Gears 2 Matchmaking Hiccups

[Momma Bear]

[Only registered users can see links. ]After hearing the community's complaints and general negative feedback regarding the long wait times experienced during [Only registered users can see links. ] matchmaking, Epic's Rod Fergusson addressed the issues over on the [Only registered users can see links. ]. Sadly, there is no hard fix in place.

Fergusson wants the Gears community to know that the long wait times experienced in matchmaking are limited in scale (riiiiiight) and that Epic is working with Microsoft to speed things up. While they figure out the mess, we're given a few tips to improve the matchmaking experience, including: restart the search, avoid 1 and 4 person parties, and (our favorite) skip the whole matchmaking mess and host custom games. With a frown on our face, we await a Gears of War 2 patch ...

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[mteager]

I can't say i've had that much trouble with long waits on matchmaking... i have been joining on my own though so maybe thats why. The Halo 3 beta got me used ridiculous matchmaking. It gives you time to make a cup of tea or butter a crumpet, calm yourself before the deaths of many.