[PS3] Is the game dying already or is this matching system just crap?

[handcuff_charlie]

Title says it all really....

 

My observations over the last month (I started playing just before Xmas).

 

I invite crew, and no crew show up receiving an invite. i also cannot join a crewmate ingame when I select join crew in pasue menu.

 

When i host a room, ANY room, DM, parachuting, race, mission, whatever....it seems I MIGHT get one or two players join in the first 30 seconds, but then I get the majority either within the final 5 seconds or even after time has expired and the room is "waiting to launch" while a late joiner loads in, and then another latecomer joins in and delays it longer, and then another. I can honestly say without exaggeration, that when I play full or near full rooms, that over half the players get in during this "wating to launch" period. On several occasions I have had a DM room with 4 or 5 people balloon up to 12-14 players all loading in during the "waiting to launch" as time expired.

 

I only seem to get high join rates when I am in a "fresh" session. What I mean is when i first login and I launch a room, I get a few joins, maybe a lot, then after that mission is over if I go directly into another mission/race/DM, it seems as if much less players are getting invites to join. Obviously I dont know this for a fact but it has happened so often and with such consistency, I can only assume that the amount of invites going out are greatly reduced for some reason when you get one or two rounds removed from your "fresh" session room. I can log off and back on and restart the cycle fairly consistently as well. Decent response to auto-invite the 1st round, and each successive round afterwards, less and less, by the time I get to a 4th round or so it seems absolutely no one is getting the auto-invite invites, plus you are no longer in a session with anyone.

 

Lately participation seems really low, or the system is borked. Either the game is dead and everyone is just staying in freemode, or the auto-invite system is utter garbage. I have a hard time believing everyone is staying in freemode now that all the glitched money is gone. I do get decent participation sometimes but to be honest it seems the best time is early morning east coast time when it is early afternoon in the UK because I get a lot of UK players joining.

 

What gives? Any similar experiences? has the matchmaking system been a topic of complaint for a while now? It seems to me like it really sucks.

Edited February 10, 2014 by handcuff_charlie

[prototypetom]

its just in that limbo between being broken enough that it's a game killer and broken but kinda works.

 

thing needs a complete overhaul from the ground up, but i guess they're too busy fighting exploiters and stuff.

[SFBryan18]

TL,DR The matchmaking has been an issue since launch.

[saintsrow]

 

[PS3] Is the game dying already or is this matching system just crap?

Yes.

 

I just hadda do that. Sorry.

 

The whole lobby system is inefficient, terribly limited and just plain bad. Is it a console limitation, or lack of vision on the part of the Rockstar designers?

[ugotsmoked]

To some people matchmaking sucks, to some people the player sucks...everything is relative.

[handcuff_charlie]

I simply refuse to use the quickjob because I am sick of landing in jumps jumps jumps or prison thugz or one of the other halfcocked UGC games.

[AgentAle47]

Yep, tell me about it, it's impossible to get a dogfight everyone are at free mode being "badasses"

[Thr33X]

TL,DR The matchmaking has been an issue since launch.

Why are you even here? Every other response from you is TL,DR...

 

OT: Have to agree with ugotsmoked. There is plenty to do in this game, but it's the fault of the simple minded majority of players who're content running around in freeroam killing each other that a lot of content is barely touched.

[SFBryan18]

 

TL,DR The matchmaking has been an issue since launch.

Why are you even here? Every other response from you is TL,DR...

That's a false accusation, and I didn't have to read because I knew the answer from what the title said.

[madmanaz]

I hate to say it but this game was dead when it launched. I think all these companies need to learn about accountability. Whatever happened to putting a game in the tray and pressing start? Oh, now I need a 42mb update and a 2Gb DLC compatibility pack in case I don't have DLC but another player paid to win and has it all.

[Thr33X]

I hate to say it but this game was dead when it launched. I think all these companies need to learn about accountability. Whatever happened to putting a game in the tray and pressing start? Oh, now I need a 42mb update and a 2Gb DLC compatibility pack in case I don't have DLC but another player paid to win and has it all.

