Sack the person in charge of networking.

**Kuarlos** · April 11, 2011, 08:38 PM

This game is ace, I love it.

But from empire to napoleon to shogun whoever is in charge of the networking and actually arranging games is severly inept.

It might come across harsh to single out someone, I dont even know if there is a someone but the way TW games matchmake is severly inept. Has been so for ages.

There is no excuse, many many other games matchmake fine and these are not new problems, but this alone is preventing a hardcore community from spreading into a mainstream.

Having spent £100 on TW games for the mp experience, for it to lack basic support for routers/connections I am forced to declare that whoever is responsible for making sure people can connect to games at ca is a let down to the team.

They crippled me in nap/emp through basic issues, now tonight shogun has decided it doesnt want to play.

It has seen a game that so many people love the mechanics of turned into something that you need to be 'hardcore' to enjoy.

Three years down the line a game that has chosen to focus on the clan system and really encourage mp to lack a decent joining system is just plain incompetent.

Enough is enough, please sort CA.@rant.com

**NEDKIL Speedmeister General** · April 11, 2011, 08:54 PM

Its because they don't have a clue man,The no response from host etc as you say has been present since empire days and it has ruined many a players time within the game.I truely honestly believe that they are a proper cowboy company...Sorry for this but with all the experiences we have all had then you can understand my view.

**Knowing Crow** · April 11, 2011, 09:14 PM

I have been having a lot of difficulty finding games, and I have to constantly restart Shogun 2 and verify integrity of the game cache, which seems to always find corrupted files.

**Timox** · April 12, 2011, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by Knowing Crow

I have been having a lot of difficulty finding games, and I have to constantly restart Shogun 2 and verify integrity of the game cache, which seems to always find corrupted files.

True. It happens 100% if your match goes wrong either alt-f4 or concede defeat make further searching for games pointless. You don't even have to verify files, game restart allows to play a game or two. On my system I also have to kill the process, because the game just doesn't close.

**Achilleslastand** · April 12, 2011, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by Kuarlos

This game is ace, I love it.

But from empire to napoleon to shogun whoever is in charge of the networking and actually arranging games is severly inept.

It might come across harsh to single out someone, I dont even know if there is a someone but the way TW games matchmake is severly inept. Has been so for ages.

There is no excuse, many many other games matchmake fine and these are not new problems, but this alone is preventing a hardcore community from spreading into a mainstream.

Having spent £100 on TW games for the mp experience, for it to lack basic support for routers/connections I am forced to declare that whoever is responsible for making sure people can connect to games at ca is a let down to the team.

They crippled me in nap/emp through basic issues, now tonight shogun has decided it doesnt want to play.

It has seen a game that so many people love the mechanics of turned into something that you need to be 'hardcore' to enjoy.

Three years down the line a game that has chosen to focus on the clan system and really encourage mp to lack a decent joining system is just plain incompetent.

Enough is enough, please sort CA.@rant.com

+1
I have to go thru 2-3 hours of nonsense only to get in a game or 2.
Their incompetence is amazing.
I had a dream last night that CA sold the TW franchise to blizzard..........

**Kuarlos** · April 12, 2011, 09:25 AM

Its really disappointing, the mp is hard enough for a noob to the game to get into as is as the standard of play is really high.

Its clear real thought has been put into the multiplayer structure and its a real leap forward (Fear of NYC i strongly suspect a lot of that was you given the disappearing act and sudden emergence of something that looks nearly identical to your mp campaign idea, if you read this, wp bro).

But it is being let down by the technical side. Even if we all have to download a fully new version (possibly for a few quid with some add ons) of the game it would be worth it.

**Kuarlos** · April 12, 2011, 12:02 PM

Hi all,

We’re pleased to announce that patch 1.3 will be going live at some point in the next couple of days. The update includes a number of fixes for issues identified in multiplayer, as well as a few general fixes too.

We’re cracking down on an issue the community identified where players could gain an advantage by “rage quitting” the game. Now, for match-made battles, the host will receive a win if the client uses ALT+F4 to exit the game.

If the host disconnects, neither player will receive a win. This is a partial fix for the problem, and we’re still working on it, but for now this will hopefully improve your online multiplayer experience.

