Respawn have released a new patch for Titanfall designed to improve the game’s matchmaking features. The update has been applied to both Attrition and Hardpoint modes, with other modes to follow.
On March 27 Respawn posted a blog previewing the new update, explaining that due to the more advanced system implemented for match-making, the game might take slightly longer to look for the right players. Here’s how Respawn describe the main two changes.
1. Searching for teammates and opponents will now sometimes take more time to look for players that are a good skill level match, rather than purely prioritizing speed over quality. This will give us more time to build better teams and create closer games that are worth staying in for a longer period of time.
- Rather than playing against the same opponents over and over, the game will periodically split the teams apart and search for new opponents for each team. This means if one team is dominating, we will update the skill for all of the players and then find each team a better suited match for the next round. Did you lose to a really great team? We’ll make them disappear and replace them with a new opposing team - and they will have no idea that you just got your butts kicked. This should end some of the frustration with playing for extended periods when you’re having an off night.
The developers continue to work on improving Titanfall’s multiplayer experience, after taking on cheaters in a previous update.
