Game Hosting 0.6

[thygrrr]

Yeah, not skinned yet but I guess that's what it'll look like for now. Still taking suggestions for features.

[Moritz]

I wish that it remembers last settings used when hosting again.

[FunkOff]

I'm not sure I like the rating limit :-/

[thygrrr]

Yeah, not skinned yet but I guess that's what it'll look like for now. Still taking suggestions for features.

It will.

I'm not sure I like the rating limit :-/

Me neither! It might create the wrong kind of culture in the game. As would hidden games.

Rules for rating limit would be that you can only narrow it down to +/- 100 points from your own rating, maybe 200. (so, if you are 1000, you can't narrow it down more than 800-1200)

Absolutely not sure about this feature, this is why I'm asking.

[Mond]

I dont like the rating either. Maybe there should be big Discussion about it where every beta tester should express his opinion?

I think, that with games that exclude certain players all the players will loose some cool games. Yes its possible that your team looses because of a new or bad rated player. But it is also possible to win with him. Why to take such games away? Even if you dont want to team up with a lower ranked player it is not automatically a loss.

[Ze_PilOt]

The rank is meant to be an info, not a filter (except for ladder).
But there will be an option to display rank or not in the lobby (at the cost of the game balance info)

[thygrrr]

I thought with all those "no noobs", "be good", "noobs only", "<= 1300" games out there, that an optinal rating filter would be a good idea and save you the hassle to kick the one 1400 rated player in a game with all others only below 1000.

I've spent some time thinking about it and actually, I think FAF is better served with a simpler approach to hosting. My philosophy behind the new "Find Games" UI was to get as many people as possible to play. My philosophy with this hosting dialog seemed to keep as many people as possible out.

Not sure where to go from here.

[Ze_PilOt]

One thing I'm sure :
People that doesn't like the idea will keep kicking people in their game because of their rank

By the way, be careful : The minimum is not 0...

[thygrrr]

What are the maximum and minimum ratings possible?

[Ze_PilOt]

No min or max. But with the current values, I don't think you will have less than -500 and more than 3000.