343 Industries has temporarily reduced the number of online multiplayer playlists as part of its continued efforts to fix the matchmaking issues in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

The studio advised players on the official Halo Waypoint blog that it was taking the temporary measure to help players find games faster.

The following playlists have been removed for the time being:

Team Hardcore
Rumble Pit
Halo 4
SWAT (rotational)

This leaves the following six playlists remaining:

Team Halo 2: Anniversary
Halo Championship Series
Team Slayer
Big Team Battle
Halo 2 Classic
Halo 3

"This concentrated playlist layout will allow players to get into matches faster, and improve overall match times," 343 states in its blog.

The studio acknowledges, however, that this is by no means a solution, and it continues to work on completely fixing matchmaking issues. "While we anticipate that concentrating our players into fewer playlists will have an effect on match times, it will not solve all Matchmaking issues, it explains.

"We are currently investigating CUs and server side tweaks over the next week to address matchmaking issues."

It also offers the following tip for players still experiencing long wait times: "Back-end data is showing that the majority of successful Matchmaking matches are found within 2-4 minutes of searching.

"When searching, if you do not find a match within 5 minutes, please return to lobby and restart the search, as this will reset the search parameters and increase the likelihood of finding a match within the aforementioned range."



Posted: Nov 16, 2014 6:01 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/481085/halo-mc-collection-multiplayer-playlists-reduced-to-lessen-matchmaking-issues/