Impossible to play Tribute - suggestion for improvement | Forums

[Uhtred_Rbreuson]

I have had a lot of trouble getting into Tribute mode, since the launch of Season 6 I managed to enter only 2 days, in a total of 3 matches.
To get into Domain this same faster, now Tribute and kills, practically impossible.
A solution for this Ubi could unify Tribute, Domain and Kills in a single connection, and at the time of choosing the maps have the option to choose these game modes in the voting criteria, today there are 3 maps to be voted, could having 6 maps, being 2 of each game mode, would be an interesting way to move these game modes.

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Impossível jogar Tributo - sugestão para melhoria

Tenho tido muita dificuldade em entrar no modo Tributo, desde o lançamento da 6ª Temporada consegui entrar somente 2 dias, em um total de 3 partidas.
Para entrar em Domínio esta mais rápido mesmo, agora Tributo e mata-mata, praticamente impossível.
Uma solução pra isso a Ubi poderia unificar Tributo, Domínio e Mata-mata em uma só conexão, e no momento de escolha dos mapas ter a opção de escolher esses modos de jogo no critério de votação, hoje existe 3 mapas a serem votados, poderia ter 6 mapas, sendo 2 de cada modo de jogo, seria uma saída interessante para movimentar esses modos de jogo.

[The_B0G_]

So you want for force people into 2 unpopular game modes that are playing Dom? If those modes were better, people would play them, I don't think they should join all modes, people would just be quitting constantly.

[CandleInTheDark]

When it happened with skirmish and elimination it was a matter of putting two ailing gamemodes together that were competing with the highest activity and the shiny new toy in terms of 4v4. Latching something on to the game mode with highest activity is not going to do the general health of the game any good.

Players have pretty much voted with their time in terms of what game modes they want to play, forcing them to not play their choice is not a fair means of improving the numbers in the rest of the available choices, what needs to be addressed is why the other games are not doing so well.

[PDXGorechild]

When it happened with skirmish and elimination it was a matter of putting two ailing gamemodes together that were competing with the highest activity and the shiny new toy in terms of 4v4. Latching something on to the game mode with highest activity is not going to do the general health of the game any good.

Players have pretty much voted with their time in terms of what game modes they want to play, forcing them to not play their choice is not a fair means of improving the numbers in the rest of the available choices, what needs to be addressed is why the other games are not doing so well.

I've noticed since season 6 that EVERY game mode is always on low activity other than dominion, which is always high or very high. I took a break for a couple weeks but seriously? Tribute used to have at least medium activity or sometimes high for ages. Even skirmish sometimes had medium. I've seen brawl have medium. Even the Carousel event had low activity. So low I could barely get in a game. Have things seriously gone downhill for all the other game modes so fast?

Bit gutted as Tribute was probably my favourite these days and i'm rapidly going off dominion what with the gank fests and feat spamming.

[DrinkinMyStella]

didn't ubi say that there was an issue with MM times and that we shouldn't be waiting that long for a game and that there is a fix on the way

[CandleInTheDark]

I've noticed since season 6 that EVERY game mode is always on low activity other than dominion, which is always high or very high. I took a break for a couple weeks but seriously? Tribute used to have at least medium activity or sometimes high for ages. Even skirmish sometimes had medium. I've seen brawl have medium. Even the Carousel event had low activity. So low I could barely get in a game. Have things seriously gone downhill for all the other game modes so fast?

Bit gutted as Tribute was probably my favourite these days and i'm rapidly going off dominion what with the gank fests and feat spamming.

Strictly anecdotal but usually on PC I will find tribute in around two or three minutes, the last one I played it found it right away, so there are still tribute games going.

[Vakris_One]

I think the reason Dominion has such high numbers is because people lose patience with waiting for a Tribute match. I know I do. I strongly dislike how cheesy Dominion has become but I would still rather be playing the game than staring at a blank screen for 5 damn minutes.

It's a shame that the majority of the playerbase apparently love nothing more than a glorified team deathmatch mode as apposed to an actual tactical team based mode.

