/30/12 8:14 a.m.
Re: Maybe the TU is just exposing another problem.	FyreWulff	1/30/12 9:06 a.m.
I disagree completely	Revenant1988	1/30/12 9:13 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Hoovaloov	1/30/12 9:44 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	FyreWulff	1/30/12 9:53 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Revenant1988	1/30/12 11:06 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Hoovaloov	1/31/12 2:54 p.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Louis Wu	1/30/12 9:51 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Revenant1988	1/30/12 11:19 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Louis Wu	1/30/12 11:29 a.m.
Re: I disagree completely	RC Master	1/30/12 11:27 p.m.
Re: I disagree completely	Overdoziz	1/30/12 11:49 a.m.
Re: Maybe the TU is just exposing another problem.	RC Master	1/31/12 1:03 a.m.
Re: Maybe the TU is just exposing another problem.	Hoovaloov	1/31/12 3:17 p.m.
Hm. 85% bloom isn't as bad as I thought.	Gravemind	1/30/12 1:27 a.m.
Re: Hm. 85% bloom isn't as bad as I thought.	FyreWulff	1/30/12 1:42 a.m.
Re: Hm. 85% bloom isn't as bad as I thought.	uberfoop	1/30/12 2:03 a.m.
Re: Hm. 85% bloom isn't as bad as I thought.	FyreWulff	1/30/12 2:08 a.m.