Um...what? Maybe you have this game confused with something else, but GTAO was never a Pay-2-Win scenario. Nobody pays to get anything, even with the money glitching or cash cards, because it's your level that dictates what's available to you in terms of weapons, with exception of the Tank & Buzzard which anyone can get. I see kind of what you're trying to say, but using your tank in freeroam isn't "winning" anything, which goes back to what I say about killing in freeroam being insignificant.

 

The fact that a lvl 15 has a tank though is the fault of the glitchers though. Otherwise they'd have to earn it. Everything else your saying is head-scratching, because everyone has access to the same content.

[lew3112]

Since Day 1 quick join has never worked for me. Every time I use it, it either forces me to be host, which results in me staring at the screen for ten minutes while nobody joins, or puts me with one other guy who's playing his sh*tty self created race. I haven't done any races, deathmatches or anything with any other players other then dicking around in Freemode for months.

[ugotsmoked]

Just this morning I sold a baller and then did coveted...quick join survival..

they are as good as you or you show them how to play...Help enhance the.community.

[tymaster50]

combination of both

[smil0]

TL,DR The matchmaking has been an issue since launch.

I can not agree with that.

I found the first three weeks or so were the best in terms of matchmaking - always full lobbys in EVERY game mode. One had the free choice what to play you could always find players. Then over time the lobbys got more empty. I don't think its the mathcmaking system its just the players. I read everytime "Capture sucks" and stuff and if that gets spread people won't even try to play it wich results in empty lobbys. but the point of no return is crossed and I don't think it will get any better. maybe when heists finally come out there will be a little wave of players.

Edited February 10, 2014 by smil0

[SHARKEM]

it has been dying since before christmas. they really need some new content (heists ffs) and a better matchmaking system.

the user created content was a good idea. i have some pretty good races i made but, understandably people are put off by the poor examples and often leave before the race even starts or during.

Edited February 10, 2014 by SHARKEM

[Hanshot 420th]

it has been dying since before christmas. they really need some new content (heists ffs) and a better matchmaking system.

the user created content was a good idea. i have some pretty good races i made but, understandably people are put off by the poor examples and often leave before the race even starts or during.

I agree to an extent... The amount of players has dropped off significantly. After the Beach Bum DLC, tons of people in my friends list were still playing, but after the whole glitched money thing, even during, most people stepped away, not seeing a reason to play.

 

Now the only people I play with are people from here, or other players that I've met that still like the game. They really need some new content to draw people back.

[DillBagnr]

1. The matchmaking sucks
2. People don't join missions because they're all the same and generally not very fun
3. The game is dying.

[Foddzy]

What I don't understand is that when I try to host certain jobs I get the same thing as OP: maybe one or 2 people join then nothing... just waiting... But when I join the same job that someone else is hosting they sometimes get TONS of people really fast.

 

I'm pretty sure matchmaking is busted pretty badly (Xbox 360).

[Danzeman]

Am I right in thinking it sends requests to 32 players if you select crew and skill matched? I think it would be better if invitations timed out and found a new set of 32 because most invitations just get ignored.

[RossCA]

 

I hate to say it but this game was dead when it launched. I think all these companies need to learn about accountability. Whatever happened to putting a game in the tray and pressing start? Oh, now I need a 42mb update and a 2Gb DLC compatibility pack in case I don't have DLC but another player paid to win and has it all.

Um...what? Maybe you have this game confused with something else, but GTAO was never a Pay-2-Win scenario. Nobody pays to get anything, even with the money glitching or cash cards, because it's your level that dictates what's available to you in terms of weapons, with exception of the Tank & Buzzard which anyone can get. I see kind of what you're trying to say, but using your tank in freeroam isn't "winning" anything, which goes back to what I say about killing in freeroam being insignificant.

 

The fact that a lvl 15 has a tank though is the fault of the glitchers though. Otherwise they'd have to earn it. Everything else your saying is head-scratching, because everyone has access to the same content.

 

You have to be at a certain level to get the tank and buzzard.

