auto team balance

[Retribution]

ok this was a different server but the same rules apply i think
i joined a server, the last one in just as the round started, everything was going fine, and i was owning hard, top scorer on my team on the whole server, then POW, 5 secs before we win, i get auto balanced, losing the chance to get an achievement i work so hard to get

could you make it so low scoring players are balanced before late joining players?

[Hell-met]

So the bad players should get switched?

That's not balance, then.

[Retribution]

well there not really making a difference are they, when the best player gets switched it can totaly sway the flow of the game, also i don't think its fair that the best player get shot to a team that sucks just because none has joined the server in an hour

[avy]

well there not really making a difference are they, when the best player gets switched it can totaly sway the flow of the game, also i don't think its fair that the best player get shot to a team that sucks just because none has joined the server in an hour

Thats entirely the point. Dont switch bad players, it doesnt balance anything. Switch the mediocre to good players because they effect the way things are and the tide of the game. Balance. If its 5 seconds before the end of the round, thats just tough luck. \0=

But I hate it too... work so damn hard to destroy 3 sentries, 18 pyros and a minefield of stickies only to be autoed. -.-'

[boelter]

Or get switched right after capturing the intelligence/flag...

I agree that the worst players shouldn't be switched. I agree the top player shouldn't be switched. Unfortunately, I don't think either restriction would make auto-balance a perfect system, or even drastically improve it. It is what it is.

[Drunken F00l]

Don't ever leave the server and nobody will get balanced ever again.

[Half-Duplex]

Don't ever leave the server and nobody will get balanced ever again.

LoL - We can never leave!
But no the auto-balance is really annoying. But isn't it completely random? Because I know I've been auto-balanced when I've been at the top and the bottom. But it doesn't happen to me all the time. Most of the times, its right after I join and I die.

[avy]

I believe it picks the next person to die after the 5 second warning... no matter where you are on the scoreboard.

[Kaylee]

You know what would be fun? Uneven teams number wise which are balanced by skill.

[Retribution]

agreed with kaylee, i have actualy played a few games like that, its awsome