Multiplayer drop outs

[xxoverlordxx]

So I am playing mulitplayer and I have not completed a single match because in the middle of the game some gets dropped or I get dropped. I mean why does happen every game?

[Sir Winston Churchill]

Because every time you're playing against someone with the attention span of a goat or the losing-tolerance of a 4 year old.

So they either suddenly feel bored and quit or you start beating the snot out of them and then they quit.

Cowards, pity they lose nothing.

[xxoverlordxx]

Not that kind of drop out that's quitting. I am talking about the sudden jump to the main screen. Is it steam?

[TheAussieDigger]

thats a fault with steam and total war multiplayer
its nothing wrong with ur computer, everyone gets it

[Darkpriest667]

now you see why steam is so much better than the previous systems :-)

[dmcheatw]

it's like i was saying the connectivity is awful

[Grislok]

I have been playing since it came out and find the occasional drop out, maybe once every four or five hours, very tolerable for the great reward of MP campaign. Too bad I have discovered while playing MP campaign that I totally suck. Just got dusted on VH campaign as Austria by Ottomans in about 10 years. That is a serious accomplishment.....I mean it is hard to suck that bad.

[Shiloh]

I've been spectating some battles lately and it's mostly solid although I did have one game freeze toward the end of the battle yesterday. I could move my camera but nothing else was moving so I quit myself after a minute. I do get the sense that it will happen consistently from time-to-time and I'm just hoping it doesn't happen when I'm fighting a good battle.

It would be worth looking into your internet connection though and make sure you have the best signal before playing. I won't even go near a shaky connection when someone else is hosting.

[british_general]

sometimes my game suddenly goes wrong and the game must shut down, but that has nothing to do with anything your'e saying

[Sir Nicholas Altman]

I play till the end. I play ranked battles and then most of people stay till the end but again some don't.

[Shiloh]

Do players get a "rankings penalty" if they leave a battle early? If not I believe they should.

[daniu]

Do players get a "rankings penalty" if they leave a battle early? If not I believe they should.

Yes they do if the game is ranked.
Lost 3000 points the other day when my computer crashed

[Shiloh]

Yes they do if the game is ranked.
Lost 3000 points the other day when my computer crashed

Stinks...that was the instance that crossed my mind where I could see that being unfair.