Console Battlegrounds

NordSwordnBoard

First attempt was a success! 2v2v2 CTF and it was fun, we won, good times. Short wait until I que'd into next BG, mismatched teams, but that's more acceptable than what happened later: I was able to que in repeatedly as a single player, but when I grouped with pals it kept us que'd for an hour. The same message I read PC people get: 1 person drops the group/declines.

If a single player can que into 2v3v4 or other mismatched numbers, why does a single decline out of 12 cause failure?

Sometimes the load screen tells you the mode, but sometimes not. Queing in late may have been the cause of this, if I was one of the last ones there, I found out when it started. I never que'd into a match in progress.

Also, please make No CP + No Poison version and a Poison + CP version. It's backwards now. As everyone has been saying in the forums, poisons are too much in BGs. I wanted to see for myself before having an opinion. I think the big difference besides the lack of CP helping you mitigate poison is that in other PvP environments (that poisons were created for), you may get the opportunity to hide/los to cool off poisons and regain resources without seriously weakening your team/objective. BGs are too small and there is no time.

If I had to choose between poisons and damage proc sets, I'd keep the procs. As awful as that sounds. I use poisons too, I just think it would be way more fun without them. It may also be easier to implement than re-examining the proc sets just for BGs.

PS4? XBox? Sentiments? I know this topic is kind of a dead horse, but any additional issues on consoles that don't happen on PC should be brought to light.

grim_tactics

I think they need to get rid of domination at the moment. Terrible game mode that seems to favor the tankiest teams will win - period.

I've noticed the bugs on the load screens too. My friends in chat were asking how I knew the team and game mode before they loaded in. They never saw that in their screen at all last night.

It would be nice to eventually just queue for the game mode you want and I also want Team Deathmatch to last longer than it does.

I like the fact that these are quick matches for the most part but some are just too fast and before you know it the game is over.

The cost of playing BGs for a good while are also too high on the potion costs. I know that is a subjective statement but I honestly would be fine with a mode where you can't use potions or poisons.

grim_tactics

*it wouldn't let me edit my previous post for some reason.

Let me also add I'm so tired of also getting perma-stuck in BGs too.

There's a map where the mushrooms next to the platform will cause a player who dodge rolls into them to be stuck and can't move until killed. There is also another map where you can clip into a wall that renders you stuck and unable to move as well.

MurderMostFoul

Resource poisons should be removed from the game entirely. Proc sets need a balance pass because they drastically outperform other options. These two changes should make everything feel a lot better.

doslekis

I'm on ps4, I've never waited more than 5 minutes to get into BG by myself.

I'm really liking the short matches, I get out of work late every night and only have a few hours to play. I love PVP but cryo is just too time consuming. The BGs really help me get my PVP fix and provide some good loot rewards as well.

Now I just need to figure out my resource management and all will be well

NordSwordnBoard

Last night I got two disconnects. One was blue screen, and we had a good team too. That was annoying. I connected on about 4/15 attempts as a single player.

It seems you can get stuck in a loop - after accepting 3 or 4 times, if it didn't work, its not going to work at all. So I count that as an attempt as mentioned above.

Is this working better in non peak hours?

Maole1989

I live in Australia and play PS4 during off-peak hrs. Unfortunately, I share your pain. The endless queue loop is annoying. Sometimes it's quick, other times I wait 5-15min for some matches. I usually give up and go open world just get some constant action lol.