Wowzers... I'm getting steamed. I can play Rainbow Six Vegas against 15 other guys...all running around with guns, but for some reason Catan on Xbox Live can't handle four guys in a room rolling dice without disconnecting everybody. I don't have a ranking yet....BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FINISHED A GAME YET!!!!!
ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN'T GET MORE THAN 2 MINUTES INTO A RANKED GAME ON LIVE WITH CATAN BEFORE IT DROPS OUT??? AHHHHHHH!!!!!
Thanks for the input...I know it's not just me, and I've noticed the top ranked guys have only managed a few games.
I've made it no more than 2 full rounds into a game. It has even frozen the game and disconnected all of us as soon as we enter the room featuring the board. The big indicators that you're no longer playing against a room of people (because they've been disconnected) is the inability to place your settlement... or the sands of time seem to be stuck.
I've also noticed the connection strength of all players (except myself, cuz it doesn't show) before the game started. The last game I tried (before I went nuts because of the 9th straight disconnect or network error) all of us had full strength indicators.
DredPirateRyan wrote:Wowzers... I'm getting steamed. I can play Rainbow Six Vegas against 15 other guys...all running around with guns
Wowzers... I'm getting steamed. I can play Rainbow Six Vegas against 15 other guys...all running around with guns
superesto wrote:ah.Just made a post about this. Glad it's not just me tonight. It was pretty fine and stable last night. This is very weird.People are dropping and game is getting dc'd when their gaming avatar chances to one of the AI avatars.
Just to let you guy's and gals know, I played this online last night and finished a full game. I have had no problems with it so far. However, I have played in Player Match only, NOT Ranked Match, so perhaps that has something to do with it. I'll try and set up some games with a few mates on my friendlist tonight and i'll let you know how we go. I'll set up both game types (Player & Ranked) and will see if there is any difference in network connection. Will let you know how we go as soon as we're done!
Celtic Fox wrote:The problem with the players getting dropped is because people are leaving because they don't know how to play or they think it is taking too long...and the network conection issue is popping up everytime the host leaves after a game but u can still see your game stats. People just have to give it a chance and realize it is not gonna be a fast paced game I guess.
Roger that.... I WAS the host! And we still all got hornswaggled (y'know...disconnected) after a short time. I then tried just a player match. I hosted one myself....that game crapped out soon after. Joined one half full...it started, but didn't go far.
Is the world of Catan running into trouble now that more people have the game and are using it more online than the first day it was available?
IMFUNKY wrote:I spent hours tonight trying to complete one game. Finally I deleted my game and re-downloaded it. This seemed to help and I was actually able to play and complete two full ranked games. Try that and let me know if it works for you guys.
superesto wrote: IMFUNKY wrote:I spent hours tonight trying to complete one game. Finally I deleted my game and re-downloaded it. This seemed to help and I was actually able to play and complete two full ranked games. Try that and let me know if it works for you guys.Can you just easily delete and re-download with no penalty? your machine detects that you had already purchased it and lets u re-download?
i can't even get into a ranked game. it just spins the icon for 10 straight minutes, or until i get bored. i'm not exaggerating here either: 10 full minutes of watching the clock, hoping to get in.
Whats with the player match finder showing 1/4 players on 10 games, but if you try and join, the room is full? That's happened to me 7 or 8 times in a row.
Well being a vet on board games, I luv Settlers, and when i heard of Catan.. i was like "YESSSSSsss".
Played it vs AI to get use to the Catan version.. But i have spent alot of time yesterday and today trying to join a game.. and everytime i get 'No responce from the host' or 'the game is full', come back to refresh and low and behold the game that said was full still has only 1 player. So I dont know if its just me (all other games work great online), just having a pain just trying to join a game and yes I have even tried hosting one.. had 3 players went to start then BAM everything fell apart and was sent to the online list..
I had no problems playing a few games on Wednesday when it first came out.
Tonight (Friday), I can't get a single game going. All I get are network errors, and when I finally get a game started, my friend gets replaced by a computer A.I. before we even finish placing initial settlements.
This is horrible.
P.S. It's also completely locked my 360 up twice tonight.
I am so glad to see that it's not just me! I have tried to play live off and on for 3 days. Sometimes ranked matches, sometimes player matches. My friend has invited me to game and I have tried inviting my friend. I still have NOT been able to complete a multiplayer game with real players!!!! (Although my friend was able to complete 1 game, but even then 1 of the other players dropped.) Is ANYBODY addressing this problem?!
Anyway, feels good to vent.
I've written a song about my pain and frustration experienced while trying to play Catan on Live
(to the tune of Let It Snow)
Oh Catan is really stinky...
Cuz it's code...is real-ly chintzy...
And it disconnects people all the time...
What a CRIME...what a CRIME...what a CRIIIIIIIME.
Same here. I either get network as soon as the game starts, sometime during the game timer freezes and players get repleaced with AI players ( wihthout much visual indication, at first few times I didin't even realize that I was playing AI untill I saw heavy use of emoticons).
I deleted and redownlaoded the game, but it didn't help.