[Con9mm]

I played A LOT this weekend and I'm rank 106, and I have felt the same way about the empty lobbies (except PTF) but I think a lot has to do with getting lucky on a busy server. Take for example Saturday morning the lobbies were full of 100+ ranked players but by the evening I was being put with 40-80 ranked players but rarely found empty lobbies so it was cool.

 

My only complain about matchmaking is that being a high rank kind of sucks since most of the time Im paired up with lower skilled/ ranked teammates and that's fine unless you are trying to get the Burning Heart and Grim Reaper calf tattoo-----This weekend I should have had 10 slayer awards I only got 6 because while I lead my team, as a group we wouldn't win the DM's.

[Thr33X]

1. The matchmaking sucks

2. People don't join missions because they're all the same and generally not very fun

3. The game is dying.

You know how long the WoW has been saying that? And years later it's still running. The game's not dying, the players are just lazy/impatient.

 

 

 

I hate to say it but this game was dead when it launched. I think all these companies need to learn about accountability. Whatever happened to putting a game in the tray and pressing start? Oh, now I need a 42mb update and a 2Gb DLC compatibility pack in case I don't have DLC but another player paid to win and has it all.

Um...what? Maybe you have this game confused with something else, but GTAO was never a Pay-2-Win scenario. Nobody pays to get anything, even with the money glitching or cash cards, because it's your level that dictates what's available to you in terms of weapons, with exception of the Tank & Buzzard which anyone can get. I see kind of what you're trying to say, but using your tank in freeroam isn't "winning" anything, which goes back to what I say about killing in freeroam being insignificant.

 

The fact that a lvl 15 has a tank though is the fault of the glitchers though. Otherwise they'd have to earn it. Everything else your saying is head-scratching, because everyone has access to the same content.

 

You have to be at a certain level to get the tank and buzzard.

 

Well, I stand corrected then. That means there is no "pay to win" in the game then, making the previously quoted post even more head-scratching. I think he has GTA:O confused with APB:R.

[phunkism]

Why everyone complain on this forum like bunch of little girls? This game offers endless fun if you have IQ higher than temperature on North pole

[Con9mm]

Another observation from a weekend full of GTAO....

When I found an awesome group of DM fans...I stuck with them.

I didn't have to leave or go to free mode when I was playing with like 6 guys who were into DM's so we would go from map to map, lose a few guys but the lobby maintained 5-6 players and when outside people were invited and they entered the lobby and saw that they were the 8-10th player joining, it seemed to keep the momentum going for all of us.

So now that will be my strategy...stick with some guys no matter what.

I did the same when I wanted to Race, found some players and stuck with them.

If you leave a lobby or enter free mode and expect to find yourself in busy lobbies, that doesn't usually happen----it will be empty lobby to empty lobby.

 

I'm always on Quick Job so I know about empty lobbies for sure.

[Thr33X]

Why everyone complain on this forum like bunch of little girls? This game offers endless fun if you have IQ higher than temperature on North pole

 

Obviously you think too highly about the majority of the population of these forums. And the problem with the community is that most other GTA related forums are exactly the same...a handful of cool, sensible people in a sea of whining, cheating dunderheads. I extend my hand in friendship to you.

[woggleman]

I played last night and it was the busiest I had seen it in days.

[richard1997jones]

This is why I prefer GTA IV's online.

[ugotsmoked]

Enjoy the modders.

[madmanaz]

I was talking about games in general. BF4 already has shortcuts to unlock all DMRs and Shotguns even if you're level 0. GTA has cash cards and yes, level 15 players DO have tanks. They were duplicated and handed over and guess how? Online, fake, imaginary pixel money.

 

If I offered the right player glitched money I could buy a tank from them... provided they don't just blow me up after. And I know the second something is patched a thread opens on this site "how to money glitch after patch..." so there's always some pimple drinking dweeb who will ruin this game. I gave up. Rockstar has my money already. I have a game that "works" but leaves me avoiding all other players at any cost, even if it means killing my character.