What Does 2K Have Against Lobbies?

[TheRealHST]

I loved the lobbies because you could pick what difficulty you wanted to play. So if you wanted a HOF match you could do that. That's what I miss

[TheRealHST]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I want to ask all of you a question: What is the point of a lobby if you can't pick who you play ANYWAY? They shouldn't tell you who you are matching up against in a ranked gaming model. You want to play ranked? You play whomever shows up and beat all those you face.

Actually you could sort of pick.

[Wallaceui]

I was talking about their contest a few 2k's ago. You couldn't have a contest like that with lobbies. People would cheat.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by LD2k

I'd like to see them personally return as well. That said, they have to make sense and there are major pros and cons for them - some of which I cannot get into here. But it's definitely something discussed with the dev. team's.

I already did.

It's nice when guys set up accounts to play each other and rank up.

By randomizing it you avoid this.

Not there aren't ways to do lobbies as well.. But with the system they have randomization was easier.

[TheRealHST]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I already did. It's nice when guys set up accounts to play each other and rank up. By randomizing it you avoid this. Not there aren't ways to do lobbies as well.. But with the system they have randomization was easier.

The problem with randomization is that you get paired with some unknown person who you might not want to play. Getting paired with kids, cheesers and rage quitters make the experience unappealing at times.
Easier technically, but game enjoyment wise its a crapshoot.

[jeebs9]

Do you guys understand that you can't have the same people playing the same people over and over?

[JYoung28]

Man, I miss lobbies. I don't even play with regular teams online anymore because the lobbies are gone. I can only play against friends.

I cannot play someone online on nothing less than HOF. And the lobbies gave you that option. I also don't see the problem with someone playing the same weak opponent. It did not affect anyone besides those two players because games were unranked. If the weak player chose to keep playing that's on him.

You also played against real good legit players in there. It was unranked so there was really nobody cheating like they would in a ranked game. Hope they return.

[UWfan206]

Quote: Originally Posted by LD2k

I'd like to see them personally return as well. That said, they have to make sense and there are major pros and cons for them - some of which I cannot get into here. But it's definitely something discussed with the dev. team's.

Glad this thread reached out to someone from the 2K team like yourself. Everything you guys say on here are gospel..haha.

With that said please bring it back. I been looking forward to it returning since forever. I understand there are major pros and cons about lobbies like u said but the positives outweigh the negatives in my opinion.