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[Ulffhedinn]

I hate to say it, but of the entire time carousel of death has been on, there has only been one day where I could find a match. I just had a 11 minute queue twice... finally gave up trying.

In over a week now, breach has not had a full team consistently.

Duel and Dominion I seem to find full matches for the most part still.

There is no one in tribute, deathmatch or brawl typically.

Brawl is hit or miss depending on the dailies, and honestly, even then, its a huge wait.

I think its time we got rid of Brawl, got rid of Tribute, Got rid of death match... put them into the event cycle.
Its time to focus on where the population is actually playing, and forego the other matchmaking settings for the sake of quality of life of the game. Its a barren wasteland of no players out there currently. Focus on duel, dominion, and breach only. I would accept keeping brawl since its a tournament thing... maybe. There is no pro scene so who cares really...
Open it back up once the population numbers are high enough to play all the modes you have created.

Its not a step backward, its simply a quality of life improvement, and makes new players not feel like your game is DEAD, which is a complaint I have received from veteran players lately. So I can only assume what the new players are thinking. As little as there are.

This is pretty much just a sad necessity for now. Ubi, I would suggest taking a very strategic look at things. You need to draw permanent players, new players, and like... yesterday.

[Telemork]

i think brawl is better than 1vs1 duels. i think 1vs1 should be replaced by 1vs1 ranked completely.
the 1vs1 matches feels like a waste when you have to wait a long time to get under 2 minutes of fighting, then going through all the menus all over again.

dominion is very popular, but i feel like the matches are too short compared to all the menus and waiting between them. i think they should replace all the others in the same category with dominion, and maybe make them last a bit longer.

i actually prefer breach as it gives me a lot of xp, and i get to kill a lot of people and the length of a match is just perfect.
i think they should have breach to replace the other things in the same category.

another option to brawl would be 1vs1 tournament where the winner gets to fight the next winner etc.
it would make it feel more special, and you wouldnt have to wait forever between duels.

[Tyrjo]

You can't get rid of Brawl.

What could be axed is Skirmish, Elimination and Tribute. Also axe Unranked Duel, to get everyone into ranked instead. It will make the match making better.

Reward STEEL for ranked slayer challenges to get everyone who want that steel into the game mode. No Damien, it's not forcing people into the mode, they can opt out and not play it if they don't want the steel. Want better data for your State of balance? Then there need to be incentives for everyone to play the mode.

[Shredder740]

And get rid of the perk system.

[Tyrjo]

And get rid of the perk system.

I don't think that is going to happen any time soon.

[Goat_of_Vermund]

It could be solved like this:

Duel and Dominion available for all players. Rewards are the same. Playing duel grants one ticket, playing 4v4 grants two, winning doubles it, quitting removes ten. You need a certain amount to participate in other modes:

At 10, you can play skirmish, tribute and elimination (with all players spawning together without feats). Same rewards as dominion, but daily orders available on them (for example: secure three tribute flags or kill 10 players in tribute. Kill 10 enemies in Death Match or revive 2 allies in Deathmatch).

At 15, you can play Ranked Duel (current duel) and Brawl. Same game modes, but doubled rewards and daily orders. Quitting here removes 15 tickets.

At 20 (max), you can play Tournament Duel (current ranked, heavily increased rewards) and Breach. Daily orders available, vastly increased rewards. Quitting here would remove all tickets.


The higher rewards would motivate players to play other game modes.

[LeSiix]

I play on the server in South America and there are no players, you only find the same people in the same way, and until the breach is dying I think that if it is honor to continue like this, it will die and without saying that I think the producers are ****ing that.