Am I missing something key as to what makes H3 matchmaking so awesome

Achranos said:

That's becaue standard server browsers don't work, and you aren't very observant if you think that they have been working. Step back and think about it. How many times have you looked a server list in a game, and couldn't find a fast server, with open slots, that let you play a game you want? How many times have you hit "join" and then been told that the server was full? How about if the host quits - who do you migrate to? What if doesn't want to play that game? What if the host is losing, and boots you to make things easier? And how many times have you gone into a game, thinking it was one type or map config, and then found out that it had been altered in an unpleasant way?

To put it in perspective of Halo - how many times has some jackass come into your forge session you forgot to close and screwed up hours of your work?

Now, before you say, "But, Achronos, my friends won't do that to me" remember that I'm talking about a server browser used for general users to join. You already essentially have one for your friends list... and their friends list too, using the friends of friends feature. Adding in anonymous custom game searching makes the above common place, where right now it is just your friends messing with you.

Server browsers are not the solution. Matchmaking playlists are really the best compromise for anonymous game gathering. Maybe for future games we make we'll try something different or alter our approach. But for now, this is the best we have in terms of game matching.

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IR1 said:

Didyou check your xbox live connection to see wha your NAT status was? Mine was strict and it limits who you can join up to play. I got it open now and matchmaking works great in halo 3 now.

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TheGreySpectre said:

I got an Xbox 360 for xmas and have been playing it quite a bit, The only game I have really done outside of my group of friends though is Halo 3. Am I missing the boat on what makes the matchmaking system so great? It seems to me like it takes forever, Doesnt give you the game/mapselection of a server system and doesnt create a sense of community like a server system does.

Do all xbox games use this type of matchmaking system or are there some that actually let me pick a server that has a map rotation that I like, and people I can play with semi regularly?

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