Hi , I have played about 100 games of multiplayer ranked standard on Age of Mythology Retold
There are one or two suggestions I really hope could be implemented (and fairly easily I think):
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The main one is the player disconnect problem I am facing. If I search for 3v3 and 4v4 matches which I normally do, it can often taken up to 4 or 5 minutes to join a lobby. What happens sometimes is that the lobby takes another minute or so to fill up but people get impatient and leave. The lobby then closes and I have to start again - 5 minutes of my life wasted. Why can’t you just let this person leave and wait for a new person to connect? This means 5 or 6 people don’t waste 5 minutes. This happened to me about 4 times in a row and so took ages to actually start a game.
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When searching for ranked game there doesn’t seem to be an option to choose your civ before joining the lobby. This means I am in the habit of first choosing my civ in Skirmish and then searching for game. I am sat there for a few minutes waiting and then unable to actually consider my civ again until I join the lobby. (Okay, I can go on Tech Tree and consider it like that but I wouldn’t be able to set my choice and the leave the room to make a tea or whatever).
Finally, this is just more of a query. In ranked I would say about 10% of games have an early quit out, like within 30 seconds. Someone from one team disconnects and then usually the rest of the team resign. Not sure if there is any solution to this as just wastes time and can also get you a loss. I think you have to give a loss to the guy who disconnects but seems unfair if non-party members also get a loss if they decide to quit within a minute of play after a disconnect. But yeah not sure, it’s just really annoying as everyone gets ready to play and starts the game and then it’s basically failed.