Multiplayer

[Zorbylol]

What is up with people in multiplayer? :/ I have tried to play probably 10 multiplayer matches and haven't finished any of them without the host leaving or the game desynching. Has anyone had any good experiences with it?

[politics]

I did last night i played my first 1v1 i lost but it was fun.
only issue was that i had some serious choppy lag prolly was my connection but it didn't seem to bother the other dude.

on another note, hate when people leave a game, that's why it's best to play with a friend but my best friend stopped playing pc games a long time ago, so yeah i stick to sp, occasionally i will check out MP but games are always full.

[FED]

exactly the same problem
I am happy to see that I am not only

[lawsie69]

the lobbies are just as bad, try getting a 2v2 game up, you will have no hair left.

[daniu]

Yeah, people leave early pretty often, but I've grown used to that.
Most of the time, they wouldn't stand a chance anymore so finishing the game would just drag it out...
so I count those game as a win and blame CA for not including a "surrender" button, and not always offering to save the replay when people quit.

I do seem to finish most of my Quick Battles though, maybe people don't want to give those up because they're ranked.
Try hosting ranked games yourself and see if that goes better.

[Niscimble]

The thing I hate most about multiplayer is the fact that only about 33% of the people actually follow the rules that I had set up just so they can win (if I'm hosting).

For example, I did a 2v2 game the other day where you were only allowed two third rates. One person brought in two Ironclads, another person brought in a fleet of first rates, and the fourth person brought in two first rates.

Apparently everyone is so competitive at this game that they HAVE to win no matter what, even if that means cheating. After this I quit playing multiplayer battles entirely.

[daniu]

For example, I did a 2v2 game the other day where you were only allowed two third rates. One person brought in two Ironclads, another person brought in a fleet of first rates, and the fourth person brought in two first rates.

Well, if you wrote "2 third rates only", I would have understood that as "max 2 third rates" (otherwise unlimited).

[FED]

yesterday evening I still made several classified plays
and no one arrived at the end
always disconnected
and we find all at the beginning without message error and without nobody leaving
and this, with 2x2 in medium and that I would be L host or not
exist there average not to pass by steam but by another servor (has my opinion not possible (taking into account classification)
I acknowledge that I start to have some enough because not having finished the part on the other hand our points are impacted
someone have discovered a serious solution ?

[dingo8u]

I wonder if you still get the points out of a ranked game when then host quits and the game shuts down???

[pastor]

Sometimes I think its down to luck if you get to finish a MP game. Some nights I can play 3 or 4 games with people quitting (very annoying) but there is decent people on MP who dont cheat and stay to the finish.