Party Lane Preference Simply Not Working.

[Limpich]

I almost exclusively play duo and 8/10 times we are put in separate lanes despite having changed the lane preference to play with your party.

This has been the case ever since this function was released, ironically we both feel that we got put together more often before this was a thing.

I think that I speak for the majority when i say I rather sit a couple of minutes longer in que than get put into a match where i need to lane either solo or with a random when I'm playing exclusively to play with my friend.

Thanks.

EDIT:

It's obvious a lot of solo-players here thinking that this is not such a big deal, but it really is IF you want this game to actually survive in a mainstream environment!

Me and my friend are getting old and we have kids and extremely limited game time we are LUCKY if we can play 3 games a day.
And it just so happens that the laning stage is the most exciting and fun part about deadlock and we want to experience that together.

Stop defending a non functioning preference button, there's simply no excuse.
The swap lane button is not a fix to this problem.

 

[npc_pigeon]

just request to switch lanes

 

[Limpich]

just request to switch lanes

This is NOT a solution.
Plenty of games every player in the team is in a duo que causing unnecessary arguments because EVERYONE want to play with their DUO.
And just yesterday there was a language barrier so the person i was requesting to swap lanes with did simply not understand what I was talking about and we ended up trio laning for a couple of minutes.

Please refrain from commenting unnecessary comments, there is a lane preference option and It would be great if it worked.

 

[npc_pigeon]

This is NOT a solution.
Plenty of games every player in the team is in a duo que causing unnecessary arguments because EVERYONE want to play with their DUO.
And just yesterday there was a language barrier so the person i was requesting to swap lanes with did simply not understand what I was talking about and we ended up trio laning for a couple of minutes.

Please refrain from commenting unnecessary comments, there is a lane preference option and It would be great if it worked.

it's a preference not a guarantee. someone has to solo lane if everyone else is also in a duo. it's just bad luck.

language isnt needed for the swap button either.

 

[Limpich]

it's a preference not a guarantee. someone has to solo lane if everyone else is also in a duo. it's just bad luck.

language isnt needed for the swap button either.

Laning with my Duo shouldn't come down to luck when there are clear preference options, why even have them there if they do nothing?
If everyone else is in a duo the MatchMaker did a bad job and shouldve held me in que until I could've played my preferenced way as I selected.

I can assure you since this button was implemented I haven't seen it used once, if a lane swap happens its manually done through coms.

You're choosing to just ignore the human factor, if a random person asks you to press a button you won't do it without understanding the reason to do so, and if the person in question also wanna duo que its 100% not happening, again the real solution is simply to have the preference button actually do its thing.

 

[npc_pigeon]

Laning with my Duo shouldn't come down to luck when there are clear preference options, why even have them there if they do nothing?
If everyone else is in a duo the MatchMaker did a bad job and shouldve held me in que until I could've played my preferenced way as I selected.

I can assure you since this button was implemented I haven't seen it used once, if a lane swap happens its manually done through coms.

You're choosing to just ignore the human factor, if a random person asks you to press a button you won't do it without understanding the reason to do so, and if the person in question also wanna duo que its 100% not happening, again the real solution is simply to have the preference button actually do its thing.

? people manually swap on your lanes? what rank are you in lmao. there's a button for a reason, it sends a request to swap and the person responds. very simple

you're choosing to just ignore that it's a preference and not a guarantee. are you incapable of solo laning or something?

 

[Limpich]

? people manually swap on your lanes? what rank are you in lmao. there's a button for a reason, it sends a request to swap and the person responds. very simple

you're choosing to just ignore that it's a preference and not a guarantee. are you incapable of solo laning or something?

This is it the most out of touch reply yet.
Not everyone playing this game are playing in the top 10% Not everyone is reading every patch note and following every meta build.
And I often still get completely new players in my matches from time to time.

If the preference wasn't intended to be a guarantee from the developers why even put it into the game? They could've just left it as it was but they didn't, because they obviously saw that people want to play with their PARTY.

If i can play 3 games a day i wanna play those 3 games with my party member unless i opt-out of doing so.

Don't ignore your casual playerbase if you want a thriving game.

