Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

I point to Novalogic's JOTR and JOE. Those games have a 1 minute marker before starting a map. No one had any problem with that. DICE would do well to understand that people need time to load a map, finish verifying data and actually plan a fight before everyone gets a fair shot at the battle when it starts.

Having said that.. I still maintain my position that fast hardware cuts down on wasted time or lost chances in battle.

My last post here in this thread. Good day everyone!

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

I say leave it the way it is........

[imported_Sin317]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

there you have it, age doesnt matters if it comes to retardness.

heavy, quit gaming while you can. i remember you , games are like sport, its about competition. if you cant handle the competition , and need unfair advantage , then youre better off playing some singleplayer game and use cheats ...

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

there you have it, age doesnt matters if it comes to retardness.

heavy, quit gaming while you can. i remember you , games are like sport, its about competition. if you cant handle the competition , and need unfair advantage , then youre better off playing some singleplayer game and use cheats ...

The day I die is the day I dont game.

Cheaters and singleplayer games are long gone from the scene... get with the times. Online gaming is where it's at.

If Im retarded, so be it. At least I aint suffering from Video problems or failing Dailup connections from years ago.

What is really retarded is old hardware attempting to play top notch games online expecting to have a good experience; dont you agree? LOL.

[triumph]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

1 min seems perfect because people might actualy give some more though to what they will be doing during that round and for squads to have a moment to pick kit load outs that well aren't something like medic,medic,medic,medic,assault,....medic lol.

[vbl]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

1 min seems perfect because people might actualy give some more though to what they will be doing during that round and for squads to have a moment to pick kit load outs that well aren't something like medic,medic,medic,medic,assault,....medic lol.

There is some truth to this. I ran into a server with a 90 second soak time at the beginning of each round and I found myself using the downtime to discuss strategy with the squad. Very handy.

[triumph]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

There is some truth to this. I ran into a server with a 90 second soak time at the beginning of each round and I found myself using the downtime to discuss strategy with the squad. Very handy.

It's very nice to have when the squad leader knows effective communication, basicaly that means he/she knows how to bark orders real good and if they don't turn out so good it's the ineffective tools fault for failure to comply. Hehe.

[Nagaria]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

Heavy, have you considered some of our positions. you're 40, with a job and can buy your "rig". we or I at least on the other hand, dont make as much as you do. if you're suggesting we get a new one, why dont you get one for us. if not, stop making stupid suggestions. buying a new "rig" or updgrading among the stupidest and ignorant. (i understand you're not the only that state this, this goes to everyone that said a similar comment)

[Raxor]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

i dont have a problem with it, they paid for the stuff they deserve to load in faster, thats a good reason why its good to have at least 2 rounds a map

[Jensen]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

There is some truth to this. I ran into a server with a 90 second soak time at the beginning of each round and I found myself using the downtime to discuss strategy with the squad. Very handy.

TacticalGamer?

yea we run 2 minutes I believe. Everyone usually is loaded by about 1:30 though. We use the time to set up kit selections and give orders. Also the ticket ratio is like 250%, so we have long, 1 round per map, rounds. That way it doesn't become annoying, and I have to say, when I play on pubs i'm really irritated without my 'setup' time.

[Kronos]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

Me personally, I don't really like having to wait forever for the server to start the round. If you got a slow computer and don't want to upgrade it, to me that seems like your problem :) Anyway, I can see the other side of the argument, but I think instead of talking strategy it'd make a good time to hit the head and grab another beer, which is what I usually do when the servers have those long wait times before the round starts :)

[whofriggincares]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

Leave it like it is. It's annoying sitting there 15-30 seconds or even a minutes to start a map. Everyone takes a different amount of time to load. What about the people that take 2-3 minutes to load, should the wait time be increased to compensate for them? You're never going to please everyone so why even bother? People pay lots of money to have a good computer, why penalize them? Better graphics give people advantages, so should they be penalized because they can see you before you see them?

I had to suffer with a piece of crap computer but I finally upgraded and upgraded and now I'm happy, well kinda. If you can't upgrade your computer, deal with it. I had to and so does a lot of other people. Hell, maybe I should complain because I'm not always the first to spawn.

[claevade]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

Not everybody can ask their mommy and daddy to give them some new hardware. Some people have to work hard for it, remember that. I mean 1GB if RAM is nothing strange really. A little wait won't hurt.

[vbl]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

TacticalGamer?

yea we run 2 minutes I believe. Everyone usually is loaded by about 1:30 though. We use the time to set up kit selections and give orders. Also the ticket ratio is like 250%, so we have long, 1 round per map, rounds. That way it doesn't become annoying, and I have to say, when I play on pubs i'm really irritated without my 'setup' time.

No. It was a ranked server.

[SQUiB]

Re: Server admins, please increase the waiting time before the game starts!

Im 40....

Now thats funny. (I'm not having a go at 40 year old gamers, just ones as immature as this guy)

Back on topic. There doesn't need to be any set amount of time for the game to start. All that needs to be done is to require a certain percentage of players on each team to have loaded, maybe 6 per side in a 32 palyer game and 10 per side in a 64. Once that many people load then everyone can spawn.