[Alustar.exe]

Gorechild isn't wrong in his assessment of the tribute for PS4, when I played with him, for months we could get into a match almost instantly. I played over at my friends recently, since I sold my 4, and is completely different. I tested each game mode and the only one that was able to give a pop at all was dominion. I'm not sure if it's a bug or if it's due to player activity, but something is amiss. I would figure with the amount of players that hate deathballs so much that would be opposite.

[PDXGorechild]

Strictly anecdotal but usually on PC I will find tribute in around two or three minutes, the last one I played it found it right away, so there are still tribute games going.

Taking me at least 5 minutes on PS4 at the moment and I often see the same players. Frustrating when you keep ending up on a nooby team and have to try and carry everyone.

I think the reason Dominion has such high numbers is because people lose patience with waiting for a Tribute match. I know I do. I strongly dislike how cheesy Dominion has become but I would still rather be playing the game than staring at a blank screen for 5 damn minutes.

It's a shame that the majority of the playerbase apparently love nothing more than a glorified team deathmatch mode as apposed to an actual tactical team based mode.

Gorechild isn't wrong in his assessment of the tribute for PS4, when I played with him, for months we could get into a match almost instantly. I played over at my friends recently, since I sold my 4, and is completely different. I tested each game mode and the only one that was able to give a pop at all was dominion. I'm not sure if it's a bug or if it's due to player activity, but something is amiss. I would figure with the amount of players that hate deathballs so much that would be opposite.

Played 6 games last night to complete the "Fearless warrior" order. Lost 5 out of 6. Started off by queuing for Tribute but as said took about 5 minutes to find a game each time so I only played two (I'm an impatient mofo) and I had a dreadful team against a group of experienced players that I got paired with in both matches, despite leaving, waiting a minute and re-queuing. Had a bot on my team both matches that never got replaced and ran around like a headless chicken.

I then played a duel and got wrecked by some sort of deflect god Orochi player on that sh!tty forge map. My fault I guess. I was angry and struggled to focus properly due to the annoyance caused by the tribute matches. This made it worse.

I then decided to queue for Beachhead event as I haven't played it much, but after another 5 or so minutes of queuing got bored and resigned myself to the fact i'll just have to play Dominion. Two games i'm paired with idiots that won't group up or co-operate and instead just feed the enemy gank squad, which in one game comprises of 3 knight heroes, so there's grenades, stun bombs and catapults flying left right and centre. Most of my deaths were due to enemy feats. On my team two idiots and a bot. Every one-on-one I manage to engage in I outclass my opponent only to get killed by a feat or his buddies when the bumboy brigade shows up to save him.

Next match is a against a premade of 3 Highlanders and 1 Lawbringer and on my team what I can only assume is a group of ten year olds. Gank brigade again. The map was Skyfort, so I tried to play like the players in that condescending video Ubi released trying to show us how to counter the "deathball meta". Needless to say it didn't work AT ALL and despite outmanoeuvring the enemy and capping the most points, every time they caught me i'd die to an impale followed by 3 claymores coming at me at the same time. Enormously fun. We broke and the rest of my team died quickly, leaving me in a showdown with the Lawbringer when one of the Highlanders decides to Javelin storm me whilst we're having a 1-on-1, that I was losing anyway due to being grenaded and stun bombed. Then teabagging. Necessary.

The last game of Dominion I just about managed to carry my team to victory. I score about 12 kills 4 deaths, with the bottom player on my team getting 0 kills and many deaths and scored 8 POINTS. EIGHT.

So the whole experience was mostly stressful. Waiting around and dying to cheesy, bullsh!t mechanics all the time. With nobody to team up with currently I feel like i'd just rather not play it. If this is the experience new players will have, which will be even worse with the skill gap, it's no wonder it isn't attracting or keeping many new players.

Last nights activity -

Duel - Low
Brawl - Low
Tribute - Low
Deathmatch - Low
Event - Low
Ranked - Low
Dominion - Very high

I feel pigeonholed into playing dominion, which, at the moment, without a pre-made group to play with, sucks.

[DrinkinMyStella]

im getting so annoyed with the death ball meta that I decide to play Tribute...but nooo 10mins later still waiting for a game.