ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

We're checking on this, @not_Dezza. What server/platform are you on, please?

PC EU

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

Could you all let us know if this is happening with a specific BG ruleset and/or map?

Also, just to confirm, are you saying that since the U49 launch, matches are starting up with teams of less than 8 people again?

I think you misunderstood. Before U49, matches started when both teams had 7 or more players, which significantly reduced waiting times. After U49, you have to wait again until each team has 8 players. This doesn't matter the mode or map. And quite often, matches simply don't start because the lobby is missing just one player.

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom I hope you can confirm this wasn't an intentional change. It's such a huge step back for the health of BGs and erases one of the only pieces of good will we have been given since u44. If it is intentional, it's really disappointing to see that BG changes, especially such fundamentally game altering ones not being included in the patch notes again.

Its bad enough that the solution to unbalanced BG lobbies was to change the BG maps (which did not address the issue of people being pushed back into spawn, if anything made it easier to corral them there), how could that have been easier than the obvious fix -one that has been suggested since the release of two team BGs: stop resetting mmr and make the casual 8v8 the first option in the activity finder. You are forcing noobs to play against vets constantly. No one enjoys this. When players are roughly the same skill level, spawn camping is very rare.

The last positive change we saw for BGs was correcting the background glow for the power sigil on remans folly. That was about a year ago. Funny enough that wasn't in the patch notes either. In this era of improved communication it is a shame to see that BG players sre still an afterthought.

Thanks @ZOS_JessicaFolsom that's great news! A few of us were worried there for a second lol

If you could please pass on the feedback about stopping MMR resets, or at least making them reset per season instead of every month; and making casual queue the first "default" option for the activity finder (like how they get rearranged for the battleground weekends, even though they still dont make casual queue the top option, it shows that it is an easy change), it would be appreciated. Its such a simple fix to give every player a better experience in BGs.

Thanks again for getting back to us about the lobbies, hope you have a great rest of your day

ruskiii wrote: »

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

Hi all, thanks for your patience as we dug into this. We can confirm this is a bug and not intended. Specifically, Battlegrounds requiring full teams was not an intentional change in Update 49 and we are investigating how to get this corrected to allow matches to start with less than full teams.

Just wanted to say thanks to the team for getting this fixed so quick. Noticed that lobbies were loading as per the u47 change within a couple hours of this reply.

Agree. Thanks

If they can fix this without a hot fix how can they not fix the ww issue after, what 18 months?

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/679020/battleground-werewolf-issue#latest

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Just acknowledging the issue would be a great start...