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Lobby is a problem and should be eliminated

Mysore Mysore
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When players click “Play,” they should be taken directly to the match loading screen instead of going to the 1-minute lobby. This lobby is a major problem because it completely disrupts MMR and the outcome of the match. This lobby only serves as a place for survivors to judge each other’s skins, playtime, and characters—and then leave the lobby. It creates an endless cycle where survivors avoid playing with certain other survivors, and killers avoid playing with certain survivors, instead searching for SOLOQ lobbies or lobbies with bad players—or, most commonly: killers look at the profiles of the four survivors and search for the weak link—the one with the fewest hours played, preferably Sable or Feng Min—to farm the entire match and secure an easy victory on top of that. Removing the lobby would solve all these problems and put an end to the “lobby simulator.”

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  • JPLongstreet JPLongstreet

    @Mysore said:

    When players click “Play,” they should be taken directly to the match loading screen instead of going to the 1-minute lobby. This lobby is a major problem because it completely disrupts MMR and the outcome of the match. This lobby only serves as a place for survivors to judge each other’s skins, playtime, and characters—and then leave the lobby. It creates an endless cycle where survivors avoid playing with certain other survivors, and killers avoid playing with certain survivors, instead searching for SOLOQ lobbies or lobbies with bad players—or, most commonly: killers look at the profiles of the four survivors and search for the weak link—the one with the fewest hours played, preferably Sable or Feng Min—to farm the entire match and secure an easy victory on top of that. Removing the lobby would solve all these problems and put an end to the “lobby simulator.”

    I'd like to see tested out a locked lobby, where their matchmaking system does it's thing and a short countdown begins. The killer can view items and adjust builds as they wish, but that's it. No one can sniff through profiles or dip. I want to see the effect on match quality of such lobbies over time.

    The only argument against this I've seen that holds any weight with me is the issue of known hackers/cheaters. However most of the playerbase cannot even check for that anyway. Hopefully the upcoming anti-cheat changes help with this.

  • Marc_123 Marc_123

    It really could be faster. The 1 Minute wait just drags.

    I don´t know if i ever changed a build, maybe a cosmetic for fun matches.

    Maybe 15 secs.

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