My Beta Thoughts and Feedback (Lots of Text) (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Sunday, August 03, 2014, 17:39 (3573 days ago) @ kapowaz

I meant after you've found the right players for a game.
Find players -> choose map -> load map -> start game

That could work, but you'd inevitably end up throwing some of that group of players onto a map they'd just played as well as making sure some were on a new one. It's tricky to avoid that unless you make it a selection criteria of matchmaking.

Yes, there will be times when some people would play the same map twice in a row. That happens already, though - adding this quick loop to the map-choosing algorithm would DECREASE it. (I don't think RC was implying you could REMOVE it - but the cost of the search would be quite small compared to the benefit for the majority of players in most games.)

Worst case scenario, you get what you have now.

Best case scenario, you get a very spread-out choice of maps. This seems like an easy win.