The full list of additional fixes is below:

Multiplayer - More game lobbies are now visible on the Battle List in Avatar Conquest mode.
Multiplayer - More game lobbies are now visible on the Battle List in Multiplayer Campaign Mode.
Multiplayer - Fix for crash when rearranging unit cards in battle lobby.
Multiplayer Battle List - Fix for crash when [ALT] + [Tab]'ing / minimising the game when in a Battle List game lobby.
Multiplayer Battle List - Fix for crash when changing the "Battle type" filter from "Classic Battles" to any other filter.
Multiplayer Battle List - Fix for lag caused by selecting the "Classic Battles" tick box on the Host Battle setup screen (where the player names the game).
Multiplayer Battles - Fix for UI bug where the back button did not function / was greyed out on the battle results screen leaving players stuck.
Multiplayer Battles - Fixed for players having trouble joining 1v1 Match Made battles and being given a default army.
Multiplayer Battles - Fix for Client crash if Host searches battle before Clients leave battle results screen in the Setup Team screen
Multiplayer Battles - Fix for Client crash when Host kicks Client from the game while the Client is on the Retainer, Load Army or Save Army screen.
Multiplayer Battles - Fix for rare crash when alliance goes under AI control due to player leaving the battle.
Multiplayer Battles - Improved accessibility for players attempting to join a 1v1 Auto team land battle or Campaign drop in battle.
Multiplayer Campaign - Fix for rare crash where player leaving battle causes crash for remaining players upon switch to AI control.
Avatar - Fix for crash when [ALT] + [Tab]'ing / minimising the game on the Avatar customisation screen.
Battles - Fix for rare multithreading crash caused by interaction between the UI and the game.
Land Battles - Fix for crash in deployment phase caused by using the Increase Rank and Increase File buttons on a unit in Spear Wall formation.
Land Battles - Fix for rare crash when positioning the mouse over unit proxies when attempting to dock units.
Naval Battles - Fix for very rare crash when ordering ships.
Campaign - fixed occasional end turn crash.

Thanks,
The TW team

I am actually imressed. Proof will be in the pudding but that is definitely a start.

**BoatsandHoze** · April 12, 2011, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Kuarlos

This game is ace, I love it.

But from empire to napoleon to shogun whoever is in charge of the networking and actually arranging games is severly inept.

It might come across harsh to single out someone, I dont even know if there is a someone but the way TW games matchmake is severly inept. Has been so for ages.

There is no excuse, many many other games matchmake fine and these are not new problems, but this alone is preventing a hardcore community from spreading into a mainstream.

Having spent £100 on TW games for the mp experience, for it to lack basic support for routers/connections I am forced to declare that whoever is responsible for making sure people can connect to games at ca is a let down to the team.

They crippled me in nap/emp through basic issues, now tonight shogun has decided it doesnt want to play.

It has seen a game that so many people love the mechanics of turned into something that you need to be 'hardcore' to enjoy.

Three years down the line a game that has chosen to focus on the clan system and really encourage mp to lack a decent joining system is just plain incompetent.

Enough is enough, please sort CA.@rant.com

I agree with you 100%.

**NEDKIL Speedmeister General** · April 12, 2011, 06:35 PM

Why o why is it ALWAYS left for us forum readers to end up helping and solving their (CA's) problems.....Just imagine if WE did not care OMG then i seriously think they would def be up the creek without the paddle.
Until they sort their act out then WE as a collective must sort their mess out,Maybe we should be on the payroll for all the great work we do.

**Kuarlos** · April 13, 2011, 04:36 PM

This isnt one that can be solved with us, its too technical. Alls we can point out is that all the dlc/soundtracks/sequels/marketing/game development/pure awesomeness cant and shouldnt be let down totally by one area. This is costing CA/SEGA a hell of a lot more profit than I think they realise, one of my mates a fan who has been out of the mix a bit has tried playing, and he isnt as technically minded or committed as me, I actually feel bad for reccommending him the game as it crashes BEFORE he tries mp, mp for him is just a no no, that is a ridiculous state of affairs.

They are killing the game by making it inaccessible to new players NOT though the depth of the game but through the sheer fact you need to love the game to be arsed with all the mp issues.