Auto-Balance Idea: Getting Switched Late in the Map.... Very Frustrating! Is there a fairer way i.e. late joiners get moved first

[Danimal]

26 minutes ago, _Ler said:

Please revert changes and let last joined get moved... After a week of playing everyday it's the same story and most good players keep joining stronger team, and then other player get moved... 

 

The 'I get moved when i try to even' is a crap story, and i have few demos to prove that

I second this motion... def better to swap late comers than those that have been playing from the beginning of the map imho.

[Danimal]

Playing erden yesterday from the beginning of the map as allies... with around six minutes of the map left I'm forced to "balance" to axis.... meanwhile other strong players joined allies a couple of mins before i was forced to move to axis and were able to remain in allies. It's really frustrating and not fair imo. Allies ended up losing the map.  I know i keep bringing this up but its just so frustrating and I think from this thread you will see it looks like the majority of players agree with me. Can't TM members just re-join the weaker team if they are balanced away from it?

[Spears]

33 minutes ago, Danimal said:

Playing erden yesterday from the beginning of the map as allies... with around six minutes of the map left I'm forced to "balance" to axis.... meanwhile other strong players joined allies a couple of mins before i was forced to move to axis and were able to remain in allies. It's really frustrating and not fair imo. Allies ended up losing the map.  I know i keep bringing this up but its just so frustrating and I think from this thread you will see it looks like the majority of players agree with me. Can't TM members just re-join the weaker team if they are balanced away from it?

I agree, I think it’s fairer if late joiners get moved. 

[Flo]

Well, I reverted back to original version following the feedbacks. It means it removes:

- randomization of player to be balanced

- no move feature below 3mn left duration

- announcer to encourage self balance due to massive damage difference between teams

[Danimal]

many thanks for taking on the feedback and engaging with the thread

[StiffWrists]

A bit late to the thread but thank you for the reversion. It's a good idea to stop autobalance with less than 3 minutes remaining -- sometimes you just need people to be a bit gracious and take initiative. I try to move to the weaker team if it's horribly unbalanced but it's not always known to me while I'm busy playing.