3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

[Nalien]

If we could also bar DRK from being able to queue until they actually buff that job in 3.3 that would be awesome as well >.>

But I like queuing as Dark Knight and ruining everyones day...

[Bloodb]

Can Feast-solo queue please be changed so you are never queued against someone on your server.


I'm just now hearing about so and so got boosted to a high rank.
I'm not sure if this is something that can be discussed on the forums though. If we can discuss it: can we discuss it right? SO..

Don't mention anyone specific. Thats an obvious support desk, report.

Don't discuss about how boosting was or is done. I think that covers it but i'm still worried about posting this.


But please for Feast-solo queue, don't let people from the same server be in the same fight. ;___;

[Februs]

Can Feast-solo queue please be changed so you are never queued against someone on your server.

I'm not really sure what you're specifically getting at here, since you're doing a pretty fantastic job of skirting around it, but ... queue times...

I don't have a terribly active server/world as it is (at least, not that I've noticed), but that doesn't mean that I want to remove an entire world worth of queues out of my queue line. Illicit activities or otherwise, I still want to at least get into matches. If anything, I would prefer if they merged a few data centres together to increase the number of players, not reduce them. Most of the time I don't even pay attention (gotta catch that queue train), but sometimes it's fun to see a fellow Diabolos member in the end-results. It's nice to know that there are other people in my world that queue for PvP.

[Bloodb]

I'm not really sure what you're specifically getting at here, since you're doing a pretty fantastic job of skirting around it, but ... queue times...
I don't have a terribly active server/world as it is (at least, not that I've noticed), but that doesn't mean that I want to remove an entire world worth of queues out of my queue line. Illicit activities or otherwise, I still want to at least get into matches. If anything, I would prefer if they merged a few data centres together to increase the number of players, not reduce them. Most of the time I don't even pay attention (gotta catch that queue train), but sometimes it's fun to see a fellow Diabolos member in the end-results. It's nice to know that there are other people in my world that queue for PvP.

Can you get banned or reported for throwing matches on purpose? How hard would it be to detect someone doing this?.. Even subtlety


Hypothetically, I wish that the option of say 175 people in the same free company all decide to want to play feast - solo, maybe even at 6am

Even if this would increase queue times, i hope it's something that can be addressed to retain the feasts incorruptibility. Maybe this can happen if groups of 2 data centers were merged together. Then maybe changed the top ranking to be top 150, top 15, top 3 for rewards.



Edit: After calming down I hope the best of people, but deep down suspect foul play. Voice chat would even bypass any evidence of cordination. It's like triple-triad tournament 2.0 but a much longer tournament. Good for them, this is good practice to try not to let what others do bother you personally. :/

[Februs]

Can you get banned or reported for throwing matches on purpose? How hard would it be to detect someone doing this?

You'd be amazed what you can be banned for. There was someone complaining on here a while back about getting slapped with a ban over macro usage, and there's been several accounts of "witch hunts" for match throwers and alleged hackers. All it a takes is a sufficient number of reports to the support desk, and SE will look into it. Unfortunately, slapping said people with bans is not going to change the fact that they threw a match.

Even hypothetically, if 175 people from the same FC/Linkshell/Teamspeak/whatever all queued for Solo-Feast at the same time, there's no guarantee that they'll get into the same match. Match fixing in this way is very difficult, especially with rank restrictions on who can play with who. That was the whole point of making Solo-Feast a solo queue in the first place, to avoid the same monstrous matchmaking/fixing that happened in WD. This is especially the case because queuing with a team of people is not required to throw a match. All you have to do is queue as a healer and do a crummy job. The only thing a team queue would be good for is if you are trying to tilt the odds in someone else's favour, but seeing as how you can't guarantee that you'll end up on opposing teams, it's not an efficient way to match fix.

Is it possible? Sure. Is it likely? No. It's far more likely that the people who got into a match with just happen to suck at the game or are tome farming. When it happens, it really sucks, but there really isn't much you can do about it except roll with it and hope for better next time. Having SE shoot our queues in the foot isn't the answer. The majority of us shouldn't be punished because of the actions of a few bad apples.

[Februs]

But I like queuing as Dark Knight and ruining everyones day...

I like seeing Drk's on the enemy team too. It means I don't have to baby sit my healer as much, and I might actually get some use out of Tempered Will if they happen to smack me with a Tar Pit.

Jokes aside, I don't actually mind seeing a Drk on the enemy team. It doesn't feel like they pressure my healer as much as a War does, but it also doesn't feel like they're miles behind, either; so, I mostly treat them the same way. I just keep an eye on them and smack em with a shield if they look like they're becoming more trouble than they're worth. As they are now, they're definitely lacking, but I think SE has to be very delicate when they consider what to do with the job as they move forward so not to go overboard.