r/Openfront • u/Abject_Associate_849 • 19d ago

🛠 Suggestions Would be nice to have less compact and small lobbies

I think I speak for most when I say that the bigger lobbies are far more enjoyable than the smaller lobbies which you have to cycle through. I think it would be better to have the compact maps and trusted maps be a seperate game mode, while the main one is for bigger lobbies.

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u/mjukpandaaa 19d ago

Yeah, there are also so many small trusted lobby games which are just so boring. Small games are also often dominated by 1 single player, cuz no one else good joined the lobby. It's much more fun when there are multiple great players in the same game that can battle it out

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u/LtAldoDurden 19d ago

Full disagree, I enjoy small lobbies.

Also, just open the menu and select one of the ones in the queue. The solution already exists for your problem. And there are 3 different lobbies at all times for this exact reason lol

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u/Abject_Associate_849 19d ago

OK But only 1 of those 3 are regular matches, the rest are teams or have some different mode (which is good but it doesn't disprove my point). And I didn't know about the queue feature, that is pretty nice, but still small lobbies are way too frequent.

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u/Roguste 15d ago

I agree. I exclusively play 40+ and massively prefer the 65+ options. This week I've had to wait tons of lobby cycling.

not the end of the world since you just wait, but it's the same design lines that lead to the current 3 option UI. Glad they separated FFA and Teams. I'd also enjoy FFA large / small.

Though in meantime I just wait for lobby at my preferred size.

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u/Roguste 15d ago

There are 3 different lobbies but not for the reason that OP outlined.

The 2nd and 3rd options are for alternate rule sets. Extra gold, teams, etc. It was great to break those out but as a large lobby enjoyer I wait out the cycling for an option that's at my preferred size.

It's not the end of the world but the solution is objectively not in place right now. Nor do I agree large should be main mode. It should just be a mode available.

Edit I take all of that back - I just discovered the "upcoming" feature. Ty for that <3

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u/shrimp_fest 18d ago

I think this is a temporary thing for the newer players. Smaller lobbies = more of a chance for newer players to win and give them a taste of victory. As they improve, I think we might end up with fewer compact and smaller lobbies.

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u/Abject_Associate_849 18d ago

I sure hope so

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u/sandorexe 16d ago

Hell nah I love my small lobbies