Does anybody else want to express their outrage against no lobbies? Team based game with no team friendly party options? Yeah that's going to get this game about 2 weeks and the it's back to Gamestop to get my refund...

Being serious when I say this. Halo 2 had better online functionality. In every way. And the graphics are comparable. It's a shame.

The MP is just fine in this game, so its not the same that your use to in mainstream titles like CoD or Halo.
The Drop-In/Drop-Out system is becoming more and more popular with newer titles, and with the Fireteam feature it makes the MP quite functional.
So its not 'Invite friends, start game'
instead its 'start game, invite friends'
that means there is no more waiting for 5 min to find a match. and friends are automatically put into a fireteam with you.
I mean, its actually simpler, and faster. I'm not saying its perfect, but just because something is different doesnt make it absolute crap.

The bad part is having to go through all these games to find open slots. Even if it is only a couple it could easily be fixed with some kind of party system. It is really my only complaint on the game. I mean, if I was going to play with 7 other people I'd have to rummage through games to find every slot open? It is my only real problem with the game.

Trying to get 6 friends in a game takes about 6 or so minutes sometimes. Would prefer to wait in a lobby with friends for 6 mins then 1 or 2 of them making it in. Oh and that's if they are of the same rank.

this has to be comming from someone that has no friends..i agree with this guys post there have been worse games with better playability

One thing that I have found extremely helpful:
Before starting the game, start an XBOX Live party. Then have one of the members join a match. Then, if you're lucky, you'll start in a newer match and can just hit START and INVITE PARTY.
I have only had a maximum of two other people in my party and never experienced problems in this manner.
I think it would be nice to have a starting lobby for some, or the option to drop in/drop out for those who don't mind being placed wherever.

I use online games for 1 thing, to play with friends, if you dont play games with friends it isnt fun... simple as that... server lists just help lay the community out on the table for you to see, its a MUCH better way to run games... PC has it.... ps3 and xbox does not...its pathetic....I miss the good ol' days on bhd when i could just make a room called "[clan name] tryouts" and wait for people to show... lookin for new friends.. Games today put you in a random room, never knowing who your going to fight, and when we cant even make a party BEFORE we search for a random room....???? Whos gonna stay? If i actually have to TRY to get my friends in the room, ill go elsewhere and just have them join my room, ANY other game really, cuz that function is common sense.

I'd have to agree, lobbies please. Its not like they couldnt do both. You could have a drop-in/out system and if your wanting to play with friends create a lobby. The problem with the drop in drop out system is if your playing with friends the game is 5 or 6 minutes in before everyone gets in, thus being forced to play with bots... this system though cool is not friendly to the players who like a full premade team.

i dont really think it's simpler or faster to get into a game this way? i get a invite and sometime when i get into the game. my son has got over 1000xp, and with cutting down some games modes to 8 humans, how you supposed to get a party of four into a game

Lobbys just make since, i feel like the devs were just being lazy on this one and tryd to hide it by calling it drop in drop out

I rather wait 5 min with 7 friends than try to jump into a game and hope there are enough slots for all of them. Have you even experienced what its like to have a party of 8 try to get into the same match on the same team in this game?

Agreed.

Lobbies has my vote. Either that or dedicated servers for more than the pc. Fix please sd.

If only there was a way for the community to pay for a server. (on console)

Its actually possible to buy your own dedicated servers on other games.... like... warhawk? and blackhawk down for the ps2... and many more... but thats because they have SERVER BROWSERS!!!! WE NEED THOSEEE, THEN PEOPLE WOULD BUY THEIR OWN DEDICATED SERVERS

It would be helpful . i have about 3 other friends who play and normally id either inv or they join session.

I thought their coming up with some kind of lobby with this new DLC

Totally Disagree, Start game! Invite Friends! Ive started that many games and my 4 friends cant get into same game (Xbox) its frustrating me so much im thinking of a refund! I love this game and everything it has to offer apart from it take 30mins - 1 hour for all your friends to get on a server!

And to make it annoying enough! You leave server to try and join another server with space for partry list and it puts you back into the same server you just left!

Lobbys are a must for any online team based game concerning xbox anyone. The current setup discourages teams of friends and clans.

There is a little something called "auto-balance", so even if you do just join with a friend, you have a good chance of being on the opposite team, which is no fun. And what lobby system takes 5 minutes? Play a Call of Duty, Halo, or Gears game, and the matchmaking will usually put you in a match in under a minute. Even if it DID take 5 minutes, I spent 45 minutes the other day trying to get just two of my friends on the same team as me, so a 5 minute wait for the same results would still be a huge plus.

Honestly, I don't know what SD was thinking toting Brink as a competitive game and not having lobbies, but those are the decisions that will ruin a game developer.

This thread is now about rigging fireworks:

This one time I made a sparkler bomb (get 8 or 9 sparklers, completely cover the sparklers with electrical tape leaving one out to be the fuse like mechanism) and lit it. Problem was we put too many sparklers in it so there was a large opening where all the sticks were coming out.

It became a sparkler rocket, shot along the ground about 50 feet into another persons yard and sploded. We freaked out. Ran the hell out of there.

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The MP is just fine in this game, so its not the same that your use to in mainstream titles like CoD or Halo.
The Drop-In/Drop-Out system is becoming more and more popular with newer titles, and with the Fireteam feature it makes the MP quite functional.
So its not 'Invite friends, start game'
instead its 'start game, invite friends'
that means there is no more waiting for 5 min to find a match. and friends are automatically put into a fireteam with you.
I mean, its actually simpler, and faster. I'm not saying its perfect, but just because something is different doesnt make it absolute crap.

I agree but disagree. It is faster to get into a game but it starts to get boring playing the campaign missions over and over again.

yup you get the point!
i always thought it svcked, in games like COD, you had to sit around and wait for others, instead of having fun and let others join in. it always failed, how you had a party together and then suddenly one guy left, for whatever reason, and you had to wait for him.. now you can have fun with the others and the guy who left can still join in later!

i luv how brink steps aside from the mainstream and tries something slightly different,
see how the crowd reacts and change the gaming industry.
i understand that some people are shocked or dont understand this tactic, at first i was a little suprised with what brink had become, yet ive come to enjoy the game for what it is, not for what i think could be different.

The problem is, that Brink would be a lot better, if it was different (and more similar to modern standards/games)!
This is not about a game being anti-mainstream and your claim, that people just don't understand Brink's system and are unable to cope with it, is ridiculous. Brink is a pure multiplayer experience - that's what it wants to be and what it does best. I don't want to play with bots, not even for 5 minutes while I'm waiting for human players. I rather wait those 5 minutes in the lobby, talk to my teammates about tactics, equipment and classes (especially when it is not possible to change the character, or rather the equipped skills, ingame).
I only play the Competition playlist, as there are no bots and I can be sure I only play against humans. The main disadvantage is, as already mentioned in this thread multiple times, that it is hardly impossible to play together with your friends in the same team. Yesterday I had to try around 5 games before I found one that was not completely full yet, so that my Xbox live party could finally join successfully.

Everybody, who prefers Brink's system to the classic lobby system has never tried to play with a somewhat larger Xbox live party - this can be the only explanation for the bulls**t-claim, that the "drop in drop out"-system ist better than classic lobbies.

I know those five minutes to make sure both sides have equal amounts of players and playing with your friends takes up so much time of your life but i like to play in fair games with people i know so i can have more fun this is just aggravating, i joined a clan for this game and its near impossible to actually join them a large majority of the time..