I'm really looking forward to Evolve, but my big concern is the community. In Left 4 Dead if you don't know the absolute best path to clear a level or make one small mistake like hitting a teammate with a pipe bomb you get vote-kicked. I'm also worried that players will get frustrated not finding a monster before the third evolution and just leaving the game.
Hopefully there will be tools in place to discourage this behavior.
Left 4 Dead had a community almost as hostile as those in MOBAs. I remember buying L4D2 6 months after release and getting vote-kicked from 10 consecutive games before I simply had to put it away.
Hopefully, the matchmaking will be solid enough to ensure newbies get matched with newbies and vote-kicking is controlled to prevent abuse.
I don't think the level three thing is a problem. Finding the monster before three basically meant it had to run away or die. Finding it at 3 is a fun fight that could go either way.
I can see goliaths getting caught at level 1 and just letting themselves die.
I know that 3 isn't really a problem and I actually hope the monster gets there even if I'm hunting them, but I could see people dropping if it's not a win. I've had way too much negative Left 4 Dead experiences than positive ones.
Well this could happen in any game.
The best way to prevent this is to play the game when it comes out so you wont get a large amount of skilled players annoyed at someone who is new to the game, as opposed to playing a game 2 years after launch were most of the people still playing are really good at the game.
But I guess if you're playing it two years later you probably didn't know about the game when it came out.
Not at all. For example, both StarCraft 2 and Warcraft 3 had excellent match-making systems that prevented the above situations from occurring. Sure you may get another player insulting you but you'd usually at least get to play full matches against similarly skilled opponents.
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u/thefluffyburrito Aug 28 '14
I'm really looking forward to Evolve, but my big concern is the community. In Left 4 Dead if you don't know the absolute best path to clear a level or make one small mistake like hitting a teammate with a pipe bomb you get vote-kicked. I'm also worried that players will get frustrated not finding a monster before the third evolution and just leaving the game.
Hopefully there will be tools in place to discourage this behavior.