So the 2.5GB update should be normal from what I can tell if you haven't at some point opted into the beta branch. I would say download it for now. Not at my PC rn so I can't check the versioning.
Seems like you weren't on the beta branch.
You are on the latest branch. They pushed some quick fixes to beta branch as well as all the stuff of beta plus the fixes to "normal". Both branches are equal right now content wise, seen by no issues playing with non beta people in MP.
Exactly, it's not about toxicity in itself, that's par for the course of online communities. But alpha/beta players telling newbies to kill themselves just because they're new is pretty shameful. There are some vets that are helpful and while they still mop the floor with you, give you tips on how to get better.
Maybe it is different in NA but Siege is mostly me getting defending team, consequently losing in 3 minutes, then queuing for another 10 minutes for a match. Only mode to get consistent games is Skirmish and the state of that game mode is laughable, as is pretty much the state of MP overall. At this point for all I care they could completely scrap MP and focus all their resources on SP.
It's just a shame. When the game's balanced it is lots of fun. Sadly that happens in 1 out of 30 matches so me and a lot of other people are quitting pretty much the moment we see a bunch of clan tags on the opposition. Boggles my mind to release a "competitive" gamemode but have no matchmaking or split for groups and solo queue in place.
I expect more and more people are dropping skirmish as it's not much fun right now. Seems like siege waittimes have gone down consequently.
Thank you! As a new player, I'm nearing the point where I want MP to crash and burn. The utter lack of any kind of skill-based matchmaking OR seperation of premades and single queues is baffling to say the least. I'm currently sitting at about 30% of my matches won because I've been largely unlucky and had premades mostly as enemies. Skirmish boils down to whichever team has the premade wins.
Maybe they leave because it's just not fun getting steamrolled by clans? Game is absolutely not casual as Callum said. I'm glad I can leave those matches so those guys don't get to have fun as well.
Matching 4 alpha testers against a bunch of newbiews who just bought the game should honestly be easily avoidable. Right now matchmaking is a garbage joke, especially considering they only beta tested the MP up until now. It's not fun getting 3 kills as a team in a match of skirmish and this happens way too often with tons of clans just queuing as whole teams.
Most of my games consist of my team getting 2 kills ... over 3 rounds. MP will be dead before the game leaves EA at this rate with only clans still playing. The casual experience has been utter ****e so far.
Pretty much this. Regarding MP this should be way up high the list. If you don't have spent a significant time in Warband MP or beta, multiplayer is absolute ass right now.
I don't have a surgeon for my clan so it could be that it in that case the army leader gets the points.