 

[StaticSpark]

I mean, you're still playing with your party member at the end of the day. Even if nobody switches (worst case, rarely happens) by minute 10 the lane structure usually falls apart with the guardians and you're free to just stick to your party member anyway.

Don't ignore your casual playerbase if you want a thriving game.

I feel like there's nothing more "casual" than being in a lane with a random person or solo. It's more difficult going against 2 people who actively know one another than it is to go against two people who don't.

 

[Limpich]

This is actually absurd lol.
I might be playing a match with them but im not laning with them, which is what i selected before even queuing up.

Are you guys salty to play against more coordinated duo-lanes?
Why are you defending their broken preference system that's CLEARLY not working?
Just fix the preference system so you can lane with your party if you so chose as it was intended?

If you only could play with your friend every now and then and could squeeze in a game or two and never got to lane with them you'd be annoyed at this bugg as well, because that's what it is a bugg.

 

[npc_pigeon]

This is actually absurd lol.
I might be playing a match with them but im not laning with them, which is what i selected before even queuing up.

Are you guys salty to play against more coordinated duo-lanes?
Why are you defending their broken preference system that's CLEARLY not working?
Just fix the preference system so you can lane with your party if you so chose as it was intended?

If you only could play with your friend every now and then and could squeeze in a game or two and never got to lane with them you'd be annoyed at this bugg as well, because that's what it is a bugg.

you are not guaranteed to lane with your duo partner bucko.
there is no bug there
you're just unlucky.
use the swap lane button to request to swap with someone.

 

[Limpich]

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you are not guaranteed to lane with your duo partner bucko.
there is no bug there
you're just unlucky.
use the swap lane button to request to swap with someone.

"Lane Guarantee" Don't sound as good as "Lane Preference"
Stop throwing around technicalities that has nothing to do with it.
You have not contributed in any shape or form to the thread except bringing your elitism.

You can choose between Balanced lanes or party lanes and right now balance overrides this change so yes its a bugg, a setting that didn't even exist until a couple of weeks back.

And if by any chance this option ISN'T supposed to be a guaranteed way to lane with your party member, it sure SHOULD be.

8/10 isn't luck, and there's plenty of other threads in the forum reflecting what I'm experiencing.

This just can't be the intended experience for the lane options.

 

[Yoshi]

I almost exclusively play duo and 8/10 times we are put in separate lanes despite having changed the lane preference to play with your party.

This has been the case ever since this function was released, ironically we both feel that we got put together more often before this was a thing.

I think that I speak for the majority when i say I rather sit a couple of minutes longer in que than get put into a match where i need to lane either solo or with a random when I'm playing exclusively to play with my friend.

Thanks.

EDIT:

It's obvious a lot of solo-players here not thinking this is a big deal, but it really is IF you want this game to actually survive in a mainstream environment!

Me and my friend are getting old and we have kids and extremely limited game time we are LUCKY if we can play 3 games a day.
And it just so happens that the laning stage is the most exciting and fun part about deadlock and we want to experience that together, otherwise.

Stop defending a non functioning preference button, there's simply no excuse.
The swap lane button is not a fix to this problem.

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Can you share matchids?

 

[Limpich]

Can you share matchids?

I PMed you here with a bunch of Id's.

 

[williamgalantino]

"Lane Guarantee" Don't sound as good as "Lane Preference"
Stop throwing around technicalities that has nothing to do with it.
You have not contributed in any shape or form to the thread except bringing your elitism.

You can choose between Balanced lanes or party lanes and right now balance overrides this change so yes its a bugg, a setting that didn't even exist until a couple of weeks back.

And if by any chance this option ISN'T supposed to be a guaranteed way to lane with your party member, it sure SHOULD be.

8/10 isn't luck, and there's plenty of other threads in the forum reflecting what I'm experiencing.

This just can't be the intended experience for the lane options.

I'm wondering what happens when 3 duos queue on a team and all have it checked, are you getting separate "duo lanes" or 2 solo lanes? It seems to work for me and my friend (similar situation as you) outside when we both get put into solo lanes (which I feel like will happen unless they don't allow 3 duos all with that option checked on same team).
-Edit - i should specify - "seems to work" was pre the last patch - I did also notice the dropdown doesn't stay in "with party" anymore, so not sure if that broke it.